William Penn
1644 - 1718
First lodged in America
in "Essex House" on this site
October 28, 1682
the guest of
Robert Wade
Here the earliest Quaker settler
on this side Delaware River, 1676,
purchaser of the property,
then called "Printzdorp,"
from the earlier occupant,
Armecot, widow of Johan Papegoia,
Vice Governor of New Sweden, 1653-1654
succeeding to ownership
from her father, Johan Printz,
the Swedish first Governor, 1643-1653,
in present Pennsylvania.
Marker is at the intersection of Penn St. and Front Street, on the left on Penn St..
Courtesy hmdb.org
