Solomon Turpin (Joseph, Solomon, Solomon, William) was born April 18, 1773, in Sussex County, Delaware, near Laurel. He married in May 1808 his cousin Kitturah Turpin, born December 16, 1789, daughter of Major Francis Turpin of Dorchester County.
Solomon Turpin resided in Caroline County, Maryland, where he died November 11, 1813, leaving a widow, Kitturah, and three minor children. The widow Kitturah married (2) Severn Dawson of Caroline County and died about 1840, leaving Dawson issue.
Marriage of Arthur W. Leverton and Margaret Ann Turpin — 3rd month, 21st, 1832
Arthur W. Leverton, of Caroline County, Maryland, son of Jacob Leverton and Elizabeth his wife, deceased — and Margaret Ann Turpin, daughter of Solomon Turpin, deceased, and Catherine his wife, of Dorchester County, Maryland — married at their meeting house at Marshy Creek in Caroline County, Maryland.
Signers to the marriage certificate (those who witnessed the marriage, including the contracting couple):
Arthur W. Leverton · Margaret A. Leverton · Jacob Leverton · Hannah W. Leverton · Mary C. Wilson · Jacob C. Wilson · Thomas J. Turpin · Perry Gray · Jonathan Twiford · Priscilla Barton · Benj. Whiteley · Elizabeth Twiford · Matthew Smith, Sr. · Eliza Ann Barton · Francis B.C. Turpin · Willis Cockran · James W. Melony · Wm. Whiteley · Elizabeth A. Gray · Ann Jane Turpin · John B. Caulk · Elijah Wilson · Samuel Turner · Wm. H. Willis · John W. Canoway · Henry L. Leverton · Baynard Turpin · Lewus Willis · Jane Cockran · Elizabeth Stevens.
Remarks:
Mary C. Wilson was wife of Jacob C. Wilson and daughter of Major Turpin; therefore, aunt of bride.
Thomas J. Turpin was uncle of bride.
Matthew Smith, Sr., was first cousin of bride's mother.
Francis B.C. Turpin was uncle of bride.
Ann Jane Turpin was aunt of bride.
Baynard Turpin was brother of the bride.
The bride was a granddaughter of Major Francis Turpin through his daughter Kitturah (erroneously written Catherine), the wife of Solomon Turpin. Many of the witnesses to the marriage were close relatives of the bride, as explained above. (M.T.L.)
Petition of Kitturah Turpin et al. — October 5, 1819
To the Honorable William Kilty, Chancellor of Maryland: Humbly complaining sheweth unto your honor your orator and oratrix Kitturah Turpin, widow of Solomon Turpin deceased; Baynard Turpin, Francis White Turpin, and Margaret Ann Turpin, minors and children of said Solomon, who pray to be made parties to this bill by Francis Turpin their next friend.
That on 3 July 1791, a certain Isaac Nichols the elder, late of Caroline County in said state, being seized in fee of sundry tracts of land in said county, by last will devised said land to wife and children. Heirs agree by writing, 13 June 1794, to agree to will.
Bill shows that a judgment against Jeremiah Nichols, one of the sons and devisees, etc., and in obedience to said writ the said sheriff did sell to Solomon Turpin. John and Jeremiah conveyed their part, etc. Shows that the land sold to Solomon Turpin, deceased, is yet in possession of Jeremiah Nichols, etc.