Download or read book A Seafaring Legacy written by Julianna FreeHand and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1981 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sumner Pierce Drinkwater (1859-1942), son of Nicholas Drinkwater (1825- 1908) and Margaret Hannah Gray Drinkwater (1830-1914), and Alice Gray Drinkwater (1861-1915), daughter of Watson Gray Drinkwater (1830-1902) and Sarah E. Staples Drinkwater (1830-1915), were married in 1882. They were both descendants of Joseph Drinkwater (1709-1784) and Janet Lathan Drinkwater (ca. 1715-1794) and both descended from seafaring men. They lived at Yarmouth, Maine. He was captain of the "Grace Deering" 1897-1901, and of the "Benjamin F. Hunt Jr." 1905-1908. He retired from the sea in 1908 and became a tolley motorman.