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partyblob t1_iwldzmh wrote

Reply to comment by palerthanrice in Calder museum breaks ground on the Parkway by jdr

fun fact: william penn actually purchased the land now known as philadelphia from the local tribes to be on good terms with them

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KnightCyber t1_iwm6l5y wrote

His sons that completely screwed them over and were just the absolute worst however. They were basically Penn's antithesis (also oppressed Quakers, so not a lotta love for good ol' pa)

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TheBSQ t1_iwmdsri wrote

Totally off topic, but I was reading about his descendants and if there are any Penns alive today.

The short version is there’s no living descendant named Penn, as the surviving ones are through lineages via women who changed their name for marriage.

But a random bit that I found funny was that he had kids in both the US and the UK (from different wives I believe), but all the descendants from his US kids eventually returned to the UK (one dated Prince William) and all this descendants from his UK kids eventually moved to the US.

https://billypenn.com/2017/09/04/no-youre-not-a-descendant-of-william-penn/

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