Joseph Albert Seabury
Resting placeRiverside Cemetery, Yarmouth, Maine, U.S.
OccupationShipwright
Known forShipbuilding

Joseph Albert Seabury[1] was an American sea captain and shipwright known for a high volume of vessels produced in the mid-to-late 19th century during the peak years of shipbuilding in North Yarmouth, Maine (today's Yarmouth).[2][3]

Career

In the 1840s, Seabury was a sea captain. In 1843, he was in charge of the brig Zoroaster, which was built in Thomaston, Maine, with fellow Mainers Nathaniel Robbins, of Fairfield, and Moses Tolman, of Industry.[4]

Seabury worked with his father, Joseph Sr., at the J. & A. Seabury yards on the eastern side of the Royal River in Yarmouth.[5]

Seabury Jr. also worked at Blanchard Brothers shipyard, which was established in 1857 by former sea captain Sylvanus Blanchard and three of his sons, Paul, Sylvanus Cushing and Perez.[6]

Selected vessels

Seabury was responsible for the following selected ships:

References

  1. 1 2 Images of America: Yarmouth, Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002)
  2. ↑ A Business Directory of the Subscribers to the New Map of Maine With a Brief History and Description of the State, William Willis (1862), p. 48
  3. ↑ The Maine Register, and Business Directory (1856), p. 277
  4. ↑ Whaling in Maine, Charles H. Lagerbom (2020) ISBN 9781439670552
  5. ↑ Yarmouth Revisited, Amy Aldredge, p. 68
  6. ↑ "Shipbuilding in Yarmouth" – Yarmouth Historical Society
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NRHP nomination for S.C. Blanchard House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  8. ↑ Ship Registers and Enrollments of New Orleans, Louisiana: 1851–1860, Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.) (1941), p. 66
  9. ↑ "Crew-lists for Maine-registered sailing vessels" – Maine Historical Society
  10. ↑ Yarmouth Revisited, Amy Aldredge, p. 70
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