Henry Travis1
M, ( - before 1659)
- Family Lines
- Whelpley Line
Last Edited=26 May 2026
Henry Travis was born at England.
Henry Travis married Bridget ______.2,3 Henry took the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance to pass for New England in the Mary and John of London, Robert Sayers Master.4 He arrived in New England from London on board the Mary and John, arriving in April 1634. He first settled for a year in Ipwisch.1,5,6,7,4 Henrymoved to Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1635.6,4 John Emery for his miscarriage with the wife of Henry Traverse was fined £3 or to be whipped, and pay witness fee to Chrisopher Bartlet. Bound to good behavior and not to frequent the company of the wife of Henry Traverse. Brigett Traverse fined 10/ for her misdemeanors.6 Henry wrote his will on 26 July 1648 at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony:
Henrymoved to London, England, circa 1648. leaving his wife and family in New England.6 He died before 1659 at London, England.1,5,4 His estate was inventoried on 15 July 1659 at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and valued at £92 17/6.6,4 Henry's will was presented, but not proved with administration granted to his wife, Bridget, now wife of Richard Window on 27 September 1659:
Compeller's Note:
Henry Travis married Bridget ______.2,3 Henry took the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance to pass for New England in the Mary and John of London, Robert Sayers Master.4 He arrived in New England from London on board the Mary and John, arriving in April 1634. He first settled for a year in Ipwisch.1,5,6,7,4 Henrymoved to Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1635.6,4 John Emery for his miscarriage with the wife of Henry Traverse was fined £3 or to be whipped, and pay witness fee to Chrisopher Bartlet. Bound to good behavior and not to frequent the company of the wife of Henry Traverse. Brigett Traverse fined 10/ for her misdemeanors.6 Henry wrote his will on 26 July 1648 at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony:
This 26th day of July, 1648, I Henrie Travers of Newbury, having occasion to go to Sea and know not whether I shall live to Com again 3, I do by this present declare my last Will and Testament, as followeth.
First, I give unto my ssonn James my housse and half acre lot and my 4 acre lot at new towne and my division Land and my Eight acres of Salt Marrish and a Copper kittel and on Iron pott and on Iron Skilat and two Spoons and two Saws— and an ox of 4 yr old and on paire Steere of 2 yr ould. Item I Give unto my Daughter Ssara on Cow and a hefer of 3 year ould two brasse potts and lital kitel and a friing pan and a tabl bord.
Item I give unto my wife my bed and Coverlid and a kittl and a Scillet and my wheat and barly and my Swine and my debts that is owing to me and all my other goods which is not dispose of which in all I Judg will be as good a porcion as on of the Children and mor and my debts being paid.
Likewis my will is that my wife shall have the Increase and Incom of my Estate of both the Children untill they be twelve yere ould towrds ther maintainanc but my my will is that wif should not alter the properti of anie of my goods without that my
overseers Consent.
Likewis I do desier my two ffriends Richard Knights and Henri Short to See that this my will be performed.
Henrie Travers
Witnes Wileam Ilesly.5,6,8,4
First, I give unto my ssonn James my housse and half acre lot and my 4 acre lot at new towne and my division Land and my Eight acres of Salt Marrish and a Copper kittel and on Iron pott and on Iron Skilat and two Spoons and two Saws— and an ox of 4 yr old and on paire Steere of 2 yr ould. Item I Give unto my Daughter Ssara on Cow and a hefer of 3 year ould two brasse potts and lital kitel and a friing pan and a tabl bord.
Item I give unto my wife my bed and Coverlid and a kittl and a Scillet and my wheat and barly and my Swine and my debts that is owing to me and all my other goods which is not dispose of which in all I Judg will be as good a porcion as on of the Children and mor and my debts being paid.
Likewis my will is that my wife shall have the Increase and Incom of my Estate of both the Children untill they be twelve yere ould towrds ther maintainanc but my my will is that wif should not alter the properti of anie of my goods without that my
overseers Consent.
Likewis I do desier my two ffriends Richard Knights and Henri Short to See that this my will be performed.
Henrie Travers
Witnes Wileam Ilesly.5,6,8,4
Henrymoved to London, England, circa 1648. leaving his wife and family in New England.6 He died before 1659 at London, England.1,5,4 His estate was inventoried on 15 July 1659 at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and valued at £92 17/6.6,4 Henry's will was presented, but not proved with administration granted to his wife, Bridget, now wife of Richard Window on 27 September 1659:
To the Honored Court assembled at Ipswich, the humble petition of Bridgett Travers of Newbury, humbly sheweth.
That whereas Henry Travers, my husband, went away to England from mee seaven years agone, and left mee two children ; my Daughter was of the age of ten years, and my son not full three years of age. He then made his will and gave my daughter a Cow and a Heifer, to be paid to her at twelve years old, and he gave to my son also at the same age of twelve years, two Steers and 4 Akers of Upland and 8 Akers of Marsh, and all the household stuff we had, only he gave me a bed and a Coverlet which was very meane, and also I and my children was very mean in apparell, and this was the whole estate of my husband. I had not so much as an house to dwell in, and left me also five pounds in debt. And since he went I have not heard of him but once, which is five years since.
The honored Court may be pleased to understand that since my husband went away I have paid the five pounds and laid out about twenty more for building — and breaking up the land, and also my daughter being now marryed I have payed to her two heifers. Now my humble petition to this hon'ble Court is that they would bee pleased to consider this my Condition, that I may enjoy my house and land till my son shall be of the age of one and twenty years, and after to have the thirds during my natural life, and so I shall
ever pray for your happyness and shall rest
Your poore supplyant
Bridgett Travers.6,4
That whereas Henry Travers, my husband, went away to England from mee seaven years agone, and left mee two children ; my Daughter was of the age of ten years, and my son not full three years of age. He then made his will and gave my daughter a Cow and a Heifer, to be paid to her at twelve years old, and he gave to my son also at the same age of twelve years, two Steers and 4 Akers of Upland and 8 Akers of Marsh, and all the household stuff we had, only he gave me a bed and a Coverlet which was very meane, and also I and my children was very mean in apparell, and this was the whole estate of my husband. I had not so much as an house to dwell in, and left me also five pounds in debt. And since he went I have not heard of him but once, which is five years since.
The honored Court may be pleased to understand that since my husband went away I have paid the five pounds and laid out about twenty more for building — and breaking up the land, and also my daughter being now marryed I have payed to her two heifers. Now my humble petition to this hon'ble Court is that they would bee pleased to consider this my Condition, that I may enjoy my house and land till my son shall be of the age of one and twenty years, and after to have the thirds during my natural life, and so I shall
ever pray for your happyness and shall rest
Your poore supplyant
Bridgett Travers.6,4
Compeller's Note:
Marriage: There is a lot of confusion in Henry's marriage. The detailed analysis by Robert Charles Anderson in his Great Migration volume clears it up, One marriage, and that to Bridget, surname unknow. Bridget later remarried, Richard Winslow.
Children of Henry Travis and Bridget ______
- Sarah Travis (1636 - )
- James Travis+1 (28 Apr 1645 - 1717)
Citations
- Temple, J. H.. History of Framingham, Massachusetts, Early Known as Danforth's Farms, 1640-1880; with a Genealogical Register. Framingham, Massachusetts: Town of Framingham, 1887.
- Coffin, Joshua. A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845.
- Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985.
- Daniels, Nathan Hagar. Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Boston: N. H. Daniels, 1903.
- Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. volume I. Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897.
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration. VII. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
- Drake, Samuel G.. "Passengers of the Mary and John, 1634", New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume IX (July 1855).
- New England Historic Genealogical Society. Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.