When William Penn Died He was 74 years old
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Sir Admiral William Penn was William Penn's Father's name.
William Penn did cause his last name is PENNWilliam Penn.
William Penn died after complications from a stroke. He suffered from two strokes and his health slowly declined in the years following.
William Penn traveled to Ireland, England, and the New World, which had Pennsylvania in it, too.
In 1677, William Penn led about 200 settlers to a town named Burlington. There, he named the area that was bought by him and others, "New Wales", then "Sylvania" (Latin for "forests or woods'"), which King Charles changed to "Pennsylvania" in honor of Penn's father, Admiral Sir William Penn.