Life History

1731	Born in Lincoln
1731	Christened in St Botolph, Lincoln
1758	Married William Durance in St Mary Le Wigford, Lincoln
1764	Birth of daughter Sarah Durance
1766	Birth of daughter Mary Durance
1809	Death of William Durance

Notes

From IGI

SARAH DREWRY
Christening: 30 DEC 1731, Saint Botolph, Lincoln
Father: ROBT. DREWRY
Mother: MARY

We can be pretty sure that Sarah Drewry is a relation. The Will of her daughter, Sarah, includes significant bequests to a number of Drewrys that we know are directly linked to our line.

The Marriage Record

Sarah's brother Robert was one of the witnesses.

George Dale's Marriage

Robert had been a witness to a marriage in St Mary's earlier in the year, when George Dale married Mary Drewry.
Sarah's husband-to-be had officiated at that wedding.

So who is this Mary Drewry? and why is Robert Drewry junior a witness?

We know that a George Dale had business dealings with Robert, and it would be reasonable to assume that Mary is Robert's sister.

Whatever the answer, the coincidence of a George Dale of Aldersgate, London (almost certainly the same George Dale mentioned in Robert's page - a business associate) marrying a Mary Drewry in a ceremony where the clergyman is William Durance (later to marry our Robert's sister) witnessed by a Robert Drewry junior is very curious.

The Brant Broughton Drurys

The only Mary Drewry who seems to be relevant is found in IGI as:
IGI Individual Record:
MARY DREWRY
Christening: 15 DEC 1733, Brant Broughton, Lincoln, England
Father: ROBERT DREWRY
Mother: MARY

At the same time as our Drewry family is in Lincoln, there is another Drewry family in Brant Broughton, 14 miles away.
Confusingly, the Brant Broughton family has a Robert (born 1709, parents: Robert and Catherine) who marries a Mary and has a son Robert. But, in IGI there is only one marriage of a Robert Drewry in Lincolnsire with a spouse Mary, and that is the one at Branston which we consider appropriate as regards the birth of the children.

It is possible that the two families are related. It could be that the two Roberts who married Marys are cousins. But in that case it is curious that the witness at her wedding should be a distant relative and not her own brother.

However, generally speaking we have come to the conclusion in earlier researches thst the Brant Broughton family is a farming family that essentially lived and died in Brant Broughton. Whenever they could sign their name they appear to have used the spelling 'Drury' and others would enter their name with this spelling; e.g.:

The following could be the marriage record for Mary Drury of Brant Broughton born 1733, but as the bride is 35, this is unlikely.
The authorities again record the names as Drury. The husband can only make his mark. And Mary's attempt at a signature (of which I am sure she was very proud) bears only a fair resemblance to the name Drury.