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Samuel Drinkwater - Pilot of the Brig Enterprise - North Yarmouth, Maine

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It seems the Town of Yarmouth is in my genes, whether it is Yarmouth England, Yarmouth Massachusetts, or Yarmouth Maine.  My four times great grandfather is Captain Samuel Drinkwater of North Yarmouth, Maine.  If I can get this branch of the family tree sufficiently documented, Samuel Drinkwater will open up several more Mayflower connections.  While he is a pivotal ancestor in that respect, he is otherwise noteworthy in his service to the United States, both as a revolutionary war soldier, and as a pilot onboard the United States Brig Enterprise during the War of 1812. Samuel Drinkwater was born 24 February 1743 to Joseph and Janet (Lathum) Drinkwater at North Yarmouth, part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony which later became Maine.  Samuel was one of many children born to this couple - sons all being seafaring men.  Samuel is a Mayflower descendant through his mother to Soule and Chilton.   Samuel married 22 January 1770 at North Yarmouth, Maine, Ahro...
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Train Accident at Eastham Injures James Morgan of Yarmouth Port, MA (1877-1906)

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James Anthony Morgan was born at Yarmouth, Massachusetts on 21 May 1877 to Irish immigrant parents Patrick and Mary (Howard) Morgan.  They lived on Summer Street in Yarmouthport.  James, a railroad employee, died on 8 March 1906 having suffered for over 18 months from paralysis and severe injuries sustained in a railroad accident while working on the New York, New Hampshire & Hartford Railroad.  He is buried with his parents at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Hyannis, a small graveyard situated in a very busy and congested intersection. Patrick and Mary Morgan had 11 children, seven of whom survived birth; the children were Mary E. born 1863; Thomas Henry born 1864 - died 1891; Margaret born 1867; Sarah Eliza born 1869; Lavinia Howard born 1874; James born 1877; and the youngest, my great grandfather, William born 1880. [1892 The Register]                                     ...
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Yarmouth Project Episode 2 - Nancy (Pompey) Brooks, Wife of John Brooks, of Yarmouth, Nantucket, and Mashpee, MA

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According to Yarmouth Death Records, Nancy Brooks, widow of John Brooks, died 7 December 1880 at Yarmouth.  Her death is notable in it's cause which was from "taking rat poison."  Her age was 68 years, 11 months, and eight days; she was the only individual on this record page to have race identified which was "A & I," or African and Indian.  The record provides that she was born at Nantucket to Stephen and Sally Pompey (Mashpee records identify her parents as John and Sarah Pomp[a]y; her mother's birth place is noted as Mashpee and her father's birthplace is not identified).  Nancy's husband, John Brooks, is brother to my ancestor Thomas Greenough Brooks of Yarmouth, both being sons of William and Susannah (Greenough) Brook. Susannah Greenough was of indigenous ancestry, and William Brooks, although identified across records with differing origins, most probably came from the Phillipines.  According to a Yarmouth Death Register John Brooks, was l...
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