William Markham

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William Markham

English colonist

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William Markham, the deputy governor to William Penn, located his seat of government in Upland when he arrived in 1681 to establish the English colony of Pennsylvania. Upon Penn’s arrival in 1682 the province’s first assembly was convened there. Penn probably renamed the settlement Chester…
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William Markham, the deputy governor to William Penn, located his seat of government in Upland when he arrived in 1681 to establish the English colony of Pennsylvania. Upon Penn’s arrival in 1682 the province’s first assembly was convened there. Penn probably renamed the settlement Chester…
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