Judge Edward Shippen and Sarah Plumley

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Husband Judge Edward Shippen ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1703 - Boston, MA 2 4
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           Died:  - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA
         Buried:  - St. James Episcopal Church

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         Father: Joseph Shippen (1678-      ) 2 3 4
         Mother: Abigail Grosse (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 20 Sep 1725 - Philadelphia, PA 4

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Wife Sarah Plumley ^{1 3}

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         Father: Charles Plumley (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Rose Budd (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Edward Shippen ^{2 4}

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2 F Sarah Shippen ^{1 3 5 6}

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           Born: 1730 5
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           Died: 1784 - near Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA 5
         Buried:  - Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Col. James Burd (1726-1793) 3 5 6 7
           Marr: 1748 5

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3 M Hon. Joseph Shippen ^{2 9}

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            AKA: Col. Joseph Shippen 8
           Born: 1732 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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           Died: 1810 4
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General Notes: Husband - Judge Edward Shippen

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He was Mayor of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1744, and was afterward Judge under both the Provincial and State Government.

He was brought up as a merchant by James Logan, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in 1732 became a partner, and in 1749 was in the fur trade with Thomas Lawrence. He was elected councilman of the city Oct. 3, 1732, and served many years, and in 1744 was elected mayor. In May, 1752, he removed to Lancaster, where he was appointed prothonotary, and continued as such till 1778. He was chosen paymaster for supplies for the British and Provincial forces, and managed his business very successfully. He was made a county judge under the Provincial and State governments. In 1746 and 1748 he was one of the founders of the College of New Jersey, located at Princeton, and was one of its trustees, a position which he resigned, after twenty years' service, in 1767. His life was thoroughly in-wrought with the history of the time in which he moved. He lived to an advanced age, died at Lancaster, and lies in the churchyard of the St. James Episcopal Church.

1 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 226, 362.

2 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 768.

3 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 95.

4 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 362.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 471.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1903), Pg 49.

7 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 226.

8 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 708.

9 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 362,766.