| Theophilus Drinkwater | |
| Birth Date: | October 28, 1792 |
| Birth Place: | North Yarmouth, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Yarmouth, Maine, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Ledge Cemetery, Yarmouth, Maine, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Louisa Prince (1822–1872; his death) |
| Occupation: | Sea captain |
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.