Person:Daniel Travis (6)

BIOGRAPHY: Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Published by Nathan Hagar Daniels Boston, Mass. 1903 Page 53 - 44

  Daniel Travis, son of Joseph (IV), born in Natick, Mass., Oct. 13, 1742; baptized there Oct. 17, 1742, by Rev. Mr. Porter; died there Oct. 21,1800; buried Dell Park Cemetery; will dated Aug. 12, 1800, mentions on son Daniel Jr. He married Sept. 1, 1766, Thankful Watkins of Hipkinton. He married (2nd), Oct. 19, 1803, Bela Orcutt of New Salem, Mass. In his will Daniel mentions wife Thankful, only son Daniel, Betsey Kingsbury and Sally Richardson, and again says, "my three daughters," without giving names. Bela Orcutt and wife Thankful, Jan. 7, 1807, deed to Daniel, Jr., of Natick, land in New Salem. The inventory of Daniel's estate, under date of Nov. 29, 1800, was $2,289.53. He was a constable in Natick in 1769 and 1771, and a tax collector for many years. Thankful, the widow, and her second husband removed to Upton in 1815.
  Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. XIII, p. 68, say: Daniel Travis , Private, Lexington Alarm Roll, marched on alarm April 19, 1775, Capt Joseph Morse's company, Col. Samuel Bullard's Reg't; belonged to Natick, service two days. He also served two short terms of 40 days with the militia in Rhode Island in 1777 and 1780, and was a corporal in Capt. Hezekiah Broad's company, Bullard's Reg't in 1777. He was in Capt. James Mann's company at Bunker Hill Alarm. Natick records say: "Corporal Daniel Travis, Sept. 28, 1776, pays his fine of ten pounds on account of money paid to support the present war with Great Brittain," which means paying for a substitute for the year 1776.
  The are records of various services performed for the town, the latest noted Feb. 13, 1799.
  He was conspicuous in town affairs, was selectman and on various parish committees, and one of the committee in 1787 to close up the English Indian proprietorship of the Natick lands.
  He was a petitioner to the legislature in that year to have confirmation to the titles of land purchased of the Indians after 1754.