Theophilus Drinkwater

Theophilus Drinkwater (October 28, 1792 – December 15, 1872) was an American sea captain in the first half of the 19th century.[1]

Theophilus Drinkwater
BornOctober 28, 1792
North Yarmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedDecember 15, 1872(1872-12-15) (aged 80)
Yarmouth, Maine, U.S.
Resting placeLedge Cemetery, Yarmouth, Maine, U.S.
OccupationSea captain
SpouseLouisa Prince (1822–1872; his death)

Life and career

Drinkwater was born on October 28, 1792, in North Yarmouth, Massachusetts (now in Maine), to Allen and Hannah Drinkwater.[2][3]

Drinkwater's house stood at the southern end of today's Drinkwater Point Road, for whom the street is named. The house was built in 1791 by his grandfather, Nicholas.[2]

Theophilus married Louisa Prince in 1822.[4] They had three children — Cornelia Amanda, Hannah Gray and Ferdinand.

Two months before Maine's admittance to the Union, Drinkwater became a founding member of the Chapel Religious Society in North Yarmouth.[5]

In 1835, Drinkwater and his father purchased the homestead farm of Jonathan Moulton in North Yarmouth.[6]

In 1853, he was listed as a stockholder in the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad.[7]

Death

Drinkwater died on December 15, 1872, aged 80. He is interred in Yarmouth's Ledge Cemetery alongside his wife, who survived him by six years, and Cornelia.

References
  1. House Documents, Volume 7. U.S. Government Printing Office (for the US House of Representatives). 1844. pp. 6–14.
  2. Old Times: a magazine devoted to the preservation and publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, p. 387–391
  3. Bennett, Thomas C. (2014). Vital Records of Cumberland, Maine 1701-1892. Cumberland Books. p. 43.
  4. Two Maine Islands: Cousins and Littlejohn Islands, Casco Bay, Town of Yarmouth, Maine. Pilot Press. 1978. p. 88.
  5. The Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1818. p. 307.
  6. Waterman, Edgar Francis (1939). The Waterman Family, Volume 1. p. 192.
  7. Public Documents of the State of Maine; Being the Reports of the Various Public Officers and Departments. University of Michigan. 1853. p. 147.


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