Thomas was the fourth son of Joseph Drury and Ann Heath and the elder of the two brothers who emigrated to Canada. He was christened at St. Nicholas Church Kenilworth on 18th.Dec.1803 (Ref:01).

Thomas and Richard bought half shares in Lot 12, Concession 1, in 1827 having farmed it since 1820. They paid £25 each to John and Helen Tingley.

After their father's death in 1823 both sons took work outside their farms wherever possible to supplement their income and in 1825 they were both enlisted by Sir John Franklin when he passed through on one of his Arctic expeditions. They acted as guides and assistants for quite some distance through the lakes and were given an hour glass by Sir John Franklin which remained a family treasure for years.

Thomas married in 1826 at the Portage at Willow Creek, a village which had grown up around a government storehouse built at the north end of the Nine Mile Portage. He married Elizabeth (Betsy) Stretton (b.1811), daughter of a private John Stretton, serving in the 76th. Regiment at the Fort at Penetanguishene.

In 1827 he petitioned The Crown for a land grant of 200 acres and specifically requested that he be given Lot 25, Concesslon 1, Vespra Township. The land requested had already been allotted but settlement duties had never been carried out. (See Drury Family Land Petitions where this is mentioned at the base of the petition.) Despite much controversy eventually Thomas was granted the land and in 1856 sold part of it for the Dalston School to be built on. Thomas sold one eighth of an acre to the town to build the school and it was built at a cost of £88 11s. 7d. In 1876 he sold a further three eighths of an acre to add to the site.

Thomas bought his father's original Lot for taxes of £4 0s. 2d. in 1856 and later sold it to his younger brother Edmond who emigrated to Canada in 1831.

Thomas is known to have served as a Justice of the Peace, a Town Councillor and Reeve, and at one time was Sherriff of Simcoe County.

Thomas died 29th April 1883 and Elizabeth died in 1877

Thomas married in 1826 at the Portage at Willow Creek, a village which had grown up around a government storehouse built at the north end of the Nine Mile Portage. He married Elizabeth (Betsy) Stretton (b.1811), daughter of a private John Stretton, serving in the 76th. Regiment at the Fort at Penetanguishene.

Joseph c.1827 m.n/k d.1827
Thomas c.1829 m.n/k d.1862
Elizabeth c.1833 m.n/k d.1852
Charles c.1835 m.n/k d.1862
Hannah c.1837 m.n/k d.1852
John c.1840 m.n/k d.1885
Francis c.1841 m.n/k d.1927
Maria c.1843 m.n/k d.n/k
Charlotte c.1846 m.n/k d.1848
Thomas c.1848 m.n/k d.n/k
Joseph c.1849 m.n/k d.n/k
Anne c.1850 m.n/k d.n/k
Richard c.1853 m.n/k d.n/k
Infant c.n/k m.n/k d.1828