Edward Totten b. 1615 Tottenham, London, England d. 1665 Hempstead, Long Island, New York: Burress & Palmer Genealogy

Edward Totten

1615 - 1665 (50 years)

Name	Edward Totten
	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).
Born	1615	Tottenham, London, England
Tottenham is a section of North London, in SE England or Stortfield, Hertsford.
Arrival	1642	New York from England
Came to New Netherlands, now New York, about 1642
Died	1665	Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Age	50 years
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Person ID	P5117	Burress \| My Ancestors
Last Modified	15 Apr 2019

Wife Joan Meade
b. 1621, Hertsford, England
d. Hempstead, New York

Married 15 Oct 1641 Saint Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Hertford, England

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.

Children 6 children

	1. John Totten b. 1642, England [natural]
	2. Joanna Totten b. 07 December 1642, Hertford, England [natural]
+	3. Richard Totten b. 1643, Hempstead, Long Island, New York d. 12 Jun 1712, Hempstead, Long Island, New York (Age 69 years)
	4. Deborah Totten b. 1644, New York [natural]
	5. Peter Totten b. 1645, New York d. 1731 (Age 86 years) [natural]
	6. Henry Totten b. 1650, New York [natural]

Last Modified 15 Apr 2019

Family ID F1617 Group Sheet | Family Chart