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Alice <I>Lee</I> Shippen

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Alice Lee Shippen

Birth
Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
Death
25 Mar 1817 (aged 80)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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She was buried in the Shippen plot at the Second Presbyterian Church and, with her husband, was later reinterred in Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Philadelphia.

Alice Lee was born on June 4, 1736, at Stratford Hall Plantation, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Colonel Thomas Lee and his wife, Hannah (Ludwell) Lee. She was the seventh of at least 10 children. Two of her brothers were Lt Col. Richard Henry Lee 1732-1794 and Francis Lightfoot Lee 1734- 1797, signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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Her son Thomas Shippen b.1765 Philadelphia d.Feb 4, 1798 Charlestown South Carolina, was married in 1791 to Elizabeth Carter {Farley} Bannister Shippen Izard. They were the parents of Dr William Shippen who was the father of Dr Edward Shippen. Dr Edward Shippen was married 1879 to Rebecca Lloyd {Nicholson} who was the Widdow of CS Captain John Edgar Howard Post {b.Feb. 19, 1841 d. Feb. 12, 1876} whose mother Margaret {Howard} Post was the daugther of Maryland Governor George Howard.
She was buried in the Shippen plot at the Second Presbyterian Church and, with her husband, was later reinterred in Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Philadelphia.

Alice Lee was born on June 4, 1736, at Stratford Hall Plantation, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Colonel Thomas Lee and his wife, Hannah (Ludwell) Lee. She was the seventh of at least 10 children. Two of her brothers were Lt Col. Richard Henry Lee 1732-1794 and Francis Lightfoot Lee 1734- 1797, signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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Her son Thomas Shippen b.1765 Philadelphia d.Feb 4, 1798 Charlestown South Carolina, was married in 1791 to Elizabeth Carter {Farley} Bannister Shippen Izard. They were the parents of Dr William Shippen who was the father of Dr Edward Shippen. Dr Edward Shippen was married 1879 to Rebecca Lloyd {Nicholson} who was the Widdow of CS Captain John Edgar Howard Post {b.Feb. 19, 1841 d. Feb. 12, 1876} whose mother Margaret {Howard} Post was the daugther of Maryland Governor George Howard.


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  • Maintained by: CMWJR
  • Originally Created by: P Fazzini
  • Added: Oct 21, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43362365/alice-shippen: accessed ), memorial page for Alice Lee Shippen (4 Jun 1736–25 Mar 1817), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43362365, citing Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).