At 01:51 PM 27/07/2006, Mark Lingenfelder wrote: >Greetings to all, I would like to know if anyone has information >regarding the Drury family of Ellesmere, Shropshire. One of my >ancestors, Thomas John Drury, came to South Africa in 1806 at the >age of 27. He died on the 2nd July 1835. According to his death >notice, which is just about the only source that gives details of >his birth, it mentions that he was from Ellesmere, Shropshire, >England.>>>> snip>>>. Hello Mark, I have recently been scrolling through a microfilm of transcriptions re. St. Mary Ellesmere. It is still at the local LDS library, so I shall have a bo-peep at "your" Thomas Drury next Tuesday, lucky as we have the dates so I can go straight to them. I have to say though, that the baptism records for that period at St. Mary, Ellesmere, only give the parents names and the place or district of residence, such as Colemere, Duddleston, Ellesmere, and so on, so there will not be any godparents etc. mentioned. From Family Search - seems the previous family (grandparents) are William Drury who married a Catherine and had children baptised: John Drury 03 Jul 1748 at Duddleston (just out of Ellesmere) Most probable, William Drury 09 Jul 1750 at St. Martins Most probable, Ann Drury 24 Feb 1754 at St. Martins Robert Drury 10 Oct 1756 at Ellesmere Thomas Drury 13 Apr 1759, who married Ann. And who both then had Thomas Drury bap. 02 Apr 1779 at Ellesmere. The marriage of William Drury is shown as at Ellesmere 17 NOV 1745 with Catherine SPEAK. According to the IGI Robert Drury married Sarah Sharwood at Ellesmere about 29 Jun 1763. This is interesting, as it is shown to be an extraction from records and not an insertion by an LDS member. I shall try and find the marriage on Tuesday. John Drury appears to have married a Martha Ralphs 18 Feb 1760 in Shropshire. This is an insertion by an LDS member, therefore someone else is or was researching this family. William Drury (the younger) married Mary Sides 09 Sept 1770 at St. Mary Ellesmere. (Extraction from records). Sides and Ralphs were standard surnames in the Ellesmere district in those days. Regarding St. Martins registers, if no one else gets to it before next week, I shall have a look to see if there is any further info re. this family. These are transcripts (very accurate) by the Shropshire Parish Register Society and often give the place of abode and sometimes the occupation. Cheers Graham Melbourne Oz

Hello Graham, Thank you very much for this helpful information, and your offer to do a further look up for me. This is certainly a great leap forward in my Drury family research. At the moment I am still trying to digest all this new information, and fit it together. This is not easy since it seems my Drury Ellesmere family did not have much imagination when it came to naming their children, and these records do not record middle names. I find it curious that the record of Thomas Drury's baptism does not include his middle name 'John', which was recorded in his death notice. No other members of the Drury family baptised in Ellesmere, have their middle names recorded, so I assume that it was not the custom to record the full name of a child when baptised in 18th century England? I would be greatful if some one could clear this up for me, as this is my first venture into British genealogical research. I am hoping to take my Drury lineage further back. The history and genealogy of the Drury family has been very well documented, the line has been traced back, unbroken, to the Norman conquest. Regrettably, the Shropshire branch of this family seems to be the least well researched. Graham, I look forward to hearing what further information you can dig up. Your help is greatly appreciated. Best wishes, Mark Lingenfelder. Durban, South Africa. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Price" <genetree@pacific.net.au> To: <ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-SHROP] DRURY, of Ellesmere, Shropshire > At 01:51 PM 27/07/2006, Mark Lingenfelder wrote: >>Greetings to all, I would like to know if anyone has information regarding >>the Drury family of Ellesmere, Shropshire. One of my ancestors, Thomas >>John Drury, came to South Africa in 1806 at the age of 27. He died on the >>2nd July 1835. According to his death notice, which is just about the only >>source that gives details of his birth, it mentions that he was from >>Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.>>>> snip>>>. > > Hello Mark, > I have recently been scrolling through a microfilm of transcriptions re. > St. Mary Ellesmere. It is still at the local LDS library, so I shall have > a bo-peep at "your" Thomas Drury next Tuesday, lucky as we have the dates > so I can go straight to them. I have to say though, that the baptism > records for that period at St. Mary, Ellesmere, only give the parents > names and the place or district of residence, such as Colemere, > Duddleston, Ellesmere, and so on, so there will not be any godparents etc. > mentioned. > > From Family Search - seems the previous family (grandparents) are William > Drury who married a Catherine and had children baptised: > > John Drury 03 Jul 1748 at Duddleston (just out of Ellesmere) > Most probable, William Drury 09 Jul 1750 at St. Martins > Most probable, Ann Drury 24 Feb 1754 at St. Martins > Robert Drury 10 Oct 1756 at Ellesmere > Thomas Drury 13 Apr 1759, who married Ann. > And who both then had Thomas Drury bap. 02 Apr 1779 at Ellesmere. > > The marriage of William Drury is shown as at Ellesmere 17 NOV 1745 with > Catherine SPEAK. > > According to the IGI Robert Drury married Sarah Sharwood at Ellesmere > about 29 Jun 1763. This is interesting, as it is shown to be an extraction > from records and not an insertion by an LDS member. I shall try and find > the marriage on Tuesday. > > John Drury appears to have married a Martha Ralphs 18 Feb 1760 in > Shropshire. This is an insertion by an LDS member, therefore someone else > is or was researching this family. > William Drury (the younger) married Mary Sides 09 Sept 1770 at St. Mary > Ellesmere. (Extraction from records). Sides and Ralphs were standard > surnames in the Ellesmere district in those days. > > Regarding St. Martins registers, if no one else gets to it before next > week, I shall have a look to see if there is any further info re. this > family. These are transcripts (very accurate) by the Shropshire Parish > Register Society and often give the place of abode and sometimes the > occupation. > > Cheers > Graham > Melbourne > Oz >