Generation 1

WILLIAM DREW

Parents: Unknown

Children of William Drew:

1. John Drew married Hannah Churchill.

Generation 2

JOHN DREW of Plymouth

Parents: William Drew

John Drew married Hannah Churchill. [Ref]

Children of John Drew and Hannah Churchill:

1. Elizabeth Drew was born on 5 Feb 1673 in Plymouth. [Ref]
2. John Drew was born on 29 Aug 1676 in Plymouth. He married Sarah Delano.
3. Samuel Drew was born on 21 Feb 1678 in Plymouth. [Ref]
4. Thomas Drew was born on 1 May 1681 in Plymouth. [Ref]
5. Nicholas Drew was born in the middle of Oct 1684 in Plymouth. [Ref] He married Abigail Unknown. She died on 22 Apr 1715 in Plymouth. [Ref] He married second Rebecca Morton on 19 Apr 1716 in Plymouth. [Ref] Perhaps he married third Mrs. Lydia Doggett on 18 Jul or 10 Aug 1730 in Plymouth. [Ref]
6. Lemuel Drew was born on 4 Aug 1687 in Plymouth. [Ref] He married Hannah Barnes on 22 Dec 1715 in Plymouth. [Ref] Hannah was the daughter of John Barnes. [Ref]
   

Generation 3

JOHN DREW (1676 - 1742/5) of Middleboro

Parents: John Drew and Hannah Churchill

John Drew was born on 29 Aug 1676 in Plymouth. [Ref] He married Sarah Delano. [Ref][Ref]

In a Mar 1722/3 court case, John is referred to as a yeoman of Middleboro. [Ref]

John signed his will on 17 Apr 1742; it was proved on 10 Jul 1745. He names his oldest son John and his grandsons Peter and Silvanus Drew. [Ref, p. 209]

Children of John Drew and Sarah Delano:

1. John Drew was born about 1704. He died after 7 Jun 1762. He married Susanna Bennett.
2. Mary Drew was born about 1707. [Ref, p. 206] She died on 2 Apr 1785, age 79, in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 206] She married Isaac Bennett on 24 Aug 1732 in Middleboro. Isaac was the brother of her brother John's wife Susanna. [Ref, p. 206]
3. Thomas Drew of Halifax was a shipwright. [Ref, p. 211]

Generation 4

JOHN DREW (c. 1704 - aft. 1762) of Halifax

Parents: John Drew and Sarah Delano [Ref, p. 209]

John Drew was born about 1704. [Ref, p. 209] He died after 7 Jun 1762. [Ref, p. 209] He married Susanna Bennett of Middleboro on 25 Jan 1727/8 in Middleboro. [Ref]

John was a shipwright.

John Drew, Jr. of Middleboro was presented to the court in Dec 1721 for "abusive Carriage to John Smith, Sr. of Middleborough ... throwing Stones and using threatening Speeches." John Drew said that the John Smith had blocked his way; he was admonished and fined five shillings. [Ref] At the May 1754 court, John Drew, a shipwright of Halifax, and Sarah Drew, a widow of Halifax, and others petitioned the court for damage done to their land by a sawmill. [Ref] In May 1757, John Drew, shipwright of Halifax, was successfully sued by his brother Thomas Drew of Halifax for a £5.6s.8d. note. [Ref, p. 211]

John Drew was propounded for full communion at the Halifax church on 22 Oct 1738, but Mr. John Fuller and Dea. Isaac Tinkham objected. Mr. Fuller said that John had accused him of stealing a cedar log from him; Dea. Tinkham accused him of speaking untruthfully about him. When John refulsed to make a proper confession to these offended church members, the church refused to receive him to full communion. On 27 Nov 1741, the church considered and rejected a confession by John. On 27 May 1742, John Fuller admitted that he did take John Drew's "Stick". Mr. Fuller's objection was withdrawn by the church, but it did not get [Ref, p. 210-211] John Drew, Jr. of Halifax was presented to the court in May 1742 for failing to attend worship; he paid a fine and was dismissed. [Ref]

On 13 Jun 1755 John Drew and his wife Susanna of Halifax sold 12-1/2 acres of land in Middleboro. [Ref] On 14 Jun 1757 John Drew of Halifax sold land that his father gave him. [Ref, p. 211] On 27 Apr 1758 John Drew of Halifax sold land. [Ref]

On 3 Jul 1759 John Drew and his minor son Jedediah were warned out of Middleboro. [Ref, p. 211] He was warned out again on 14 Jun 1672 when he tried to settle in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 211]

Children of John Drew and Susanna Bennett:

1. Peter Drew was born on 25 Oct 1728 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 211]
2. Mary Drew was born on 7 May 1731 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 211] There is no further record of her. [Ref, p. 211]
3. Silvanus Drew was born on 14 Dec 1732 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 211] He married Anne Unknown. [Ref, p. 211]
4. Lydia Drew was born on 4 Dec 1735 in Halifax. [Ref][Ref, p. 211] She married Dr. Stephen Powers [Ref][Ref, p. 211] on 20 Mar 1760 in Middleboro. [Ref]
5. Deborah Drew was born on 9 Apr 1737 in Halifax. [Ref][Ref, p. 211] She married Ebenezer Bonney [Ref, p. 211] after 5 Mar 1764, when they published their intention Halifax. [Ref]
6. Hannah Drew was born on 5 Aug 1739 in Halifax. [Ref][Ref, p. 211] She married Abner Sampson. [Ref, p. 211]
7. Priscilla Drew was born on 20 Feb 1741/2 in Halifax. She married Nathan Howland.
8. John Drew was born on 7 Aug 1744 in Halifax. [Ref][Ref, p. 211] There is no further record of him. [Ref, p. 211]
9. Cornelius Drew was born on 23 Nov 1747 in Halifax. [Ref][Ref, p. 211] There is no further record of him. [Ref, p. 211]
10. Jedidiah Drew was born on 12 Oct 1749 in Halifax. [Ref][Ref, p. 211]

Generation 5

PRISCILLA DREW (b. 1742) Parents: John Drew and Susanna Bennett. Priscilla Drew was born on 20 Feb 1741/2 in Halifax. [Ref][Ref, p. 211] She is buried in Barnard, VT. She married her second cousin Nathan Howland on 13 Apr 1765 in Middleborough. [Ref]

References

Alden, Mrs. Charles L., "Alden Genealogy," in Gary Boyd Roberts, ed., Genealogies of Mayflower Families: from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 1, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985.

Barclay, Mrs. John E., "Notes on the Doty and Churchill Families," The American Genealogist 36, 1960, 1-11.

Dana, Henry Swan, History of Woodstock, Vermont, Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1889.

Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, v. 23 (Family of John Howland), Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

Merrick, Barbara Lambert and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts Vital Records, Volumes 1 and 2, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, William S. Sullwold Publishing, Inc., Taunton, MA, 1986 and 1990.

Roser, Susan E., comp., Mayflower Deeds and Probates, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1994.

Roser, Susan E., comp., Mayflower Marriages, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, c. 1990.