Joseph A. Seabury Explained
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]
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:
- Detroit (1855)[7]
- Abbie C. Titcomb (1863)[8]
- Admiral[9]
- S. C. Blanchard[9]
- Pacific[9]
- Star[9]
- Casco Lodge (1867)[1]
- Commodore (1879)[9] [10]
Notes and References
- Images of America: Yarmouth, Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002)
- 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
- The Maine Register, and Business Directory (1856), p. 277
- Whaling in Maine, Charles H. Lagerbom (2020)
- Yarmouth Revisited, Amy Aldredge, p. 68
- https://www.yarmouthmehistory.org/shipbuilding-in-yarmouth/ "Shipbuilding in Yarmouth"
- Ship Registers and Enrollments of New Orleans, Louisiana: 1851–1860, Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.) (1941), p. 66
- https://www.mainehistory.org/cgi-bin/discus/board-admin.pl?action=quick&do=print&HTTP_REFERER=18/264&postindex=924 "Crew-lists for Maine-registered sailing vessels"
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=79000136}} NRHP nomination for S.C. Blanchard House]. National Park Service. 2015-10-17.
- Yarmouth Revisited, Amy Aldredge, p. 70
