Joseph Totten

Ancestor #: A203380

Joseph TOTTEN 1721-1800

Born 1721 and died 1800. Joseph was probably the son of Jasper TOTTEN of

Morristown, and probably the same Joseph TOTTEN who was taxed in Warwick,

Orange Co., NY in 1775, and whose son John married a Morristown girl in

1793. Joseph Totten probable son of Jasper and grandson of Richard Totten

died a resident of Orange Co., NY between April 16, 1800 and May 5, in the

same year (Source: The Totten Line) Joseph is mentioned in Jasper's will,

probated December 14, 1761 (Source: Wills, New Jersey Archives, Vol. IV,

Abstract of Wills) Possibly the same Joseph Totten who owned lots of land

in the Adirondack Mountains. His lands were confiscated in 1779-1781.

Married ca. 1760 to Mary POPPINO born ca. 1728 at Warwick Township, Orange

Co., NY. Mary was a daughter of John Poppino, born ca. 1704 in France and

who died in 1785 in New York, and Christian Mary Poppino, also born in

France. Mary was a sister of Major John Poppino, a Revolutionary PATRIOT,

married to Elizabeth Wood.

Joseph Totten, tailor, of Orange County, NY, in his will dated

April 16, 1800, probated May 5, 1800, mentioned as heirs, his sons John,

Joseph, Peter, Silas and Levi and his daughter Abigail CURRY ( note: this

may be the relationship of the Curry Bros. Mill, with a Totten) Other

heirs named without mention of relationship were, Mary MILLER, Christian

and Phebe JACKSON and Lydia CLARK. As executioners, he named his sons

Joseph, Peter, and Silas. No wife is mentioned in the Will. Joseph was

listed in the 1790 Census of Warwicktown, Orange Co., NY

Source: Last Will of Joseph TOTTEN dated April 16, 1800, probated May 5,

1800, Liber B, Page 158, Surrogate's Court in Goshen, NY

4TH REGT, ORANGE CO MILITIA