0852 Captain William TREFETHEN, Jr.

Biography:

Born & Died on Seavey’s Island, Portsmouth New Hampshire. (Drowned ‘at Portsmouth’ at age 62 (obituary says 60)
Married in December 1799 by Samuel Heaven in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Elizabeth (about 1773 - 12 November 1850) daughter of James & Elizabeth [Source 129]
Had 1/2 interest in the Schooner ‘LORENZO’ (1823 - 1830) & 1/3 interest in the schooner ‘John Gilman’ (1825 - 1831)[Source 129]
His widow was living at 54 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, in 1851 (from a Directory)
A long, detailed inventory of his estate taken on Aug. 20, 1830 lists:
- a mansion house & lands with outbuildings on Pleasant St.- $1800.,
- house, land & warf on Water St. adjacent to Liberty Bridge- $666.,
- northern half of the TREFETHEN Fields on South Rd.- $420.,
- much more.
- Also:
  - 1/16th of Drisco's Warf,
  - 1/5th house & land of estate of Samuel Trefethen⁰⁸²¹ (his brother);
  - 1/4th part of land held in common with Elizabeth (his wife); ...
- total appraisal: $5104.40
Note: link to Captain William TREFETHEN⁰⁵⁹⁸ confirmed by Source 86
A Mariner, residing in Portsmouth [Source 86]
A William & a James TREFETHEN are listed among ‘Naval Personnel on the Portsmouth Station’, both serving from 28 March 1814 to 20 March 1815. This appears to be William⁰⁸²³ & his brother [Source 88]
One William Trefethen was Captain of the schooner ‘INDUSTRY’ of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, arriving from Cape Francis in Philadelphia on 08 July 1793; also Master of the Schooner ‘PINK’ which arrived in New York on 30 June 1820. (Most likely this one)

SOURCES:

36. TREFREN, Leitha S.¹³²¹- Correspondence, 135 Clover Lane; Medford, Oregon 97501. Leitha passed away during February, 2001

64. TREFETHEN, Joanne E.⁰³³⁴ - Correspondence, Stockton Springs, Maine. Deceased 26 July 2004

86. Portsmouth, New Hampshire Deeds, Volume 162; page 339

87. History of the United States Navy-Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. by George Henry Preble; U.S. Government Printing Office Jan 1892

88. Captain Isaac Hall & The Portsmouth Navy Yard, L.M. McKee, 1970; Universal Microfilms Ann Arbour, MI

94. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. New Hampshire Vital Records.

129. BAILEY, Glenn R.- His references are marked as follows:

1. Rockingham County, New Hampshire Deeds 63:408, 64:237, 129:295, 130:97
2. Dover, New Hampshire Cemeterty Inscriptions
3. Dover Vital Records
4. York County, Maine Deeds 54:84, 95:17, 54:83, 59:45, 69:149, 128:127
5. Lincoln County Deeds 41:176 and/or Massachusetts Tax Valuation List of 1771, Betty H. Pruitt; Boston, Massachusetts 1978
6. Strafford County, New Hampshire. Deeds 26:61, 24:240, 29:173,30:32, 35:57,36:269
7. York County, Maine. Probate Docket #19153
8. Federal Census (assorted)
9. Strafford County Probate 5:121
10. New Castle Vital Records
11. Monhegan Island Cemetery Inscriptions
12. Bristol, Maine Vital Records
13. 1st Parish Church Records, Kittery, Maine
14. Petition to Selectman of Kittery, Maine; June 17, 1799
15. Strafford County, New Hampshire Probate Docket #5:121
16. Lincoln County Deeds 149:6, 41:177, 41:178,44:32, 64:25+, 148:332, 148:393, 109:220
17. Columbian Centinal, 'Deaths' - July 13, 1816, November 19, 1823
18. Windham, Maine Vital Records
19. Maine Monthly Magazine - July, 1836
20. Friendship, Maine. Cemetery Inscriptions
21. Friendship, Maine Vital Records
22. Lincoln County, Maine Probate 24:117
23. Pond Grove Cemetery, Portland, Maine Inscriptions
24. Portland, Maine Vital Records
25. Pourtsmouth, New Hampshire Vital Records
26. Maine, Genealogy & Family History Of the State of, George Thomas Little, A.M., Litt. D. Vol. IV; Lewis Historical Pub. Co., N.Y.- 1909 (same as Source 42)
27. Monhegan Island Plantation Records
28. Portland City Directory - 1894,1897 - 1927
29. Bremen Maine Vital Records
30. Maine Home Journal, ‘Cronicles of Cushing & Freindship’, Rockland, Maine 1892

Captain William TREFETHEN, Jr. 0852 (about 1768 - 29 August 1830) Married Elizabeth 'Betsy' DRISCO or DORSCO

Captain William TREFETHEN, Jr.⁰⁸⁵²
(about 1768 - 29 August 1830)
Married Elizabeth 'Betsy' DRISCO or DORSCO