Zilpha Nellie Shipman

Brief Life History of Zilpha Nellie

When Zilpha Nellie Shipman was born on 3 September 1805, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, her father, Edward Shipman, was 33 and her mother, Hannah Robinson, was 29. She married Jesse Andrew McMinn on 5 January 1825, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 23 October 1874, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Andrew McMinn
1806–1862
Zilpha Nellie Shipman
1805–1874
Marriage: 5 January 1825
John Jackson McMinn
1827–
James Newton McMinn
1827–1873
Andrew Jesse McMinn
1828–1846
Sarah Ann McMinn
1842–

Sources (7)

  • Nellie Shipman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Zilpha Shipman McMinn, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ancestry Family Trees

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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