Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Drew was born on 6 March 1826, in Eaton, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Thomas Drew, was 54 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Willey, was 53. He married Sarah Bryant about 1848, in Eaton, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in New Hampshire, United States in 1870 and Strafford, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States in 1880. He died on 11 June 1897, in Middleton, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States.
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Sources (24)
- Thomas Drew, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas Drew, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
- Thomas Drew in entry for Horace Drew and Margaret Walker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1826–1897 Male
1830–1905 Female
Children (7)
1849–1911 Male
1852–1938 Female
1855–1937 Male
1857–1889 Male
1861–1936 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1771–1830 Male
1774– Female
Siblings (6)
about 1791–1873 Male
1796–1869 Male
1798–1855 Male
1804–1888 Male
1808–1889 Male
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World Events (7)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 4
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
Age 7
1846
Age 20
Name Meaning
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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