Person:Joseph Travis (4)

BIOGRAPHY: Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Published by Nathan Hagar Daniels Boston, Mass. 1903 Page 39 - 40 Joseph Travis, son of James (III_ and Mercy or Mary Leland, was born in Framingham, Dec. 3rd, 1700; married Feb. 28, 1726-7, Mehitable Hager of Watertown, born May 7, 1704; died in Sherborn Dec. 22, 1737, daughter of William and Sarah (Benjamin) Hagar of Watertown. At his marriage Joseph was described as of Sherborn. Mehitable was admitted to full communion in the First Church, Sherborn (Unitarian), June 6, 1736. Joseph married (2nd), by Israel Loring, Mar. 29, 1740, Sarah Dean of Sudbury, She was a daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Allen) Dean of Sudbury, as appears by Middlesex Probate, Jan. 5, 1722, where, in the will of Joseph Dean, are mentioned sons Pelatiah and Daniel, and daughters Mary and "Sary." Each daughter receiving thirty pounds. Mary Dean of Subury, by her will Jan. 9, 176; gave "To my beloved sister Sarah Travis two pounds, and to the Town of Sudbury all my real and personal estate on the east side of the river.

  At the hearing April 5, 1768, Daniel Travis, son of deceased's only sister Sarah, objected to the probate of the will. It was passed and approved April 28, 1768. Sept. 2, 1768, Joseph Travis of Natick, and wife Sarah (Dean), appealed to the Governor and Council to break the will. Witnesses, Daniel Travis, Amos Morse, Samuel Morse, Samuel Morse, Jr., and John Cooledge. Inventory, May 21, 1768, L132: 13: 6. The record shows that in 1751 he joins in sale of land in Sudbury and Weston, and is then described as of Natick. The land belonged to the estate of his wife's father, Joseph Dean, and her brother Pelatiah Dean and sister Mary, spinster, join in the deed. Consideration, L302. It is also recorded, under date of Oct. 5, 1772 (Lib. 73, p. 35), that he deeds his homestead to his son Daniel, reserving life-lease, and both were then described as of Natick. The old archives of the Supreme Court show that judgment was obtained against him for L12, Feb. 4, 1767, by Benjamin Pemberton of Roxbury, and he was then of Natick. It appears by the town records of Natick that he was constable there in 1762, 1771, 1772, 1777 and 1780. He was corporal of David Morse's muster roll, Buckminster's Reg't, in 1755, and his son Asa was a private in the same company.
  Vol. XCV, p. 323, Mass. Archives, April 19, 1757, shows among the soldiers of Natick, Capt. John Cooledge's company, both Joseph and his son Asa as privates. He was also in the Quartermaster's department at Fishkill, Oct. 14; grade, "Plane maker."