Theophilus Drinkwater | |
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Born | October 28, 1792
North Yarmouth,
Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | December 15, 1872
Yarmouth, Maine, U.S. | (aged 80)
Resting place | Ledge Cemetery, Yarmouth, Maine, U.S. |
Occupation | Sea captain |
Spouse | Louisa Prince (1822–1872; his death) |
Theophilus Drinkwater (October 28, 1792 – December 15, 1872) was an American sea captain in the first half of the 19th century. [1]
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]
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.