Capt. Thomas Drury

     Capt. Thomas Drury was born on 10 August 1668 at Boston, MA.4,3,5,6 He was the son of Lieut. John Drury and Mary Weare.7 Capt. Thomas Drury married Rachel Rice, daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore, on 15 December 1687 at Sudbury, MA.8,2,3,9 Capt. Thomas Drury died before 11 November 1723 at Framingham, MA; (not found in the published records).10,11,6

He was the first Town Clerk and first Representative to the General Court (Massachusetts legislature), also Selectman at Framingham, MA.12,13

Children of Capt. Thomas Drury and Rachel Rice

1. Caleb Drury+12
2. Thomas Drury+
3. John Drury+
4. Mary Drury+
5. Rachel Drury+
6. Lydia Drury+
7. Elizabeth Drury+
8. Micah Drury+
9. Uriah Drury+

notes

From Descendants of Edmund Rice person page 11:

"Your authors note that Savage says Hugh had a son Thomas, but Thomas was actually a grandson, son of Hugh's only known son John. ...."

Listed with incorrect parents in

• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter GoogleBook
• Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of ... By Ellery Bicknell Crane GoogleBook

comments

From Geni member William Henry Drury:

"Hugh Drury's will (1689) is very confusing, as it is combined with the estate of his deceased son, John and that of his decased wife, Lydia. The best source that I know of for all this is The Stevens & Miller Ancestry, vol. 2, by Winifred H. Lovering-Holman, 1953, pages 53-71. Mrs. Holman was a well-known genealogist."

• Lydia Hawkins was Hugh's wife Lydia's much younger half-sister who was raised as their daughter.
• John was Hugh's only child.
• Mary was John's wife.
• Thomas was Hugh's grandson
• Daughters-in-law were often called daughters.
• Hugh had no known siblings.

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• Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1630-1699 "Thomas of John & Mary Drury born Aug. 10. [1668]"
• Descendants of Edmund Rice person page 11
  • 1. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, Rice Family (Ward), pp. 5, 13, 14, 43, 223.
  • 2. [S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 2.
  • 3. [S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, pp. 1, 6.
  • 4. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, Rice Family (Ward), pp. 43, 223.
  • 5. [S100] William S. Appleton, Boston, MA, Vital Records.
  • 6. [S152] Sarah Drury Rice, Drury Family.
  • 7. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, Rice Family (Ward), p. 43.
  • 8. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, Rice Family (Ward), pp. 13, 43, 223.
  • 9. [S2365] Sudbury MA, Sudbury, MA, Vital Records - Marriages pp. 190 "DRURY, Thomas and Rachel Rice, Dec. 15, 1687. MR". Also page 260.
  • 10. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, Rice Family (Ward), pp. 14, 223.
  • 11. [S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 1.
  • 12. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, Rice Family (Ward), p. 14.
  • 13. [S301] William Barry, Framingham, MA, History (Barry), p. 222 as cited by WARD.

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GEDCOM Note

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Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 9QHB-99

He was a Selectmen in Framingham, Massachusetts. In 1701 he was the first town Clerk, the first Representative and the first Deputy for Framingham, Massachusetts as well as the first Captain of the Militia of Framingham.

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