John Drewry
1766 - 1840
Life History
27 Dec 1766 |
Born in Lincoln |
26 Jan 1767 |
Christened in St Peter at Arches, Lincoln |
1795 |
Married Sarah Rowland |
1798 |
Married Miss Harrison of Ash |
10 Mar 1800 |
Married Ann Swettenham in Wirksworth |
1st Jan 1801 |
Son: John Drewry christened at All Saints, Derby |
1st Feb 1803 |
Son: James Drewry christened at All Saints, Derby |
3rd Aug 1803 |
Daughter: Ann Drewry christened at All Saints, Derby |
27th May 1814 |
Daughter: Sarah Emma Drewry christened at All Saints, Derby |
Notes
John Drewry took over the printing/newspaper business of his uncle John Drewry I in Derby, becoming known as John Drewry II - John Drewry (secundus).
"John Drewry (secundus) succeeded his uncle just mentioned. He produced:
Erasmus Darwin's 'Plea for the conduct of female education in boarding schools' (1797).
He also issued:
Smith's 'Spelling Book', which ran through many editions, and other school books.
Drewry also produced coarsely printed and rudely illustrated chap-books. Some of the illustrations of Drewry's books were by Bewick, who engraved the heading and other blocks of the Mercury."
John was both a printer and a bookseller. In 1800, he took on two apprentices, Thomas Bathew and Francis Yeomans:
From wirksworth.org
"John DREWRY Esq of Derby printer, alderman & several times Mayor of Derby 1806, 1814, & 1823.
The family of Drury came out of Lincolnshire & settled in Derby rather more than a century ago (from 1833) where they have ever since carried on the business of Booksellers & Printers. More than a century ago they began a County paper called the Derby Mercury. Mr Drury was Mayor of Derby several times and his eldest son Mr John Drury is an Alderman."
The same site says that
John Drewry (secundus) married 3 times
First to "daughter of Rowland of Derby tanner died in child bed" [see below]
Second to "daughter Harrison of Snelston farmer died a few weeks after marriage"
Third to "Ann daughter of James Swettenham of Winster Gent ... died 7 Feb 1864 aet 85"
Children of John and Ann Swettenham:
John Drewry of Duffield Esq eldest son died Duffield
married Maria elder daughter of Samuel Rowland of Derby esq died at Duffield 4 Feb 1864
James Drewry of Burton in Trent attorney at law
Ann married Henry Gisborne of Derby surgeon
Emma married Rev Belcher Incumbent of South Darley and secondly Charles Alsop of Burton brewer
Edward Drewry of Derby surgeon
Google Books provides the following in 'History of the County of Derby, ed. by T. Noble' by Stephen Glover:
[The 'Derbyshire parish registers. Marriages (Volume 10)' records the marriage of John Drewry of the parish All Saints, printer, and Sarah Rowland on 26 Feb. 1795]
Ann Swettenham (Baptised Oct 4, 1779) youngest daughter of James Swettenham & Anne Hemingway married John Drury Esq, Alderman & Printer of Derby at Wirksworth, 10 March, 1800. She died 7 Feb 1864, aged 85. (Wirksworth Parish Records 1600-1900)
From Google Books:
The Will of John Drewry (secundus)
John Drewry II left a Will dated 1840.
(Pages:
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In the Will he is described as John Drewry the elder, borough of Derby, gentleman.
Summary of the main points of the will:
Wife: Ann Drewry
Sons:
John Drewry
James Drewry
Edward Drewry
Daughters
Anne, wife of Henry Francis Gisborne
Sarah Emma Allsopp, wife of Charles James Allsopp
Nephew:
Charles Chester Mort of Stafford , gent.
['nephew' then had many meanings including e.g. cousin, son-in-law]
Late uncle:
John Drewry - his widow is Mrs Taylor of Duffield
Relative:
Mrs Williamson of Derby
Friend:
James Barker of Bakewell County of Derby, gent.
The Will was proved in 1840.
John Drewry (Son)
Marriage, 1833: John Drewry [signs junr.], p. All Saints, Derby, Printer, & Maria Rowland, lic. 21 Dec 1833
In the 1841 census at Pen Lane, Melbourne, Derby
John Drewry Esq. | 40 | Ind | b. Derbyshire |
Maria Drewry | 45 | b. Derbyshire |
Edward Drewry (son, 1810-1858)
In the 1841 census at 2, Trevor Square, Westminster, London
Edward Drewry | 31 | Surgeon | |
Elizabeth M Drewry | 23 | b. Middlesex | |
James Drewry | 40 | Solicitor | |
Eliza Drewry | 31 | ||
Martha Booker | 26 | Servant | |
A Mary Miles | 23 | Servant |
In the 1851 census at 21, St Marys Road, Islington, London
Edward Drewry | Head | 40 | Licentiate of Apothecary Company | b. Derby, Derbyshire |
Elizabeth M Drewry | Wife | 33 | b. London, Middlesex | |
George Drewry | Son | 12 | Scholar | b. London, Middlesex |
Ann M Drewry | Daughter | 10 | Scholar | b. London, Middlesex |
Martha Martin | Servant | 15 | Housemaid | b. Wantage, Berkshire |
William Beaure | Servant | 20 | Footman | b. Hertfordshire |
Mary Cooper | Servant | 21 | Cook | b. Ticknell, Derbyshire |
Martha Booker | Servant | 37 | Housemaid | b. Denkhworth, Berkshire |
Announcement of the death of Edward Drewry, Fitzroy Sq., 1858.
James Drewry (son)
In the 1851 census at Newton Mount, Newton Solney, Derbyshire
James Drewry | Head | 40 | Attorney | b. Derby, Derbyshire |
Eliza Drewry | Wife | 40 | b. Shelton on le Fields, Derbyshire | |
Harriet Drewry | Daughter | 18 | b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire | |
William John Drewry | Son | 17 | Attorney's Clerk | b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
Frederick Jane Drewry | Son | 8 | Scholar | b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
Mary Milward | Servant | 55 | Cook | b. Ashley Hay, Derbyshire |
Ann Steeples | Servant | 30 | Housemaid | b. Ideridge May, Derbyshire |
Thomas Sevinfield | Servant | 25 | General Servant | b. Manchester, Lancashire |
John Toy | Servant | 18 | Ag. Lab | b. Norwich, Norfolk |
In the 1861 census at Newton Mount, Newton Solney, Derbyshire
James Drewry | Head | 59 | Attorney at Law & Solicitor | b. Derby, Derbyshire |
Eliza Drewry | Wife | 50 | Housewife | b. Stretton en le Fields, Derbyshire |
Wm John Drewry | Son | 27 | Attorney at Law & Solicitor | b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
Fredk. Jas Drewry | Son | 18 | Schoolboy | b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
Mary Milward | Servant | 65 | Servant | b. Hay Wirteworth, Derbyshire |
Emily Rice | Servant | 23 | Servant | b. Winshill, Derbyshire |
Richard Hodgkinson | Servant | 26 | Servant | b. Ivindern, Derbyshire |
Henry Shepherd | Servant | 15 | Servant | b. Newton Solney, Derbyshire |
In the Liverpool Mercury, 17th March, 1863
James and Eliza must have taken on a new servant, Mary Tomlinson.
In the 1871 census at Drakelow House, Stapenhill, Derbyshire
James Drewry | Head | 61 | Attorney & Solicitor | b. All Saints, Derbyshire |
Eliza Drewry | Wife | 60 | b. Stretton en le Field, Derbyshire | |
Harriet Fisher | Daughter | 38 | Widow | b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
Wm Jno Drewry | Son | 27 | Attorney & Solicitor | b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
Frederick James Drewry | Son | 29 | Solicitor Articled Clerk | b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
Jane Elizth Holmes | Servant | 32 | Cook | b. Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
Ann Burroughs | Servant | 22 | Housemaid | b. Willington, Derbyshire |
(Based on information provided by Ronald Ellis, to whom thanks.)
The sign above the shop on the right, 45 High Street, Burton-on-Trent, claims that the firm was established in 1787. If so, it was set up in that year by an attorney William Osborne (appointed a Commissioner of Oaths in 1789). On the 1st March, 1826, Osborne took on a partner James Drewry who was a Commissioner for Oaths and Perpetual Commissioner for taking Acknowledgements of Married Women and Osborne & Drewry was established.
By the time James Drewry died (13th may 1876) the firm had become a father and son establishment: J. & W.J. Drewry.
William John Drewry was not only a Commissioner for Oaths and Perpetual Commissioner for taking Acknowledgements of Married Women but also a Feoffee (Burton Lands Trustee), a Justice of the Peace and Solicitor to the Burton-on-Trent Corporation, serving a stint as Under-Sheriff for the County.
William John Drewry died in 1902 and the firm was sold to Bertram Clark Newbold, son of a long-time employee, the firm's Managing Clerk, John Newbold. The firm now became Drewry & Newbold (No Drewrys were part of the firm, but the Drewry name must have been worth keeping.)
At the end of 2011 the firm has merged with the Smith Partnership and the sign above the shop changed.
Sarah Emma Drewry (Daughter)
From thepeerage.com
" Sarah Emma Drewry is the daughter of John Drewry.
She married Charles John Allsopp, son of Samuel Allsopp and Frances Fowler, on 29 December 1836.
She married Reverend William Belcher on 5 May 1852."