They used no ring, that being against their religious views,
Skidmore, Gil, and Mary Penington. “Preface”. Experiences in the Life of Mary Penington, edited by Norman Penney and Norman Penney, Friends Historical Society, 1992, p. vii - xvii.
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and many of the usual, dark, formal words were left out of the ceremony.
Penington, Mary. Experiences in the Life of Mary Penington. Editor Penney, Norman, Friends Historical Society, 1992.
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Mary had said she would not marry unless the...
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Penington
MP
's daughter Gulielma
became the first wife of the well-known Quaker William Penn
.
Kunze, Bonnelyn Young. Margaret Fell and the Rise of Quakerism. Macmillan, 1994.
240n2
She also enjoyed a...
Residence
Dorothy Wellesley
She said the house's little faĉade was perfect, and the rocks were real, large, and primeval. It had once belonged to Guglielma Penn
, wife of the famous Quaker William Penn
and daughter (though Wellesley...