Travers/lair
Lt. Col. Raeleigh Travers about 1622 died about 1670 Lancaster County Virginia and father to Judge William Travers
Judge William Travers 1640-1701 Gentleman and Merchant and Elizabeth Chapline (Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Mary Hooper) of Hoopers Island. They had many children: Elizabeth Caplin, Matthew Travers, Thomas Travers, William Travers, Sarah Nutter, Mary Travers,
Thomas Travers 1683-1767 and wife Sarah Keene 1688-1780: hoopers island: ==Son of Judge, William Travers and brother was Matthew Travers Sr. 1672-1742 & Wife Elizabeth Hooper- Hooper island
Matthew Travers, 1708-1765 and Susan Ashcomb 1704 -1780
Matthew Travers 1758-1832 and Elizabeth Ann Hopper, 1790-1849. Kids= Nancy, Elizabeth, Rebecca, George , Jeremiah
Jeremiah Thomas Travers 1821-1885, Wife Sarah R. Navy 1825-1860. Kids: Oliver Holmes Travers, Frank Hooper Travers, Bettie Travers Herdon Calhoun Travers. owned the plantation Porto Bello below located in St. Mary’s City and it was named after Porto Bello in England where they did trading and Porto Bello got bombed in the War of 1812 and it is awesome
Jeremiah Thomas Travers 1821-1885 – and Sarah Navey 1843). Jeremiah owned Portobello (Above) the Plantation in Southern Maryland across from St. Mary’s (father of Henry Cay )Buried in Green Mount Cemetary Baltimroe (Father of Henry Clay Travers )
Henry Clay Travers 1847 -1909 and Mary Rachel Wall, were the parents of Oliver Travers Sr (my grand father) son of Jeremiah (Woodlawn cemetery)
***( Henry Clay wedding certificate below, 1877 wow along time ago)
Ollie Travers Sr., “Pa” my grandfather (Son of Henry Clay Travers) 1893-1975 was was married to Mary Tacie Lair, “MA”(My Grand Mother) – 1895-1979. (Woodlawn Cemetary)
Sisters of Ollie Travers Sr. my grandfather = Bessie Travers 1877-1966 , Mary Rachel Travers -1887-1971, sister to Ollie, Harry Clay Travers 1884-1966, Sadie Travers 1881-1966, Emma Travers 1878-1911
MA and Pa – They were the father of Ollie Travers Jr. (my dad) 2/10,1926 – Oct 23, 2019
NEXT GENERATION
Oliver Slater Travers Jr. (my dad) Feb 10,1926 – October 23, 2019 (son of Oliver and Tacie) Married to Mary Jean Schenuit Travers feb. 28, 1932 – sept 5, 2017
Kids of Ollie and Mary Jean
Robert Slater Travers and Wife is Arden Lee and Arden is a direct decendant or Light Horse Harry lee the father of Robert E Lee
Thomas Travers: aug 17, 1954 to Oct 4th 2005: Wife was Kathy and Tracy and kids are Thomas Travers/Sarah-tom’s wife and Ryan Travers and Autumn and Trayton
Jean Travers Goodwin: Husband is Dave Goodwin and Kids are Oliver Goodwin-Brittany and Dave Goodwin/Melissa
Joan Travers Ottenritter: husband is Robert Ottenritter and kids are Slater/Catherine and Hilary Ottenritter/Tyler
Grave Sites:
Hoppers Island: Anchor of Hope Cemetary and Old Hoppers Island Cemetary
Cambridge Md.: Green lawn Cemetary and Bethlehem and Cambridge Cemetary
Baltimore: Woodlawn Cemetary, Baltimore for many that are older than my Father up to and including Henry Clay Travers
Baltimore: Green mount Cemetary = Jeremiah Thomas Travers
Dulaney Valley Cemetary: Oliver Travers jr, Mary Jean Schenuit and Thomas Travers
My Grandmother’s lineage
Below is from a friend Robin Davenport and we are related
Rev. Richard John Travers, Rector of Farringdon/ Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford University 1549-1620
10th great-grandfather
Henry Travers arrived 1633 born 1611 died 1648
Son of Rev. Richard John Travers, Rector of Farringdon/ Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford University
William Samuel Travers 1640-1701
Son of Henry Travers – Arrived 1633/34
Thomas H. (CAPT.) Travers 1686-1767
Son of William Samuel Travers
Mathew Travers 1697-1755
Son of Thomas H. (Capt) Travers
Col. William Ashcomb Travers 1740-1796
Son of Matthew Travers
Mathew Travers 1761-1811
Son of Col. William Ashcomb Travers
Jane Travers 1799 -1879
Daughter of Matthew Travers










