Edward Shippen was Speaker in 1695 of the Assembly of the Province of Penna., appointed by its Charter in 1701, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, President from 1702 to 1704 of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, and appointed by William Penn, Proprietary of the Province, one of the Executors of his will.
He was b. in Yorkshire, England, in 1639; emigrated to Boston in 1668 ; d. in Philadelphia Oct. 2, 1712, aged 73, whither he had removed because of persecution, 1693/4;
m. 1st, in 1671, Elizabeth Lybrand, of Boston, who d. there on Oct. 25, 1688 ;
m., 2dly, Sept. 4, 1689, at Newport. R. I., Rebecca, widow of Francis Richardson of New York, and dau. of John Howard, of Yorkshire, England ; she d. at Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 1704/5, and was bu. in Friends' burial ground;
m., 3dly, 1706, at Phila., Pa., Esther, widow of Philip James, and dau. of John Wilcox ; she d. in Phila. Aug. 7, 1724, bu. in Friends' burial ground. Will proved Oct. 20, 1726.
