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Edward Shippen (February 16, 1729 – April 15, 1806) [1] 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 in August 1747.
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- Margaret Francis, Barbara
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. Shippen served as a Penn trustee for almost fifty years.
Shippen was raised in a prominent Loyalist household and educated in politics and finance by her father, Judge Edward Shippen IV. During the occupation in 1777, the Shippen family's Society Hill home was frequently visited by British officers.
Peggy’s father Edward Shippen IV held moderate Tory sympathies but remained outwardly neutral as revolutionary fervor started to grow. Seventeen-year-old Peggy’s loyalist leanings didn’t grow until she started attending balls and parties thrown by British officers when they occupied Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1777 – 1778.
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.
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May 9, 2022 · Chief Justice Edward Shippen IV. 1729-1805. Term. January 31, 1791-1805; Chief Justice, December 18, 1799-December 31, 1805. Education. Studied law under Tench Francis, 1746-1748. Middle Temple, London, 1748-1750, graduated as Utter Barrister . Professional Experience.
