Shippen Family
Generation One
1. William1 Shippen was born circa 1600 at Monk Fryston, Yorkshire, England. He married Mary Nunnes, daughter of John Nunnes and Effam Crosfeld, on 16 Jul 1626 at Methley, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1681 at Stockport, Cheshire, England.
He was an overseer of highways. He and Mary Nunnes resided at Methley, Yorkshire, England.
Mary Nunnes was born in 1592 at Methley, Yorkshire, England. She was baptized on 11 Oct 1592 at Methley, Yorkshire, England. She died in 1672 at Methley, Yorkshire, England. She was buried on 26 May 1672 at Methley, Yorkshire, England.
Known children of William1 Shippen and Mary Nunnes were as follows:
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i. Robert2 Shippen was born at Methley, Yorkshire, England. He was baptized on 20 May 1627. He died at Methley, Yorkshire, England; young.
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ii. Mary Shippen was born at Methley, Yorkshire, England. She was baptized on 24 Jun 1629. She married William Chapman in 1663.
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iii. Ann Shippen was born at Methley, Yorkshire, England. She was baptized on 21 Nov 1630. She died at Methley, Yorkshire, England; young.
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iv. Dorathe Shippen was born at Methley, Yorkshire, England. She was baptized on 9 Feb 1631. She died at Methley, Yorkshire, England; young.
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v. Rev. William Shippen was born at Methley, Yorkshire, England. He was baptized on 2 Jul 1637. He died in 1693 at England.
He resided at Stockport, Cheshire, England. He was an author/professor. He was graduated at University College, Oxford, England; B.A. 1656, M.A. 1659.
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2. vi. Edward Shippen, baptized 5 Mar 1639 at Methley, Yorkshire, England; married Elizabeth Lybrand; married Rebecca Howard; married Esther Wilcox.
Generation Two
2. Edward2 Shippen (William1) was born in 1639 at Methley, Yorkshire, England. He was baptized on 5 Mar 1639 at Methley, Yorkshire, England. He married Elizabeth Lybrand circa 1671 at Boston, MA; 1st wife. He married Rebecca Howard, daughter of John Howard, on 4 Sep 1689 at Newport, RI; 2nd wife, 2nd husband. He married Esther Wilcox, daughter of Barnabas Wilcox, in 1706; 3rd wife, 3rd husband. He died on 2 Oct 1712 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 73. He was buried at Friends Burying Ground, Philadelphia, PA.
He immigrated in 1668 to Boston, MA. He and Elizabeth Lybrand resided at Boston, MA. He was a merchant. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1669 at Boston, MA. He resided circa 1693 at Philadelphia, PA. He was Speaker of the Assembly in 1695 at Pennsylvania. He was a member of Council in 1696 at Pennsylvania. He was the 1st Mayor from 25 Oct 1701 to 5 Oct 1703 at Philadelphia, PA. He was President of the Governor's Council from 1702 to 1706 at Pennsylvania. He left a will 6mo 2 1712 at Philadelphia Co., PA; proved 5 Aug 1712.
Elizabeth Lybrand died on 25 Oct 1688 at Boston, MA.
Known children of Edward2 Shippen and Elizabeth Lybrand were as follows:
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i. Frances3 Shippen was born on 2 Feb 1672 at Boston, MA. She died on 9 Apr 1673 at age 1.
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ii. Edward Shippen was born on 2 Oct 1674 at Boston, MA. He died on 2 Nov 1674.
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iii. William Shippen was born on 4 Oct 1675 at Boston, MA. He died in 1676.
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iv. Elizabeth Shippen was born on 21 Aug 1676. She died on 16 Aug 1688 at age 11.
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v. Edward Shippen was born on 10 Feb 1677/78 at Boston, MA. He married Francina Vanderheyden, daughter of Matthias Vanderheyden and Anna Margaretta Herman; 1st husband. He died 10mo 26 1714 at Philadelphia, PA. He died on 29 Dec 1714 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 36. He was buried at Friends Burying Ground, Philadelphia, PA.
He resided at Philadelphia, PA. He left a will on 8 Dec 1714 at Philadelphia Co., PA; proved 10 Jan 1714.
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3. vi. Joseph Shippen, born 28 Feb 1678/79 at Boston, MA; married Abigail Grosse; married Rose Budd.
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vii. Mary Shippen was born on 6 May 1681. She died on 30 Aug 1688 at age 7.
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viii. Ann Shippen was born on 17 Jun 1684 at Boston, MA. She married Thomas Story on 10 Jul 1706. She died on 6 Dec 1712 at age 28; d.s.p.
Rebecca Howard married Francis Richardson; 1st husband. She died on 26 Feb 1704/5 at Philadelphia, PA.
Known children of Edward2 Shippen and Rebecca Howard were:
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i. Elizabeth3 Shippen was born on 20 Oct 1691 at Boston, MA. She died on 8 Aug 1692 at Boston, MA.
Esther Wilcox was born in 1673. She married William Freeland; 1st husband. She married Philip James; 2nd husband. She died on 7 Aug 1724 at Philadelphia, PA. She left a will on 4 Aug 1724 at Philadelphia Co., PA; proved 20 Oct 1724.
Known children of Edward2 Shippen and Esther Wilcox were as follows:
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i. John3 Shippen was born in 1707. He died in 1707.
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ii. William Shippen was born on 3 Oct 1708 at Philadelphia, PA. He died on 3 Feb 1730/31 at age 22; unmarried.
Generation Three
3. Joseph3 Shippen (Edward2, William1) was born on 28 Feb 1678/79 at Boston, MA. He married Abigail Grosse, daughter of Thomas Grosse and Elizabeth Phillips, on 28 Jul 1702 at Boston, MA; 1st wife. He married Rose Budd, daughter of Thomas Budd and Susannah, on 4 Mar 1721; 2nd wife, 3rd husband. He died in Jun 1741 at Germantown, PA, at age 62.
He was a merchant. He resided at Germantown, PA. He and Abigail Grosse resided in 1704 at Philadelphia, PA. He left a will between 30 Dec 1740 and 1741 at Philadelphia Co., PA; proved 13 Jun 1741.
Abigail Grosse was born on 25 Oct 1677 at Boston, MA. She died on 28 Jun 1716 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 38.
Known children of Joseph3 Shippen and Abigail Grosse were as follows:
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4. i. Edward4 Shippen, born 9 Jul 1703 at Boston, MA; married Sarah Plumley; married Mary Gray.
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ii. Elizabeth Shippen was born on 17 Apr 1705 at Philadelphia, PA. She died on 8 Jun 1714 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 9.
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iii. Joseph Shippen was born on 28 Nov 1706 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Mary Kearney. He died in Jul 1793 at Germantown, PA, at age 86.
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iv. William Shippen was born on 31 Aug 1708. He died on 29 Dec 1716 at age 8.
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5. v. Anne Shippen, born 5 Aug 1710 at Philadelphia, PA; married Charles Willing.
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vi. Dr. William Shippen was born on 1 Oct 1712 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Susannah Harrison, daughter of Joseph Harrison and Katharine Noble, in 1735. He died on 4 Nov 1801 at Germantown, PA, at age 89.
He was a physician. He resided at Philadelphia, PA. He left a will on 1 Sep 1783 at Philadelphia Co., PA; proved 10 Nov 1801.
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vii. Elizabeth Shippen was born on 28 Sep 1714. She died on 3 Dec 1714.
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viii. Ester Shippen.
Rose Budd was born 1mo 13 1680/81 at Burlington, Burlington Co., NJ; recorded in the Burlington Monthly Meeting, Burlington, NJ. She married Charles Plumly, son of Charles Plumly and Margery Page; 1st husband. She married John McWilliams; 2nd husband.
Generation Four
4. Edward4 Shippen (Joseph3, Edward2, William1) was born on 9 Jul 1703 at Boston, MA. He married Sarah Plumley, daughter of Charles Plumly and Rose Budd, on 20 Sep 1725; 1st wife. He married Mary Gray, daughter of William Gray and Mary, in Aug 1747; 2nd wife, 2nd husband. He died on 25 Sep 1781 at Lancaster, PA, at age 78.
He was known as "Neddy." He was the founder of Shippensburg, PA. He was a founder of The College of New Jersey at Princetown, NJ. He was Mayor of Philadelphia in 1744. He resided in 1752 at Lancaster, PA.
Sarah Plumley was born on 8 Nov 1706 at Philadelphia, PA. She died on 28 Apr 1735 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 28.
Known children of Edward4 Shippen and Sarah Plumley were as follows:
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i. Benjamin5 Shippen died on 6 Sep 1727; infancy.
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ii. Elizabeth Shippen was born on 17 Aug 1726 at Philadelphia, PA. She died on 29 Aug 1726.
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iii. Joseph Shippen was born in Sep 1727. He died on 6 Sep 1727.
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iv. William Shippen was born in Sep 1727. He died in Sep 1727.
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6. v. Edward Shippen, born 16 Feb 1728/29 at Philadelphia, PA; married Margaret Francis.
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7. vi. Sarah Shippen, born 22 Feb 1730/31 at Philadelphia, PA; married Col. James Burd.
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8. vii. Col. Joseph Shippen, born 30 Oct 1732 at Philadelphia, PA; married Jane Galloway.
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viii. Rose Shippen was born on 10 Sep 1734 at Philadelphia, PA. She died on 30 Sep 1734.
Mary Gray was born on 13 Jan 1705/6 at London, England. She married John Nowland; 1st husband. She died on 3 May 1778 at Lancaster, PA, at age 72.
5. Anne4 Shippen (Joseph3, Edward2, William1) was born on 5 Aug 1710 at Philadelphia, PA. She married Charles Willing, son of Thomas Willing and Anne Harrison, on 21 Jan 1730/31. She died on 23 Jun 1791 at age 80.
She and Charles Willing had 11 children. She resided at Philadelphia, PA. She left a will on 20 Aug 1780 at Philadelphia Co., PA; proved 25 Jun 1791.
Charles Willing was born on 18 May 1710 at Bristol, England. He died on 30 Nov 1754 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 44. He immigrated in 1728 to Philadelphia, PA. He resided at Philadelphia, PA. He was a merchant. He left a will on 28 Jul 1750 at Philadelphia Co., PA; proved 10 Dec 1754.
Known children of Anne4 Shippen and Charles Willing include:
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9. i. Thomas5 Willing, born 19 Dec 1731 at Philadelphia, PA; married Anne McCall.
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ii. Anne Willing was born on 16 Jul 1733. She married Tench Francis Jr., son of Tench Francis and Elizabeth Turbutt, on 6 Feb 1762. She died on 2 Jan 1812 at age 78. She was buried at Christ Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
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iii. Mary Willing was born on 10 Sep 1740 at Pennsylvania. She was born on 24 Sep 1740. She married Col. William Byrd III, son of Col. William Byrd and Maria Taylor, on 29 Jan 1761 at Philadelphia, PA; 2nd wife. She died on 28 Mar 1814 at Virginia at age 73.
She resided at Philadelphia, PA.
Generation Five
6. Edward5 Shippen (Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) was born on 16 Feb 1728/29 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Margaret Francis, daughter of Tench Francis and Elizabeth Turbutt, on 29 Nov 1753 at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA. He died on 16 Apr 1806 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 77.
He was Chief Justice of Pennsylvania in 1799.
Margaret Francis was born on 17 Aug 1735 at Talbot Co., MD. She died on 28 May 1794 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 58.
Known children of Edward5 Shippen and Margaret Francis were as follows:
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i. Elizabeth6 Shippen was born on 16 Sep 1754. She married Col. Edward Burd, son of Col. James Burd and Sarah Shippen, on 17 Dec 1778. She died on 26 Mar 1828 at age 73. She was buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA.
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ii. Sarah Shippen was born on 1 Feb 1756. She married Thomas Lea, son of Thomas Lea and Eleanor, on 21 Sep 1787. She died in 1831.
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10. iii. Mary Shippen, born 15 Aug 1757; married Dr. William McIlvaine.
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iv. Dr. Edward Shippen was born on 11 Dec 1758 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Elizabeth Juliana Footman, daughter of Thomas Footman and Eleanor, on 23 Nov 1785 at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA. He died on 22 Oct 1809 at Burlington, NJ, at age 50.
He was a physician. He and Elizabeth Juliana Footman had 7 children.
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v. Margaret Shippen was born on 11 Jul 1760. She married Gen. Benedict Arnold V, son of Benedict Arnold III and Hannah Waterman King, on 8 Apr 1779 at Philadelphia, PA; 2nd wife. She died on 24 Aug 1804 at London, England, at age 44.
She was known as "Peggy."
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vi. John Francis Shippen was born on 24 Nov 1762. He was buried on 8 Jan 1763.
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vii. James Shippen was born on 9 Oct 1766 at Philadelphia, PA. He was buried on 10 Nov 1769.
7. Sarah5 Shippen (Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) was born on 22 Feb 1730/31 at Philadelphia, PA. She married Col. James Burd, son of Edward Burd and Jane Haliburton, on 14 May 1748. She died on 17 Sep 1784 at 'Tinian', near Harrisburg, PA, at age 53.
She and Col. James Burd had 11 children.
Col. James Burd was born on 10 Mar 1726 at Ormiston, Scotland. He died on 5 Oct 1793 at 'Tinian', Dauphin Co., PA, at age 67. He resided at Lancaster Co., PA. He resided at 'Tinian', near Harrisburg, PA.
Known children of Sarah5 Shippen and Col. James Burd include:
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i. Col. Edward6 Burd was born on 5 Feb 1750/51. He married Elizabeth Shippen, daughter of Edward Shippen and Margaret Francis, on 17 Dec 1778. He died on 24 Jul 1833 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 82. He was buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA.
8. Col. Joseph5 Shippen (Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) was born on 30 Oct 1732 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Jane Galloway, daughter of John Galloway and Jane Roberts, on 29 Sep 1768 at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA. He died on 10 Feb 1810 at Lancaster, PA, at age 77.
He and Jane Galloway had 10 children. He was graduated in 1753 at Princeton College, Princetown, NJ. He resided in 1773 at 'Plumley', Kennet Square, Chester Co., PA.
Jane Galloway was born in Sep 1745. She died on 17 Feb 1801 at 'Plumley', Kennet Square, PA, at age 55. She was buried at Radnor Churchyard, Radnor, PA. She and William Fishbourne had 2 children.
Known children of Col. Joseph5 Shippen and Jane Galloway include:
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11. i. Mary6 Shippen, born 17 May 1773 at Philadelphia, PA; married Samuel Swift.
Generation Six
10. Mary6 Shippen (Edward5, Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) was born on 15 Aug 1757. She married Dr. William McIlvaine, son of William McIlvaine and Anne Emerson, on 16 Jun 1785 at Philadelphia, PA; 3rd wife. She died on 14 Mar 1831 at age 73. She was buried at St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ.
Dr. William McIlvaine was born on 8 Jul 1750 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Margaret Rodman, daughter of William Rodman and Mary Reeve, on 6 Nov 1773 at Burlington, NJ; 1st wife. He married Rebecca Coxe, daughter of William Coxe and Mary Francis, on 2 Dec 1782 at Philadelphia, PA; 2nd wife. He died on 16 Sep 1806 at Burlington, NJ, at age 56. He was buried at St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ. He was a physician. He resided at Philadelphia, PA. He resided at 'Fairview', Bristol, Bucks Co., PA. He was graduated circa 1773 at University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a Capt. in the First Battalion of the Bucks Associators in 1775. He was a surgeon in Col. Read's Regiment in 1776. He resided circa 1793 at Burlington, Burlington Co., NJ.
11. Mary6 Shippen (Joseph5, Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) was born on 17 May 1773 at Philadelphia, PA. She married Samuel Swift on 11 Feb 1793. She died on 2 Jun 1809 at age 36. She was buried at Trinity Episcopal Church, Oxford Twp., Philadelphia Co., PA.
Samuel Swift was born on 22 Jan 1771 at Philadelphia, PA. He died on 28 Nov 1847 at age 76.
Additional Generations
13. Joseph Bloomfield7 McIlvaine (Mary6 Shippen, Edward5, Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) married Mary Ann Murray.
16. Alexander Murray8 McIlvaine (Joseph7, Mary6 Shippen, Edward5, Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) married Mary Cowperthwaite Olden.
20. Mary Shippen9 McIlvaine (Alexander8, Joseph7, Mary6 Shippen, Edward5, Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) married Charles McGill Spencer.
25. Julia McIlvaine10 Spencer (Mary9 McIlvaine, Alexander8, Joseph7, Mary6 Shippen, Edward5, Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) married Charles Turner Marshall.
28. Julian McIlvaine11 Marshall (Julia10 Spencer, Mary9 McIlvaine, Alexander8, Joseph7, Mary6 Shippen, Edward5, Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) married Henrietta Armitt Harrison.
31. John Randolph12 Marshall (Julian11, Julia10 Spencer, Mary9 McIlvaine, Alexander8, Joseph7, Mary6 Shippen, Edward5, Edward4, Joseph3, Edward2, William1) married Deborah Lynn Reilly.
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