LANCASTER COUNTT. Ii^ 



CHAPTER II. 



William Penn bom — How he was made acquainted with thi» country — ^In* 

 strumentil in settling West New Jersey — Obtains a charter for Pennsyl- 

 vania — First purchasers embark for America — Markham's instructions — 

 He holds a Treaty with the Indians — Penn arrives in America — Convenes 

 an Asscmnjy at Upland — Interview with Lord Baltimore — Religious visit 

 — Visits New Jersey ; the Duke of Yoik; his friends on Long Island; 

 returns to Philadelphia; holds his grand Treaty with the Indians — More 

 arrivals from Europe — Emigrants provide shelters — Form plantations — 

 Philadelphia laid out — Counties organized^ — Second Asssembly convoked 

 — Penn obliged to return to Europe. 



William Penn, the Founder of Pennsylvania, bom- 

 in London, October 16, 1644, was the grand-son of Giles 

 Penn, and son of Sir William, an Admiral of the Eng- 

 lisi Navy. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, 

 wh^re, on hearing Thomas Loe, a quaker of eminence, 

 he imbibed his principles, which a few years afterwards 

 he publicly professed. He was in consequence, twice 

 turned out doors by his father. In 1668 he began to 

 preach in public, and to write in defence of his embraced 

 doctrines. For this he was twice incarcerated, and once 

 brought to trial. It was during his first imprisonment 

 that he wrote — No Cross, No Crown. In 1672, he 

 married Gulielma Maria Springett, a lady of his religious 

 principles. In 1677, he visited Holland and Germany, 

 to propagate his favorite doctrines. He devoted much of 

 his time to preaching, writing, and visiting several coun- 

 tries on the continent, and Ireland. 



To show the reader how Penn, whom Montesquieu 

 denominates the modern Lycnrgus, the real founder of 



