Anne Shippen

Anne Shippen
Anne Shippen
	by Benjamin Trott in 1796
Born	Anne Hume Shippen; 24 February 1763; Shippen House, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, British America
Died	25 August 1841 (aged 78); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Diarist
Spouse(s)	Henry Beekman Livingston; (m. 1781; sep 1783)
Children	Margaret Beekman Livingston
Parent(s)	William Shippen Jr.; Alice Lee Shippen
Relatives	William Shippen Sr. (grandfather); Thomas Lee (grandfather)

Anne Hume "Nancy" Livingston (born Shippen) (24 February 1763 – 25 August 1841) was an American journal writer.

Early life

Shippen was born on 24 February 1763 in Shippen House in Shippensburg. She was a daughter of William Shippen Jr. (1736–1808) and Alice (née Lee) Shippen (1736–1817), a daughter of Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell.

Shippen House was built by her grandfather William Shippen Sr. and although it is now a large house at that time it was 28 feet by 30 feet.[1] She was brought up there when she wasn't being educated at Mrs Rogers's school in Trenton, New Jersey.[2] In 1796 she was painted by Benjamin Trott.[3]

Personal life

Shippen was romanced by the French diplomat Louis-Guillaume Otto, but her father decided that he would marry her to Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston in 1781.[2] Her husband commanded the 4th New York Regiment at the Battles of Saratoga and Monmouth and during the winter at Valley Forge.[4] He was the son of Robert Livingston (1718–1775) and great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder, 1st Lord of Livingston Manor.[5]

She gave birth the same year to Margaret Beekman "Peggy" Livingston (1781–1864). The marriage was not a success and Anne returned to Shippen House where she started a journal in 1783. This is the reason that she is remembered as it gives an insight into her social life and later her thwarted attempts to obtain a divorce.[2] She had to live with her parents and her daughter went to live with the estranged husband's mother.[3]

Shippen died in Philadelphia in 1841 whilst living with her daughter.[2]

References

"National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Sarah L. Dahl and William K. Watson (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shippen House" (PDF). Retrieved 21 January 2012.
"Shippen [married name Livingston], Anne [Nancy] (1763–1841), journal writer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69341. Retrieved 2 March 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
"Anne Hume Shippen". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
"Friends of Clermont Historic Site". friendsofclermont.org. Friends of Clermont Historic Site. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
Livingston, Edwin Brockholst (1910). The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal Descendants. Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

External links

Anne Hume “Nancy” Shippen Livingston at Find a Grave

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[arch-1] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Sarah L. Dahl and William K. Watson (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shippen House" (PDF). Retrieved 21 January 2012.

[ppp-2] "Shippen [married name Livingston], Anne [Nancy] (1763–1841), journal writer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69341. Retrieved 2 March 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[yy-3] "Anne Hume Shippen". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

[friendsofclermont-4] "Friends of Clermont Historic Site". friendsofclermont.org. Friends of Clermont Historic Site. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[Livingston1910-5] Livingston, Edwin Brockholst (1910). The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal Descendants. Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved 10 August 2017.