Shippen, Edward
merchant, lawyer, jurist, was born July 9, 1703, in Boston, Mass. In 1744 he was elected mayor of Boston. In 1745, and for several years thereafter, he was one of the judges of the court of common pleas. In 1752 he moved to Lancaster, where he was appointed prothonotary, and continued such until 1778. He was a county judge under both the provincial and state governments. In early life he laid out and founded Shippensburg, Pa. In 1746-48 he was one of the founders of the college of New Jersey. He died Sept. 25, 1781, in Lancaster, Pa.