The Tottens at the Drawlyn

This site is an exploration of the Taylor and Totten families. The two families are brought together by the union of my husband and I. The site is updated as my research advances.

Originals.

The Saint John County family was started by Joseph Totten and Sarah Jane Tait. They arrived in New Brunswick from Ireland in 1849 and 1848 respectively. They married in Saint John before moving to a farm in Upham township. By the 1860 census they were established in their permanent home atop the Drawlyn. Even today the Drawlyn is still mainly in the hands of the Totten family.

The Taylors are also a quintessential New Brunswick family. George Taylor and Mary Chapman were both apart of the Yorkshire immigration of the mid-1700's. Both families arrived on the Albion in 1776. Mary's father started as supervisor at the rebuilding of Fort Cumberland. George was a successful farmer from outside of Leeds in Yorkshire that took of the practice south west of Fort Cumberland in an area that later was named for the family, Taylorvillage.

Below is the main list of names being researched. Also part of the site are family name origins as research by Charles Wareing Bardsley for the families being researched. Histories of the place names of the towns and villages that are the settings of the family history in the making are linked to in the trees or can be found through the main navigation .

As Family history is never complete never can the website of such. Expect that with growth and the whims of the researcher the content here will move and change. With this in mind any Bookmarking of this site should be done at the index to avoid any future 405 errors.