Samuel Drinkwater (1743 - 1834)

Born 24 Feb 1743 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Akhoda Barbour (Bradford) Drinkwater — married 22 Jan 1770 in Cumberland, Maine

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1834 at age 91 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

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Descendant of George Soule.

Descendant of James Chilton.

This profile is part of the Drinkwater Name Study.

Biography

Samuel Drinkwater
is the 3rd generation of this surname found in Colonial America.

Samuel, son of Joseph Drinkwater and Janet Latham, was born in 1743 in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1] Although records list his birth place as Maine, there was no Maine until 1760. Statehood in 1820.

Samuel and his eight brothers were sea-going men, all master mariners, all served in the military.

Samuel married Arhoda Barbour “Rhoda” Bradford in 1770. They had 12 children: 7 girls and 5 boys. Their youngest son, Sewall, was also in the War of 1812, Massachusetts Militia.

War of 1812

Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls

"List of transports employed on Penobscot expedition, as returned by Seth Loring dated War Office July 11, 1779.

"Said Drinkwater, Master sloop Sparrow

Entered July 3, 1779.

Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast:

Capt., Rev. soldier, d. in Portland,, aged 92 (C.C. July 30, 1834)

War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 for Samuel Drinkwater:

Navy Invalid: Samuel Drinkwater, Pilot, U.S.S. Enterprise, U.S. Navy - War of 1812.

Samuel Drinkwater in the U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 1:

Name: Samuel Drinkwater

Nature of Claim: Pension as pilot of U.S. brig Enterprize

Congress: 19

Session: 1

Manner Brought: Resolution

Journal Page: 275

Referred to Committee: Military Pensions

House Disposed: Discharged; laid on table

The third ship to be named USS Enterprise was a schooner that fired the first shots in the First Barbary War. She was built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799, whose command was given to Lieutenant John Shaw. This ship was overhauled and rebuilt several times, effectively changing from a twelve-gun schooner to a fourteen-gun topsail schooner and eventually to a brig.

At sea when war was declared on Britain, she cruised along the east coast during the first year of hostilities. On 5 September 1813, Enterprise sighted and chased the brig HMS Boxer. The brigs opened fire on each other, and in a closely fought, fierce and gallant action which took the lives of both commanding officers, Enterprise captured Boxer and took her into nearby Portland, Maine, with Edward McCall in command.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Record image

• Town of Cumberland, Cumberland County, Maine, Record of Birth & Deaths, 1715 - 1821. Page 7. 19:50, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CW-LYF : 10 February 2018), Samuel Drinkwater, 24 Feb 1743; citing CUMBERLAND,CUMBERLAND,MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,812. 19:50, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Name Samuel Drinkwater

Gender Male

Birth Date 24 Feb 1743

Birthplace CUMBERLAND,CUMBERLAND,MAINE

Father's Name Joseph Drinkwater

Mother's Name Jane

• "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)

Name S Drinkwater (Samuel)

Event Type Military Service

Event Date 03 Jul 1779

Event Place Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-Q14 : accessed 25 October 2018), Saml 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. 21:09, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRS-X1H : accessed 25 October 2018), Samuel Drinkwater, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing p. 78, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 218,676. 21:09, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG3-J13 : accessed 25 October 2018), Samuel Drinkwater, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing p. 206, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 281,237. 21:09, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGP-LRN : 12 August 2017), Samuel Drinkwater, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing 429, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 46; FHL microfilm 9,700. 21:09, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

• U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for Joseph Drinkwater 21:45, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

• War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 for Samuel Drinkwater 21:14, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

• Original data: House of Representatives. Digested Summary and Alphabetical List of Private Claims Which Have Been Presented to the House of Representatives. Vol. I. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1853. 21:14, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

• Capt. Samuel Drinkwater on Find A Grave: Memorial #101640411 19:52, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 February 2018, 15:25), entry for Samuel Drinkwater(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9VRD-PYB); contributed by various users.

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(1799) 21:21, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine 21:21, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Acknowledgements

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Drinkwater-201 was created by Lisa Edwards through the import of Edwards Family Tree.ged on Apr 9, 2014.

• Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 22, The Descendants of William Bradford, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 499