Baptized on 06 August 1774, S. Church, Portsmouth [Source 64]
Married on 02 August 1796 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire [Source 94 & Source 36: New Hampshire Marriage Records]
A Mariner [Source 86]
A Captain Samuel Trefethen of the Schooner 'Betsy' (probably actually a brig) arrived from Dominica on 18 May 1795. The trip took 28 days with only himself and one crew member to navigate the vessel. The other crew members were left behind on the island, either dead, sick or detained by the British. The 'Betsy', along with other vessels, were released after a long detention and payment of charges. He reported that over 170 Americans died at Dominica, mostly from Yellow Fever. Joseph Marsh, the 'Betsy's original Captain, had died in Martinique, leaving Sam in charge of the ship and it's cargo of hides. They were captured by the British near Long Island, NY. The 'Betsy' eventually was shipwrecked & lost, due to the illness on board.
He was still alive when his father's estate was settled on 16 November 1808, but was deceased (or missing from the records) on 20 August 1830 during the Inventory of his brother William's estate [Source 36]
64. TREFETHEN, Joanne E.0334 - Correspondence, Stockton Springs, Maine. Deceased 26 July 2004
86. Portsmouth, New Hampshire Deeds, Volume 162; page 339
94. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. New Hampshire Vital Records.
123. PORTSMOUTH: WEALTH & HONOR: PORTSMOUTH DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF PRIVATEERING [1775-1815] Richard E. Winslow III Portsmouth Maine Soc.; Pub. #12; Peter E. Randall- Publisher.
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
