Fontaine, Whittington Turpin, 1771-1850

Whittington (Whitty) Turpin Fontaine was born around 1771, in Somerset Co. Maryland, to William Fontaine and Sarah Turpin. He married Hester Cullen sometime in 1809 and, according to his will, had a surviving son, William, and daughter, Margaret Hall. He served as a Private in the 23rd Regiment (Wilson’s Reg.) of the Maryland Militia during the War of 1812. Other than calling himself an Agriculturalist in his Will, he also captained a delivery ship that worked to deliver trade goods and mail along the Eastern Shore. He died in October of 1850.