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I see that William Penn did not want the colony to be named after him. However, it appears the colony was named after him (or his father) anyway. True? [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 19:12, 15 October 2008 (EDT)
I see that William Penn did not want the colony to be named after him. However, it appears the colony was named after him (or his father) anyway. True? [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 19:12, 15 October 2008 (EDT)
Thinking about it, it does seem more likely that Pennsylvania was named after William Penn's father. If it had been named in Welsh (as an alternative to the name New Wales) and the idea was to create the name 'Head Woods' then Pennsylvania would have been named Pencoed. [[User:Ieuan|Ieuan]] 03:32, 17th October 2008 (BST)