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Capt Thomas Drury was born 10 August 1668 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to John Drury (1646-1678) and Mary Weare (1645-1678) and died 11 November 1723 Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Rachel Rice (1664-1730) 15 December 1687 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.


Capt. Thomas Drury founder of Framingham, MA (1700).

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

In 1701 Drury was a Deputy of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts as the first representative from Framingham. He also served as selectman, first town clerk, and captain of the militia.

Biography

Thomas Drury was born on 10 August 1668 to Lieut. John Drury and Mary (Weare) Drury in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the great grandson of Edmund Rice, a 1638 immigrant from England and founder of Sudbury, Massachusetts. [1][3] In 1701 he was a Deputy of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts as the first representative from Framingham. He served as a selectman in Framingham and as the first Town Clerk. He also served as a captain in the Massachusetts Militia. Thomas Drury died 11 November 1723 in Framingham

Marriage & Family

Drury married Rachel Rice (1664-1730), his first cousin once removed, daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice, on 15 December 1687 in Sudbury, and they had nine children. Drury and his family resided in Sudbury for several years before taking up residence in Framingham (ca. 1700).

  1. Mary Drury (1685-)
  2. Caleb Drury (1688-1760)
  3. Thomas Drury (1690-1780)
  4. John Drury (1692-1754)
  5. Rachel Drury (1696-1780)
  6. Lydia Drury (1696-1781)
  7. Elizabeth Drury (1701-1745)
  8. Micah Drury (1704-1790)
  9. Uriah Drury (1707-1755)



Children


Offspring of Capt Thomas Drury and Rachel Rice (1664-1730)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Mary Drury (1685-)
Caleb Drury (1688-1760) 5 October 1688 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 5 October 1760 Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Elizabeth Eames (1685-)
Thomas Drury (1690-1783) 29 August 1690 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States 2 December 1783 Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States Mary Ward (1714-1752)
John Drury (1692-1754) 1697 Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1754 Massachusetts Susannah Goddard (1699-1790)
Rachel Drury (1696-1780)
Lydia Drury (1696-1781)
Elizabeth Drury (1701-1745)
Micah Drury (1704-1790)
Uriah Drury (1707-1755)



Siblings


Offspring of John Drury (1646-1678) and Mary Weare (1645-1678)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Thomas Drury (1668-1723) 10 August 1668 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 11 November 1723 Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Rachel Rice (1664-1730)
Lydia Drury (1670-1678)
Mary Drury (1672-1727) 10 July 1672 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 11 February 1727 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts William Alden (1669-1728)
Elizabeth Drury (1676-1678)
Hugh Drury (1677-1678)
Mercy Drury (1677-1678)
John Drury (1678-1702)


References

  1. Thomas Drury - Wikipedia
  2. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. A genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, Publisher, 1858, 379pp
  3. "Thomas Drury". Edmund Rice (1638) Association. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  4. Schultz, John A. (1979) Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691-1780: A Biographical Dictionary Northeastern University Press, Boston.

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