Turpin Family of Delaware — Page 2: Joseph Turpin

Turpin of Delaware

by Mary Caroline Turpin Layton (September 13, 1875 – March 4, 1957)

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IV. Fourth Generation — Joseph Turpin

Joseph Turpin (Solomon, Solomon, William) resided in Sussex County, Delaware, where he died in 1785. He married, June 18, 1772, Rachael Baynard, a daughter of Thomas and Elisabeth Baynard of Kent County, Delaware.

To his son Solomon he devised the plantation of 400 acres that had belonged to his father, Solomon Turpin, deceased, and also land called Mill Lott. To son Thomas Baynard Turpin he willed land in Caroline County called "Chance", "Mt. Holly", and "Turpin's Discovery", while his son was also to receive the dwelling plantation. Land called "Meadows" was given to his daughter Peggy. The executors named were Henry Baynard, Thomas Baynard, and John Baynard. No wife was named in the will, which is conclusive proof that she predeceased him.

Issue of Joseph Turpin

i. Solomon Turpin, born April 18, 1773; married 1808. See Fifth Generation.
ii. Thomas Baynard Turpin, born February 27, 1775, Sussex County, Delaware. He later settled in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, and left many descendants. He married, December 21, 1803, Sarah Richardson, who died December 10, 1833.
iii. White Turpin, born June 2, 1777. He went to Mississippi and left many descendants. He married Rebecca Petit Magruder in August 1813, and later married Lavinia Magruder on February 24, 1824. He died August 4, 1844.
iv. Margaret Turpin, born February 11, 1780, in Sussex County, Delaware. She married, September 8, 1807, Samuel Neall of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died April 12, 1814, and had issue.

References: Dates of birth and death of this generation furnished by Mrs. Allen Thurman Turpin of Bastrop, Louisiana.

Primary Source Records

Original Will of Joseph Turpin · A 103, Page 33 · Hall of Records, Dover, Delaware

Joseph Turpin — Sussex County, Delaware | August 17, 1785

To son Solomon Turpin: The plantation that belonged to my father, Solomon Turpin, deceased, 400 acres; also a tract of land called Mill Lott.

To son Thomas Baynard Turpin: Land in Caroline County called "Chance", "Mt. Holly", and "Turpin's Discovery".

To son White Turpin: Dwelling plantation.

To daughter Peggy Turpin: Land called Meadows.

To Betty Cannon, widow: Land called Turpin's Regulations — all land that lies eastward to land cleared by Jacob Cannon and myself through the cripples for a division line between him and me, and all land included in the survey that lies northwest of Betty Cannon's field, etc., for her full part of the expense that may arise in surveying the land; and in case she does not, the land to be the right and property of son White Turpin.

To Jeremiah Cannon: Certain land, if he will pay full part of surveying said land; otherwise the land to son White.

Balance to be divided equally between my four children, Solomon Turpin, Thomas Baynard Turpin, White Turpin, and Peggy Turpin.

Executors: Henry Baynard, Thomas Baynard, and John Baynard.

Signed: JOSEPH TURPIN
Witnesses: Charles Flower · Henry Flower

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