William Penn

William Penn

male, deceased (1718)
quaker, Fellow of the Royal Society, from Pennsylvania, Dutch American, Pacifist, united states constitution…United States of Europe, ProvinceofPennsylvania, Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford, Honorary Citizen of the United States, founder of Pennsylvania
William Penn (October 14, 1644 - July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the U.S. state...
William Penn

William Penn

male, deceased (1670)
Royal Navy officer, Commonwealth of England, admiral, Royal Navy admiral, charles ii, Portland…Society of Friends, ProvinceofPennsylvania, Battle of Lowestoft, Earl of Sandwich, Battle of Scheveningen
Sir William Penn (April 23, 1621 - September 16, 1670) was an English admiral, and the father of William Penn, founder of the colony of...
Thomas Penn

Thomas Penn

male, deceased (1775)
Indian, quaker, william, governor, delaware river, susquehanna river…Indigenous peoples of the Americas, ProvinceofPennsylvania, Pennsylvania colony, Pennsylvania colonial, colony of Pennsylvania
Thomas Penn (1702 - 1775) was a son of William Penn who founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the...

William Allen

male, deceased (1780)
Loyalist in the American Revolution, Pennsylvania colonial, Business Person, Ulster-scots, loyalist, Pennsylvania lawyer…Pennsylvania State House, Parliament of the United Kingdom, ProvinceofPennsylvania, Mayor of Philadelphia
William Allen (August 5 1704 - September 6 1780) was a wealthy merchant, Chief Justice of the Province of Pennsylvania and mayor of Philadelphia....
Benjamin Chew

Benjamin Chew

male, deceased (1810)
Inns of Court, quaker, Pennsylvania lawyer, mason-dixon line, Anglican, ProvinceofPennsylvania
Benjamin Chew (November 19, 1722 - January 20, 1810) was a lawyer, politician and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Province of Pennsylvania....

Andrew Montour

male, deceased (1772)
Native American from Pennsylvania, Translator, Pennsylvania colonial, Virginia colonial, oneida, French and Indian War…ProvinceofPennsylvania
Andrew Montour, of both Native American and European ancestry, was one of the most important interpreters and negotiators in the Virginia and...

Shikellamy

male, deceased (1748)
Native American, milton, Iroquois, shamokin, susquehanna river, west…ProvinceofPennsylvania, Native American from Pennsylvania
Shikellamy (?- December 6 1748), also known as Swatana, was an Oneida chief and overseer for the Iroquois confederacy. In his position as chief and...
Johannes Kelpius

Johannes Kelpius

male, deceased (1708)
Cave of Kelpius, Radical Pietism, pietist, ProvinceofPennsylvania, Religious leader, Wissahickon Creek
Johannes Kelpius (1673-1708), a German Pietist, mystic, musician, and writer, interested in the occult, botany, and astronomy, came to believe with...

Jehu Eyre

male, deceased (1781)
Pennsylvania colonial, New Jersey colonial, American Revolutionary War, Native American, american revolution, manuel…ProvinceofPennsylvania, Battle of Monongahela
Jehu Eyre or Jehu Ayer was an American businessman, veteran of the French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War, and member of the...
Isaac Ashmead

Isaac Ashmead

male, 219 years old
from Philadelphia, inventor, Printer, american revolution, war of 1812, American…ProvinceofPennsylvania, Pennsylvania colony
Isaac Ashmead, (Dec 22, 1790 - March 1, 1870, was a printer. He was born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jacob and Mary (Nagless)...