When Shadrach Drew was born on 27 October 1807, in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Shadrach Drew, was 33 and his mother, Martha Winkley, was 36. He had at least 3 daughters with Sarah Batchelder. He died on 21 September 1897, in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
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English (of Norman origin): from a Norman French personal name Dreus based on ancient Germanic Drogo, the name of one of the sons of Charlemagne (compare Gothic driugan ‘to serve as a soldier’). In Old French this name became Dreus, Drues (nominative) and Dru, Driu, Dreu (accusative) and was introduced to England by the Normans. For further information about this name, see also Montague .
English: from the personal name Drew, a pet form of Andrew which was confused with the same name of Old French origin (see 1 above).
Irish: when not an adoption of the English surname, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh or Ó Druaidh or Ó Draoi ‘son’ and ‘descendant of the druid’, from draoi ‘druid’, genitive druadh or draoi. All of these were often Anglicized as Drury .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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