This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SpookiestRider Surnames: Penn, Lightfoot Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.unknown/2761.3782.1.1.2.3.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't know if he did marry a Penn. I thought it was a strong possibilty as I stated or perhaps he was closely related somehow to them. Maybe he was a father-in-law or something. Because he did own the family book for a while before handing it on to Shadrach Penn. And there's also the possibilty that he only knew the Penn family very well. As he lived along the Monogahela In PA, this would have placed him between Shadrach Penn(living in southern Ohio) and his family back in Baltimore. Yes, both men and women Quakers married into the Iroquois Confederacy. Not all of them, of course. My local Amish and Mennonite neighbors know this and highly revere William Penn, as you may well imagine. There are many records indicating these marriages and they are quite easily found. Even drawings (prior to photographing) depicts such marriages. As I also stated, the Quakers were considered "human beings" by the local Indians as they were civilized people. They bartered and worked together.! They taught one another new things. And well, the Quakers being a land-loving people knew that if one of their children were to marry into a particular tribe, land would not be an issue. The tribes also offered protection against more (shall we say "spirited") whites, the government (who were still suspicious of the Quakers) and warring native Nations. William Penn himself highly condoned these marriages. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.