HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY.
 

179
 

CHAPTER  XII.
 

WILLIAM PENN RETURNS TO PENNSYLVANIA AND LIVES IN BUCKS

COUNTY.—RE-SURVEY.
 

1699    TO    ITOS.
 

Penn sails for Pennsylvania.—James Logan.—Penn and family live at Pennsbury.—
Expenses moderate.—Butter from Rhode Island.—Ale, beer, wine.—Tea and
coffee.—The Swedes furnish pork and shad.—Servants employed.—John Sotcher,
Mary Lofty, Ralph, Nicholas, et al.—Method of traveling.—His barge.—Articles
of dress.—Domestic life.—Marriages at Pennsbury.—Arrangements to return to
England.—-Great Indian council.—Indians explain their idea of God.—Penn and
ftimily sail for London.—Pennsbury left in charge of John Sotcher and wife.—
Their descendants.—Lord Cornbury.—William Penn, jr.—Pennsbury house.—
Unhealthy years.—Cutler's re-surveys.

William Penn, accompanied by his wife, his daughter Letitia,
and James Logan, his private secretary, sailed from England, on
his second visit to Pennsylvania, the 3d of September, 16^9. The
vessel arrived at Philadelphia the 10th of December, when, after tar¬
rying in the city a few days, Penn and his family proceeded to the
manor house, not yet finished, in Falls tow^nship. There they made
their home during their stay in Pennsylvania. Logan remained at
Philadelphia to attend to public affairs and look after the interests ot
the Proprietary.