ID: I008505
Name: Henry TRAVERS 1 2 3 4
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1610 in London, England 5
Death: 26 JUL 1648 in London, England 6 7
Reference Number: 8505
Note:
From Wallingfords of New England: It is possible that Henry had a wifebefore Bridget in England before he came to America, although that may never be known.
BIOGRAPHY: Wallingfords of New England: Sarah's father, whose name is sometimes spelled Travis, came from London, England in the "Mary and John" early in 1634. Some secondary sources have said he was of Irish ancestry, but there is no evidence for this. The passengers of the "Mary and John" went first to Agawam, now Ipswich, Massachusetts, and in 1635 many of them, Henry Travers included, moved to Newbury. He was granted six acres of salt marsh in the Great Marsh, and a house lot of half an acre near the First Landing Place. Also four acres in another part of Newbury. He was on a list of 91 freeholders of Newbury on 7 December 1642. Henry Travers was a seaman. In 1648 he went to London and never returned, leaving behind his wife Bridget, daughter Sarah and a son James. Before he left he wrote a will that began "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 againe, I do by this present declare my last Will and Testament, as followeth..." To his daughter Sara he left a cow and a 3-year old heifer, as well as two brass pots, a little kettel, a frying pan, and a table board.
It sounds like the man decided to stay in England and abandon his family back in America. What became of him after this point is unknown, although on 15 July 1659 an inventory of his estate was made, and he was called "late of Newbury, deceased".
DEATH: One source has death at sea.
Wallingfords of New England: At a Court held in Ipswich, Mass. 27 September 1659, the will of Henry Travers was presented, but not proved. "Administration was granted to his widow, Bridgett, now wife of Richard Window. Nicolas Walington, who married his daughter, Sarah Traverse, had already received three pounds, and the court ordered the administratrix to pay them twelve pounds more, and to the son, James Traverse, thirty pounds when he comes of age, and the rest of the estate, which amounted to 92 li. [pounds], to the widow, the land to stand bound for the children's portions."




Father: Samuel TRAVERS b: 1575 in Nottinghamshire, England
Mother: ELIZABETH

Marriage 1 Bridget FITTS b: ABT 1614 in Glousteshire, England
Married: 1635 in Newberry, Essex, Massachusetts 8
Children
Elizabeth TRAVERS
Sarah TRAVERS b: 1636 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
James TRAVERS b: 28 APR 1645

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