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- He was from a family of prominent doctors and jurists from southeastern Pennsylvania, and married into a prominent Quaker family. As the marriage happened in Christ Church, and because he was in the military, his wife must have been read out of her meeting, or left.
See this collection at the American Philosophical Society: "Shippen, Joseph, Jr., 1732-1810. Letterbook, 1763-1773. 1 v. (114 p.)." Here is the collection description: "Joseph Shippen, Jr. was a soldier, judge, and Secretary of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. These letters relate principally to provincial business and comment on the Indians of Pennsylvania, the French and Indian War, a survey of the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary, and the Stamp Act. Correspondents include James Burd, Jeremiah Dixon, Joseph Galloway, Humphry Marshall, Charles Mason, Edward Shippen of Lancaster, and Edward Shippen, Jr."
He and his wife had 10 children. [6]
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