Researching William Pennoyer
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The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Pennoyer on Ancestry
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William Pennoyer
William Pennoyer was a British puritan merchant born in Bristol in 1603. In 1657 he was elected as Master of the Clothworkers' Company and he became a Governor of Christ's Hospital in 1659. As a successful merchant, he was involved in trading of cloth, tobacco, livestock and gunpowder, and he had interests in sugar plantations and fishing. He was involved in business ventures with the East India Company.
William Pennoyer was involved in the foundation of free "Pennoyer's Schools" in the village of Pulham St Mary, Norfolk and at Hay-on-Wye, Brecknockshire (now Powys). He made extensive charitable provisions in his will in connection with Christ's Hospital, Harvard College (now University) in Massachusetts and local charities in Pulham St Mary.
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