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Edward Shippen (February 16, 1729 – April 15, 1806) 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 .
When Edward Shippen IV was born on 16 February 1729, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Edward Shippen III, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Plumly, was 22. He married Barbara Shippin in August 1747.
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- Margaret Francis, Barbara Shippin
Shippen became Chief Justice in 1799, but then, in 1804 he was impeached on flimsy, political grounds. The next year the Pennsylvania Senate acquitted him and his associates. Shippen retired to private life and died soon thereafter.
Edward Shippen IV, a wealthy and prominent lawyer in Philadelphia, held multiple public offices by royal appointment. He fathered six surviving children, including Elizabeth Shippen (1754-1828) and Margaret "Peggy" Shippen (1760-1804).
jurist lawyer. Edward Shippen was a lawyer, judge, government official, and prominent figure in colonial and post-revolutionary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Background. Shippen was born on Feburary 16, 1728 in Philadelphia, the son of merchant Edward Shippen III. Education.
Edward Shippen IV (16 February 1729-15 April 1809) was a government official and judge in colonial Philadelphia under Great Britain. Shippen was a member of the powerful Shippen family and the father of Peggy Shippen, wife of Benedict Arnold and lover of Major John Andre.
Margaret “Peggy” Shippen was born to Edward Shippen IV and Margaret Francis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1760. The Shippen's were among Philadelphia’s most prominent families, although their loyalties were divided with the coming of the American Revolution.
