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Shippen Family
Shippen can refer to: People * Edward Shippen, second mayor of Philadelphia * Edward Shippen (II), wealthy merchant and government official in colonial Philadelphia * Edward Shippen (III), lawyer, judge, government official, and prominent figure in colonial and post-revolutionary Philadelphia * John Shippen, African-American golfer * Peggy Shippen, second wife of Benedict Arnold * Robert Shippen, English academic administrator at the University of Oxford * William Shippen Sr., represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress * William Shippen, Jr., the second Surgeon General of the Continental Army * William Shippen (MP), English Tory Member of Parliament Places * Shippen Township, Cameron County, Pennsylvania * Shippen Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Shippen Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 500 at the 2020 census. Two Pennsylvania state parks, Colton Point and Leonard Harrison are in Shippen Township at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Shippen
Edward Shippen (1639, Methley, West Yorkshire, England – October 2, 1712, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was the second mayor of Philadelphia, although under William Penn's charter of 1701, he was considered the first. Early life Edward was born in Methley to his parents, William and Mary, whom were married there on July 16, 1626. Shippen's father was settled in the village of his birth, Monk Fryston, before he migrated to Methley. Monk Fryston is closely linked to the village of Hillam, which was where the Shippen family had hailed from, possibly as early as the thirteenth century according to family tradition. Political and legal career Shippen was appointed to a one-year term by William Penn in 1701. In 1702, he was elected to a second one-year term, making him the first elected mayor of Philadelphia. He was also a leader of the Province of Pennsylvania, and served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1699. He also served as the chief executive for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Shippen (II)
Edward Shippen III (July 9, 1703 – September 25, 1781) was an American merchant and mayor of Philadelphia. Biography He was born on July 9, 1703, in Boston. Shippen entered into mercantile pursuits with James Logan, with whom he was in business from 1732 as the firm of Logan and Shippen. He also transacted some shipping business with famous Philadelphia pewterer Simon Edgell. There are many advertisements in the Pennsylvania Gazette mentioning Mssrs Shippen and Edgell. Afterward, he went into the fur trade with Thomas Lawrence, as the firm of Shippen and Lawrence. In 1744 Shippen was elected mayor of Philadelphia. In 1745 and for several years thereafter, he served as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In May 1752, he moved to Lancaster, where he was appointed prothonotary, as which he served until 1778. He had large transactions as paymaster for supplies for the British and provincial forces when they were commanded by General John Forbes, General John Stanwix, and Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Shippen (III)
Edward Shippen (February 16, 1729 – April 15, 1806)Randolph Shipley Klein. "Shippen, Edward IV"; ''American National Biography Online'', Feb. 2000. was an American lawyer, judge, government official, and prominent figure in colonial and post-revolutionary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His fourth daughter, Margaret Shippen, was the second wife of Benedict Arnold. Early life Shippen was born in Philadelphia, the son of merchant Edward Shippen III and, his first wife, Sarah Plumley. He learned law from Tench Francis, Pennsylvania's attorney general. He married his mentor's daughter Margaret Francis in 1753, with whom he had nine children. In 1748 he went to London to complete his law studies at the Middle Temple, and, after returning to Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar. Career He was appointed judge of the admiralty court in 1755. Three years later he was elected to the city's common council. In 1762 he was appointed prothonotary of the supreme court, a post retained till ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shippen
John Matthew Shippen Jr. (December 2, 1879 – May 20, 1968) was an American golfer who competed in several of the early U.S. Opens. Born in Washington D.C., he was the son of a former slave and Presbyterian minister, John Shippen Sr. and Eliza Spotswood Shippen, and is believed to be the first American-born golf professional. Shippen, was of African American and Native American descent. At the age of 16, Shippen earned an assistant professional post at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club where he began giving lessons to some of the club members and became an accomplished player in his own right. Shippen's best finishes came at the 1896 U.S. Open held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, and the 1902 U.S. Open held at Garden City Golf Club in Garden City, New York, where he tied for fifth place at both. Early life When he was nine his father was sent to serve as minister on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation—close to Shinnecock Hills—one of America's earliest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Shippen
Margaret "Peggy" Shippen (July 11, 1760 – August 24, 1804) was the highest-paid spy in the American Revolution, and was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold. Shippen was born into a prominent Philadelphia family with Loyalist tendencies. She met Arnold during his tenure as military commander of the city following the British withdrawal in 1778. They were married in the Shippen townhouse on Fourth Street on April 8, 1779, and Arnold began conspiring with the British to change sides soon after. Peggy played a role in the conspiracy which was exposed after British Major John André was arrested in September 1780 carrying documents concerning the planned surrender of the critical Continental Army base at West Point. Arnold escaped to New York City and Peggy followed. They traveled together to London at the end of 1781, where she established a home and Arnold rebuilt a trading business. In 1787, she joined him in Saint John, New Brunswick, where his difficulties with local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Shippen
Robert Shippen D.D. FRS (1675–1745) was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford. Shippen was the brother of the Tory politician William Shippen. He was educated at Stockport Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford. He matriculated at Merton College on 6 April 1693 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1696. Shippen acted as a tutor at Brasenose College, Oxford was awarded a Master of Arts degree on 4 July 1699. He was then elected a Fellow of Brasenose College. He was elected Professor of Music at Gresham College in London on 4 December 1705 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706. He benefited from the living of St Stephen's, Limehouse. Shippen was elected Principal (head) of Brasenose College, Oxford in 1710 and attained a Doctor of Divinity. He held the post of Principal of Brasenose until his death in 1745. During his time as President of Brasenose College, Shippen was also Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1718 until 1723. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shippen Sr
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shippen, Jr
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shippen (MP)
William Shippen (''bap''. 30 July 1673 – 1 May 1743) was an English Jacobite and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1707 to 1743. Shippen was educated at Stockport Grammar School, and entered Brasenose College, Oxford on 16 July 1687. Shortly one year after his matriculation he was elected king's scholar at Westminster. Admitted a pensioner of Trinity College, Cambridge on 26 June 1691 he became a scholar there the next year. Shippen went to the Middle Temple in 1693 and graduated with a BA the year after and was called to the bar in 1699., Stephen W. Baskerville, âShippen, William (bap. 1673, d. 1743)€™, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 7 Dec 2009. On 17 July 1712 he married Frances Stote (''d''. 1747), daughter of Sir Richard Stote of Jesmond Hall, Northumberland. Shippen made several contributions to the fierce propaganda war between Tories and Whigs in the early 18th century. In reign of Queen A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shippen Township, Cameron County, Pennsylvania
Shippen Township is a township in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,922 at the 2020 census. The borough of Emporium, the county seat, lies enclaved within the eastern part of the township, but is not part of it. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.24%, is water. It is the largest township in Pennsylvania, somewhat larger than the next largest, Rush Township in Centre County and Jones Township in Elk County. Its size is greater than that of Pennsylvania's two smallest counties, Montour and Philadelphia. Shippen Township is bordered by McKean County to the north, Portage Township to the east, Lumber Township to the east and south and Elk County to the south and west. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,495 people, 989 households, and 725 families residing in the township. The population density was 15.9 people per square mile (6.1/km2). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
