Included in the Drury Family Pages are pedigrees as documented in the following sources:

  • The Drury database of Robert Dora, a Drury descendant and researcher who is currently working on an upcoming book on Drury history, and who shared his extensive database on the Drury family tree. His forthcoming book, "The Family Drury - The Origin of the Name, Family, and Arms" is expected to be the most extensive history of Drury and allied families published to date.

  • Drury notes, correspondence, and manuscripts on file at the Ste. Genevieve, Missouri public library, including the work of Joseph Dora and Dr. Robert W. Drury.

  • Public records from the Ste. Genevieve, Missouri and St. Mary's County, Maryland courthouses.

  • The Ste. Genevieve, Missouri "Project Pioneers" books (published by the Ste. Genevieve Chamber of Commerce) for the Drury, Vallé, Aubuchon, Carron, Lalumonodiere, and Govreau families.

  • "Suffolk Manorial Families" by Joseph James Muskett, 1899

  • "The History and Antiquities of Hawsted, in the County of Suffolk" 1813 by the Rev. Sir John Cullum

  • "Able Men of Suffolk, 1638", transcribed from the original roll in the Public Record Office, edited by Charles Banks, 1931.

  • "The History of the Family of Drury In the Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk From the Conquest", By Arthur Campling, London, 1937. This book is transcribed on these pages and is an excellent resource. Click here for Notes from Arthur Campling and F.S.E. Drury

  • "Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland" by John Burke and John Bernard Burke, 1841

  • Various other peerage books, including "A New Baronatage of England" 1769, "English Baronets" 1727, "Debrett's Peerage" 1803 & 1807, "Burke's Landed Gentry", "Burke's Peerage", etc. from various years.

  • History of Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1881

  • Genealogy and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, 1908

  • The "Drury Family Papers" compiled by Richard Montray Drury, manuscript, 1889 (from LDS films)

  • "Drury Pedigrees of Ireland", compiled by H. C. Drury, M.D., manuscript, Dublin, Ireland, 1923 (from LDS films)

  • "Maryland Catholics on the Frontier", by Tomothy J. O'Rourke

  • Pedigrees compiled by John Henry Druery, manuscript, (Member of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law, Member de La Societi Francais of the French Academy D'Archaeologique; St. Leonard's Priory Precinct, near Norwich, England, and Member of the Archaeological Society of Antiquaries)...(contributed by Sue Druery)

  • "The Early Drury Line of New England" and "Descendants of Samuel and hannah Drury" by Linda Lightholder Kmiecik, 1991 (both books together $35 from Mrs. Linda L. Kmiecik, 431 South Center Street, Bensenville, IL 60106) These are outstanding references especially for the Protestant Drurys in America who descend from these colonial settlers.

  • "Drury/Drewry Family Roots & History in England 1066-1800's" by Douglas L. Drewry

  • "Records of the Connecticut Line of the Hayden Family" by Jabez Haskell Hayden, 1888

  • "Pioneers of Old Ste. Genevieve" by Lucille Basler

  • "History of Southeast Missouri", 1888, reprinted 1990

  • "History of Randolph, Monroe, and Perry Counties, Illinois", c. 1850

  • "Martyrs to the Catholic Faith in England 1577-1684", by Bishop Challoner, 1878, Edinburgh

  • "Wills and Inventories of the Commissary of Bury St. Edmund's", by Samuel Tymms, 1850, London

  • "Bury St. Edmunds and the Urban Crisis: 1290-1539", by Robert S. Gottfried, 1982, Princeton Press

  • "Suffolk and Norfolk", M. R. James, 1930

  • "Norfolk Churches", H. Munro Cautley, 1949

  • "Dry Docking", Gerald Hagan, 1975, 1983

To these works I have added my own research and that of many other Drury descendants. Please note that much of the information in the gedcom database has not been independently verified and should only be used as a guide. Special thanks to Robert Dora, Sue Druery, Michael Drury, Patricia Bishop Obrist, Don Drury, Jim Drury, Joseph and Helen (Bowles) Wilkinson of Dry Docking Farm, Linda Reno, John Wilkinson, Marion McLeod, Art Brett, Henry Drury, Jayne Grace, Clive Paine, Elizabeth Clarke, Helena Aldis, and Major and Mrs. Hare of Docking Hall, for making their information available. Each has made a significant contribution to the Drury information on these pages.

Corrections, additions, and early photographs are welcome. Please email the Webmaster if you would like to add your Drury information.

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