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    Edward Shippen

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    • 6th Great-grandfather of Richard Byrd — 9th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 316 
    • Birth Date:
    • 6 Mar 1639/1640 
    • Birth Location:
    • Methley Parish, Yorkshire, England 
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    • Death Date:
    • 2 Oct 1712 
    • Death Location:
    • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
    • Burial Date:
    • 3 Oct 1712 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1671 
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    • 2nd Mayor of Philadelphia

  • Additional marriages for Edward Shippen

    • Spouse:
    • Rebecca Howard Richardson
    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1689
    • Spouse:
    • Esther Wilcox
    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1706

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  • Sources for Edward Shippen

    • 1 The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 257-258.
    • 2 American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1981, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 85.
    • 3 Harvey, Oscar Jewell, A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: From Its First Beginnings to the Present Time . . ., Volume 1, Wilkes-Barré, Pennsylvania: Oscar J. Harvey (1909), 360.
    • 4 Horle, Craig W., et. al., Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania, Volume 2, Part 1, 1710-1756, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (1997), 666-673.