A William Penn I Pennsbury Chronology

Portrait of William Penn in armor, age 22. Penn lived in Ireland 1666-67 during the time he served under Lord Arran, in the military, before embracing the beliefs of the Society of Friends.	1644	William Penn is born on October 14. Six of sSix of the original 13 colonies already in existence — Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire, Connecticut.
	1652	George Fox founds the Society of Friends (also known as ‘Quakers”) at Pendle Hill.
	Circa 1660	William Penn enters Oxford. Penn is expelled two years later for his non-conformist views, especially in religion.
	1670	Penn’s father Admiral Sir William Penn dies.
	1672	William Penn marries Gulielma Maria Springett.
	1681	King Charles II grants William Penn a charter for a colony to be known as Penn’s Woods or Pennsylvania, for Penn’s father, Admiral Sir William Penn. Penn first visits colony.
	1683	Penn starts construction of Pennsbury Manor. First Quaker Meeting House in Philadelphia.
	1684	Penn returns to England.
	Circa 1686	Construction of Pennsbury Manor complete.
	1696	Penn marries Hannah Callowhill.
	1699	Penn and Hannah return to Pennsylvania.
	1701	Penn returns to England never to return to the colony.
	1718	Penn dies on July 30.
	1792	Heirs sell the estate.
	1932	Charles Warner Company gifted ten acres of the original site to the Commonwealth.
	1939	A reconstructed Pennsbury Manor opens to the public.
	1966	The Pennsbury Society established.