List of United States Political Families (S) - The Shippens

The Shippens

  • Edward Shippen (1639–1712), second mayor of Philadelphia, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1699. Grandfather of William Shippen and Edward Shippen, III.
    • Joseph Shippen
      • Edward Shippen, III (1703–1781), mayor of Philadelphia, judge of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas, prothonotary, founder of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
        • Edward Shippen, IV (1729–1806), member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1799–1804)
          • Peggy Shippen (1760–1804), loyalist and second wife of Benedict Arnold
      • William Shippen (1712–1801), delegate to the Second Continental Congress
        • William Shippen, Jr. (1736–1808), second Surgeon General of the Continental Army

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