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Where did the English Drew family come from? What is the English Drew family crest and coat of arms? When did the Drew family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Drew family history?
The name Drew came to England with the ancestors of the Drew family in the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Drew family lived in Gloucestershire. The surname descends from Herman de Drewes, whose name translates literally as from Drewes.
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Multitudes of spelling variations are a hallmark of Anglo Norman names. Most of these names evolved in the 11th and 12th century, in the time after the Normans introduced their own Norman French language into a country where Old and Middle English had no spelling rules and the languages of the court were French and Latin. To make matters worse, medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, so names frequently appeared differently in the various documents in which they were recorded. The name was spelled Drew, Drewe, Drywe and others.First found in Gloucestershire where they held a family seat from early times.
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Some of the Drew family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 90 words(6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Drew. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Because of this political and religious unrest within English society, many people decided to immigrate to the colonies. Families left for Ireland, North America, and Australia in enormous numbers, traveling at high cost in extremely inhospitable conditions. The New World in particular was a desirable destination, but the long voyage caused many to arrive sick and starving. Those who made it, though, were welcomed by opportunities far greater than they had known at home in England. Many of these families went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Drew or a variant listed above:
Drew Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Edward Drew, who arrived in Virginia in 1623
- Edward Drew, who landed in Virginia in 1623
- Henry Drew, who came to Virginia in 1635
- Hen Drew, who landed in Virginia in 1635
- Wm Drew, who landed in Virginia in 1636
Drew Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Mary Drew, who landed in Virginia in 1702
- John Drew, who arrived in Boston in 1716
- Catherine Drew, who arrived in New England in 1723
- Francis Drew, who arrived in New England in 1727
- Martha Drew, who arrived in New England in 1728
Drew Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Robert Drew, who landed in New York in 1810
- A Drew, aged 21, landed in New York in 1812
- Solomon Drew, who arrived in Washington, DC in 1825
- N H Drew, aged 35, landed in New York, NY in 1849
- E Drew, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
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- George Franklin Drew (1827-1900), American politician, twelfth governor of the U.S. state of Florida
- Daniel Drew (1797-1879), American financier, eponym of Drew University
- Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950), African- American physician and medical researcher
- John Drew (1827-1862), American (Irish born)actor and theatre manager
- Colonel Benjamin Alvin Drew Jr. (b. 1962), NASA Astronaut with over 37 days in space
- Samuel Drew (1765-1833), English Methodist theologian
- Jane Drew, internationally acclaimed architect and author on the subject of design
- Sir Thomas Drew (1838-1910), Irish architect
- George Alexander Drew (1894-1973), Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario (1943-1948)
- Dame Jane Joyce Beverley Drew (1911-1996), British, Modernist architect
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- Just Look At All My Families by Lydia Drew Elisaesser.
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- Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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