Edward Shippen

Edward Shippen (February 16, 1729 – April 15, 1806) 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.

Early life Shippen was born in Philadelphia, the son of merchant Edward Shippen III and, his first wife, Sarah Plumley. The next year the Pennsylvania Senate acquitted him and his associates. Shippen retired to private life and died soon thereafter. Together, they were the parents of nine children:

Elizabeth Shippen (1754–1828), who married her cousin Col. Edward Burd, son of Col. James Burd and Sarah Shippen, in 1778.

His wife died at Philadelphia on May 28, 1794. Shippen died in Philadelphia on April 15, 1806, at age 77.