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Capt Thomas Skolfield Jr.

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Capt Thomas Skolfield Jr.

Birth
Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Death
14 Dec 1826 (aged 82)
Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
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Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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Capt. Thomas Skolfield Jr., Master mariner & Ship Builder. Thomas inherited land on Mere Point, Bruinswick, from his uncle, John Orr, in 1771. He built several vessels, which he undoubly employed in coastwise trade. Capt. Thomas married Anne Ann Anderson in No.Yarmouth,Cumberland Co. on Jan. 30,1772. They had one daughter Sarah Skolfield who was born on Nov.30,1790 and died Feb. 6,1875. Bruinswicks valadations for 1791 reveals that Thomas had a 30 ton sloop. Other accounts mentions supplies needed for shipbuilding. Thomas was still active sailing in 1805, when he celebrated that William King paid him for $4.00 for freighting the bell for Bath's South Meeting House and $1.40 for a barrel of cider. A report of vessels in Bruinswick , dated July 13,1814 and sent to William King, states that a schooner of (140 Tons) was on the stocks at Skolfield's in 1816. Thomas was the registered master carpenter of the brig Edward (132.18/95 tons) which he built for a New Haven owner. Thomas a son of Jacob, a master carpenter by 1815, probably worked with his father on other vessels!
( Courtesy of the Maritime Museum )
Information was taken from the book
The Skolfields And Their Ships
by ( Erminie S. Reynolds )
And
( Kenneth R. Martin )
Capt. Thomas Skolfield Jr., Master mariner & Ship Builder. Thomas inherited land on Mere Point, Bruinswick, from his uncle, John Orr, in 1771. He built several vessels, which he undoubly employed in coastwise trade. Capt. Thomas married Anne Ann Anderson in No.Yarmouth,Cumberland Co. on Jan. 30,1772. They had one daughter Sarah Skolfield who was born on Nov.30,1790 and died Feb. 6,1875. Bruinswicks valadations for 1791 reveals that Thomas had a 30 ton sloop. Other accounts mentions supplies needed for shipbuilding. Thomas was still active sailing in 1805, when he celebrated that William King paid him for $4.00 for freighting the bell for Bath's South Meeting House and $1.40 for a barrel of cider. A report of vessels in Bruinswick , dated July 13,1814 and sent to William King, states that a schooner of (140 Tons) was on the stocks at Skolfield's in 1816. Thomas was the registered master carpenter of the brig Edward (132.18/95 tons) which he built for a New Haven owner. Thomas a son of Jacob, a master carpenter by 1815, probably worked with his father on other vessels!
( Courtesy of the Maritime Museum )
Information was taken from the book
The Skolfields And Their Ships
by ( Erminie S. Reynolds )
And
( Kenneth R. Martin )

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