Person:Daniel Travis (5)

49-98 (VI) Daniel Travis, son of Daniel (V), and Thankful (Watkins) Travis, born in Natick, Mass., Dec. 19, 1768; died May 9, 1814, leaving an estate of $6,801.99; married May 29, 1793, in Sherborn, Mass., Abigail Sanger of Sherborn, and they resided there for a time. She was born Aug. 6, 1772, and died Mar. 30, 1844. She was a daughter of John Sanger and Anna Leland, and he the son of Richard Sanger. Daniel and Abigail were married by Rev. Elijah Brown, as recorded in Sherborn, and Daniel is then described as "Daniel Jr. of Cambridge." He returned to his father's homestead, which he inherited upon the death of his father in 1800. April 1,1818, his widow Abigail married (2nd), John Cooledge, and in 1824 they joined in conveying land in Franklin county. Daniel was killed by the fall of his house, which he was raising to new sill. He was a member and treasurer of the Middlesex Lodge of Masons, and his funeral was the first Masonic funeral in Natick. He was prominent in town affairs; selectman in 1808, 1812 and 1814; collected the Minister's tax in 1809, 1810, 1811 and 1812. The house where he was killed was rebuilt after the collapse, and stands on Hartford Street.^[3]

1. ↑ Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: Stanhope Press, 1910)
   p. 93.

   TRAVIS, Daniel, s. of Daniel and Thankful, [born] Dec. 19, 1768.

2. ↑ Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: Stanhope Press, 1910)
   p. 244.

   TRAVIS, Daniel, [died] May 9, 1814, (a. 45 y. GR1). Killed by fall of his house.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Daniels, Nathan Hagar. Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Boston, Mass.: N.H. Daniels, 1903)
   p. 83.