Hi, listers, does anyone know if there is a listing of the persons who were part of the William Penn colony? I have a John GARRETT b. abt 1690 in Chad's Ford, Chester Co. and am wondering if his father, Thomas GARRETT might have been of the Penn group. thanks Janice

Janice and Helen, There is a website for the original 13 families of Germantown who came on the Welcome: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~original13/ There is also a maillist for them. also, here is an early land owners list for PA from 1682: http://www.rootsweb.com/~GENHOME/lnd1682.htm A link to background on the Colony creation: http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/penn.html Have fun! Diana in AL ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > Hi, listers, does anyone know if there is a listing of the persons who > were > part of the William Penn colony? I have a John GARRETT b. abt 1690 in > Chad's > Ford, Chester Co. and am wondering if his father, Thomas GARRETT might > have > been of the Penn group. > > thanks > > Janice > > ______________________________

Using most internet search engines for William Penn and Welcome will give you the lists you are looking for. The names vary between the lists because a record of the original passengers does not appear to exist. The lists published in books and the interent were created many years later by historians from many different scources. In general Penn departed England with about 100 passengers which were mostly members of the Society of Friends from the county of Sussex. During the 2 month trip some 30 passengers died from smallpox. Some history books of PA show about 40 family names among the 70 surviving passengers. The family Garrett is not listed.