Travers Cooke, Gentleman
Travers Cooke, Gentleman, (circa 1730-1759) was the only son of John Cooke, Esq., (died 1733) and Elizabeth Travers, his wife, mentioned on page 223. He lived but two years after the completion of Aquia Church, having married February 26, 1754, Mary Doniphan (1737-1781), daughter of Mott Doniphan, Gentleman, also a vestryman in Overwharton Paris. Mary (Doniphan) Cooke married secondly on October 13, 1762 Colonel William Bronough (1730-1800) and had issue seven children. The only child to survive infancy of Travers and Mary (Doniphan) Cooke was Colonel John Cooke (1755-1819) who married on November 18, 1784 Mary Thomson Mason, daughter of the Honorable George Mason (1725-1792) of Gunston Hall. Colonel Cooke was possessed of a very handsome estate including Marlborough which he acquired from the Mercers. Colonel and Mrs. Cooke had a large family of children but I will mention only their daughter Sarah Mason Cooke (1791-1861) who, as the widow of
___lson Cary Selden (1772-1822) of Salvington, married secondly on March 15, 1825 her cousin Doctor Robert Osborne Grayson (1789-1841), grandson of Colonel William Bronough (1730-1800) and Mary Doniphan, his second wife, mentioned on page 220. Their son was Doctor John Cooke Grayson (1832-1894) of Salubria, Culpeper County and he was the father of the late Admiral Cary Travers Grayson (1876-1938), personal physician of President Woodrow Wilson and president of the American Red Cross.