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ELIZABETH, b. Phila., Sept. 28, 1714, d. Phila., Dec. 3, 1714.
EDWARD SHIPPEN, son of Joseph and Abigail (née Grosse) Shippen, as above, generally known as Edward Shippen of Lancaster, b. Boston,
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July 9, 1703, d. Lancaster, Sept. 25, 1781. Will proved, Lancaster, Sept. 29, 1781. He was brought up as a merchant, by James Logan, and was in business with him in 1732, as Logan & Shippen; afterwards, 1749, with Thomas Lawrence, in the fur trade, as Shippen & Lawrence. He was elected to, and served for many years in the City Council, and in 1744 was Mayor of the city. In 1749 and 1750, he was Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. In May, 1752, he removed to Lancaster, where he was appointed Prothonotary, and continued such until 1778. He had large transactions as paymaster for sup- plies for the British and Provincial forces, when commanded by Gen. Forbes, Gen. Stanwix and Col. Bouquet, and managed them with so much integrity as to receive public thanks, 1760. He was a county judge under both the Provincial and State governments. In early life, he laid out Shippensburg, with so much judgment as to its situa- tion and advantages for settlers, that it speedily grew to be a flourish- ing village. In 1746-8, he was one of the founders of " the College of New Jersey," and was one of its first Board of Trustees, a position which he resigned in 1767. He was also one of the subscribers to the Philadelphia Academy, afterwards the University of Pennsylva- nia. He was, amongst other things, a fine French scholar, a rare species of knowledge in those days. His public duties as a citizen, Mr. Shippen discharged in a manner eminently praiseworthy and honorable. In his private intercourse, he showed himself virtuous and upright. To prevent his children's love for each other being impaired by anything concerning the distribution of his property after his death, he submitted his proposed will to his two sons, who, to their honor be it said, fearing that he had not given their sister quite enough, suggested an addition to her portion. A codicil, pre- pared by his son Edward, increasing her share, was accordingly signed. Mr. Shippen's advanced age prevented his taking any very active part, except as a committee-man, during the Revolution. His judgment was fixed as to the rights of the Colonies, and his senti- ments were warmly expressed in behalf of his country, not only during that eventful contest, but throughout that long period of oppression and resistance which preceded the final struggle. He did not live to hear of the surrender of Cornwallis, but his faith in the success of the righteous cause seems to have never once wavered. He m., 1st, Phila., Sept. 20, 1725, Sarah Plumley, dau. of Charles Plumley and Rose Budd, his wife, (Mrs. Plumley became the 2nd wife of Joseph Shippen), b. Philadelphia, Nov. 8, 1706, d. Phila-
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delphia, April 28, 1735. He m., 2nd, Aug., 1747, Mary, wid. of John Nowland, and dau. of William and Mary Gray, of Phila., b. London, Jan. 13, 1705-6, d. Lancaster, May 3, 1778. (Thomas Balch.)
Isssue, all by first wife :
ELIZABETH, b. Phila., Aug. 17, 1726, d. Aug. 29, 1726. JOSEPH, d. inf., b. Phila., Sept. 6, 1727,
WILLIAM, d. inf., b. Phila., Sept. 6, 1727.
EDWARD, b. Phila., Feb. 16, 1728-9, also Councillor, see below,
SARAH, b. Feb. 22, 1730, m. James Burd, see p. (67),
JOSEPH, b. Oct. 30, 1732, m. Jane Galloway, see p. (77), ROSE, b. Phila., Sept. 10, 1734, d. Sept. 30, 1734.
EDWARD SHIPPEN, also Councillor, son of Edward and Sarah (née Plumley) Shippen, last named, b. Phila., Feb. 16, 1728-9, bapt. 1st Presbyterian Church, March 1, 1728-9. Of his early education, we have no authentic account. He entered upon the study of the law in the office of Tench Francis, Esq., then the most learned and promi- nent counsel at the Philadelphia bar. During his clerkship, he took the opportunity to perfect himself not only in the principles of the profession, but also in its more practical details. We have his own authority for the statement that, at some time during the period, he prepared, with his own hand, the first "common recovery " ever suffered in Pennsylvania,
The opportunities, however, of acquiring a thorough legal educa- tion were, at that time, sadly deficient on this side of the ocean. Books were scarce, preceptors few, and the courts far from affording that variety and wealth of legal learning that might be gleaned from the lips of those who presided over the time-honored tribunals in Westminster Hall. It was determined, therefore, that Mr. Shippen should be regularly entered at one of the London Inns of Court, and that he should, by pursuing the course of studies then in vogue, regu- larly qualify himself for admission to practice as a barrister. With this intent, he sailed from Philadelphia in the early part of the year 1749, and, after experiencing a dangerous and long-continued storm off the Banks of Newfoundland, arrived safely in the Downs on the twenty-seventh day out from the Capes of Delaware, landed at Deal, and took coach for London. Here he spent some little time in re-
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cruiting, after the fatigues of the voyage, in "seeing all the curiosi- ties of that populous city," and in paying, as in duty bound, a visit to Mr. Richard Penn, by whom he was cordially and hospitably received. In a short time, he was duly entered as a student at the Middle Temple, where, if we are to believe his letters to his father, he kept his terms with exemplary regularity. In the pursuit of those legal studies, he remained until the spring of the year 1750, when, having completed his "six vacation exercises, three candle-light exer- cises and two new iron exercises," according to time-honored custom, he was duly called to the bar, took the necessary oaths, was admitted to practice as a barrister, and on May 14, set sail on his return to Pennsylvania.
Here his talents and learning, his family connections and the pres- tige of his London education, soon secured for him a fair share of business. We find that the very next autumn, on Sept. 25, he was admitted to practice at the bar of the Supreme Court, on pro- ducing his certificate from the Treasurer of the Middle Temple, and we have some reason to suppose that he was shortly afterwards con- cerned in some cases of note. On Nov. 22, 1752, Mr. Shippen was appointed the Judge of the Admiralty Court in Philadelphia, a position of some importance and of considerable pecuniary value. His court was held over the Market House in Third street, at quite a different place from the other courts of the Province, as though broadly to mark the contrast of jurisdiction and practice existing between them. Meantime, his reputation for ability and prudence seems to have been steadily on the increase. In April, 1756, he was, with some others, specially deputed by the Governor to pacify a great assembly of tumultuous people at Lancaster, who had gathered in consequence of some recent Indian massacres in the western part of the state, a mission in which he seems to have been completely suc- cessful. Judge Shippen was, like almost all Americans of that day, not a little proud and jealous of the reputation of the provincial troops. "The New England men," he writes to his father, in March, 1756, "are now esteemed the champions of the American world." "Bradstreet," he writes again in Sept., 1758, referring to the recent capture of Fort Frontenac, " has done bravely. Saying Pro- vincials are worthless troops, won't go down now, * * * when
* an American, with about three thousand Provincials, has marched into the very heart of an enemy's country and taken a fortress which is the very key to all the French settlements on the
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Lakes." But, notwithstanding this feeling of natural pride, his mind, like that of many others whose dispositions were peaceable, or who held offices of trust or profit under the Crown, was extremely averse to the forcible resistance of the rights claimed by the Mother Country over the colonies. He would, for example, have had Brad- dock's insolent requisitions for supplies promptly met by the Assem- bly, for, said he, "it is a vain thing to contend with a general at the head of an army, though he should act an arbitrary part, especially as, in all probability, he will be supported in everything at home." An additional motive for entertaining these sentiments was afforded him by his appointment, Sept. 24, 1765, as Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, a position which does not seem to have interfered with the performance of his judicial functions, and which certainly did not prevent his attending to the details of a rapidly-growing practice. The next year came the news of the repeal of the Stamp Act, a measure which afforded Judge Shippen unbounded joy, as it seemed to him to promise a peaceful solution of the troubles with the Mother Country.
In 1770, Judge Shippen suffered a considerable loss of income from his judicial position. His remuneration consisted exclusively of the fees levied upon the various suitors, and was therefore, of course, proportionately greater or smaller as the number of cases brought before him increased or diminished. In this year, Jared Ingersoll received the appointment of Commissioner of Appeals in Admiralty, and accordingly, at once established a tribunal which seems to have drawn away much business from the regular Vice- Admiralty Court. On Dec. 12 of the same year, Judge Shippen was appointed a member of the Provincial Council, a position the duties of which, as the minutes of that body will show, he faithfully and punctually performed.
The breaking out of the Revolution was to Judge Shippen a mat- ter of most serious moment. He was, of course, at once deprived of all his offices under the Crown, while the anxieties of war and the great financial and commercial depression of the country precluded him, almost altogether, from sustaining himself by the practice of his profession. He accordingly withdrew with his family to his country seat, near the Falls of Schuylkill, and there remained an impassive spectator of the great public events which were transpiring round him. He looked forward with dread to the prospect of independ- ence as most repugnant alike to his sentiments and associations, and,
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being mistrusted by the authorities of the state, was, by order of the Supreme Executive Council, placed on his parol to give no assistance or information to the enemy, and was bound, by recognizance, not to depart further than a few miles from his home. When the British took possession of Philadelphia, Mr. Shippen returned to his house in town, and was on terms of intimacy with many of the British officers. His daughters, particularly the youngest, were much ad- mired and flattered, and, though their father refused to permit them to attend the meschianza, it is to be feared that this is to be attributed to a just feeling of shame at the indelicacy of the costume in which they were expected to appear, rather than to any patriotic sentiment prompting him to forbid his family to take part in the festivities of an enemy.
When the war was at length over, Mr. Shippen found that his means had been so seriously impaired that he entertained thoughts of removing to Lancaster, in order to put some limit to the great expenses of his family. This design was, however, frustrated by his being called a second time to fill the judicial chair. Notwithstanding his sen- timents during the Revolution, and his lack of interest in the patri- otic cause, his talents and integrity were such as to command the esteem, and insure the regard of the community in which he lived. His appointment, therefore, on May 1, 1784, as President Judge of the Common Pleas of Philadelphia county, met with universal approbation ; nor had the public any cause for disappointment at the manner in which, for upwards of six years, he conducted himself in that station ; and this was not the only mark of respect and confi- dence conferred upon him. On Sept. 16 of the same year, he was appointed one of the Judges of the High Court of Errors and Ap- peals, an office which he continued to fill until the abolition of that tribunal. On Oct. 3, 1785, he was, after a sharp contest, elected a Justice for the Dock Ward in the city, and on the following day, received from the Supreme Executive Council, an appointment as President of the Quarter Sessions and General Jail Delivery. These last two positions were, however, so irksome to him that, after the lapse of a little more than a year, he, on Nov. 20, 1786, requested to be relieved from them both, which permission was accordingly granted on Dec. 5. The satisfactory manner in which he discharged the duties of his position in the Common Pleas, secured him, on Jan. 29, 1791, an appointment as one of the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court, a position which he occupied until 1799, when,
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Chief Justice Mckean being elected Governor, he was, by the latter, appointed Chief Justice in his room. This station he continued to fill until the close of the year 1805, when, finding that the infirmi- ties of age were pressing upon him, he resigned, and on April 16, 1806, suddenly but quietly died. His death called for concerted action on the part of the bar. They met accordingly, on the follow- ing day, Jared Ingersoll in the chair, Horace Binney acting as Secre- tary, and resolved to attend his funeral in a body. This took place from his residence, on the west side of Fourth street, near Prune, where he had lived for many years preceding his death. He was buried in Christ Church burying ground, but without a stone or tablet to mark the spot.
Of Chief Justice Shippen's political sentiments, sufficient has per- haps been said. That he was opposed to the separation from Eng- land is, without doubt, true, and in this respect, he was resembled by many others whose fortunes and families were in a position similar to his. It is, however, to be noted that history never pointed out any act, on his part, amounting to downright disloyalty, and it is believed that no scrutiny, however close, of his actions or correspondence will avail to substantiate such a charge. As a lawyer, Chief Justice Ship- pen may be certainly said to have been " patient, discriminating, and just." It is to his pen that we owe the first law reports published in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, we have few, if any verbatim reports of his opinions, and are able, therefore, to judge but imperfectly of their merits. As far as can now be seen, his mind was of an eminently practical cast. Not so well versed as his great successors, Ch. JJ. Tilghman and Gibson, in the more abstruse learning of his profes- sion, he far excelled them in his intimate acquaintance with Pennsyl- vania practice and precedent, for a period extending over more than half a century. "He was a man of large views," said C. J. Tilgh- man, "and one for whom I always entertained a most affectionate regard." "Everything that fell from that venerated man is entitled to great respect," said Judge Duncan. He was, indeed, such a Judge as the state wanted-a man of sound, practical common sense, of great experience, some talents, and undoubted integrity.
Of the private character of C. J. Shippen, it is, at this late day, difficult to speak intelligently. He was fond of literature outside the realms of his profession, frequently alluding to the classics, in his correspondence, especially the works of Virgil and Ovid. He was interested in the prosperity of the University of Pennsylvania, and
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was, at one time, a Trustee of that institution. As regards his man- ners, we have no definite information. Those who knew him and met him face to face, have passed away, but tradition says that his disposition was austere and unyielding. It should, however, be re- membered, in this connection, that the very qualities which best fit a man for a judge, are often those which are least calculated to inspire popular affection or regard. (Sketch written by Lawrence Lewis, Jr.)
He m., Christ Church, Philadelphia, Nov. 29, 1753, Margaret, dau. of Tench Francis, Att'y-Gen. of Pa., by his w. Elizabeth Tur- bett. She was b. Talbot Co., Maryland, Aug. 17, 1735, d. Philadel- phia, May 28, 1794, bu. Xt. Ch. May 29, 1794.
Issue :
ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 15, 1754, m. her first cousin, Edward Burd, see p. (70),
SARAH, b. Feb. 1, 1756, m. Thomas Lea, see below,
MARY, b. Aug. 15, 1757, m. William McIlvaine, see p. (61), EDWARD, b. Dec. 11, 1758, m. Elizabeth Juliana Footman, see p. (62),
MARGARET, b. June 11, 1760, m. Benedict Arnold, see p. (64), JOHN FRANCIS, b. Phila., Nov. 24, 1762, bu. Xt. Ch. Jan. 8, 1763,
JAMES, b. Phila., Oct. 9, 1766, bu. Xt. Ch. Nov. 10, 1769.
SARAH SHIPPEN, dau. of Edward and Margaret (née Francis) Shippen, last named, b. Phila., Feb. 1, 1756, d. 1831, m. Phila., Sep. 21, 1787, Thomas Lea, b. Phila., July 26, 1757, d. Phila., Sep. 22, 1793, son of Thomas and Eleanor Lea of Dublin.
Issue (surname LEA) :
(I) ROBERT, d. y., bu. Christ Church bu. ground.
(II) MARGARET SHIPPEN, b. Phila., Oct. 2, 1789, d. New York, March 11, 1821, m. Dominick Lynch of New York, b. New York, Nov. 23, 1786, d. Paris, France, July 31, 1837, son of Dominick and Jane Lynch of Dublin, Issue (surname Lynch) :
(1) Sarah Lea, m. Nicholas Luquer of Brooklyn, son of Nicholas Luquer and his w. Sarah Middagh, b. July 24, 1809, d. April 4, 1864, Issue (surname Luquer) : Sarah,
Lea, (Rev.) Rector of St. Matthew's P. E. Church, Bed- ford, West Chester Co., N. Y., m. Eloise E., dau. of Thatcher and Elizabeth Cottrell Payne,
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Issue (surname Luquer) : Eloise Payne, Lea McIlvaine, Thatcher Payne, Margaret Shippen, m. Alexander Ector Orr of N. J., for- merly of Londonderry, Ireland,
Nicholas, m. Helen King, dau. of Henry and Helen King Shelton, Issue (surname Luquer) : Margaret Kowenhoven, Nicholas, dec'd, Dominick Lynch, Dominick Lynch, d. Nov. 26, 1840,
(2) Jane, m. Julius Izard Pringle of New Orleans, Issue (surname Pringle) : Mary, m. Yvan des Francs de Polignac, Issue (surname de Polignac) : One son, John Julius, d. 1876, m. Elizabeth Allston, Poinsett, d. 1864,
Dominick Lynch, m. Caroline Lowndes, Issue (surname Pringle) : Three,
(3) Dominick, Capt. U. S. N., m. Antonia Buena Ven- tura, dau. of Lieut. Joseph Arquimbau, R. N., and his w. Marian Bosquet, Issue (surname Lynch) : Dominick, d. y. 1846, Dominick, 1st Lieut. U. S. A., m. Emma A., dau. of David Webster of Phila, d. Feb. 21, 1875, Issue (surname Lynch) : Mary Antonia, Dominga Isabella,
Mary Josephine Arquimbau,
Margaret Shippen Lea, m. Edward J. Harvey, M. D. of Brooklyn, Issue (surname Harvey ) : Antonia Lynch and three other dau.
Anthony, d. Oct. 27, 1854,
Sarah Burd, d. Sep. 6, 1855,
Charlotte Lawrence, m. Lt. Camody, U. S. N.,
Antonia Buena Ventura, d. Aug. 23, 1859,
Louisa Rebecca,
Joseph Arquimbau, Jane,
(4) Margaret, m. Stuart Cairns Maitland of Dundren- nan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland,
Issue (surname Maitland) : Isabella, m. Col. William Fullerton, R. A., d. s. p. 1876. Elizabeth, m. Lieut. George Farie, 74th Highlanders, Issue (surname Farie) : James, and two other children,
Margaret, d. 1847, David, m. Ellinor Scott, Issue (surname Maitland) : Four children, Jane Lynch, m. Count Karl von Büch, Issue (surname von Büch) : Margaret Lynch and two other children, Sarah Lea,
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Helen, Thomas, (5) George Harrison, of Rochester, N. Y., m. Louisa Frances, dau. of Henry A. Foster of Rome, N. Y., Issue (surname Lynch) : George Harrison, Stuart Maitland, d. y., Jasper, Lea, d. y., Henry A. Foster, d. y., (6) Thomas Lea, d. March, 1823.
MARY SHIPPEN, dau. of Chief Justice Edward and Margaret (née Francis) Shippen, p. (59), b. Phila., Aug. 15, 1757, dec'd, m. (3d w. of) William McIlvaine, M. D., of Burlington, N. J., son of William McIlvaine of Phila., by his w. Ann Emerson.
Issue (surname MCILVAINE) :
WILLIAM, b. May 2, 1786, d. unm. Aug. 9, 1854, bu. St. Mary's, Burlington,
EDWARD SHIPPEN, b. Oct. 1, 1787, d. Sep. 13, 1843, m. Burlington, Oct. 21, 1812, Esther, dau. of William Rod- man by his w. Esther West,
Issue (surname McIlvaine) :
William Rodman, b. Dec. 10, 1820, d. Jan. 13, 1875, m. Christina Scudder, Issue (surname McIlvaine) : Edward Shippen, Jasper Scudder, Maria, dec'd, Francis Rodman, d.,
MARGARET SHIPPEN, b. Nov. 25, 1788, d. unm. Jany. 14, 1864, bu. St. Mary's,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, b. Jany. 15, 1790, d. July 14, 1847, m. Mary Ann, dau. of Comm. Alexander Murray, U. S. N., Issue (surname McIlvaine) :
William, b. Phila., grad. A. B. (U. of P.), d. unm. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1867, Alexander Murray, b. Phila., grad. A. B. (U. of P.), m. Elizabeth C. Olden, Issue (surname McIlvaine) : Elizabeth Olden, Julia Murray, Bloomfield, Lieut. U. S. N., m. Caroline Fry Burton, Issue (surname McIlvaine) : Josephine Burton, William, Alexander Murray, d., Rodman, dec'd, Mary Shippen, m. Charles Magill Spencer, Edward Shippen,
a
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Shippen-McIlvaine branch.
Mary, Margaret, m. the Rev. R. S. S. Dickinson, son of the Rev. Baxter Dickinson, Wilhelmina Elizabeth, MARY, d. unm. Dec. 7, 1869, bu. St. Mary's.
EDWARD SHIPPEN, son of Chief Justice Edward and Margaret (née Francis) Shippen, p. (59), b. Phila., Dec. 11, 1758, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), took degree of M. D. at Edinburgh, traveled on the Con- tinent. On his return home, resided at Whitemarsh, near Phila., and at Burlington, where he practiced medicine, d. Burlington, N. J., Oct. 22, 1809, m. Phila., Nov. 23, 1785, Elizabeth Juliana, dau. of Rich- ard and Eleanor Footman, b. Phila., Jany. 21, 1762, d. Aug. 17, 1848. Issue :
(I) MARGARET, b. Phila., Oct. 8, 1786, d. unm. Burlington, July 23, 1853,
(II) ELIZABETH, b. Phila., Dec. 16, 1787, d. unm. Burl., Aug. 11, 1871,
(III) EDWARD, b. Upper Merion township, Montgomery Co., Pa., Feb. 22, 1789, d. unm. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 23, 1832, -He received a sound mathematical and classical education at private schools in Burl. and Phila., entered the United States Bank, when it was in the full tide of its success, and was elected to go to Louisville, Ky., to manage the branch established there. He d. of Asiatic cholera, during the first visit of that epidemic to this country,-
(IV) MARY COXE, b. Up. Merion, April 23, 1790, d. unm. Phila., Dec. 29, 1871,
(V) ANNE COXE, b. Up. Mer., May 20, 1792, d. s. p. Belvi- dere, N. J., Aug. 13, 1863, m. (was 3d w. of) Rev. Richard H. B. Mitchell,
(VI) RICHARD, b. Up. Mer., Feb. 2, 1795, d. Burlington, May 18, 1868, educated in Burlington, and sent to India and China while quite a boy,-He was a good navigator, and succeeded to the command of an Indiaman when barely of age. On his marriage, he left the sea, and lived first at Singletree, near Trenton, N. J. On the inception of the Camden and Amboy R. R., he became connected with it, and remained so until his death ; during these forty years he lived in Bordentown, Philadelphia, and finally at the Green
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Bank, in Burlington-m., 1st, March 1, 1825, Anna Eliza- beth, only child of Lawrence Farmer, and, 2nd, Catharine, dau. of Francis Binney,
Issue by first wife :
(1) Edward, b. in New Jersey, grad. A. B. (Princ.) and M. D. (U. of P.), entered the Navy as Assist- ant Surg'n, Aug. 7, 1849, commissioned Surgeon, April 26, 1861, on March 8, 1862, he was on the "Congress" when she was destroyed by the "Merri- mac," at Newport News, Va., and was injured by a shell, and 1864-5, was on the iron-clad frigate "New Ironsides," in both battles of Fort Fisher and the operations of Bermuda Hundred-He made the Russian cruise under Admiral Farragut, was commissioned Medical Inspector 1871, Fleet Surgeon European Squadron 1871-3, Navy Yard, Phila., 1873-4, in charge of Naval Hospital 1874-7, com- missioned Medical Director 1876, President of the Naval Medical Examining Board, Philadelphia, 1880-2-living in Phila., where he m. Mary Katha- rine, dau. of Dr. J. Rodman Paul,
Issue :
Anna, m. George Willing, see Willing branch, Elizabeth Paul,
Katharine Paul,
Margaret,
(2) William Watson, m. Georgiana E. Morton, Issue :
George, d. y., Kate, Richard, d. y.,
William,
John S., d. y., Ettie, Anna E.,
Edward, d. y.,
Alice, d. y.,
Georgie,
Sophie, Caroline,
(3) Richard, d. y.,
(4) Anna Elizabeth, m. Robert M. Lewis, who grad. A. B. (U. of P.) of Phila.,
Issue (surname Lewis) : Lawrence, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), of Phila. bar, Anna Shippen, Issue by second wife :
(5) Richard, d. y., July 17, 1846,
(6) Francis,
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(VII) FRANCES, b. Aug. 11, 1796, d. Germantown, Nov. 16, 1873, m. Burl., April 27, 1825, William Inman Watson, Issue (surname Watson) :
(1) Edward Shippen, grad. A. B. (U. of P.) went abroad, and on his return took orders, is Rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, m. Sophia, dau. of Edmund Wilcox, Issue (surname Watson) : Mary Wilcox,
(2) Sarah Shippen, d. y.,
(3) Mary Anna, m. James Alborn Farnum of Provi- dence, who had settled in Phila. a few years previ- ous, Issue (surname Farnum) : Fanny Watson, m. George Maurice Abbot, Issue (surname Abbot) : Elizabeth Sergeant, Edward Shippen Watson, Mary Shippen,
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