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Edward Drew (1596 - 1665)

Edward Drew
Born in Englandmap
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Son of and [mother unknown]
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Husband of — married about 1640 in Colony of Virginiamap
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Died at about age 69 in Surry, Colony of Virginiamap
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Biography

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Edward Drew was a Virginia colonist.

Edward Drew was born about 1596 in England.

1596 appears to be based on a record which lists Edward Drew on the Muster of February 1624/25 as age 22, arrived in 1618. Subtracting 22 from 1618 yields 1596. But this is a misunderstanding of the record. Edward was age 22 when the muster was taken in 1624/25, not in 1618 when he arrived. Birth year based on the correct calculation, 1624 - 22 = 1602 estimated birth year. Strutton-11 16:46, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Immigration to Virginia

It is difficult to determine exactly when Edward Drew arrived in Virginia. Checking sources from the early 1600s gives these possibilities:

  • 1623/24 - Edward Drew living in Virginia "at the Eastern Shore" as of 16 February 1623/24.[1]
  • 1624/25 - Edward Drewe, at the Eastern Shore, age 22, in the Sampson 1618 (b c 1602), 4 February 1624/25. Appears to be the same person listed on the 1623/24 census. Possibly too young to be this Edward Drew, although if he didn't marry until about 1636 or so, birth year on this profile (1596), might be incorrect.[1]
  • 1635 - 4 July 1635, transported to Virginiain the Transport, Edward Drue, age 18, born 1617. Definitely too young to be this Edward Drew.[1]
  • 1636 - Definitely known to be in Virginia by September 1636, see land transactions below.

Marriage & Children

Many online family trees cite a marriage between Edward Drew and Mary Furrington (alt Furrin, Hurrington) on 21 November 1639 in Stepney, Middlesex, England.[2] Edward Drew was in Virginia in 1639 and could not have married in England.

Edward's wife was named Mary, last name at birth unknown. He apparently married her in Virginia between 1639 and 1647.[3]

Land Transactions

  • 1636 - Edward Drew, 300 acs. Accomack Co., 8 Sept. 1636, 9 376. N. W. upon the river, Nly. upon land of Mr. John Howe, Sly. upon land of Thomas Powell & E. S. E. into the woods. Trans. of 6 pers: John Ripley, Peter Higgison, Richard Wanes, Georg Hall, Thomas Stidwell, William Carter.[3]
  • 1639 - Edward Drew, 200 acs., Accomack Co., Oct. 10, 1639, page 685. W. upon land of Thomas Powell. Due for trans. of 4 pers: Edward Barnes, Georg Waterman, Jone Bayly, Edward Jones.[3] [4] [Note: Old Accawmack County [formed 1634] became Northampton County in 1643. In 1661 new Accomack County was formed from Northampton.]
  • 1647 - William Whittington, 450 acs. Northampton Co., July 13, 1647, Page 109. ... Due for trans. of 9 pers: William Whitington, Susan his wife, Edward Drew, Mary Uxer [his wife], Richard Jacob .... [3]
  • 1648 - John Ellis, James Joanes (Jones) & John Taylor, 500 acs. Northampton Co., Apr. 9, 1648, Page 115. At Otchahannock Cr., bounded W. by land of Thomas Johnson. Due by assignment from Edward Drew by & for trans. of 10 pers: John Jenkin, Alice Moye, Wm. Berriman, Giles Bashaw, John Saye, Edward Morris, William Carter, Peter Higginson, George Hill, Tho. Stidwell.[3]
  • 1653 - Capt. Wm. Whittington, 800 acs. Northampton Co., 11 Mar. 1653, p. 286. ... Trans. of 16 pers: Wm. Harrington, ... Edward Dru, Mary Uxor (his wife), .... [Reregistration of 1647 transaction.][3]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hotten, John Camden, Editor. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants' Religious Exiles; … and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. John Camden Hotten: London, 1874. Reprinted Empire State Book Co., New York. Pages 101-103, 189, 263
  2. "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68ZQ-LFMX : 11 July 2022), Edward Drew, 1639.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Pages 46, 117, 170, 171, 294
  4. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23367151?seq=11#metadata_info_tab_contents THE FIRST PIONEER FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA A. C. QUISENBERRY




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With "The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, etc..." source

it's good to check all the Drew spellings of the olden times including Drewe, Drue, and Druce:

Doing so I found these two and one might be the Edward of this profile:

On Page 263 Edward Drewe his Muster age 22 in the ship "Sampson" 1618

also

Page 103 July 4 1635 Ship "Transport" from London Edward Drue (age 18?)

posted by R Adams
update: merge completed

Drew-258 and Drew-1153 appear to represent the same person because: Hi again - these were also set as rejected but look like duplicates to me. Please merge. Thanks!

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

D  >  Drew  >  Edward Drew

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