Anne Shippen

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

Anne Shippen
by Benjamin Trott in 1796
Born
Anne Hume Shippen

(1763-02-24)24 February 1763
Shippen House, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, British America
Died25 August 1841(1841-08-25) (aged 78)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationDiarist
Spouse(s)
Henry Beekman Livingston
​
(
m. 1781;
sep 
1783)
ChildrenMargaret Beekman Livingston
Parent(s)William Shippen Jr.
Alice Lee Shippen
RelativesWilliam Shippen Sr. (grandfather)
Thomas Lee (grandfather)

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]

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References
  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.
  2. "Shippen [married name Livingston], Anne [Nancy] (1763–1841), journal writer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". www.oxforddnb.com. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69341. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. "Anne Hume Shippen". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. "Friends of Clermont Historic Site". friendsofclermont.org. Friends of Clermont Historic Site. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  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.
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