: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: The Shippen House / by Hon. W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Shippen family. Shippen House (Lancaster, Pa.) Lancaster (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Lancaster (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical

Commonwealth, was the first person, responsive to organized society, who owned the Shippen house lot; and the Hamiltons, founders of Lancaster, were acquiring title to it and plotting this section just about the time Washington was born. When James Hamilton made title to Thos. Cookson, in 1750, he conveyed the