Person Sheet


Name Col. Raleigh Travers24
Father Rawleigh Travers (~1590-)
Misc. Notes
Notes for Col. Raleigh Travers II:

1653 Patented land Old Rappananock Co., Virginia moved to Lancaster Co., Virginia; Was Burgess 1657-65, 69-70

Raleigh Travers was the first of his family in Virginia, his name was usually spelled Traverse. He patented (or repatented) several tracts of land from1653 to 1665. He died in testate c. 1670 or 1671.

Lancaster County Court, 8th October 1653, p. 79, Certificate of Land is granted unto John Cable for transportation of Rawleigh Travers

Lancaster County Court 1 April 1657, Cert. to Mr. Rawleigh Travers for trans. of Mr. Samuel Cole, Thomas Godry, John Granger, Eliz. Parkington, Thomas Arthur, Tho. Tillett, Lewys Thomas, Stephen Warren, Anne Williams, the Williams boy, John Sorth, Richard hall, Charity Winters, Stephen Warren, Eliz, Watkins, William Mashum & Joane a Negro.

Court 14 May 1662, p. 181, Raleigh Travers the greatest Creditor to the Est. of Alex. Porteus. Adm. to him.

Court 14 Dec. 1670, p. 173, Com. of Adm. on the Est. of Mr. Rawleigh Travers decd., to Elizabeth his widd. and Relict.

Lancaster Co Deeds p. 162, Pat. to Edward Mihill, 650 Acres, 2 May 1650 and he assigned to Thomas Purifye, 5 Dec. 1652 and Tho. Purifye assigned to Raughley, Travers, 19 April 1655.

1668 Samuel Shirley brought to Lancaster Co., VA by Raleigh Travers : March 1668 Court- Certificate according to Acte is granted unto Mr. Raleigh Travers for ye transportacon of Charity Winter, Lewys Thomas, John Grange, Thomas Cawdry, Thomas Archer, Eliz: Jacobs, Anne Paine, Walter Dory, Joane Dory, Stephen Brydle and SAM: SHERLEY into this countrey.24
Spouses
1 Elizabeth ?24
Children Elizabeth (~1654-~1700)
John (~1656-)
Rawleigh (~1658-<1714)
Giles (~1660-1717)
Million (~1664-~1728)
Last Modified 11 Sep 2004 Created 16 Jun 2005 by Reunion for Macintosh

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