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Gulielma Maria Posthuma Penn ( née Springett; February 1644 – 23 February 1694) was the first wife of William Penn, the notable Quaker writer, religious thinker and founder of Pennsylvania . Early life. Gulielma was the daughter of Sir William Springett and Mary Penington (née Proude).
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Penn, Gulielma Springett (1644–1694)English Quaker, first wife of William Penn, who was a leading figure of early Quaker women's meetings in England. Name variations: Guli or Guly. Pronunciation: Goo-lee-EL-ma.
Gulielma Maria Springett, born a few months before William Penn in ^1644, was the posthumous daughter of Sir William Springett, a lawyer and a knight who died while fighting on Cromwell's side during the English Civil War.
Gulielma Maria Penn formerly Springett. Born about 1 Mar 1644 in Darling, Sussex, , England. Ancestors. Daughter of William Springett and Mary (Proude) Penington. Sister of John Pennington [half], Mary (Pennington) Worley [half], Ned Pennington [half], Isaac Pennington [half], William Pennington [half] and Edward Pennington [half]
Gulielma Maria Springett Penn. 1644-1694. Called Guli by family and friends, she was the daughter of Sir William Springett (c.1620-1644) who died before she was born, and Mary Proude Springett who subsequently became the wife of Isaac Penington.
Gulielma Maria Springett was born on 23 February 1644, in Thakeham, Sussex, England as the daughter of Sir William Springett and Mary Proude Springett. She married William Penn on 4 April 1672, in Hertfordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters.
While in prison he wrote No Cross No Crown, one of his most influential books. Around this time he also met Gulielma Springett, daughter of Mary Penington and step daughter of Isaac Penington, both committed Quakers. In 1672 William and Gulielma married, and went on to have seven children, five of whom died in infancy.
