Samuel
Totten
Born about in Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Peter Totten
and Prissilla (Unknown) Totten
Husband of
Sarah Unknown
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Totten, Daniel Totten, Hannah (Totten) Eldert, Joseph Totten, Mary Totten and Sarah (Totten) Storm
Died about
at about age 66
in Queens, New York Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 11 May 2016
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Biography
Samuel Totten was born about 1689 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York.
Samuel Totten married Hannah Seaman at St. George's Church, Hempstead, New York. [1]
He passed away in either January or February 1755 as per the following will.
New York Wills: Page 209: In the name of God, Amen, January 15, 1755. I, Samuel Totten, of Hempstead, in Queens County, being sick and weak. My executors are to sell a piece of land in the South Woods, which I bought of Jonathan Smith, Rock, being 18 acres, and after paying debts, my daughters, Sarah, Mary, and Hannah, are to have each British Pound 5, and the rest to my sons, Samuel, Joseph, and Daniel. I leave to my wife Sarah the use of all real estate, and of the remainder of personal estate, so long as she remains my widow, and no longer, and the rest of my movable estate to my children. After the death or marriage of my wife, I leave all my lands to my three sons. I make my wife and sons executors. Witnesses, Abraham Bedel, John Pettit, David Baily. Proved, February 25, 1755. [2]
Sources
- ↑ St George's Registry of Marriages - 1733 http://longislandgenealogy.com/StGeorge/marriages/M1733.html
- ↑ New York Wills: Page 209
< Haight, John Sylvanus. Adventures for God: A History of St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Long Island. New York, 1932./>
<New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Samuel Totten New York Wills and Administrations, Vol 017, 0019-0021, 1749-1760. Microfilm frame 294 of 913. Original page 209./>
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
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~0.39%
Darleen Totten
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A246266 [compare], Ancestry member Bluefaerydust
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~0.39%
Robert Totten :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A210061 [compare], Ancestry member Bluefaerydust
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Records of The Towns of North and South Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y. Edited by Benjamin D. Hicks. Volume IV. Page 301, original page 538. Microfiche Frame 308 of 573.
Excerpts “To Whom these Presents may Come Greeting. Know ye that I Samuel Totten (Totten-263) of the Fishkills in Dutches County and province of New York Carpenter have for and in Consideration of the Just and full Sum of Four Pounds four Shilling Current Lawfull Money of New York to me in hand paid by John Smith Rock, of Hempstead in queens County on Nausau Island in the province above said have … All that three shillings Patten Right to be Taken up in the bounds or Township of Hempstead that is to say … Which Said Patten Right was given to my Father Samuel Totten (Totten-480) by my Grandfather Peter Totten (Totten-116) and my father Gave it to my Mother Sarah Totten as by Deed & Will may Appear and further the Said Samuel Totten … as Witness my hand and Seal this Twenty fourth Day of April Seventeen hundred And Fifty five Samuel Totten (Totten-263) (S) Signed Sealed and Delevered In the Presents of Joseph Totten, Sam’l Mott (Recorded) Queens County Dec 16th 1758
edited by Arthur Lutz