Special Collections Department
Burd Family Papers
Manuscript Collection Number: 379
Accessioned: Gift of the Moyerman family, 1970.
Extent: 3 linear ft. (1372 items)
Content: Wills, deeds, estate records, correspondence, bills, receipts, funeral notices, legal documents, stock certificates, mortgages, account books, passport, and ephemera.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: September 1998 by Arthur Siegal.
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Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267
(302) 831-2229
Table of Contents
- Edward Shippen Burd -- Documents
- Edward Shippen Burd -- Correspondence
- Eliza Howard Sims Burd
- Burd Family
- Coxe Family
- Shippen Family
- Related Families and Miscellaneous
- Appendix (genealogical charts)
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents Note
Series Outline
Contents List
Box -- Folder -- Contents
Series I. Edward Shippen Burd -- Documents, 1774-1859
This series contains deeds, wills, receipts, mortgages, leases, account books,
miscellaneous legal items, a passport, stock certificates, an insurance policy, and
related ephemera. Also included are items pertaining to the legal dispute between
Edward Shippen Burd and Joseph Sims, executor of Wooddrop Sims' estate.
1 F1 Wills, 1774-1836 (2 items)
Includes a 15-page will from the estate of William White, originally dated to
1830, but amended several times to 1836. In addition, there are extracts from the
wills of Joseph Sims, Buckridge Sims, and Ann Sims (1774, 4pp.)
F2 Opinions, 1814-1888 (10 items)
Primarily concerning judicial opinions given in reference to the dispute between
ESB and Joseph Sims. Included are opinions by Horace Binney and John
Sergeant.
F3 Deed of Trust, Jul 1810 (4 items)
A contract whereby the estate of Eliza Sims' father (Wooddrop Sims) is placed in
the trust of Joseph Sims and the Reverend William White. The document also
contains a marriage arrangement between E.S. Burd and Eliza Sims, and deals
with the disposal of estate monies. Included are four copies of the document.
F4 Mortgages, 1807-1836 (24 items)
Most of these were contracted between E.S. Burd and the executors of the estate
of Eliza Sims Burd, and several of the agreements were made jointly with Thomas
Cadwalader.
F5 Receipts, 1805-1861 (157 items)
Receipts from the payment of various goods and legal services, as well as receipts
from bills and fines, renting houses, and subscriptions to newspapers and journals.
F6 Bonds & Bond Warrants, 1810-1836 (22 items)
Includes bonds between ESB and David Breintnall, Philip S. Bunting, Charles
Chauncey, Elizabeth Clein, Joseph Crukshank, Anthony Cuthbert, George Emlen,
Hannah Emlen, Charles Penrose, John Wagner, and Sarah Winstar.
Series I. Edward Shippen Burd -- Documents (cont'd)
1 F7 Joseph Sims -- Legal, 1814-1828 (20 items)
This and the following folder include documents generated by the dismissal of
Joseph Sims as executor of the Burd estate, and the ensuing legal dispute.
Included are various legal documents, as well as an exemplification from the
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, signed by Edward Burd and Matthew
Randall.
F8 Joseph Sims -- Financial, 1810-1823 (10 items)
Includes an accounting of the Sims estate, calculations, and a 15pp. account of
Sims' management of the Burd estate from 1810-1823.
F9 Passport, 1840 Jun 14 (1 item)
Issued by the "Légation des États-Unis d'Amérique en France," and signed by
Henry Ledyard, secretary of the Légation. The passport allowed Burd, his wife,
and his two daughters to travel freely in France, Germany, and Italy, and is
marked with numerous travel stamps. Also included on the passport is personal
descriptive data on Burd; such as eye and hair color, the shape of his face, and his
age.
F10 Deeds, 1812-1841 (9 items)
- Thomas Cadwalader & wife Mary to Edward Shippen Burd (1812)
- Edward Shippen Burd to James Welch, and reconveyance by J. Welch & wife to
Edward Shippen Burd (1813)
- Edward Shippen Burd & wife to John H. Brinton (1814)
- Caleb North, Sheriff, to Edward Shippen Burd, estate of Alex Barrett (1821)
- Sarah Brinton, exec. of John Brinton, to Edward Shippen Burd (1827)
- Edward Shippen Burd to Patrick Gallraith, George Burns, and Matthew Arrison (1830)
- Edward Shippen Burd & wife to Richard West (1833)
- Matthew Arrison & wife to Edward Shippen Burd (1835)
- Edward Shippen Burd & wife to Thomas Dyer (1841)
F11 Will, 1849 (28 pp.)
A bound and printed copy of the will of Edward Shippen Burd, printed by Kite &
Walton Printers of Philadelphia, #50 N. 4th St. Included at the back is a two-page
index of names and subjects.
Series I. Edward Shippen Burd -- Documents (cont'd)
1 F12 Insurance Policy, 1827 Nov 9 (4 pp.)
Policy #8089, issued by the American Fire Insurance Company to Edward S.
Burd, Trustee, for two years of coverage at $6,000 for a three-story brick house on
the north side of Walnut St., between 9th and 10th streets.
F13 Checks, 1820-1848 (19 items)
Drawn from the Bank of the United States, the Farmer's and Mechanics' Bank,
and the Bank of North America. All of these branches were in Philadelphia, and
all of the checks are signed by E.S.B.
F14 Stock Certificates, 1811-1812 & 1835-1838 (12 items)
Includes certificates for 26 shares of The Presidents, Managers, & Company, of
the Perkiomen & Reading Turnpike Road stock. Only one of these certificates
was purchased directly by Burd, but he acquired the remainder in later transfers.
Also included are three certificates for 100 shares of stock in the Philadelphia
Railroad Company, and a receipt of payment for shares of stock to Thomas
Biddle, & Co., who were likely stockbrokers.
F15 Account Books, 1836-1859 (3 items)
Included are three separate books: an account book (1836-1847), with entries
arranged according to individual; a book from Farmer's & Mechanics' Bank
(1845-1848), which includes a record of bank accounts at that institution; and a
receipt book (1847-1859).
F16 Agreements, 1808-1826 (9 items)
F17 Leases, 1812-1830 (7 items)
Includes leases to R. Mercer & J. McMullen; George Slip; Charier & Chau[r]ette;
John Cream, Jr.; Charles Bele; E.R. Hansen; and John McCulloch. All rented
properties from Edward Shippen Burd
Series I. Edward Shippen Burd -- Documents (cont'd)
1 F18 Miscellaneous Legal, 1801-1850s (20 items)
Includes various proposals; documents of assent; letters of attorney and authority;
an accounting of the estate of John Furlong by Thomas Shipley; a bond of
Augustin Regnaud to Thomas Francis, James J. Maguire, & Amos Taylor Jr.; a
proposal of compromise between Regnaud and his creditors; exoneration of
Joseph R. Ingersoll & William Miller to Edward Shippen Burd & John H.
Brinton; permission given to Edward Shippen Burd to conduct water pipes along
Thompson St. in Philadelphia; and a plea before the Honorable Thomas McKean,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This
latter document concerns a petition, dated 12 Dec 1832, by Thomas Coppinger, in
the presence of ESB and other witnesses. Burd was a participating attorney in
most of these cases, and thus a signatory.
F19 Miscellaneous, c.1840s (10 items)
Includes calculations, two copies of portraits of Edward Shippen Burd and George
Cadwalader, two memoranda regarding Burd (Sep 1848), an extract from minutes
of a meeting of the Law Association of Philadelphia (1842 Mar 1), and a
notification to Burd by the Water Commissioners of Northern Liberties & Spring
Garden (Nov 1843).
Series II. Edward Shippen Burd -- Correspondence, 1800-1880
Includes correspondence written to and by Edward Shippen Burd, in both French
and English. Also included are two letters written by Joseph Bonaparte. The
correspondence is arranged chronologically, according to decade.
F20 Correspondence 1800-1818 (40 items)
Legal and financial correspondence, including letters to and from Joseph Reed,
Benjamin Tilghman, George Harrison, Thomas Cadwalader, Edward Ingersoll,
and J.H. Brinton.
F21 Correspondence 1820-1829 (44 items)
Personal and legal correspondence, including letters signed by Horace Binney,
John Tilghman, Benjamin Chew, and John Sergeant.
Series II. Edward Shippen Burd -- Correspondence (cont'd)
1 F22 Correspondence, 1830-1839 (51 items)
Personal and legal correspondence, as well as invitations and a notice of auction
of the Chrenhausen estate in Paris (dated 1837). Letters written in English and
French. Included are letters to and from P.T. Fontagnes, John Cadwalader, Eli K.
Price, and Thomas C. Rockwell.
F23 Correspondence, 1840-1849 (61 items)
Includes personal and legal correspondence, as well as invitations and a funeral
notice for E.S. Burd (21 Sep 1848). Letters written in English and French,
including several from Burd's acquaintances in France, Madame de Rothschild
and Monsieur le Baron de las Cares.
F24 Correspondence, 1850-1880 (16 items)
Primarily legal correspondence concerning Burd's estate. Many signed by Price
and Townsend.
F25 Correspondence, undated (29 items)
Legal and personal correspondence, as well as several invitations addressed to
E.S. Burd's daughters and a note informing Burd that he was elected a trustee of
the University (of Pennsylvania?). In English and French.
F26 Joseph Bonaparte letters, 1838 (2 items)
Included is a letter of introduction from the Count de Surveillers (Joseph
Bonaparte) to the Princess Charlotte Napoleon at Florence, and a letter of
introduction to Monsieur le Cardinal Fesch (Joseph's uncle) at Rome. Both
letters, written in French, were composed on behalf of E.S. Burd.
Series III. Eliza Howard Sims Burd, 1814-1937
Included in this series are deeds, checks, receipts, leases, and documents
pertaining to the management and accounting of her estate. Also included are
documents pertaining to the founding of the Burd Orphan Asylum, and the
erection of a memorial statue of E.S. Burd in St. Stephen's Church.
F27 Correspondence, c. 1837-1860 (41 items)
Includes personal, legal, and financial correspondence, as well as invitations, in
both English and French. Several of the letters concern the death of E.S. Burd,
others are written to her sister-in-law Sarah Burd, and much of the correspondence
is with estate executor Eli K. Price.
Series III. Eliza Howard Burd (cont'd)
1 F28 Receipts, 1827-1863 (150 items)
Payments for various goods and services, as well as money owed on the Burd
estate.
F29 Checks, 1860 & 1864 (20 items)
Drawn on the Farmer's & Mechanics' Bank in Philadelphia, those from 1860 are
signed by Eliza Burd, while those from 1864 are signed by Townsend and Edward
Shippen (executors of Eliza's estate).
F30 Leases, 1838-1859 (4 items)
- to John Rice, property on Ninth and George Sts. (1838)
- to Edwin Clinton, property at 204 1/2 Chestnut St. (1853)
- to William Bostick in Burd's Court (1858)
- to Burns & Seig at the corner of Eighth and Chestnut Sts. (1859)
F31 Deeds, 1814-1863 (7 items)
- Sarah Hopkins to Eliza Howard Sims (1814)
- E.H. Burd et al. to Fitz Eugene Dixon (1852)
- E.H. Burd, Eli K. Price, & J.B. Townsend to Joseph Harrison (1854)
- E.H. Burd, Eli K. Price, & J.B. Townsend to Joseph Harrison (1854)
- E.H. Burd, Eli K. Price, and J.B. Townsend to West Chester & Philadelphia
Railroad Co. (1855)
- E.H. Burd, Eli K. Price, & J. B. Townsend to Joseph Harrison, Jr. (1858)
- Alanzo Palter et al. to St. Stephens Church (1859)
F32 Miscellaneous Legal, 1849-1871 (3 items)
Includes a four-page copy of Bond & Warrant, Frank Wills and Surety to Eliza
Burd (1849 Oct 17); a two-page Warrant of Attorney agreement, William H.
McGrath to Eliza Burd (1854 Oct 20); and "Page's Appeal," a legal dispute made
by S. Davis Page against the Burd estate in the Supreme Court of the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania (January Term, 1871). The appeal is 19 pages and bound
in a paper cover.
F33 Eliza Howard Burd Estate, 1850-1877 (15 items)
Included are documents concerned specifically with the Burd estate. Among the
various legal documents is a 16-page printed and bound copy of her will (1860);
an accounting of an appraisal of her estate; and a two-page extract from the
minutes of the Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Advancement of
Christ in Pennsylvania.
Series III. Eliza Howard Burd (cont'd)
1 F34 Monument -- Correspondence, 1848-1860 (44 items)
Items concerning the erection of a monument to E.S. Burd in St. Stephen's
Church in Philadelphia. Included are letters between Eliza Burd and the church,
contractors, artisans, and Eli K. Price.
F35 Monument -- Documents, 1849-1868 (10 items)
Included are agreements between Eliza Burd and Frank Wills, architect; extracts
from minutes of a meeting at St. Stephen's Church; agreements with sculptor Carl
Steinhauser (who was in Rome at the time); a check to Steinhauser; a petition to
the court for the design of the monument; and miscellaneous correspondence and
receipts from Steinhauser.
F36 Orphan's Asylum -- Documents, 1860-1937 (7 items)
Includes correspondence and legal documents relating to the establishment and
funding of the asylum (later called the Burd School for Girls) from the Burd
estate, all dating from the period 1860-1877. Also included is a 56-page
descriptive booklet on the Burd School for Girls, dated 1937.
F37 Orphan's Asylum -- Receipts, 1861-1863 (21 items)
Payment for goods and services rendered to the asylum and its residents. Also
included are several envelopes.
Series IV. Burd Family, 1752-1861
Most of these items pertain to the personal and business affairs of Edward Burd
(1750-1833), though some concern other members of the family, particularly his
daughter, Sarah Burd (fl.1835-1841).
F38 Correspondence, 1777-1835 (15 items)
Includes personal and business correspondence, as well as one funeral invitation,
dated 1833.
F39 Plot Plans, 1788-1827 (14 items)
Includes survey plans and narrative descriptions of properties purchased by
Edward Burd in Pennsylvania. Drawings include property lines, rivers and
creeks, roads and pathways, type of vegetation on the property, and survey
measurements. Drawn in ink, and several are undated.
Series IV. Burd Family (cont'd)
1 F40 Contracts and Agreements, 1796-1822 (9 items)
F41 Receipts, 1793-1832 (10 items)
Payment receipts for goods and services, as well as for deeds, bank transactions,
and other legal business.
F42 Deeds pt.I, 1785-1893 (7 items)
- William Shippen, the elder to Edward Burd (1785)
- Jonathan D. Sergeant to Edward Burd (1787)
- Edward Burd to David Claypoole (1787)
- James & John Craig, attorneys of James Peter, to Edward Burd (1789)
- Caleb Bickbom to Edward Burd (1791)
- Joseph Wilson to Edward Burd (1792)
- James Crawford & Charles Rush from Joseph Wilson to Edward Burd (1793)
F43 Deeds pt.II, 1808-1811 (10 items)
- Edward Burd to E. Chauncey, extract (1808)
- Edward Burd & wife Elizabeth to Thomas Stokes, Jr. (1808)
- Joseph Shippen and Edward Burd (1809)
- Edward Burd to Ebenezer Osbourn (1810)
- Thomas Pryor Gilbert to Edward Burd (1810)
- Edward Burd and wife to Abiel Twiss (1810)
- Edward Burd and wife to William Bourard (1811)
- Edward Burd and wife to Edward Vollum (1811)
- Edward Burd wife to Isaac H. Griffith (1811)
- Edward Burd and wife to John Topham (1811)
F44 Deeds pt.III, 1813-1826 (8 items)
- Edward Burd and wife to Jonathon Davis (1813)
- Edward Burd to George Pryor (1813)
- Edward Burd to Henry Vollum (1813)
- Edward Burd and wife to Willaplain Gethen and George Paulson (1813)
- Edward Burd and wife to Willaplain Gethen and George Paulson (1813)
- Edward Burd and wife to Patrick Doyle (1813)
- David C. Claypoole to Edward Burd (1819)
- Walter Franklin and wife to Edward Burd (1826)
Series IV. Burd Family (cont'd)
1 F45 Miscellaneous Legal Documents, 1773-1832 (18 items)
Includes legal and financial statements, calculations, and accounting of estates.
Also included is a Deed of Appointment by E.S. Burd, Margaret Coxe, and Sarah
Burd in presence of the will of Edward Burd (1832), as well as two-page sheriff's
document pertaining to prisoners by Thomas Duncan to Edward Burd, issued in
the Supreme Court of Philadelphia.
F46 Burd Family Miscellany, 1752-1861 (16 items)
These items pertain to other members of the Burd family, and include
correspondence, invitations, legal documents, a copy of James Burd's will (1790),
and receipts. In both English and French.
2 F47 Sarah Burd Account Book, 1835-1841 (250 pp.)
Arranged chronologically, the book presents an accounting of various goods and
services, including item, price, and date of transaction. In addition, there are
numerous items laid in between the pages, including newspaper clippings of
calendars for the years 1835-1841, a recipe for an "aquatic bomb," and
miscellaneous calculations and notes. There appears to be smoke and fire damage
to the book, but it is still legible.
F48 Sarah Burd Correspondence, 1849-1850 (12 items)
Includes personal and business letters written by Sarah Burd to her sister-in-law
Eliza Howard Burd. There are several letters written by Eliza Burd to Sarah Burd
in F27.
Series V. Coxe Family, 1817-1863
This series includes correspondence, as well as financial and legal items relating
to the Coxe family. The Coxes are related to the Burd family through the
marriage of Daniel W. Coxe (1769-1852) to Margaret (Burd) Coxe (1781-1845),
the daughter of Edward Burd (1750/51-1833). Though the documents in this
series name various members of this family, the most prominent names are Daniel
W. Coxe and Margaret Coxe.
F49 Correspondence, 1817-1885 (35 items)
Includes personal and business correspondence by Daniel W., Margaret, and
Richard Coxe.
F50 Correspondence, 1846-1863 (48 items)
Includes personal and business correspondence by Daniel W., Margaret, and
Edward Coxe. Several prominent names include Ellis B. Crowell, Horace
Binney, and Eli K. Price.
F51 Financial, 1830-1882 (43 items)
Includes receipts, checks (from the Bank of the United States and Philadelphia
Bank), tax forms, bank statements (from the bank of Louisville, Brandon Bank,
Union Bank of Tennessee, and Planter's Bank of Tennessee), several copies of an
inventory of the goods of Margaret Coxe; accounts of stocks and shares;
inventories; and miscellaneous calculations. Also included is a two-page list of
stockholders in the Grand Gulf Railroad & Banking Co., and a one-page list of
stockholders in the Agricultural Bank of Philadelphia (both dated 1837).
F52 Legal, 1828-1860 (22 items)
Items pertaining to Daniel W. and Margaret Coxe, including copies of their wills,
and business concerning the estate of Margaret Coxe. D.W. Coxe and E.S. Burd
were made trustees of Margaret's estate after her death in 1845, then Eliza Burd
after her own husband's death in 1848. Also included is a printed copy of the
wills of Maria and Samuel Chew (grandson of Benjamin Chew?).
Series VI. Shippen Family, 1703-1864
This series consists of items relating to the Shippen family; including
correspondence, deeds, documents concerning a dispute with Eli Price and John
Townsend, and other miscellaneous legal and financial items.
2 F53 Deeds, 1739-1830 (18 items)
- Edward Shippen to John White (1739)
- Edward Shippen and wife to John Reading (1762)
- Edward Shippen to John Hefflein (1770)
- Joseph Shippen Jr. and wife to John Hefflein (1774)
- Edward Shippen to Christian Reddick (1782)
- Edward Shippen and wife Margaret to George McKay (1785)
- Owen Sullivan and Edward Shippen (1786)
- William Shippen to Jeremiah Collins (1787)
- Edward Shippen to James Brown (1794)
- Thomas Morris and Edward Bonsall (signed by Edward Shippen, 1794)
- Edward Bonsall to Anthony Morris (signed by Edward Shippen, 1795)
- Edward and Joseph Shippen to Jacob Perkins (1796)
- Jacob Shoemaker et al. to Noble C. Nelson (signed by Edward Shippen, 1802)
- Joseph Shippen, trustee of Col. James Burd and Sarah, wife, & James Burd and
Jasper Yeates, exec. of James Burd to Abigail Shippen, Joseph Burd, and William
Brosking, admin. of John Shippen, dec'd (1808)
- Eliza Hamilton to Charles Shippen (1828)
- Charles Shippen and wife to Andrew Bayard (1828)
- Andrew Bayard and wife to Charles Shippen (1830)
- Charles Shippen and wife to Charles Kuhn (1830)
3 F54 Correspondence, 1805-1864 (6 items)
Legal and financial correspondence, some of which pertains to the dispute with
Price and Townsend. The signature of "Edward Shippen" is in two separate
hands.
F55 Shippen, et al. vs. Price & Townsend, 1860-1862 (8 items)
Documents pertaining to a legal dispute between the Shippen family and
executors Eli K. Price and J. B. Townsend, over the estate of E.S. Burd. Includes
a paper-bound book outlining the details of the dispute, a legal opinion of the
supreme court, financial accounts, a bill of costs, and an answer by Price and
Townsend.
F56 Miscellaneous, 1703-1860 (24 items)
Includes receipts; releases; financial accounts of Benjamin Chew, Register
General, with Edward Shippen (1765-1766); agreements; and exemplifications,
including the will of Edward Shippen (1837). The signature of "Edward Shippen"
appears in most of the documents in this folder, though there are two Edwards to
consider: Edward Shippen (1728-1806), the eventual Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, and his father, who resided in Lancaster, and who was also
a judge.
Series VII. Related Families and Ephemera, 1791-1883
This series contains documents corresponding to members of Edward Shippen
Burd's extended family, including names such as Lloyd, Sims, Hopkins, Yeates,
and McIlvaine. Also included are documents pertaining specifically to the
business of Price and Townsend, as executors of the estate of E.S. Burd.
F57 Yeates and McIlvaine -- Correspondence, 1832 & 1848 (3 items)
Includes two letters from Eli K. Price to Catherine Yeates (1848), and one from
Catherine Yeates to E.S. Burd (1832).
F58 Yeates and McIlvaine -- Documents, 1860-1861 (8 items)
Includes calculations; receipts; accounts; a statement of settlement; an agreement
(signed by Mary and Margaret McIlvaine); and a document in the case of Mary
McIlvaine, et al. vs. Eli K. Price, et al., heard in the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania.
F59 Sims and Hopkins, 1791-1853 (9 items)
Includes a counterpart deed from Wooddrop and Sarah Sims to Lewis Dewees; a
copy of a deed of trust from Sarah Sims to P.W. Gallaudet; an indenture between
Joseph and Rebecca Sims to Lewis Clapier, Joseph Johnson, and Joseph B. Sims;
two letters from S. Hopkins; and several receipts.
F60 Anastasia and Richard Lloyd -- Correspondence, c. 1827-1835 (34 items)
Includes personal and business correspondence, several of which are undated.
Series VII. Related Families and Ephemera (cont'd)
3 F61 Townsend and Price, 1849-1877 (45 items)
Contains material regarding the estates of Eliza and Edward Shippen Burd, as
maintained by executors Eli K. Price and John Townsend. Includes
correspondence, court summons, estate inventories, leases, agreements, opinions,
accounts of estate and rents, and other legal documents. Also included is an
extract from an examiner's report on the estate of Eliza H. Burd, and an auditor's
report on the first account of Price and Townsend, regarding the estate of E.S.
Burd.
F62 Miscellaneous, 1839-1883 (13 items)
Includes receipts, correspondence, several items relating to Charles Picot, and two
plot plans. One of these plans is of the farm of Phebe Thomas and sisters, drawn
by Charles Downing in 1849, and the other is of the environs of the Wissahickon
(surveyor and date unknown).
Appendix: Genealogical Tables
Genealogical Table 1
Descendants of Joseph and Abigail (Grosse) Shippen
* bold type refers to individuals named in the collection
Joseph Shippen (1679-1741) -- m -- Abigail (Grosse) Shippen (d.1716)
Dr. William Shippen Sr. (1712-1801) -- m -- Susannah Harrison (1711-1774)
Dr. William Shippen, Jr. (1736-1808)
Edward Shippen (1703-1781) -- m -- Sarah Plumley
Joseph Shippen (1732-1810) -- m -- Jane Galloway (1745-1801)
Sarah (Shippen) Burd (1730-1784) -- m -- Col. James Burd (1726-1793)
Edward Shippen (1729-1806) -- m -- Margaret Francis [daughter of Tench
Francis] (1735-1794)
Elizabeth Shippen (b.1754) -- m -- Edward Burd (1750-1833)
Sarah Shippen (1756-1831) -- m -- Thomas Lea of Philadelphia
Mary Shippen (b.1757) -- m-- Dr. William McIlvaine
Dr. Edward Shippen (1758-1809) -- m -- Elizabeth Juliana Footman
(1762-1848)
Margaret (1760-1804) -- m -- Benedict Arnold
John Francis (1762-1763)
James (1766-1769)
Genealogical Table 2
Descendants of James and Sarah (Shippen) Burd
*bold type refers to individuals named in the collection
Col. James Burd (1726-1793) -- m -- Sarah (Shippen) Burd (1730-1784)
Edward Burd (1750/51-1833) -- m -- Elizabeth Shippen (b. 1754)
Edward Shippen Burd (1779-1848) -- m -- Eliza Howard Sims[daughter of
Wooddrop & Sarah Sims] (1793-1860)
Elizabeth (1815-1845/46)
Margaret (1819-1844)
Wooddrop (c. 1822-1837)
* Five other children died in infancy.
Margaret Burd (1781-1845) -- m -- Daniel W. Coxe (1769-1852)
Sarah (d. 1829) -- m -- Jasper Yeates (1745-1817)
Catherine Yeates (1783-1866)
Joseph Burd (b.1768)
Genealogical Table 3
Descendants of William and Mary (Francis) Coxe
*bold type refers to individuals named in the collection
William Coxe (1723-1801) -- m -- Mary Anne Francis [daughter of Tench Francis]
Tench Coxe (1755-1824)
William Coxe (1762-1831) -- m -- Rachel Smith
Richard S. Coxe (1792-1865)
Daniel W. Coxe (1769-1852) -- m -- Margaret Burd (1781-1845)
John Coxe
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