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TION AND DEATH: purchased or patented 668 acres
in Dorchester County between 1750 and 1763;
sold 32 acres in Dorchester County between 1757
and 1762; gave 200 acres in Dorchester County
by deed of gift to his son John Hicks Travers,
1764. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED between Decem-
ber 13 and December 18, 1765, in Annapolis dur-
ing the legislative session, of smallpox. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, £1,294.17.9 current money (in-
cluding 21 slaves, books, silver, and money from
the sale of his schooner Speedwell); FB, £905.4.8.
LAND. 1,003 acres in Dorchester County.
TRAVERS (TRAVERSE), MATTHEW (ca. 1672-
1742). BORN: ca. 1672. NATIVE: probably, if so
second generation. RESIDED: on "William's Lot,"
Dorchester County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
William Travers (ca. 1640-1701), Gent., of Dor-
chester County, a merchant. MOTHER: Elizabeth,
daughter of William Chapline (?-ca. 1669) of
Patuxent River, Calvert County, a planter, and
his wife Mary. BROTHERS: William (?-1730), who
married Elizabeth; Thomas. SISTERS. Elizabeth;
Mary; and Sarah. OTHER KINSHIP: second cousin,
Joseph Chapline (1707- ca. 1769). MARRIED by
1700/1 Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Hooper (ca.
1643-1720) and wife Elizabeth Denwood. Eliz-
abeth was the stepdaughter of Mary Woolford
Hooper (1663-1740). She was the stepgrand-
daughter of Roger Woolford (?-1701/2). She was
the niece of Sarah Denwood, who married Thomas
Hicks (1659-1722); Mary Denwood, who mar-
ried Roger Woolford (?-1701/2). She was the step-
niece of Elizabeth Woolford (1664-1738), who
married first, Thomas E n nails (?-1718), and sec-
ond. William Holland (?-1732); Sarah Woolford
(ca. 1672-?), who married Govert Lookerman (ca.
1681-1728); and Roger Woolford (1670-1730). Her
brother was Richard. Her half brother was Henry
Hooper (ca. 1687-1767). Her sister was Mary
(1674-1745), who married Henry Ennalls (1675-
1734). Her half sisters were Anne (?-1761), who
married John Broome (1676-ca. 1738/39); Mary
(?-ca. 1757), who married second, John Rider
(1686-1739/40). Her first cousins were Ann Hicks
(ca. 1684-ca. 1733), who married John Rider
(1686-1739/40); Mary Woolford (1663-1740). who
married Henry Hooper (ca. 1643-1720); Eliza-
beth Woolford (1664-1738), who married first,
Thomas Ennalls (?-1718), and second, William
Holland (?-1732); Sarah Woolford (ca. 1672-?),
who married Govert Lookerman (ca. 1681-1728);
and Roger Woolford (1670-1730). CHILDREN. SONS:
William; Henry Travers (?-1765); Matthew (?-
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1755), who married Susannah; and John.
DAUGHTERS: Mary, who married Benjamin Keene;
Priscilia; and Ann. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION:
literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. SO-
CIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1734. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE, planter, by 1693. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Dorchester County, 1722-1724. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,596 acres
in Dorchester County (372 acres from a resurvey
of 313 acres inherited from his father; 200 acres
by deed of gift from his mother; 1,024 acres, the
remainder of 1,152 acres by purchase); also con-
trolled 425 acres in Dorchester County for the
sons of his uncle, William Chapline (1659-ca.
1717). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN
FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: transferred the 425
acres in Dorchester County he controlled for his
uncle's sons to one of them, 1733; sold 380 acres
in Dorchester County between 1734 and 1736;
purchased approximately 600 acres in Dorchester
County between 1736 and 1739. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: will probated June 9, 1742, in Dorchester
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £918.0.4
current money (including 18 slaves, 2 books, 1
sloop, and 1 silver cup); FB, £849.11.7. LAND:
1,916 acres in Dorchester County, plus 2 lots in
Plymouth Town, Dorchester County.
TRIPPE, HENRY (1632-1697/98). BORN: in 1632,
in England; youngest son. IMMIGRATED: in 1663,
as a free adult from England. RESIDED: in Dor-
chester County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Rev. Thomas Trippe of Canterbury. MARRIED first,
ca. 1665, Frances, widow of Michael Brooke (?-
ca. 1663/64). MARRIED second, Elizabeth. CHIL-
DREN. SONS: Henry Trippe (?-ca. 1723/24); John,
who resided in North Carolina in 1720; Edward;
and William. STEPSON. John Brooke (by 1646-
1692/93). DAUGHTER: Henrietta. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
fought in Flanders before emigrating to Mary-
land; brought three fellow soldiers with him on
arrival. Trippe was fined for begetting a bastard
child, 1690/91; does not appear in Maryland rec-
ords after 1693, when he went to England. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Dorchester
County, 1671-1674/75 (Trippe was absent from
the second session, 1671, and Dorchester Coun-
ty's justices or freemen elected a replacement,
identity unknown, who apparently was never
seated by the Lower House), 1681-1682 (elected
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