Henry Travers

- 1648

• Name	Henry Travers
  	to New England returned to England
  Immigration	24 Mar 1633/34	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 3, 4, 6, 7]
  He came from London on board the Mary and John. He first settled for a year in Ipwisch.
  Oath	24 March 1633/34	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  He "took the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance to pass for New England in the Mary and John of London, Robert Sayers Master."
  Moved To	1635	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 3]
  Legal	29 Sep 1646	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  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.
  Moved To	Abt 1648	London, England   [1]
  He left his wife and family in New England
  Death	1648	London, England   [3, 6, 7]
  Will	26 Jul 1648	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 3, 5, 6]
  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
  	Will of Henry Travers
  Inventory	15 Jul 1659	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 3]
  His estate was inventoried 15 July 1659 and valued at £92 17/6.
  Probate/Proved	27 Sep 1659  [1, 3]
  Henry's will was presented, but not proved with administration granted to his wife, Bridget, now wife of Richard Window.. 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.
  Person ID, Branch	I25981
  Last Modified	26 May 2026

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Bridget ______   d. 10 Oct 1673, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   Other Partners: Richard Winslow  m. 30 Mar 1659
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [9, 10]
  Notes	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	1 son and 1 daughter
  >   1. Sarah Travers,   b. 1636, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony ▻ Nicholas Wallington  m. 30 Aug 1654;   Onesiphorus Marsh  m. 18 May 1691 +   2. James Travis,   b. 28 Apr 1645, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1717, Brookfield, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 71 years) ▻ Mercy Pierce  m. 18 Apr 1667
  Family ID	F9551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 May 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Immigration - 24 Mar 1633/34 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Oath - 24 March 1633/34 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Moved To - 1635 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Legal - 29 Sep 1646 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Moved To - Abt 1648 - London, England Death - 1648 - London, England Will - 26 Jul 1648 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Inventory - 15 Jul 1659 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S801] Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, volume VII (T-Y), (Boston: New England Historic Genealogy Society, 2011). [S638] Coffin, Joshua, A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845). [S2539] Daniels, Nathan Hagar, Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U .S. A., (Boston: Nathan Hagar Daniels, 1903). [S2538] Drake, Samuel G. "Passengers of the Mary and John, 1634", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume IX, July 1855). [S2537] Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014). [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [S2536] 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). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). 🟡 [S638] Coffin, Joshua, A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845) . 🟡 [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985) .