Edward Shippen

Edward Shippen

Edward Shippen (1639, Hillham, Cheshire, England – August 1712, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was the second mayor of Philadelphia, from 1701 to 1703. He was also a leader of the Province of Pennsylvania, including serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1699.

Family

One grandchild was Continental Congressman William Shippen; another was wife of Philadelphia Mayor Charles Willing, whose daughter was Mary Willing Byrd; and another, also Edward Shippen, was also a mayor of Philadelphia. A great-great-granddaughter was Peggy Shippen, wife of Benedict Arnold.

ee also

* List of Lieutenant Governors of Colonial Pennsylvania

External links

* [http://www.temple.edu/biographical/samples/documents/Shippenexcerpt.pdf Biography from "Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania", Vol. One, 1682-1709, pp. 666-669]
* [http://virtualology.com/apedwardshippen/ Biography at Virtualology.com]


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