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About Anne "Nancy" Home Livingston
Anne Hume "Nancy" Livingston (born Shippen) (24 February 1763 – 25 August 1841) was an American journal writer.
Biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Shippen
Shippen was born on 24 February 1763 in Shippen House in Shippensburg. She was a daughter of William Shippen Jr. (1736–1808) and Alice (née Lee) Shippen (1736–1817), a daughter of Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell.
Shippen House was built by her grandfather William Shippen Sr. and although it is now a large house at that time it was 28 feet by 30 feet.[1] She was brought up there when she wasn't being educated at Mrs Rogers's school in Trenton, New Jersey.[2] In 1796 she was painted by Benjamin Trott.[3]
Personal life
Shippen was romanced by the French diplomat Louis-Guillaume Otto, but her father decided that he would marry her to Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston in 1781.[2] Her husband commanded the 4th New York Regiment at the Battles of Saratoga and Monmouth and during the winter at Valley Forge.[4] He was the son of Robert Livingston (1718–1775) and great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder, 1st Lord of Livingston Manor.[5]
She gave birth the same year to Margaret Beekman "Peggy" Livingston (1781–1864). The marriage was not a success and Anne returned to Shippen House where she started a journal in 1783. This is the reason that she is remembered as it gives an insight into her social life and later her thwarted attempts to obtain a divorce.[2] She had to live with her parents and her daughter went to live with the estranged husband's mother.[3]
Shippen died in Philadelphia in 1841 whilst living with her daughter.[2]
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Anne "Nancy" Home Livingston's Timeline
| 1763 |
1763
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1781 |
December 26, 1781
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Philadelphia, Pa
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| 1841 |
August 23, 1841
Age 78
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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