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Nicholas Drew

Male 1684 - 1735


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  • Born  10 Oct 1684  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender  Male 
    Occupation  Shipwright  [1, 4] 
    Died  Oct 1735  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Oct 1735  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Epitaphs From Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1892.
      152. Here lyes ye body of Mr Nicholas Drew who departed this life Octbr ye -- 1735 Aged about 51 year.
    Notes 
    • Samuel Kempton was listed as a shipwright in a deed recorded in 1739 at Plymouth. About the same time that Samuel had married Mercy Dunham, his brother Thomas died in Boston leaving an infant son Thomas. Evidently he was sent to Plymouth to be raised by his uncle Samuel Kempton. Samuel Kempton had all of his children baptized in the Plymouth First Church at the same time on 24 September 1721. Thomas was listed as being there; "Thomas being about 17 years of age covenanted on his own account."

      Samuel and mercy (Dunham) Kempton maintained her mother at their home in Plymouth and were forced to go to court to get some of her other children to help in her support. The following records appear:

      General Sessions, September 1740:

      "(Plymouth) that he hath for Some time maintained his Ancient Mother in Law Bathshia Dunham, which he thnks unreasonable."

      The Court ordered:

      "the severall persons mentioned on the back of said Petition living in the County be Cited to appear at the next term to show Cause, if any they have, why they should not bear there proportion of the aforsaid person's maintenance."

      General Sessions, March 1740 / 1: Petition of Samuel Kempton (Plymouth Shipwright) from December term 1740:

      "that your Petitioner the beginning of October A.D. 1739 took into his house and family his aged mother in Law Bathua Donham, widdow, under Necessitous Circumstances, much impared in her health and senses who he hath maintained at his own Costs Except four pounds Given her as One of the poor of the Town, and your Petitioner's Circumstances not well allowing him to be at the Charge and trouble (which is considerable) of Maintenance Needfull for her Comfort, hath often times applyed himselfe to the other sons and daughters of his said Mother in Law, desireing theire assistance in part or in proportion towards her maintence, which they all Refuse doing. Whereby your Petitioner finds mimselfe much aggreived and Cannot keep her much longer, humbly Entreating assistance for Redress in this affaire"

      Court ordered those relatives mentioned in the petition to appear at the next term to answer for their nonsupport. At present term Court ordered:

      "The the Children and Grand Children of the said Bathshua Donham's maintenance after the Rate of Thirty-six pounds a year. Commencing on the first of October A.D. 1739" and apportioned as follows: Cornelius Clarke, who maried her daughter Susanna -- Pounds 6; Nathaniel Donham and Ezekiel Donham, her grandsons -- Pounds six; Sylvanus and Cornelius Donham, Two Sons of her son Israel Donham, deceased -- Pounds Six; Elisha Donham, in Casco Bay -- Pounds Six; John Colling, who married her daughter Bathshua -- Pounds Six and Samuel Kempton -- Pounds Six."
    Person ID  I280  7_families
    Last Modified  20 Feb 2005 

    Father  John Drew,   b. 1642, Sharpham, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1721, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Hannah Churchill,   b. 12 Nov 1649, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1721, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1672-1673  , Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F92  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Abigail Keene,   b. 3 Apr 1685, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1715, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1708  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Children 
    >1. Joshua Drew,   b. 21 Oct 1709, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Josiah Drew,   b. 13 Jun 1711, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >3. Nicholas Drew,   b. 31 May 1713, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1783
    >4. Lemuel Drew,   b. Mar 1715, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified  21 Feb 2005 
    Family ID  F245  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Rebecca Morton,   b. 18 Jul 1684, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1729, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  19 Apr 1716  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Joanna Drew,   b. 18 Jun 1717, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1761
     2. Levy Drew,   b. 11 Jan 1719, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1720, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James Drew,   b. 27 Apr 1721, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1722, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Abigail Drew,   b. 14 Sep 1723, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1727, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  21 Feb 2005 
    Family ID  F255  Group Sheet

    Family 3  Lydia Doggett,   b. 26 Oct 1703, Of, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1736, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  10 Aug 1730  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Drew,   b. 3 May 1731, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1799, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Lydia Drew,   b. 1732, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. John Hickey Drew,   b. Abt 1733, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified  21 Feb 2005 
    Family ID  F256  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Oct 1684 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1708 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Aug 1730 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Oct 1735 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Oct 1735 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S309] Churchill Family in America, Churchill, Gardner A., Churchill, Nathaniel W., (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991), 5 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S468] Plymouth Massachusetts Vital Records, Plymouth (Massachusetts) Town Clerk, (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965), 146 (Reliability: 3).

    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), 6 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S303] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, James Savage, (Boston, 1860-62, reprint Baltimore, 1965).

    5. [S311] Mayflower Descendant, (Wheat Ridge, CO: Search & Research Publishing Corporation, 1996), v19 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S407] Massachusetts, Plymouth, Plymouth - Vital Records to 1850, Lee Douglas van Antwerp (Main Author), Ruth Wilder Sherman (Added Author), (Camden, Me. : Picton Press, c1993), 91 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S407] Massachusetts, Plymouth, Plymouth - Vital Records to 1850, Lee Douglas van Antwerp (Main Author), Ruth Wilder Sherman (Added Author), (Camden, Me. : Picton Press, c1993), 96 (Reliability: 3).



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