Joseph A. Seabury

Joseph Albert Seabury[1] was an American sea captain and shipwright known for a high volume of vessels produced in the mid-to-late 19th century during the peak years of shipbuilding in North Yarmouth, Maine (today's Yarmouth).[2][3]

Joseph Albert Seabury
Resting placeRiverside Cemetery, Yarmouth, Maine, U.S.
OccupationShipwright
Known forShipbuilding

Career

In the 1840s, Seabury was a sea captain. In 1843, he was in charge of the brig Zoroaster, which was built in Thomaston, Maine, with fellow Mainers Nathaniel Robbins, of Fairfield, and Moses Tolman, of Industry.[4]

Seabury worked with his father, Joseph Sr., at the J. & A. Seabury yards on the eastern side of the Royal River in Yarmouth.[5]

Seabury Jr. also worked at Blanchard Brothers shipyard, which was established in 1857 by former sea captain Sylvanus Blanchard and three of his sons, Paul, Sylvanus Cushing and Perez.[6]

Selected vessels

Seabury was responsible for the following selected ships:

References
  1. Images of America: Yarmouth, Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002)
  2. A Business Directory of the Subscribers to the New Map of Maine With a Brief History and Description of the State, William Willis (1862), p. 48
  3. The Maine Register, and Business Directory (1856), p. 277
  4. Whaling in Maine, Charles H. Lagerbom (2020) ISBN 9781439670552
  5. Yarmouth Revisited, Amy Aldredge, p. 68
  6. "Shipbuilding in Yarmouth" – Yarmouth Historical Society
  7. "NRHP nomination for S.C. Blanchard House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  8. Ship Registers and Enrollments of New Orleans, Louisiana: 1851–1860, Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.) (1941), p. 66
  9. "Crew-lists for Maine-registered sailing vessels" – Maine Historical Society
  10. Yarmouth Revisited, Amy Aldredge, p. 70
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