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Genealogy Report for Raleigh Travers and Elizabeth:
1. RALEIGH1 TRAVERS, COL. was born Abt. 1630, and died 1670 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married ELIZABETH ??? WFT Est. 1655-1656 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was born WFT Est. 1630-1638. Notes for RALEIGH TRAVERS, COL.: http://marglynn.com/gen/eava2.htm Raleigh/Rawleigh Travers was born ca 1630. He married Elizabeth Unknown and had the following children: Giles, John, Rawleigh, Million and Elizabeth. Raleigh is first recorded in Virginia history when he purchased 300 acres on the south side of the Rappa River on 8 Mar 1653. On 6 Dec 1653 he received a POA from Tho Paine to sue Moore Fauntleroy. On 5 Feb 1654/55 in Lancaster Co. Virginia Nich. Forman was to view Mr.Raleigh Traver's tobacco house and report. On 19 April 1655 in Lancaster Co., VA Tho. Purifye sold Raughley Travers 650 acres. On 24 October 1665 in Westmoreland, VA Raleigh Travers purchased 3,650 acres; 3350 acres on the south side of the Potomac River and 300 acres upon the head of a branch of Potomac Creek. In 1667 in Lancaster, VA John Carpenter and his wife, Mary, sold 500 acres called Fairweather to Raleigh Travers. In March 1669 in Lancaster, VA, Rawleigh Travers sold to John Chinn a quarter part of the mill lying at the head of Morratico Creek. Signed by Ra.Travers and Elizabeth Travers. On 11 May 1670 in Lancaster Co., VA, POA to cousin Will Travers re mill sold to John Chinn. Rawleigh Travers died in 1670 in Richmond, VA.
1654: Mr. John Payne ordered by the Court to appraise the contents of Mr. Raleigh Travers' tobacco warehouse.
In W and M, Vol. 4, p. 16, appears the Travers Pedigree, or Chart, by Wilson Miles Cary, Baltimore, in which it is said that there was a Capt. Rawleigh Travers who was son of William and Rebecca Travers. He was Justice of the Peace for Richmond County in 1701. His Will was of Farnham Parish, Richmond County, 1701 and 1702. (This is sustained by Torrence). He left to his wife Sarah, 400 acres called Exeter Lodge during her widowhood, reversion to cousin Rebecca Travers; legacies to Mrs. Peachy, Mrs. Slaughter, Mrs. Sarah Bayless and Godson, Rawleigh Brooks, etc. Seemingly, no issue. Hence it does not appear that this would have been our Rawleigh Travers. Col. Rawleigh Travers, brother of the Col. William Travers above, and thus uncle of the Captain Rawleigh Travers above, married before 1644, Elizabeth (???). (In W and M, Vol. 13, p. 165, he was party to a law suit, Oct. 15, 1644, in Stafford County). He patented 300 acres on the south side of Rappahannock River in 1653; was Justice for Lancaster County in 1656; Burgess, 1663 to 1666 (also W and M, Vol. 5, p. 260, from 1661 to 1670; and also by W and M, Vol. 8, 1898, p. 34, Col. Rawleigh Travers was justice, burgess and on a committee with Gov. Berkeley and Col. Gerard Fowke in charge of the erection of a State House in James City in 1660). In 1661, Rawleigh Travers and wife, Elizabeth, executed a deed in Essex County. In 1662, he received a patent for 300 acres on the west side of Moratico Creek (dividing line between Lancaster and Richmond Counties). In 1663, he bought 3650 acres on the south side of the Potomac River on Potomac Creek which had been patented in 1662 by Col. Gerard Fowke, adjoining Capt. Giles Brent; in 1668, he received a patent for 12 hundredths of 500 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River. He died before 1674 most probably, for in that year a widow Travers is the wife of Robert Beckingham, J. P. (Parenthetically, the Journal of the House of Burgesses lists Rawleigh Travers as a member 1651-2)
From Genforum.com post: Rawleigh Travers/1650-70/Lancaster Co VA Posted by: Linda Boyd Lawhon Date: December 23, 1998 at 20:59:20 of 334
· On 9 Mar 1653 in Virginia Rawleigh Travers, received 300 a on south side Rappa. River, 2 miles s'ly from James Bagnal; trsp. 6 persons. (Nugent, CP I:241). · On 6 Dec 1653 in Lancaster Co., Virginia. He received a POA from Tho Paine to sue Moore Fauntleroy. (Fleet, VCA I:190) · On 5 Feb 1654/55 in Lancaster Co., Virginia Nich. Forman was to view Mr. Raleigh Travers' tobacco house and report. (Fleet, VCA I:191). · On 19 Apr 1655 in Lancaster Co., Virginia, Tho. Purifye to Raughley Travers, 650 a. (Duvall, VCA S2V2, p. 50). · On 24 Oct 1665 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia, Raleigh Travers, 3, 650 acres: 3350 acres on the s side of Potomac Riv. SSW of Pot. Cr. & NE upon a maine SW upon the head of a br at said Cr. which divides this land & Land commonly known by the name of the fort land, ESE. 300 acres upon head of a br of Pot. Cr NE against land of Capt Brent, SE upon land of John Withers. Granted to Gerrard Fowke 18 Nov 1662 and assigned to Travers 11 Nov 1663. (Nugent, CP IP 535-536). · In 1667 in Lancaster Co., Virginia, John Carpenter and Mary his wife, extrx of the will of Anthony Stevens, heir apparent of the sd. Anthony, sold 500 acres call "Fairweather, to Raleigh Travers. (Lancaster Co., DB 4:35). · In Mar 1669 in Lancaster Co., Virginia, Rawleigh Travers to John Chinn, Qtr part of the mill lying at the head of Morratico Creek. Signed Ra:Travers & Elizabeth Travers. (Duvall, VCA S2V2 p. 43). · On 11 May 1670 in Lancaster Co., Virginia, Elizabeth Travers, POA, to cousin Will Travers re mill sold to John Chinn. Wit. Robert Beckingham and James Lane. (Duvall, VCA S2V2 p. 43). ELIZABETH (--?--), the wife of Rawleigh Travers. Her maiden name has not been found. · She married 1 Thomas Stephens. On 17 Nov 1654 in Lancaster Co., Virginia: Thomas Stephens, late of this colony died intestate and Elizabeth Stephens, his relict, was granted administration of his estate by the Gov. · She married 2 Raleigh Travers. On 14 Dec 1670 in Lancaster Co., Virginia,: Commission of administration on the estate of Mr. Raleigh Travers, deceased, was granted to Elizabeth, his widow and relict. On 14 Dec 1670 in Lancaster Co., Virginia,: Dominick Therriott by Elizabeth the now wife of Robt. Beckingham and late widow of Mr. Raleigh Travers became security for the sd. Elizabeth for the Administration on the estate of her late husband Raleigh Travers, and Robert Beckingham and John Chyn gave bond for the Adm. 31 Dec 1672. · She married 3 Robert Beckingham before 14 Dec 1670 in Lancaster Co., Virginia. On 24 Nov 1671 in General Court of, Virginia, Elizabeth , as Mrs. Elizabeth Beckingham, was ordered by the court to testify whether some land held in controversie had been the property of her first husband, Thomas Stevens, or whether the property had been purchased by her second husband, Mr. Rawleigh Travers. (McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council & General Court of Colonial Virginia, pp. 270, 271, 287). On 8 Mar 1675/76 in Lancaster Co., Virginia,: probate of the will of Mr. Robert Beckingham, deceased, was granted to Mrs. Elizabeth Beckingham, the widow & relict · She married 4 Thomas Wilkes circa 1677 in Lancaster Co., Virginia. On 4 Jun 1677 in Lancaster Co., Virginia,: an inventory of the estate of Robert Beckingham was admitted to court by Mrs. Elizabeth Wilke, being the relict of Robert Beckingham, deceased. On 4 Jul 1686 in Lancaster Co., Virginia,: an inventory of the estate of Thomas Wilks was presented to court by Eliza Wilkes. Will Book 5:104, rec. 16 Jul 1686. On 8 Feb 1687/88 in Richmond Co., Virginia, Mr. Raleigh Travers, a member of the county court, appeared in behalf of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkes. · She married 5 George Spencer. (12 Nov 1693 Middlesex Co.,Va., Will of Elizabeth Wormeley, Rec. 5 Mar 1693: Mother:Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer.) · She married 6 William Mann. On 4 Feb 1696 in Richmond Co., Virginia,: William Mann as marrying the relict of George Spencer is granted an attachment against the estate of Samuel Jordan. (Boddie, HSF, Vol. 2, p. 255). On 15 Feb 1697 in Lancaster Co., Virginia, Mrs. Elizabeth Man, the wife of Mr. Wm. Man, of this county personally appeared before us, Capt. David Fox & Capt. Richard Nusom, Justices of ye peace for this county -- she doth freely of her own accord & free will & without any compulsion or threatening acknowledge ye bill of sale made to William Draper, his heirs... for ye mill called Foxes mill as she hath formerly appointed her attorneys Mr. Charles Harris & Mr. John Tavenor to doe for her .... (Sparacio, Will Abstracts of Lancaster Co., VA 1690-1709, p. 63). On 7 Mar 1697 in Lancaster Co., Virginia, Know all men by these presents I Elizabeth Man of Lancaster Co., in Virginia doo authorize and appoint Joseph Tayloe my true and lawfull Attourney for me ... indenture of sale of part of Morraticon Mill ... Wit. Samll Jones, Wm. Downman. Signed Elizth: (her mark) Man. The five known children of Rawleigh1 Travers and Elizabeth (--?--) were as follows: 2 i. JOHN2 TRAVERS was born circa 1656. · He was was named as the oldest son of Mr. Raleigh Travers, deceased, in a suit against the estate on 10 Mar 1674/75 in Lancaster Co., Virginia. + 3 ii. RAWLEIGH TRAVERS, born circa 1658; married Hannah Ball. + 4 iii. MILLION TRAVERS, born circa 1660 in Gloucester County, Virginia; married William Downman. + 5 iv. GILES TRAVERS, born circa 1662; married Ann Waugh. 6 v. ELIZABETH TRAVERS was born circa 1664. She married 1 John Carter Jr. She married 2 Christopher Wormeley. She died in 1693/94 in Middlesex Co., Virginia. · 12 Nov 1693 Middlesex Co.,Va., Will of Elizabeth Wormeley, Rec. 5 Mar 1693: Mother:Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer; Sister: MillionDownman; Brother: RawleighTravers; Brother: Giles Travers; Children of sister Million Downman: Wilmoth Downman, Million Downman the younger, Elizabeth Downman, Husband: Christopher Wormeley, his children: Judith Wormeley, Thomas Wormeley, William Wormeley. (Hopkins, Middlesex Wills & Inv. 1673-1812, p.54). [edit] ==Please note that they do not have a daughter, Mary. The maiden name of Mary, wife of Nicholas Hale I, is not known. Nicholas and Mary (??) Hale had three children (documented by extant records in Lancaster Co. VA). They were: 1. George Heale m Ellen Rogers, the daughter of John & Ellen Roger. (their son William Heale m. Priscilla Downman, the daughter of William & Million Travers Downman -- my ancestors.) 2 Mary Hale m.1 Henry King m2 Charles Merryman. 3. Nicholas Haile Jr. m. Frances Garrett, the daughter of Dennis Garrett.
Children of RALEIGH TRAVERS and ELIZABETH ??? are:
Notes for RALEIGH TRAVERS, CAPT.:
From "The Hunter Family of Virginia and Connections" from Genealogy.com: Justice of Lancaster County 1682, 1687-8. "Mr. Rawleigh Travers, a member of this Court, appeared in behalf of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkes (the Chart notes, Wilkes by a subsequent marriage) Oct. 11, 1693, Mr. Rawleigh Travers vs. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkes, admnx. of Rawleigh Travers, late of this County, deceased." In 1687, Rawleigh Travers paid taxes on four tithables. He was living in 1694. Issue, according to Hayden, p. 300, 24 E, Rawleigh Travers, of Stafford, died single, Oct. 13, 1749; 25 E, Elizabeth (Cooke); 26 E, Sarah, died 1789, married, second, Peter Daniel. Rawleigh Travers, the father of those just mentioned, married Hannah Ball, who was mentioned in her father's Will, June 26, 1711 (Hayden, p. 58). Joseph Ball was of Epping Forest, Lancaster County, born, 1649, died, 1711, married 1675 (?), Elizabeth Romney. By Exec. Jour. Coun. Col. Va., Vol. 1, p. 444, Joseph Ball was appointed Lt. Col. of Militia of Lancaster County, June 3, 1699, and in Vol. 2, p. 438, he is on a list of persons appointed to take and certify affidavits in Lancaster County, Jan. 5, 1704-5. In Jour. H of B, 1695-1702, on page iv, Joseph Ball is listed as a Burgess for Lancaster County for 1698, 1700, 1702. The statement of the children of Rawleigh Travers is somewhat more complete in Hayden on p. 300 than was given in the preceding paragraph: Rawleigh Travers married before 1707 (because on p. 57, Hayden, a deed of Joseph Ball, Feb. 7, 1707, names Mrs. Hannah Travers and others) to Hannah, daughter of Joseph Ball and Elizabeth (Romney) Ball; they had 24 E, Rawleigh, died single, Oct. 15, 1749, Stafford County, Will dated Oct. 10, 1749, proved, Dec. 12, 1749; 25 E, Elizabeth; 26 E, Sarah, died, 1789, who married, first, Capt. Christopher Pierson, second, Peter Daniel. Miss Fanny Blow Hunter, W and M, Vol. 10, p. 64, says Rawleigh Travers and Hannah Ball were married in 1696, which seems questionable if she were born in 1683. The writer would rather consider the date as 1700 to 1702. The father and mother of Rawleigh Travers were married prior to 1644 and the father was dead in 1674, a period of 30 years, during which Rawleigh Travers was born, a rather wide range; but this is somewhat reduced, for, we find he was a Justice for Lancaster County in 1682 which would not have been before he was at least 21 years of age, and scarcely that young. We will say he was given this responsible position when he was 25 years of age. This would put his birth in 1657; if so, he was 26 years of age when Hannah Ball was born; and, if he married her in 1702, when she was 19 years of age, he was at that time, 45 years old and in 1733, he would have been 76 years of age while she was 50 years old. This is a conservative view of the situation, possibly too conservative, for 25 years would be a low age for a Justice of the Peace. If we say he was born in 1645, then his age in 1702 would have been 57, 38 years older than Hannah Ball; and, in 1733, he would have been 88 years old. The purpose of these figures as to Rawleigh Travers' probable age at different periods is merely to speculate upon the likelihood of the union of an old gentleman and a young bride coupled with the possibility of his death long before 1733, the year in which his Inventory was filed; and upon the likelihood of her having married 9 D, Simon Pearson, many years before Simon's death in 1733, and of her having been the mother of Simon's children, instead of their stepmother. To further the examination of this subject, it may be well, at this time, to make some rough guesses as to the ages in 1733 of the known children of Rawleigh Travers and Hannah (Ball) Travers in order to observe if their ages were appreciably greater than the ages of the Pearson children.
Notes for GILES TRAVERS: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0035/g0000027.html#I62208 Giles TRAVERS ABT 1660 - 1717 ID Number: I62208 BIRTH: ABT 1660, Lancaster Co. Virginia DEATH: 1717, Potomac Creek, VA
son of Raleigh Travers, Capt. and Elizabeth. Giles: District Court Records 1807 (Fredericksburg, VA). Marriage ref. - Giles Travers -mr- Ann Waugh reputed dau. of John Waugh Marriage ref. - John Cave -mr- Elizabeth Travers, dau. of Giles Travers Marriage ref. - John Payne -mr- [?] Edwards, sister of Andrew Edwards Marriage ref. - Joseph Waugh -mr- Million Travers, dau. of Giles Travers Marriage ref. - Lewis Elzey -mr- Ann W. Travers, widow of Giles Travers Marriage ref. - William Cave -mr- Ann Travers, dau. of Giles Travers
http://marglynn.com/gen/eava2.htm Giles Travers, son of Raleigh/Rawleigh Travers was born ca 1662 possibly in Lancaster, VA. He married ca 1687 Ann Waugh and they had issue: Elizabeth, Ann and Million. Giles Travers died in Stafford, VA in 1717.
From Genforum.com post: Re: Will of Giles Travers of Stafford Co, VA, 1717 Posted by: Linda Lawhon (ID *****0194) Date: August 30, 2002 at 21:12:22 In Reply to: Will of Giles Travers of Stafford Co, VA, 1717 by Debbie Blakley of 334
First -- Giles was the son of Rawleigh Travers and wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth (maiden name NOT known) was first married to Thomas Stephens. She did not marry Rawleigh until "after" Nov 1654 at which time there was this: "On 17 Nov 1654 in Lancaster Co., Virginia: Thomas Stephens, late of this colony died intestate and Elizabeth Stephens, his relict, was granted administration of his estate by the Governor." It is my estimate that Giles was probably born no earlier than 1658 -- and I think more likely around 1662. He was not the oldest son. Giles' daughter, Elizabeth, the supposed mother of said child born ca 1655, was probably born close to 1700. She was married and had one child when her father wrote his will in 1717. After John Cave died -- Elizabeth married Lewis Elzey -- who was born ca 1702. They had three children; William b. ca 1722 m. Elizabeth Blackburn; Mary m. William West; Elizabeth m. William Hancock. Elizabeth, the daughter of Giles, did not have a daughter named Mary Cave. She had one son by John Cave and this child died young -- explained in a deed when the land of John Cave willed to his son reverted to a brother of John Cave. Linda
Ann WAUGH BEF 11 Nov 1680 - 1717 ID Number: I62206 RESIDENCE: Stafford Co. VA BIRTH: BEF 11 Nov 1680, Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co.VA DEATH: 1717, Potomac Creek, VA. RESOURCES: See: [S2342] Father: John William WAUGH
Family 1 : Giles TRAVERS MARRIAGE: 12 Jul 1700, Fredericksburg, VA +Million TRAVERS Notes "Ann Waugh (1.John1) b. bef 11 Nov 1680, Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co.,VA, m. 12 Jul 1700, in Fredericksburg, VA, Giles Travers, b. ca. 1660, Lancaster Co., VA, d. 1717, Potomac Creek, VA.
Notes for ELIZABETH TRAVERS: From " Geanealogy of the Glassell Family", from Genealogy.com: The will of Elizabeth, wife of Christopher Wormeley, names her brother, Rawleigh Travers, Nov., 1693. |
