Thankful Travis

1737 -

• Name	Thankful Travis
  Birth	15 Jul 1737	Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Siblings	2 brothers
  + 1. James Travis,   b. 29 Feb 1731/32, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 6 Mar 1784, Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A.  (Age 52 years) ▻ Phebe Covert,  m. 1758   2. Daniel Travis,   b. 1734, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay > 3. Thankful Travis,   b. 15 Jul 1737, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ John Wesson,  m. 24 Aug 1757
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Henry Travers   d. 1648, London, England   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Rebecca Ellis,   b. 11 Mar 1700, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 8 Dec 1757, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 57 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I25995
  Last Modified	27 May 2026

  
  

  Father	James Travis,   b. 12 Apr 1703, Framingham, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. Between 18 Dec 1753 and 30 Jan 1754, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Squire,   b. 1701, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 8 Dec 1757, Framingham, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F9548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	John Wesson,   b. 1733, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Marriage	24 Aug 1757	Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 7, 8]
  Age at Marriage	She : 20 years and 1 month - He : ~ 24 years and 8 months.
  Family ID	F9572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Thankful Travis(1737 – ) 2James Travis(1703 – 1754) 4James Travis(1676 – ) 8James Travis(1645 – 1717) 16Henry Travers( – 1648) 17Bridget ______( – 1673) 9Mercy Pierce(1650 – 1744) 18John Pierce( – 1695) 19Elizabeth( – 1673) 5Marcy Leland( – 1716) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Rebecca Squire(1701 – 1757) 6John Squire(1667 – 1706) 12John Squire 24Samuel Squire 25 13Sarah Francis 26 27 7Rebecca Ellis(1700 – 1757) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Jul 1737 - Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 24 Aug 1757 - Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = 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

  [S979] Barry, William. A History of Framingham, Massachusetts Including the Plantation, From 1640 to the Present Time , (Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1847). [S2539] Daniels, Nathan Hagar, Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U .S. A., (Boston: Nathan Hagar Daniels, 1903). [S979] Barry, William. A History of Framingham, Massachusetts Including the Plantation, From 1640 to the Present Time , (Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1847), p 422. [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855), p 246. [S991] Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1908), p 143. [S509] Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999). [S915] Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999). [S1017] Eddy Fund. Vital Records of Hopkinton Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), p 385.