Daniel Drinkwater (1754 - 1821)

Born 24 Jul 1754 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Fisher) Drinkwater — married 22 Feb 1781 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1821 at age 67 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States

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Biography

Private Daniel Drinkwater served with Cumberland County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

This profile is part of the Drinkwater Name Study.

Daniel Drinkwater
is the 3rd generation of this surname found in Colonial America and a descendant of Thomas Drinkwater

1. Daniel is the son of Joseph Drinkwater [confident]
2. Joseph is the son of Elizabeth (Haskell) Drinkwater [confident]
3. Elizabeth is the daughter of Patience (Soule) Haskell [unknown confidence]
4. Patience is the daughter of George Soule Sr [unknown confidence]

This makes George the second great grandfather of Daniel.

Daniel, eighth son of Joseph Drinkwater and Janet Latham, was born in 1745 in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Although records list his birth place as Maine, there was no Maine until 1760.

Baptism 14 July 1754, same date as Phineas (twins?)

Daniel and Rebecca Fisher married in North Yarmouth in 1781. The couple had nine children, 6 sons and 3 daughters:

1. Samuel, b. 1781
2. Edward, b. 1783, d. 1848, m. Elizabeth Locke, 3 children
3. Reuel, b. 1785, d. 1872, married 3 times, 4 children
4. Retire, b. 1788
5. Lois, b. 1791
6. Eunice, b. 1793
7. Charlotte, b. 1795
8. Reuben, b. 1797
9. Daniel Fisher, b. 1801

Privateer & Military Service

In December 1776, private Daniel Drinkwater was in the Massachusetts militia raised to reinforce the Continental Army. ^[1]

In November 1777, he was Chief Mate on the privateer USS Pallas. A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. The commission, also known as a letter of marque, empowers the person to carry on all forms of hostility permissible at sea by the usages of war, including attacking foreign vessels during wartime and taking them as prizes. Privateers outnumbered Continental Navy ships: 1,697 to 64 navy ships. ^[2]

The USS Pallas is on the list of ships on the Continental Navy. She was a brigantine borrowed from France in 1779, returned in 1783. She is listed as a frigate with 32 guns. Her name appears in the record of John Paul Jones' ship Bonhomme Richard battle with HMS Serapis.

At dawn on September 23rd, Bonhomme Richard, along with Pallas, sighted HMS Serapis and her consort sloop Countess of Scarborough. It took the entire day for the ships to close on each other due to the poor winds but by 6:30 in the evening Jones bespoke Captain Richard Pearson of Serapis. No kind words were exchanged and within the hour a firefight was in progress.

Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783:

Daniel Drinkwater Appears among A List of Men raised from the militia of North Yarmouth to reinforce the Continental Army as returned to Samuel Thompson, Brigadier from Cumberland County, dated North Yarmouth, December 3, 1776.

Rank: Private

Mass. Muster and Pay Rolls. Vol. 52, page 107

Daniel Drinkwater Appears in A Petition dated Boston, Nov. 21, 1777, signed by James Johnston, in behalf of William Erskine, John Tracey and others, asking that James Johnston be commissioned as commander of the brigantine Pallas (privateer), burdened about 120 tons, navigated by 35 men, mounting 14 four pounders, and 15 hundredweight of powder and shot in proportion.

Ordered in Council Nov. 21, 1777 that a commission be issued.

Rank: Chief Mate.

Mass. Archives, Vol. 168, page 35.

Daniel Drinkwater Appears in A List of Transports laden with provisions ? for troops engaged on Penobscot expedition as returned by John Lucas Commissary, dated Boston, July 12, 1779.

Said Drinkwater Master sloop Fortune.

Mass. Muster and Pay Rolls. Vol. 37, page 296

Daniel Drinkwater Appears in A List of Transports employed on Penobscot expedition, as returned by Seth Loring, dated War Office, July 11, 1779.

Said Drinkwater Master sloop Fortune. Entered July 3, 1779.

Mass. Muster and Pay Rolls. Vol. 40, page 126

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 17, 2021), "Record of DRINKWATER, DANIEL", Ancestor # A033777.
2. ↑ http://www.usmm.org/revolution.html

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-27YW : 17 March 2018), S Drinkwater, 03 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,778. 16:45, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-KRXP : 18 March 2018), Daniel Drinkwater, 1777. 20:58, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FW-TBS : 10 February 2018), Daniel Drinkwater and Rebecca Fisher, 22 Feb 1781; citing Cumberland,Cumberland,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 10,812. 20:54, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

Name Daniel Drinkwater

Spouse's Name Rebecca Fisher

Event Date 22 Feb 1781

Event Place Cumberland, Cumberland, Maine

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-7QN : accessed 27 October 2018), Danl Drinkwater, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing p. 272, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 568,142. 20:58, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRS-FVV : accessed 27 October 2018), Daniel Drinkwater, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing p. 82, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 218,676. 20:41, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-ZNP : accessed 27 October 2018), Daniel Drinkwater, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing p. 196, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 218,682. 20:41, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG3-GGJ : accessed 27 October 2018), Daniel Drinkwater, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing p. 462, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 34; FHL microfilm 281,237. 20:41, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-7QNF : 16 March 2018), Daniel Drinkwater, 1821; citing Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States, Ledge Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,193. 20:24, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

• Daniel Drinkwater on Find A Grave: Memorial #18934046 19:19, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

• Source Citation: Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 075. Source Information: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. DAR Lineage Book 01:16, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch ( modified 29 June 2017, 05:05), entry for Daniel Drinkwater(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHRZ-Q6H); contributed by various users.

• See also:
• https://revolutionarywar.us/continental-navy/#.W9SpNzFlBaQ 18:33, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
• https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/pallas.html 18:33, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

Acknowledgements

• Drinkwater-192 was created by Lisa Edwards through the import of Edwards Family Tree.ged on Apr 9, 2014.