Brief Life History of Edwin Rufus
When Edwin Rufus Shipman was born on 30 July 1821, in New Jersey, United States, his father, Jacob Shipman, was 34 and his mother, Eliza Hill, was 29. He married Mary Jane Graham on 30 July 1841, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Southern, Marshall, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Beech Creek Township, Ashley, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died on 6 December 1881, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 60.
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- Edwin R Shipman, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
- Edwin Shipman in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Deeds, 1849-1887; indexes to deeds, 1849-1920
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1823
Corfield vs Coryell was a significant federal court case that upheld New Jersey's existing regulation, which prohibited any non-residents from gathering clams and oysters. The case was decided by Justice Bushrod Washington of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Justice Washington primarily referenced the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment, regarding "privileges and immunities" to arrive at his decision.
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.
1844
The 1844 revision of the New Jersey State Constitution made some significant changes. Suffrage rights were revoked from women and non-whites, meaning that only white men could vote. A separation of powers was established between executive, legislative, and judicial branches. A new bill of rights was provided, and the state now had the right to elect the governor.
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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