John Totten

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• Occupation: ca 1720-1770, New York; Shoemaker and probably farming
• Tax List: 1737-1773, New York; Mentioned in Tax lists for 1737-1748, 1753-1763, 1765-1773. Widow Levina is listed in tax list for 1774
• Will: 22 November 1773, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York; Will of July 29, 1773, probated November 22, 1773, mentioned wife Lovinee, sister Rebecca Brooks (more...)

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Buried:
The cemetery lays between what used to be John Totten's farm and Edward Churchill's farm.

Died:
Will indicates no children as no children are mentioned, however there could be other reasons no child is listed, John 1744 would have been in VA at the time of father death so perhaps he didn't know where John was or if he was still alive at the time.

John married Levina Churchill in 1740 in Hempstead, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Totten Sr. was born in 1744-48 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA; died on 14 November 1826 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA.

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• Note: 1701, Hempstead, Long Island, New York
• Moved: 1704-1714, Hempstead, Long Island, New York
• Tax List: 1730-1740, Dutchess County, New York, USA

Benjamin married Rebecca Springsteen in 1702 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Jurgen "Jurrie" Springsteen) was born in 1673 in Bowrie, New York City. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Granted Land: 1665, Hempstead, New York; The name of Richard first appears on Hempstead records in 1665, when he was granted a three acre home lot.
• (Notes): 1668, Hempstead, New York; Richard was a farmer and acted as cowkeeper for the town of Hempstead at least twice in 1665 and 1668.
• Land: 25 Jun 1685, Hempstead, Long Island, New York; Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead, Long Island New York, Volume 2
• Estate Quarrel: 28 July 1713, Hempstead, Long Island, New York; Following Richard Sr.'s death on June 12, 1712, a resident of Hempstead, there was a quarrel concerning the estate, between Peter, weaver, the eldest son of Richard Totten, deceased, and Peter Jr., cord-winder, the eldest son of Peter.

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Estate Quarrel:
Following Richard Sr.'s death on June 12, 1712, a resident of Hempstead, there was a quarrel concerning the estate, between Peter, weaver, the eldest son of Richard Totten, deceased, and Peter Jr., cord-winder, the eldest son of Peter. However, it was satisfactorily settled thru the arbitration of (Richards Son's) William, Benjamin and Jasper, the youngest son of said Richard Sr., and an indenture made on July 28, 1713, between Peter Sr., son of Richard, and Peter Jr., witnessed by William, Benjamin and Jasper, whereby Peter, Jr., in consideration of 53 pounds, lawful New York money, relinquished all rights to the estate. (HTR page 471) Source: Richard Totten 1665 to Richard Totten Button 1965 by Minna C. Wilkins and Rosemary Cleveland Fitzgerald

Richard married Sarah Champion on 1 Mar 1664 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Champion and Frances /Jacocks Jaycobs) was born in 1643 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA; died in 1673 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Baptized in Stratford-on-Avon Parish Church in Warwickshire, England

Other Events:

• Deed: 3 June 1713, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, USA
• Military: 26 November 1715, New York; Served in Capt. B.Z. Van Kleeck Militia
• Tax List: 1717 to 1740, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, USA; Jurgen in possession of 60 acres of land. When Madame BRETT came into possession of a great expanse of land in Dutchess County. Jurgen was forced to buy from Madame BRETT the land he had already been in possession of for several years.

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1642, New York from England; Came to New Netherlands, now New York, about 1642

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Birth:
Tottenham is a section of North London, in SE England or Stortfield, Hertsford.

Name:
Most of the source information for Edward Totten and is descendants came from the book The Totten Family by Fred Albert DUELING.

(Ancestry Message Boards, researcher David Loring Totten)

There is a Samuel Totnam from County Hertfordshire, the same general area that Joane Meade and her father Thomas Meade came from (Bishop's Stortford in County Hertfordshire). Records show he was from Halstead in County Hertfordshire and married there in 1607. A possible father for Edward, but as yet unproven. Also in Halstead was a Thomas Totnam (profession listed as a clothier) his will was documented in 1593. There is also a Richard Totnam with a will documented in 1625, but he was from Clavering in County Hertfordshire. A Ciprian Totnam married in 1614 from Gt. Holland in County Hertfordshire (this was one year before Edward's birth).

Edward married Joan Meade on 15 Oct 1641 in Saint Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Hertford, England. Joan (daughter of Thomas Meade and Joane Day) was born in 1621 in Hertsford, England; died in in Hempstead, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
London Marriage Licenses (1521-1869) by Joseph FOSTER

Totnan, Edward, gent., of St. Andrew-in-the-Wardrob, bachelor, 26, and Joane Meade, of Bishops Stortford, Herts, spinster, 20, daughter of Thomas Meade, of same, gent., who consents - at Bishops Stortford aforesaid. 15 Oct 1641 (Bishop of London's Office)

*(from Ancestry message boards) St. Andrews-by-the-Wardrobe, is a church in the Kings Wardrobe district of London.

The King's Great Wardrobe was overseen by the Master of the Wardrobe. The duty of the Master of the Wardrobe was to provide proper furniture for coronations, marriages, and funerals of the sovereign and royal family, clothes of state, beds, hangings, and other necessaries for the houses of foreign ambassadors, clothes of state for Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Prince of Wales, and ambassadors abroad as also to provide robes for Ministers of State, Knights of the Garter, etc. The last Master of the Wardrobe was Ralph, Duke of Montague, who died 1709.

The "Wardrobe District", along with most of London was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. The church (St. Andrews-by-the-Wardrobe) has been rebuilt twice since Edwards time, once after the Great Fire of 1666 and then again after the bombing of London during WWII. It might be assumed that if Edward lived in this district, and was indeed a "Gentleman" of the period, that he was involved in the business of the "King's Great Wardrobe". This remains to be seen or proven though. There are other Totnam names in English records that identify the occupation of the individual as a "clothier" or in other words a tailor. Further speculation to be sure, which has yet to be proven.

Other Events:

• "Hercules": 12 March 1634, England; Thomas Champion of Ashford, Kent, England, embarked in the "Hercules" in Sandwich for New Netherland (certificate signed March 12, 1634) Source: Severford Genealogy. Misc. Champions, Trowbridge p. 412.

Thomas married Frances /Jacocks Jaycobs. Frances was born in 1620 in Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]