Looking into my 7x great grandfather Stephen Totman for this post handed me another family mystery to ponder. The original information I had found online was that Stephen had one wife named Dorothy, possibly Dorothy Stoddard. But this brief entry by William Richard Cutter presents a different story:
II) Stephen, son of Thomas Totman, resided first in Scituate, where he married _____ ____ (first) . He removed to Plymouth, and married Dorothy _____. He settled finally in Dorchester. Children: Stephen, born October 11, 1691, died young; Samuel, born July 20, 1693; Stephen, May 27, 1695, died young: Mary, born November 6, 1696; Christian,January 17. 1699. Of second wife, born in Dorchester: Elkanah, 1703 ; Thomas, mentioned below; Lydia, 1708; Stephen, 1711.- p641
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 2, Lewis historical publishing Company, New York, N.Y. 1910
Now my information was that Stephen's son Samuel (my 6x great grandfather) was born in 1691. But if Cutter is correct and the first Samuel died young, then I am descended from the second Samuel who was born in 1711.
So many questions, so little time.
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