Named Entity Results, William Penn

Fenwick, John 1618-1683 Quaker colonist; a founder of the colony of West Jersey; born in England in 1618; obtained a grant of land in the western part of New Jersey in 1673; emigrated thither in 1675; and settled in Salem. His claim was resisted by Governor Andros, of New York, and he was arrested and cast into jail, where he remained about two years. He subsequently conveyed his claim to West Jersey to William Penn. He died in England in 1683.

Ferris, Benjamin -1867 Historian; for many years a resident of Philadelphia, Pa., from which place he removed to Wilmington. He is the author of History of the early settlements on the Delaware, from its discovery to its Colonization under William Penn. He died in Wilmington, Del., in 1867.

Few, William 1748-1828 Jurist; born in Baltimore county, Md., June 8, 1748. His ancestors came to America with William Penn. His family went to North Carolina in 1758, and in 1776 William settled in Georgia, where he became a councillor, and assisted in framing the State constitution. He was in the military service, and in 1778 was made State surveyor-general. In 1780-83 and 1786 he was in Congress, and in 1787 assisted in framing the national Constitution. He was United States Senator in 1789-93; and was a judge on the bench of Georgia three years. In the summer of 1799 he removed to New York, and became a member of the legislature and a commissioner of loans. He died in Fishkill, N. Y., July 16, 1828.

Fisher, Joshua Francis 1807-1873 Author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 17, 1807; graduated at Harvard College in 1825; studied law but never practised. His publications include An account of the early poets and poetry of Pennsylvania; Private life and domestic habits of William Penn; The degradation of our representative system and its reform; Reform of municipal elections; and Nomination of candidates. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 21, 1873. Map of Fort Fisher and vicinity.

Free-traders, Company of. When the province of Pennsylvania was granted to William Penn, a number of settlements already existed there. A royal proclamation confirming the grant to Penn, and anPenn, and another from Penn himself, were sent to these settlements by the hand of William Markham in the summer of 1681. In his proclamation Penn assured the settlers that they should live free under laws of thPenn himself, were sent to these settlements by the hand of William Markham in the summer of 1681. In his proclamation Penn assured the settlers that they should live free under laws of their own making. Meanwhile adventurers calling themselves the Company of Free-Traders made a contract with the proprietor for the purchase of lands at the rate of about $10 the 100 acres, subject to aPenn assured the settlers that they should live free under laws of their own making. Meanwhile adventurers calling themselves the Company of Free-Traders made a contract with the proprietor for the purchase of lands at the rate of about $10 the 100 acres, subject to a perpetual quit-rent of 1s. for every 100-acre grant; the purchasers also to have lots in a city to be laid out. Three vessels filled with these emigrants soon sailed for the Delaware, with three comm vessels filled with these emigrants soon sailed for the Delaware, with three commissioners, who bore a plan of the city, and a friendly letter from Penn to the Indians, whom he addressed as brethren.

Friendly Association. In the middle of the eighteenth century the descendants of William Penn; who succeeded to the proprietorship of Pennsylvania, departed from the just course pursued by the great founder of the commonwealth towards the Indians and the white people, and exasperated both by their greed and covetousness. The Indians were made thoroughly discontented by the frauds practised on them in the purchase of lands and the depredations of banditti called traders. So much had they become alienated from the English that in 1755 the Delawares and others joined the French in making var. For some time the Friends, or Quakers, had observed with sorrow the treatment of the Indians by Thomas and John Penn and the traders, and, impelled by their uniform sympathy with the oppressed, they formed a society in 1756 called the Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures. The society was a continual thorn in the sides of the proprietors

territory. First—by royal charter of 1662, confirming a council charter of 1630, Connecticut claimed a strip of land bounded on the east by the Narraganset River, north by Massachusetts, south by Long Island Sound, and extending westward between the parallels of 41° and 42° 2′ north latitude, to the mythical South sea. Second—New York, by her charter of 1614, claimed a territory marked by definite boundaries, lying across the boundaries of the Connecticut charter. Third—by the grant to William Penn, in 1664, Pennsylvania claimed a territory overlapping part of the territory of both these colonies. Fourth—the charter of Massachusetts also conflicted with some of the claims above mentioned. Fifth—Virginia claimed the whole of the Northwest territory by right of conquest, and in 1779, by an act of her legislature, annexed it as a county. Sixth—several grants had been made of special tracts to incorporated companies by the different States. And, finally, the whole territory

Hamilton, Andrew 1686-1703 Governor; born in Scotland; sent to East Jersey by its proprietaries in 1686; became acting governor in 1687; returned to England in 1689; appointed governor of East Jersey in 1692; deposed in 1697, and reappointed in 1699. William Penn made him deputy governor of Pennsylvania in 1701. Hamilton obtained the first patent from the crown for a postal service in 1694. He died in Burlington, N. J., April 20, 1703. Lawyer; born in Scotland, about 1676; acquired much distinction by his defence of the liberty of the press on the trial of Zenger in New York. He filled many public stations in Pennsylvania, including that of speaker of the Assembly, which he resigned in 1739 in consequence of physical infirmity. He died in Philadelphia Aug. 4, 1741. See Zenger, John Peter.

Janney, Samuel MacPHERSONherson 1801-1880 Author; born in Loudon county, Va., Jan. 11, 1801; became a Quaker preacher; was appointed a superintendent of Indian affairs in 1869. His publications include An Historical sketch of the Christian Church during the Middle ages; Life of William Penn; History of the religious Society of friends from its rise to the year 1828, etc. He died in Loudon county, Va., April 30, 1880.

eaching the capital of Pennsylvania, he was obliged to travel through the two Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. While studying the language and customs of the inhabitants, he observed also new productions of nature and new methods of cultivation. Vast forests and immense rivers combine to give to that country an appearance of youth and majesty. After a fatiguing journey of one month he beheld at length that Philadelphia so well known in the present day, and whose future grandeur Penn appeared to designate when he laid the first stone of its foundation. After having accomplished his noble manoeuvres at Trenton and Princeton, General Washington had remained in his camp at Middlebrook. The English, finding themselves frustrated in their first hopes, combined to make a decisive campaign. Burgoyne was already advancing with 10,000 men, preceded by his proclamation and his savages. Ticonderoga, a famous stand of arms, was abandoned by Saint-Clair. He drew upon himself mu