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bated on November 24, 1794, in Worcester County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, $3,989.49 (including
3 slaves, 20 oz. plate and 3 surveyor's books);
FB, estate overpaid $141.33. There were several
suits against the estate for non-payment of debts.
More than 35 creditors were named in a Chancery
Court case, many holding promissory notes or
bills due for household goods. LAND: ca. 560 acres
in Worcester County and 4 lots in Snow Hill Town.
ADDITIONAL COMMENT: 394 acres and 2 lots were
sold in 1797 to satisfy creditors' claims.
TRAFFORD, FRANCIS (?-?). BORN: in Eng-
land. IMMIGRATED: in 1642, as a free adult from
England. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County; left
Maryland in 1643. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION:
probably literate, probably well educated. RELI-
GIOUS AFFILIATION: probably Catholic. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: on December 15, 1641,
Trafford received a pass from the Privy Council
to go to America or the West Indies, but not to
Rome; held the title of colonel in England; landed
in Virginia and reached Maryland by the early
spring of 1642; had high status on arrival, was
called Esq. and Col., and named as a ranking
member of the Council in September 1642 and
again in 1643; Trafford was absent from Maryland
early in 1643 and by July was reported as ''de-
parted out of the country." PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Assembly, special writ 1642B
(did not attend). OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES:
Council, 1642-1643; agent sent by Leonard Cal-
vert (ca. 1606-1647) to Virginia in August 1642
to request the aid of 100 men to fight Indians.
TRAVERS (TRAVERSE), HENRY (?-1765).
BORN: in Dorchester County, of age by 1729. NA-
TIVE: probably third generation. RESIDED: in Dor-
chester County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Matthew Travers (ca. 1672-1742). MOTHER: Eliz-
abeth. HALF UNCLE: Henry Hooper (ca. 1687-1767).
AUNT: Mary Hooper (1674-1745), who married
Henry Ennalls (1675-1734). HALF AUNTS: Anne
Hooper (?-1761), who married John Broome
(1676-ca. 1738/39); Mary Hooper (?-ca. 1757),
who married second, John Rider (1686-1739/40).
BROTHERS: William; John; and Matthew (?-1755).
SISTERS: Mary; Priscilla; and Ann. MARRIED by
1729 Ann (?-1773), eldest daughter of Levin Hicks
(?-ca. 1731) and wife Mary Hooper (?-ca. 1757).
Ann was the stepdaughter of John Rider (1686-
1739/40). She was the granddaughter of both
Thomas Hicks (1659-1722) and Henry Hooper (ca.
1643-1720). She was the niece of Henry Hooper
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(ca. 1687-1767); Ann Hooper (?-1761), who
married John Broome (1676-ca. 1738/39); and
Ann Hicks (ca. 1684-ca. 1733), who married John
Rider (1686-1739/40). She was the half niece of
Mary Hooper (1674-1745), who married Henry
Ennalls (1675-1734); Elizabeth Hooper, who
married Matthew Travers (ca. 1672-1742). Her
brothers were Levin (?-1753), who married Mary,
widow of Bartholomew Ennalls (?-ca. 1741/42),
daughter of Henry Hooper(ca. 1687-1767); Henry;
John; and Den wood. Her sisters were Mary, who
married Richard Parker; Sarah. Her stepsister
was Dorothy Rider (1725-?), who married John
Henry (ca. 1714-1781). Her first cousins were
Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790); John Brome
(1703-1748); and Dorothy Rider (1725-?), who
married John Henry (ca. 1714-1781). ADDI-
TIONAL COMMENTS: Because their mothers were
half sisters, Henry Travers and his wife were half
first cousins. CHILDREN. SONS: Levin, appointed
coroner of Dorchester County in 1766; Henry,
Jr., who married Elizabeth; John Hicks; and Wil-
liam Hicks (?-by 1773), who married Priscilla.
DAUGHTERS: Mary (Molly), who married William
Tucker; Sarah, who married Henry Hooper;
Nancey, who married Levin Philips; Emelia
(Amillia), who married Thomas Travers; Pris-
cilla; and Rebeccah, who married William Trav-
ers. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS
AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1738; Esq., by 1751.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: involved in mercantile
activities; owned a schooner. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Dorchester
County, 1749-1751, 1753-1754 (elected to the
3rd session of the 1751-1754 Assembly to fill
vacancy), 1754-1757 (Bills of Credit 5), 1758-
1761 (Accounts 2, 3, Cv 3), 1765 (Elections 2;
Grievances 2; died during the 2nd session of the
1765-1766 Assembly). LOCAL OFFICES: land com-
missioner, Dorchester County, commissioned
1728; justice, Dorchester County, 1734-1765
(quorum, 1743-1765); coroner, Dorchester
County, commissioned 1738; justice, Court of
Oyer, Terminer, and Gaol Delivery, Dorchester
County, commissioned 1751, 1754, and 1764.
MILITARY SERVICE: captain, by 1750; major, by
1756; colonel, by 1765. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 567 acres in Dorchester
County, plus 2 lots in Plimoth Town, Dorchester
County (inherited 221 acres and 2 lots from father;
200 acres through marriage; 146 acres, the re-
mainder of 155 acres, by patent or survey). SIG-
NIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
839
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