Jeremiah Travis (abt. 1756 - abt. 1801)

Born about 1756 in Westchester, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Barnes) Travis — married about 1786 in New Brunswick

Descendants

Died about Jan 1801 at about age 45 in Oak Point, Greenwich, Kings, New Brunswick Colony

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Biography

Jeremiah was born in 1756. He passed away in 1801. (*) From UELAC: Jeremiah Travis was born at Van Courtlandt Manor in Westchester County, New York in 1756. He was a Loyalist during the American Revolution and removed to New Brunswick. His wife Margaret Barnes was a New Brunswick resident. Considering that Jeremiah came from a farming background in New York State it stands to reason that he was a farmer. Jeremiah was the 5th generation in the New World. His children were: Barnes b. 1789, John b. 1791, James b. 1794, Jeremiah b. 1798, William Henry b. 1801, Elizabeth b. 1802 , married Moses Tuck in 1828 (NOTE: when Elizabeth Travis Tuck died in 1857 she was 64 making her birth year 1793, death notice in New Brunswick Courier)

Genealogy from UELAC

Garrett/Garrit Travis/Traverse b. 1640 d. 1707, called the Dutchman, Robert b. 1689 d. 1767, First Jeremiah b. 1720 d. 1779, JEREMIAH UEL b. 1756 d. 1801

Sources

• United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, UELAC, Jeremiah Traviss (Travis), status as a Loyalist: Proven (*)
• Canadian Genealogy Index 1600s-1900s, Jeremiah Travis living 1783 in New Brunswick (Esther Clark Wright, The Loyalists of New Brunswick, 1981)
• Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate 1785-1835, JEREMIAH TRAVIS, Parish of Greenwich, Kings County. Intestate. Administration granted 25 Feb 1801 to Mary Travis (signed Mary Traviss). Fellow bondsman James Williams, both of Kings County. Inventory dated 10 May 1801, of the goods and chattels of Jeremiah Traviss valued about 30 pounds by James Williams and Anderson Worden.