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Solomon Titus

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Solomon Titus Veteran

Birth
Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Death
19 Dec 1833 (aged 76)
Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Solomon was born in Hopewell Twp., old Hunterdon (now Mercer) Co., NJ, the son of Samuel Titus Sr. and Rebecca Johnson. He married Susannah Reed on 7 Apr. 1779 in Hopewell Twp.

Solomon served for ten months as a private in the Hunterdon County Militia during the Revolutionary War. He fought in the battles of White Plains and Monmouth. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church, Pennington, and died in Hopewell Twp. (then in Hunterdon Co., NJ, now in Mercer Co.).

He and Susanna had seven children (as recorded in their family Bible, all born or presumably born in Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ):

1. Samuel Titus, b. 8 Dec. 1781, reportedly d. 1870, m. Amy Ketcham;
2. Mary Titus, b. 4 Mar. 1784, m. 1807 to Thomas J. Blackwell--linked below;
3. Rebecca Titus, b. 1 June 1788, d. abt. 1790/91; aged 2 years--linked below;;
4. Nathaniel Reed Titus, b. 15 Nov. 1790, m. 1813 to Ann "Nancy" Van Cleve--linked below;
5. Reuben Titus, b. 15 July 1793, m. (1st) 1816 to Catharine Christopher, m. (2nd) 1835 to Charity Hart, m. (3rd) 1849 to Phoebe Golden--linked below;
6. Abijah Titus, b. 14 June 1797, d. after 1854 (mentioned in mother's will), m. to Elizabeth Grey;
7. Susan Titus, b. 18 Jan. 1803, m. Daniel Bowne--link pending
Solomon was born in Hopewell Twp., old Hunterdon (now Mercer) Co., NJ, the son of Samuel Titus Sr. and Rebecca Johnson. He married Susannah Reed on 7 Apr. 1779 in Hopewell Twp.

Solomon served for ten months as a private in the Hunterdon County Militia during the Revolutionary War. He fought in the battles of White Plains and Monmouth. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church, Pennington, and died in Hopewell Twp. (then in Hunterdon Co., NJ, now in Mercer Co.).

He and Susanna had seven children (as recorded in their family Bible, all born or presumably born in Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ):

1. Samuel Titus, b. 8 Dec. 1781, reportedly d. 1870, m. Amy Ketcham;
2. Mary Titus, b. 4 Mar. 1784, m. 1807 to Thomas J. Blackwell--linked below;
3. Rebecca Titus, b. 1 June 1788, d. abt. 1790/91; aged 2 years--linked below;;
4. Nathaniel Reed Titus, b. 15 Nov. 1790, m. 1813 to Ann "Nancy" Van Cleve--linked below;
5. Reuben Titus, b. 15 July 1793, m. (1st) 1816 to Catharine Christopher, m. (2nd) 1835 to Charity Hart, m. (3rd) 1849 to Phoebe Golden--linked below;
6. Abijah Titus, b. 14 June 1797, d. after 1854 (mentioned in mother's will), m. to Elizabeth Grey;
7. Susan Titus, b. 18 Jan. 1803, m. Daniel Bowne--link pending

Gravesite Details

Heartfelt thanks to Wayne Apgar for creating this memorial and to Wayne, and Therese Fenner Boucher, for the gravestone images.



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