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Thank you Eilleen,
these Drurys are a bit late for me!
So no need to go looking for their graves.
Have ancestors in 18th century that were involved with an estate in Bracebridge, and I think one got married there.
The 20th century Drurys may be related but  are probably at some remove down a distant branch.
The 18th century Drewrys were aldermen and occasionally Mayors of Lincoln and quite difficult to research. I do however have an original document related to a mortgage on a Bracebridge estate and was hoping that the Drewrys buried there might be from around that time.
Thank you again.

Thank you again, Redroger.

Thank you Carol.
A very interesting overview of the history of Sculcoates.

Thanks Redroger.
Sort of what I am guessing at. Have come across 'carrier' in respect of mail when googling.
Definitely 'Carryer' in 3 baptism records. And his grandson had what appears to be big business between Lincoln and London - with his great grandson eventually rising to Commissary-General. So there is family interest in transport of goods possibly starting with John - perhaps even earlier.  John's son and grandson both became Mayors of Lincoln, so at a guess John had some standing in the local community.
The early 1700s must have been 'exciting' time to be in transport business - one would guess difficult and dangerous.
Other relatives, in another separate branch are agricultural and coincidentally recorded in the censuses as 'carter's.  I can see that as a farming trade.
However the precise description of John as a 'Carryer' suggests a bit more than a man with a cart.
Trying to guess at its significance 300 years on is probably fruitless.
My message here is in hope of discovering someone with in-depth knowledge of that time, or perhaps who has come across a description of 'carryer' as a trade in the early eighteenth century.
In my imagination a 'carryer' could be transporting goods, people, and/or mail - probably all three.  To do so would require  horses and all their requirements, staging posts, associates and partners.

Hello,
I have a number of references to an ancestor, John, as a 'Carryer'.
Several of his children's birth/baptism records, specifically between 1702 and 1705, show this as his occupation.
Was he the equivalent of a man with a van?
Or does the term in the early 1700s have particular meaning?
We do know that John's grandson had quite a large transport business moving goods between Lincoln and London and other places.
Thankyou.