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His second marriage was to Hannah Margaret Callowhill (1671-1727), daughter of Thomas Callowhill and Anna (Hannah) Hollister. William Penn married Hannah when she was 24 and he was 52. They had eight children in twelve years. The first died in infancy. The other children were:
- John Penn (1699-1746), never married.
- Thomas Penn (1702-1775), married Lady Juliana Fermore, fourth daughter of Thomas, first Earl of Pomfret.
- Margaret Penn (b. 1704)
- Richard Penn (1706-1771)
- Dennis Penn (b. 1707, d. before 1727)
- Hannah Penn (b. 1708)
Penn's family line still resides in England, America and Australia.
Posthumous honors
On November 28, 1984 Ronald Reagan, upon an Act of Congress by Presidential Proclamation 5284 declared William Penn and his second wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn, each to be an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
There is a widely told, probably apocryphal, story that one time when Fox and Penn met, Penn expressed concern over wearing a sword (a standard part of dress for people of Penn's station), and how this was not in keeping with Quaker beliefs. George Fox responded, "Wear it as long as
- Proclamation of Honorary US Citizenship for William and Hannah Penn by President Ronald Reagan (1984)