Edward Shippen (1639,

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, England – October 2, 1712,

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) was the second

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, although under

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's charter of 1701, he was considered the first.

Early life

Edward was born in

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,

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, before he migrated to Methley. Monk Fryston is closely linked to the village of

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, 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

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

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, and served as Chief Justice of the

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in 1699. He also served as the chief executive for the Province of Pennsylvania as the President of the Provincial Council between 1703 and 1704.Armor, William C., Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania, With the Incidental History of the State, from 1609 to 1872, Philadelphia, J.K. Simon (1873) Shippen first lived in Boston, where, according to family oral history, he wa
whipped for being a Quaker
before being invited by William Penn to move his merchant business to the new city of Philadelphia. After the sudden death of Deputy Governor Andrew Hamilton in 1703, Shippen, by virtue of being the president of the Provincial Council, became the chief executive of the Province of Pennsylvania. It was during his term that the Lower Three Counties (modern day

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) elected their own Assembly and acted in their own interests. These counties, however, remained under the Penn Proprietorship and their appointed Deputy Governors until 1776 when Delaware became an independent state.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Lybrand, a Quaker, in 1671 and became a member of that sect. She died in Boston in 1688. Shippen married, secondly, at Newport, R. I., on September 4, 1689, Rebecca, widow of Francis Richardson, of New York, and daughter of John Howard, of Yorkshire, England. She died in Philadelphia on February 26, 1704, or 1705. He then married at Philadelphia in 1706, Esther, widow of Philip James, and daughter of John Wilcox. She died on August 7, 1724. Shippen had multiple children with his wives, with many dying at a young age. His children are as follows; Frances (b.1672-d.1673), Edward (b.1674-d.1674), William (b.1675-d.1676), Eliza (b.1676-d.infant), Edward (b.1677-d.1714), Joseph (b.1678-d.1741), Mary (b.1681-d.1688), Anne (b.1684-d.1712), Elizabeth (b.1691-d.?), John (b.? - d.infant), and William (b. ? - d.1731). One of Shippen's grandsons was

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man William Shippen. A granddaughter was the wife of Philadelphia Mayor

Charles Willing Charles Willing (May 18, 1710 – November 30, 1754) was a Philadelphia merchant, trader and politician; twice he served as Mayor of Philadelphia, from 1748 until 1749 and again in 1754. Early life Charles Willing was born in Bristol, Englan ...

, whose daughter was

Mary Willing Byrd Mary Willing Byrd (September 10, 1740 – March 1814) was an American planter. She was the second wife of Colonel William Byrd III, a Colonial American military officer at the time of the American Revolution and son of the founder of Richmond, V ...

. Another grandson,

Edward Shippen III 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 busin ...

, was also a mayor of Philadelphia. Shippen's great-great-granddaughter was

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. ...

, wife of

Benedict Arnold Benedict Arnold ( Brandt (1994), p. 4June 14, 1801) was an American military officer who served during the Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defect ...

References

External links

Biography from ''Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania'', Vol. One, 1682–1709, pp. 666–669

Biography at Virtualology.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shippen, Edward 1639 births 1712 deaths People from Cheshire English emigrants Colonial American merchants People of colonial Pennsylvania People from colonial Boston Mayors of Philadelphia Members of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly Members of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council

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 bor ...

Early life

Political and legal career

Personal life

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