Bradford
Drinkwater
Born in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Zenas Drinkwater
and Cynthia A (Pendleton) Drinkwater
Brother of
West Drinkwater Sr, Margaret (Drinkwater) Davis, Zenas Drinkwater Jr, Grace (Drinkwater) Pendleton, Apphia (Drinkwater) Hall, Charlotte (Drinkwater) Spencer, Micajah Drinkwater, Maxim Drinkwater, Emerson Porter (Drinkwater) Porter, Jacob Drinkwater and Daniel Drinkwater
Husband of
Lavinia (Morton) Drinkwater
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Died
at age 56
in Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Sep 2018
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Biography
Bradford Drinkwater
is the 5th generation of this surname found in early America.
Bradford was born in 1794. He was the son of Zenas Drinkwater and Cynthia Pendleton.
Like his brothers, West and Micajah, Bradford served in the War of 1812. The three brothers were in Col. Ulmer's Regiment U.S. Volunteers.
He married Lavina Morton. They had three known children: Sarah Sally, b. 1823, Catherine, born 1825, and Elisa A, born 1834.
He passed away in 1850.
War of 1812
- Private, 3 Reg't (Nichols') Massachusetts Militia (War of 1812).[1]
- Private, Col. Ulmer's Regiment U.S. Volunteers, War of 1812.[2]
Sources
- ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-S9JJ : 12 March 2018), Bradford Drinkwater, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 61; FHL microfilm 882,579.
- ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-S9FJ : 12 March 2018), Bradford Drinkwater, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 61; FHL microfilm 882,579.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VS-GLL : 4 April 2020), Bradford Drinkwater in household of Henrietta Kinney, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family 244, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). 21:40, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
- Henrietta Kinney Female 1 Maine relationship unknown
- Bradford Drinkwater Male 57 Maine
- Lavinia (Morton) Drinkwater Female 55 Maine
- C_____ Drinkwater Female, 27 Maine
- Elisa A Drinkwater Female 16 Maine
- The Drinkwater Family The Ancestors and Descendants of Micajan Drinkwater of Northport, Maine, and Elizabeth Bradford, His Wife. Vol. 1, 1620-825. By John S. Fernald. Belfast, Maine. G.E. Burgess, printer. 1904. page 16 18:48, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bradford by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bradford:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bradford by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bradford:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Mary (Connor) Allard 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Jf1452862 [compare]
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~1.56%
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