Dead People Files - Encounter with William Penn

I was doing some research way back in one of my ancestor lines and find that these ancestors would have known William Penn. This caught my interest.

 First off, I have no relation to William Penn. However allegedly some of my ancestors did come to America with William Penn.  I come from a long line of Quakers also known as The Society of Friends on my paternal side. The story below is about my seventh Great Aunt Mary Carver Knight.

Quaker Symbol

William Penn is considered the founder of Pennsylvania.  His father, Sir William Penn, was owed debts from the King.  So, William Penn was gifted what we know today as Pennsylvania and Delaware. Well as it happens that my ancestors came with William Penn to America in 1682. There is no proof they sailed on "The Welcome" with William Penn, but the circumstances would indicate they did. It took The Welcome 57 days to make the crossing from England to the mouth of the Delaware River.  This was considered slow for the time. About 1/3 of the passengers died of smallpox.

 John Carver came with his brother's, William, Joseph, and Jacob and his wife Mary Lane.  John Carver is my 8th Great Grandfather. They all were members of the Society of Friends. Most interesting is that John Carver's wife gave birth to a little girl, Mary, in a cave in 1682 near Philadelphia approximately 5 days after the landing of William Penn though Oct 27, 1682, is her birthday most noted. This also the day that William Penn landed in what is known as New Castle, Delaware.  

YES, A CAVE!  Mary Lane Carver gave birth to her first born a daughter, Mary, in a cave. Her daughter is considered the first child of English parentage born in Pennsylvania. John Carver was granted 690 acres from William Penn along Poquessing Creek in the Northeastern part of Byberry. Mary's father, John, was a maltster by profession and he did this in Pennsylvania. A maltster provides malt to be made into beer. John Carver's daughter, Mary, would marry Isaac Knight. Isaac Knight came to Pennsylvania with his grandmother, Elizabeth Shorter. She was a maker of gloves and owned a store. Mary and Isaac would marry and have 8 children. Mary Carver Knight would become a noted minister in the Society of Friends.  Mary traveled extensively as a minister. She was well known. She died in 1769. Mary was 86 years old. 

I have been trying different ways to convey my stories.  Her is a doodle type attempt below.