Samuel Drew

1749 - 1823

• Born	3 Dec 1749	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1790	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [5]
  	Samuel Drew: Males: 2 - 16 and up, 6 under 16. Females: 4
  Died	9 Nov 1823	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Notes	Name:Drew, Samuel, Massachusetts Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, Volume 4 page 973 Drew, Samuel, Kingston (also given Plymouth). Private, Capt. Peleg Wadsworth's (Kingston) co. of Minute-men, Col. Cotton's regt., which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Marshfield; service, 7 days; also, Capt. Thomas Mayhew's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 1, 1775; service, 3 mos. 8 days; also, company return dated Oct. 7 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Roxbury, Nov. 8, 1775; also, return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Nath. Goodwin's co., 1st Plymouth Co. regt., dated Plymouth, Feb. 21, 1778; residence, Plymouth; engaged for town of Plymouth; joined Capt. George Donham's co., Col. Baley's regt.; term, 3 years; also, list of men mustered between [p.973] March 22 and March 27, 1777, by James Hatch, Muster Master for Plymouth Co.; Capt. Warren's co., Col. Bradford's (also given Col. Alden's) regt.; age, 27 yrs.; term, 3 years; also, Corporal, 3d co., Col. John Brooks's (late Alden's) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 24, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported as serving 15 mos. 7 days as Private, 18 mos. as Corporal; also, Private, Capt. Benjamin Warren's co., Col. Alden's battalion; muster return dated Albany, Jan. 12, 1778; residence, Plymouth; enlisted for town of Plymouth; mustered by Capt. James Hatch and by a Continental Muster Master; also, Capt. Warren's co., (late) Col. Alden's regt.; return of men in camp before Aug. 15, 1777, certified at Cherry Valley, Feb. 24, 1779; also, Corporal, Capt. Warren's co., 6th regt., lately commanded by Col. Ichabod Alden; muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated Cherry Valley; enlisted March 24, 1777; also, Capt. Warren's co., Col. Brooks's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, Capt. William Mills's co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; descriptive list of men endorsed “Jan. 11, 1781;” age, 26 (also given 32 and 33) yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 9 (also given 5 ft. 8½ and 5 ft. 7½) in.; complexion, dark (also given light); hair, dark; occupation, shipwright; engaged March 19, 1778 (also given March -, 1779), by Capt. Warren; birthplace, Plymouth; residence, Plymouth; term, during war; also, Corporal, Capt. Benjamin Warren's co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; muster rolls for Feb.-May, 1781, dated West Point; reported on command at Fort Montgomery Feb.-April, 1781, at Verplanck's Point in May, 1781; also, (late) Capt. Warren's co., Lieut. Col. Brooks's regt.; muster roll for-June, 1781; also, Capt. William Mills's co., Lieut. Col. Brooks's regt.; list of men court-martialled; said Drew tried July 29, 1781, by regimental court-martial, Capt. Mills, President, on charge of disobeying orders; sentence, to be reduced in rank; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for July, 1781; reported reduced to Private July 31, 1781; also, Private, same co. and regt.; muster rolls for Aug. and Sept., 1781; also, same co. and regt.; muster rolls for Oct., 1781-Feb., 1782, dated York Hutts; also, Corporal, Lieut. Col. Brooks's (7th) regt.; list of corporals [year not given]; reported reduced but afterwards restored; also, Corporal, Capt. Mills's co., Lieut. Col. Brooks's regt.; list of men discharged subsequent to Jan. 1, 1781; said Drew discharged June 10, 1783, by Gen. Washington, term of enlistment having expired. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution Volume 4 page 973 Drew, Samuel, Kingston (also given Plymouth). Private, Capt. Peleg Wadsworth's (Kingston) co. of Minute-men, Col. Cotton's regt.,which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19,1775, to Marshfield; service. said Drew tried July 29, 1781, by regimental court-martial, Capt.Mills, President, on charge of disobeying orders; sentence, to be reduced in rank. said Drew discharged June 10, 1783, by Gen. Washington, term of enlistment having expired. 1790 Federal Census (266) Drew, Samuel Males > 16 = 2, Males < 16 = 1, Females = 2
  Person ID	I270	7_families
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2004

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Drew,   b. 31 May 1713, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Jun 1783
  Mother	Bathsheba Kempton,   b. 9 Mar 1712, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Jun 1767, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Married	29 Jan 1735	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F77	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Pierce,   b. 28 Aug 1751, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 30 Aug 1825, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Married	21 Mar 1772	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 6]
  Children	1. Abbett (Abbet) Drew,   b. 7 Jan 1773, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Rebecca Drew,   b. 5 Jul 1775, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 1789 > 3. Nicholas Drew,   b. 27 Dec 1776, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth Lewis Drew,   b. 27 Apr 1784, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown > 5. Samuel Drew,   b. 11 Aug 1787, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Feb 1850, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   6. Rebecca Ames Drew,   b. 12 Nov 1790, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown > 7. Joseph Pierce Drew,   b. 10 Oct 1795, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Sep 1819, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2005
  Family ID	F250	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 3 Dec 1749 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Married - 21 Mar 1772 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Census - 1790 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Died - 9 Nov 1823 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S315] Kempton Families, Morton W. Saunders, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2000), 21 (Reliability: 3). [S468] Plymouth Massachusetts Vital Records, Plymouth (Massachusetts) Town Clerk, (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965), 15: 112 (Reliability: 3). [S407] Massachusetts, Plymouth, Plymouth - Vital Records to 1850, Lee Douglas van Antwerp (Main Author), Ruth Wilder Sherman (Added Author), (Camden, Me. : Picton Press, c1993), 119 (Reliability: 3). [S324] Drew Family, John Drew a Welshman, (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982John Drew, a Welshman, arrived at Plymouth 1660.). [S348] Massachusetts, Plymouth, Plymouth - 1790 - Federal Census, Massachusetts, Plymouth, Plymouth, (www.ancestry.com). [S468] Plymouth Massachusetts Vital Records, Plymouth (Massachusetts) Town Clerk, (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965), 260 (Reliability: 3).