The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-07

In answer to ~. NJ. d." OF Stafford
county, December is. 1905, the arms OF
the Raleigh Travers, who emlgrnted 70
Virginia in 1868, and settled In Ian
caster county. They are taken from
CEozler's Gftneran Armory for Ainerb-
cans, and are described thus:
On shield argent, chcvron gules,
bearing three gritiin's heads. or (gold)
u chef azure. charged with three be-
giants. Crest--a grliln's head erased or
gold, holding in It's beals an est (cstole
or starr ppr.
There is no motto. Crozier gives the
name as spelled "Rawleigh Travers, -
but we may presume 1t Is the same as
the Raleigh. or Raleigh" as Sir walter
himself signed 1t. Now In connection
with Raleigh with the Travers, or
"rravls' family, as some have spelled
1t. If we turn to Burke's Pcerage we
find the "Clnrke-Travers' Is there given,
with arms of no similarity to those here
presented; and 1t being later crea-
ton (ehout 1900 1t is presumed the
Travers family here mentioned is Of no
connection with Sir Walter Ruleks1s
family. On September g. 1905. the ge-
theological column gave the arms and
sketch of Sir. Walter Ralegh's family
descent. as taken from the English
Genealogical ct Heraldrica" of July,
1860, in which is given the Raleigh de-
scent from 1862 (thc birth OF Sir Walter)
down to 1904. and in which is found no
connection with the Travers family
though there might have been one with
some collateral branch.
Turning to American biography. we
find much concerning this emigrant, Ra-
leigh Travers Bishop Meade gives in a
letter from the Hon. Judge Peter V
Daniel. Of the Supreme Court. who was
born IN Stafford county, Va, 1874, in
which he says:' My great-grandtather,
Rawleigh Trayers, one of the most eN-
tenslve landed proprletors in that sec
ton OF the county CPotomac Church),
and who married Hannah Ball. half sis
ter of Mary Ball. the mother of General
Washington From Rawleigh Travers
and Hanah Ball. descended two daugh-
ters, Elizabeth and Sarah Travers: the
first married n man named Cooke, and the
second married my grandfather. Peter
Daniel. To them was born an only son.
fTravers Daniel. my father. who married
Frances Moncure, my mother. the daugh-
ter OF the Rev John Moncure and Fran
els Brown, daughter OF Dr. Gustnvus
Brown. of Maryland"
From the above union of Peter Daniel
and Sarah Travers, descended that emil
nent jurist and. statesman. Hon. Raleigh
Travers Daniel. and many other bril-
liant lawyers. among whom our present
senator, Hon. John w. Daniel, though
he was of a different branch. his grand
father being the celebrated Judge VIII
liam Daniel, of Cumberland county. Va,
who moved to Lynchburg. where he died
in 1899 1t is to be regretted that n more
connected history of the Travers family
both English and American, cannot be
given, but it is believed the male line
early ran out. leaving only connections
through daughters. In his second volume
OF Virginia Statistics, Hennng, who
spells the name Traverse Raw
leigh, states that he was not only a
leading member in the Virginia House OF
Burgesses, but man OF great influence
and Judgment, being placed on many
committees of trust and Importance
Information concerning either the RAJ
leigh or Travers families. Will be thank
fully received from many descendant,
and printed.