Theophilus Drinkwater (October 28, 1792 – December 15, 1872) was an American sea captain in the first half of the 19th century.
Life and career Drinkwater was born in 1792, in North Yarmouth, Massachusetts (now in Maine), to Allen and Hannah Drinkwater.Old Times: a magazine devoted to the preservation and publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, p. 387–391
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.
Theophilus married Louisa Prince in 1822. 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.
In 1835, Drinkwater and his father purchased the homestead farm of Jonathan Moulton in North Yarmouth.
In 1853, he was listed as a stockholder in the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad.
Death Drinkwater died in 1872, aged 80. He is interred in Yarmouth's Ledge Cemetery alongside his wife, who survived him by six years, and Cornelia.
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