Brief Life History of Maria
When Maria Shipman was born on 9 August 1794, in East Waterford, Tuscarora Township, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Isaac Shipman, was 28 and her mother, Mary Magdalena Fine, was 20. She married Lefferd H. Pursell in Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Greenwich Township, Warren, New Jersey, United States in 1870. She died on 23 February 1887, in Greenwich Township, Sussex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 92, and was buried in Greenwich Township, Sussex, New Jersey, British Colonial America.
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Family Time Line
Sources (19)
- Mary Pursel, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary M Shipman, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Mary M Shipman, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
Spouse and Children
1791–1870 Male
1794–1887 Female
Children (7)
1813–1829 Male
1816–1853 Female
1817–1891 Male
1823–1890 Male
1826– Male
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1766–1852 Male
1774–1854 Female
Siblings (13)
1790– Female
1792–1841 Female
1794–1887 Female
1796–1820 Male
1798–1835 Female
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 6
1804
Age 10
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a boatman or mariner, or perhaps for a boatbuilder, from Middle English schipman ‘ship man’.
English: occupational name for a shepherd, from Middle English schep, ship ‘sheep’ + -man.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Schepman or of its already extinct variant Schipman, cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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