Edward Shippen | |
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Second Mayor of Philadelphia | |
In office 1701โ1703 | |
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Philadelphia | |
In office 1699 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1639 Methley, West Yorkshire, England |
Died | October 2, 1712 Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America | (aged 72โ73)
Spouses | Elizabeth Lybrand
(m. 1671; died 1688)Rebecca Richardson
(m. 1689; died 1704)Esther James (m. 1706) |
Children | 11 |
Relatives | William Shippen (grandson) Edward Shippen III (grandson) Mary Willing Byrd (great-granddaughter) Peggy Shippen (great-great-granddaughter) |
Edward Shippen (1639, Methley, West Yorkshire, England โ October 2, 1712, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was the second mayor of Philadelphia, although under William Penn's charter of 1701, he was considered the first.[1]