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William Penn May Become Citizen of U.S. Posthumously Religious Freedom Principle Senate Seeks to Grant Honor. Famous for having pioneered the principle of reli­ gious freedom in the charter of the Pennsylvania colony, Penn undoubtedly was reacting to the persecu­ tion that had been inflicted upon him since his early William Penn May manhood. Converted to the then-controversial Quaker sect in 1666, Penn was imprisoned frequently by English Become Citizen of authorities for his public preachings over the years. He also had numerous failings-out with his father. That may be one reason why Penn never liked U.S. Posthumously "Pennsylvania," the name King Charles II gave his colony when he granted the charter for it. The land By KA THY KIELY, United Press International grant was being made in repayment of a 16,000-pound loan that Penn's father had made to the crown years WASHINGTON-Beginning with a troubled boy­ before. hood, in which he was periodically "whipped, beaten Charles styled the new colony "Penn's Woods" in and turned out of doors" by his father, his life was full of Latin as a posthumous honor to the elder Penn. scrapes. Historians record that his son, that great exponent of At least half a dozen times, he was arrested and tolerance, tried to bribe the court clerks to change the thrown in jail. to be bailed out only by the generosity name. and influence of friends in high places. And all that came Penn made several trips to his colony, which he before he started to have money troubles. wanted to turn into a bastion of liberal government, It is probably appropriate, then, that a nation first modeled on some of the utopian tracts of the day. populated largely by emancipated prisoners and men Liberalism backfired, however: The governing bodies of running from their debts should want to extend him its Pennsylvania were so democratic and their members so fellowship and make him one of the very few, if not the disparate-thanks to the promise of religious free­ only, new American who will never have to pay taxes. dom-that Penn failed at his efforts to railroad through some of the most radical of his reform ideas, most Death intervened long before that other grim reaper, notably the end of black slavery. the Internal Revenue Service, had a chance to take a whack at the William Penn. Temporarily Deposed Laid to rest in his native England in 1718, 195 years Quaker pacifism also played a part in Penn's being before the advent of the income tax in the United States deposed, temporarily, from the governorship of Penn­ and 58 years before the advent of the United States, the sylvania. The English crown took over supervision of man who founded Pennsylvania nonetheless Is on his the colony from 1692 to 1694 because it was thought that way to becoming a real-if not live-nephew of his the residents were not arming themselves adequately Uncle Sam. against the incursions of other European nations. At the end of his life, Penn, back in England, was in Move for Honorary Citizenship debt. He had to plead with his colonists-always, It The U.S. Senate took the first step toward granting seems, in arrears in their rents- to cough up enough to Penn the distinction of citizenship just before Congress pay his bills. Penn wanted to unload tlw colony in return adjourned for its long holiday vacation. By acclamation, for a 48,000-pound settlement from the crown, but he the senators approved Senate Joint Resolution 80, a died before the deal could be consummated. document that immortalizes the achievements of Penn Whether the descendants of those New World and his second wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn, and calls deadbeats will attempt to make up, in some small upon President Reagan to make the couple honorary measure, for all the trouble their ancestors caused the citizens. great Quaker by making him a U.S. citizen will be up to Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who hails from Philadel­ Reagan. phia, which Penn also founded, drafted the resolution. His Republican colleague from the western end of the state, John Heinz, co-sponsored it. The real inspiration behind the drive to have citizenship conferred upon the Penns, however, comes from a rather unlikely quarter. According to Specter's staff, it is Elaine Peden, a retired tavern owner from Philadelphia who also appears to be the state's most ardent William Penn-ophile. Specter press secretary Dan McKenna says tha\ Peden for years has been lobbying city and state officials to have more attention and honor a,ccorded to Penn, who founded Pennsylvania 301 years ago. Peden thinks Mrs. Penn should be included in the grant of citizenship because she served as governor of the colony for six years, when illness incapacitated her husband toward the end of his life. Penn's life was eventful-so much so that one wonders whether the benignly serene face that adorns the Quaker oatmeal boxes isn'tjust a huge hoax. APPENDIX ORANG!: COUNTY GE.'-l E..\LOGICAL SOCIETY Of CALIFORNIA Date: j GENEALOGICAL T ABLE OF THE PENN FAMILY No . ' Also Pen of Pen. in that County (Bucks] was before the Conqueror, as b y Dpom 's-day book.' Aubrey, M isetlla11ies. WILLIAl\f PENN --+ relat ed to the Penn• of Penn. Bucks. now extinct. ~ <)f the living descendant being Earl Howe. .. l\linet y, Glos .. and of Penn's Lodge, Wills (d. 1591) I William m. Rastall I I \\'ill:nm GJcs 111. Gilbert, of York (died before his father) I George ( 160 1- 1664) Si r William m. :\!argarcl \'anderschuren, nee J asper ( 16 21-1670) I ! WilliamI I I ~·l argarc t m. Sir Thomas Lowther Richard (d. i673) I Sir T homas LowU1er m. Lady Elizabeth Cavendish No issI ue Guliclma lllaria Springell m. \VIL IA:\! in. Hannah Callowhill (1644-1718) I ,.--~~__,.I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,--~~-,-!~~~ I J ohn Thomas m. Lady J uliana Fcrmoor ll a~nah Jllar~a rct Richard D ennis (d. I 740) (d. 1708) I (d. iufont) 2 (or 3) infants SpriJi:etl Willla. m m. l\!ary Jones Letit ia m. Wm Aubrey. ~I'------. I J ohn Richard Hannah Springett Guliclm~ Maria I Christiana Forbes m. 'Nilliam 111. 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