Show NAMING OF pennsylvania wllliam william Blath wayt commissioner ot of suggested Suggest td it B be called after the quaker when william penn was asked by charles 11 II to name the new colony over the sea lie he proposed the name nam of tho the queen william Blath wayt the commissioner of plantations bluntly the proposal in the presence of the court and suggested the quakers own name as the proper one for the vast territory that owed its colonization and development to him the king was not offended but sided wilh Blath wayt and penn himself was war greatly flattered by the compliment several letters on the subject were written by him to Blath wayt these letters were carefully preserved by Blath wayts descendants and being recently put up at t t auction with the original draft by charles if IL of pennsylvania to penn brought nearly tho the family name ol of Blath wayt be bame the the solo sole son of the line to a wealthy miss winter who restored the fallen fortunes of the Blath wayts on condition that her husband ELd adopted opted the tha name ol 01 0 winter one ot of the winters accompanied sir francis drake around the world as his vice admiral and another of the family was a vice admiral under drake when he desi troyed the armada |