Colonel William Travers

1644 - 1686  (42 years)

• Name	William Travers
  Title	Colonel
  Birth	1644	, , , England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1686	, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I788	Master
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Rawleigh Travers,   b. 1622, , , , England d. 14 May 1670, , Richmond, Virginia, USA (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Holsey,   b. 1622, , Richmond, Virginia, USA d. 1697, , Lancaster, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1647	, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F826	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Glascock,   b. 1652, , Lancaster, Virginia, USA d. , , Virginia, USA
  Marriage	1672	, Richmond, Virginia, USA
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Travers,   b. 1660, , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 7 Apr 1698, , Richmond, Virginia, USA (Age 38 years)   2. Captain Rawleigh Travers,   b. 1665, , , , England d. 1691, , Lancaster, Virginia, USA (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F6777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1644 - , , , England Marriage - 1672 - , Richmond, Virginia, USA Death - 1686 - , Lancaster, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Source: Wilson Miles Gray, "Pedigree of the Travers Family," William & Mary Quarterly, July, 1895, vol. 4, no. 1.) William Travers was born in England, and died Abt. 1685. He married Rebecca Brooks Bef. 1685 (Source: (1) Susan E Roser, Mayflower Increasings, 2nd Edition, (1995, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD)., (2) William Richard Cutter, New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Vol IV, (1913, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996)., (3) Wilson Miles Gray, "Pedigree of the Travers Family," William & Mary Quarterly, July, 1895, vol. 4, no. 1., (4) "William Travers Family, Maryland and Virginia," Colorado Genealogist, July, 1966, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 86-88., (5) "Travers Family, Virginia," Coloardo Genealogist, March, 1967, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 22-24., (6) "Schools in Virginia: John Farneffold's Free School," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 4. (Apr., 1909), pp. 244-247., (7) Edward W. James, "Libraries in Colonial Virginia," William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 1 [Jul., 1895], 15-17.), daughter of George Brooks. Notes for Rebecca Brooks: Could be widow Hussey and/or a relative of Giles Hussey or Giles Coles and m. John Rice after the d. of Travers. Marriage Notes for William Travers and Rebecca Brooks: Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia page 198 : 1688, : RICE, : JOHN : Married Executrix of Col. William Travers Book: O 2, Page: 79 Children of William Travers and Rebecca Brooks are: + 4 i. Samuel3 Travers, born in of Westmoreland Co., VA. 5 ii. Rawleigh Travers, died 1701 in Richmond Co., VA. He married Sarah Traverner. Notes for Rawleigh Travers: Rawleigh Travers, Farnham Parish, 20 Feb 1701, 4 Mar 1701/02 cousins Elizabeth, Winifred and Rebecca Travers; godson Rawleigh Brooke 120 ac. out of the land I bought of Zachariah Nichols; wife Sarah 400 ac. called "Exeter Lodge", if she remarry, then to have only 300 ac.; Capt. Thomas Beale; Mrs. Thomas Beale; Mr. John Travener; Mrs. Peachy; Mrs. Slaughter; Mrs. Sarah Baylis; Dr. Robert Clarke; Edward Jones; Samuel Peachy; sis. Beale; no ex; wits: Samuel Peachy, Robert Clarke, Edward Jones. 6 iii. William Travers (Source: Edward W. James, "Libraries in Colonial Virginia," William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 1 [Jul., 1895], 15-17.). William Travers (Politician) William Travers (Virginia politician) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Col. William Travers (c. 1630 - 1679) was an early settler and politician of Colonial Virginia. William Travers was born in England around 1630. His brother was Rawleigh Travers who also emigrated to Virginia by 1653. The first record of William in the Colony was in 1656 when he was witness to a will. He received 500 acres of land on Morattica Creek from Thomas Chetwood in 1661. As Captain, with Colonel John Washington, Captain John Lee, Mr. William Mosely, and Mr. Robert Beverly, he was appointed to settle the bounds of Northumberland and Westmoreland Counties. He was given the title of by the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1675, as Colonel of Rappanhannock Co., the Royal Council of Virginia appointed him to a commission to employ Indians in defense of the Colony. William was Burgess for Lancaster Co. and Speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1676. He married Rebecca (Brookes?). Their son Samuel married Frances Allerton the granddaughter of Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton and great granddaughter of William Brewster. He died in Lancaster Co., Virginia in 1679. References Ancestral Records and Portraits: A Compilation from the Archives, Volume 2, Colonial Dames.