Person:William Travers (4)

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William Travers
b.Abt 1624 England
d.Bef 17 Oct 1678 Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
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  • H.  William TraversAbt 1624 - Bef 1678
  • W.  Rebecca HusseyAbt 1643 - 1702
m. Abt 1657
  1. Elizabeth TraversAbt 1657 - Bef 1682
  2. Samuel Travers1660 - 1698
  3. Rawleigh TraversAbt 1662 - 1701
  4. William Travers1665 - Bef 1686/87
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Name William Travers
Gender Male
Birth[3] Abt 1624 England
Marriage Abt 1657 to Rebecca Hussey
Death[7] Bef 17 Oct 1678 Rappahannock, Virginia, United States[when wife is referred to as estate administrator in court]
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1645 - William Travers is a merchant in London.Citation needed

???? - came to St. Mary's County Maryland

???? - in Dorchester County, Maryland

1656 - witness to Will of ??? Citation needed [per Wikipedia this is the first record in the colony]

ca 1657 - William Travers marries Rebecca Hussey, d/o Giles Hussey

1661 - receives 500 acres on Morattica Creek from Thomas ChetwoodCitation needed [per Wikipedia]

???? - Captain William Travers is appointed to settle the bounds of Northumberland and Westmoreland counties, along with Colonel John Washington, Captain John Lee, William Moseley, and Robert Beverly.

???? - given title of Colonel officially by the house of Burgesses of Virginia

1667/68 - receives a total of 2650 acres in Rappahannock County by assignment and for transportation of 8 persons, including himself and wife Rebecca4

1668 - bequeathed 100 acres on Farnham Creek in North Farnham Parish, Rappahannock County by will of Giles Hussey on 30 Dec 1668

1675 - Colonel William Travers of Rappanhannock County is appointed by the Royal Council of Virginia to a commission to employ Indians in defense of the colony.

1677 - Burgess for Lancaster County and speaker of the house.

1677/78 - receives 780 acres on Doeggs Creek in Stafford County on 22 Mar 1677/78 for transportation of 16 persons5 ; original patent is later referenced in 1692 deed of sale from son Rawleigh Travers to William Lambert

1678 - William Travers is dead by 17 Oct 1678 when Mrs. Rebecca Travers appears in court as administrator of his estate7

1679 - widow Rebecca Travers writes her will on 03 Nov 1679

ca 1679 - widow Rebecca Travers marries John Rice

References
  1.   Q8019500? , in Wikidata.
  2.   William Travers (Virginia politician), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    last accessed Oct 2017.

    Col. William Travers (c. 1630 - 1679) was an early settler and politician of Colonial Virginia. ...
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    [Note: page is underdeveloped]

  3. ↑ I024214, in Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
    last accessed Oct 2017.

    [includes sources]

  4.   Nugent, Nell Marion (Main Author), and Dennis Ray Hudgins (Added Author). Cavaliers and pioneers: abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants [8 Volumes covering 1623-1782]. (Richmond [Virginia]: Vol 1 originally published (1934) by The Dietz Press. Subsequently published by Library of Virginia (Vols 1-3) and Virginia Genealogical Society (Vols 4-8), 1934-present).

    CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 31
    MR. WILLIAM TRAVERS. 2650 acs. N. side of Rappa. Co., 27 `Feb. 1667/8, p. 112. 2250 acs. granted to Mr. Thomas Chetwood & George Hasellock & by them assigned to sd. Travers; 400 acs. for trans. of 8 pers: Wm. Travers, Rebecca Travers, Rich. Harris, James Benning, Lancelott Fletcher, James Bird, Jno. Arler. Joane Claydon.

  5.   Nugent, Nell Marion (Main Author), and Dennis Ray Hudgins (Added Author). Cavaliers and pioneers: abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants [8 Volumes covering 1623-1782]. (Richmond [Virginia]: Vol 1 originally published (1934) by The Dietz Press. Subsequently published by Library of Virginia (Vols 1-3) and Virginia Genealogical Society (Vols 4-8), 1934-present).

    CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 179
    COL. WILLIAM TRAVERSE (Travers), 780 acs., Staff. Co., at the head of Doegs Cr; adj. Mr. Wells; & Mr. Jon. Thomas; 22 Mar. 1677/8, p. 622:Trans. of 16 pers: Joseph Smith. Richard Hatter, Tho. Sampson, Patrick Nicolk, Tho. Todd, Thu. Clarke. Marvell Mosely. Giles Baines (or Baines), Jam, Johnson, Henry Shares, Jon. Butcher,' Peter Legray, Mary Wood, Margery Holland, Joane Wade, Jon. Stretchly.

  6.   Hayden, Horace Edwin. Virginia genealogies : a genealogy of the Glassell family of Scotland and Virginia: also of the families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and others, of Virginia and Maryland. (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.: E.B. Yordy, printer, 1891)
    298.
  7. ↑ .

    Virginia Colonial Abstracts - Series 2, Vol 1, Northumberland County, Virginia 1678-1713; page 11: Court 17 Oct. 1678
    Mrs. Rebecca Travers adm. of Col. William Travers vs. Adam Booth.

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