Alice Lee Shippen
(1736-1817)
BIRTH
June 4, 1736
PLACE
NAME
Alice Lee
DEATH
March 25, 1817
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Thomas Lee
(1690-1750)
MOTHER
Hannah Harrison Ludwell
(1701-1750)
BROTHER
Philip Ludwell Lee
(1727-1775)
SISTER
Hannah Lee Corbin
(1728-1782)
BROTHER
Francis Lightfoot Lee
(1734-1797)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Alice Lee Shippen (1736–1817) was a Virginia-born member of the Stratford Lee family who married physician William Shippen Jr. in London in 1762. Their Philadelphia home became a base for her brothers during the Revolution. She corresponded with Abigail Adams and helped solicit contributions for the Continental Army. Her fundraising was documented work beyond her family’s public connections. She lived into the republic’s early decades.
EARLY LIFE
Alice Lee Shippen was born on Jun 4, 1736. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Alice Lee Shippen is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Alice Lee Shippen died on Mar 25, 1817. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Alice Lee Shippen died on Mar 25, 1817. Alice Lee Shippen was a Virginia-born member of the Stratford Lee family who married physician William Shippen Jr. in London in 1762. Their Philadelphia home became a base for her brothers during the Revolution. She corresponded with Abigail Adams and helped solicit contributions for the Continental Army. Her fundraising was documented work beyond her family’s public connections. She lived into the republic’s early decades. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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