Horatio W Trefethern
Rank: Pvt Co: G Age: 29 Residence: Kittery Birthplace: Kittery Occupation: seaman
Married/Single: M Height: 5' 5.25 Eyes: Bl Hair: Lt Complexion: Lt
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HORATIO W TREFETHEN was born on 7 Sept 1833 (calc from age at death) in Kittery, Maine, the son of Jeremiah P. and Martha K. (Sullivan) Trefethen. He died on 10 Jun 1907 in Kittery, aged 73 yrs, 9 mos, 3 das, from peresis [ME VR], and was buried in Orchard Grove Cemetery, Kittery.
He was married first, on 8 Oct 1855 [rep from Portsmouth, NH], to HARRIET ALMEDA LORD. She was born in York, Maine ca 1832-36 [based on age in census recs; grave says 1831], the daughter of William and Persis (Littlefield) Lord. She died in Portsmouth, NH [NH vr; Ports Ann Reprt 1895] on 18 Apr 1894 [grave says 1898], aged 60, and was buried in Orchard Grove Cemetery. He secondly married, on 23 Apr 1895 in Kittery [ME VR], to SARAH ANN (JOHNSON) SEAWARD, the daughter of Gowen W and Eliza Ann (Stackpole) Johnson. She was born in Dover, NH on 22 Oct 1846 [Stackpole Gen, pg 283], and died in 1935 [grave]. She is buried in Orchard Grove Cemetery. |
taken 4/8/2010 in Orchard Grove Cemetery
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Horatio, also known as "Rashe", was a long time mariner (as was his father), spending nearly his entire life on the water. According to his obituary, he visited "about all of the ports of the world". During the Irish famine, he made his first trip across the Atlantic on board the "Alice Tarlton" [see notes below], a Portsmouth based barque that delivered supplies to the ports of Ireland. A sailor in 1850 census, he was a master mariner by the 1860 census.
For a time after the war, he was appointed government pilot on the navy yard, and ran the steamer Portfire. In 1879 [21 Dec 1879 Portsmouth Daily Herald], Capt Trefethen purchased the steamer "Mystic" which he used as a ferry between Kittery and Portsmouth for many years.
He retired just a few years prior to his death, his last occupation being a ship keeper on the navy yard.
Horatio did not have any children of his own, though he and his wife Harriet did adopt two nieces [children of her sister Ellen M. (Lord) Green, who died in 1871; her husb Thomas O. Green died in 1873]. His second wife had a son, Charles W. Seaward, who is buried in same plot as Horatio and Sarah.
i. (adopted) HATTIE GREEN, b. ca 1860 (age 10 in 1860; a. 19 in 1870)
ii. (adopted) LIZZIE I. GREEN, b. ca 1869 (age 1 in 1870; a.11 in 1880); died 4 Feb 1881, aged 12 yrs; Bur in plot with Horatio's parents in Orchard Grove cemetery [YCCI, pg 1101]
For a time after the war, he was appointed government pilot on the navy yard, and ran the steamer Portfire. In 1879 [21 Dec 1879 Portsmouth Daily Herald], Capt Trefethen purchased the steamer "Mystic" which he used as a ferry between Kittery and Portsmouth for many years.
He retired just a few years prior to his death, his last occupation being a ship keeper on the navy yard.
Horatio did not have any children of his own, though he and his wife Harriet did adopt two nieces [children of her sister Ellen M. (Lord) Green, who died in 1871; her husb Thomas O. Green died in 1873]. His second wife had a son, Charles W. Seaward, who is buried in same plot as Horatio and Sarah.
i. (adopted) HATTIE GREEN, b. ca 1860 (age 10 in 1860; a. 19 in 1870)
ii. (adopted) LIZZIE I. GREEN, b. ca 1869 (age 1 in 1870; a.11 in 1880); died 4 Feb 1881, aged 12 yrs; Bur in plot with Horatio's parents in Orchard Grove cemetery [YCCI, pg 1101]
Additional Notes:
1850 Kittery, York, Maine census: hh 229/250; Horatio, age 17, a sailor, w/ parents
1850 York, York, Maine census: hh 51/51: "Elmeda" Lord with William and Persis Lord, a. 18; her sis Ellen is also here [her parents, they are both buried in the First Parish Cemetery in York]
1860 Kittery census (pg 38): hh 285/291
1870 Kittery census (pg 31): hh 223/279; val. 3000/200
1880 Kittery (pg 30): hh 243/288
1888, 1890, 1892 Portsmouth, NH City Dir: Horatio a cap, steamer Mystic, house @ Kittery
1890 Veteran Schedule: Kittery
1900 Kittery (pg 2A) owned home, free of mortgage; "see capt"
Stackpole, Everett S. History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family. Lewiston, Maine: Journal Printshop and Bindery, c1920.
The "Alice Tarlton" is first seen in the shipping logs starting in 1847 [Newburyport Herald, 2/26/47], when listed as "new, 309 tons". It was mastered by "Trefethen", perhaps his father Jeremiah (though there were many mariners of that surname), as Horatio was only 14 at that time. It was cleared at Portsmouth in Feb '47, heading to Baltimore to load up supplies for Europe. It hit the ports of Cork and Waterford in Ireland, and returned from London in Oct. - I did not continue with further shipping research.
1850 Kittery, York, Maine census: hh 229/250; Horatio, age 17, a sailor, w/ parents
1850 York, York, Maine census: hh 51/51: "Elmeda" Lord with William and Persis Lord, a. 18; her sis Ellen is also here [her parents, they are both buried in the First Parish Cemetery in York]
1860 Kittery census (pg 38): hh 285/291
1870 Kittery census (pg 31): hh 223/279; val. 3000/200
1880 Kittery (pg 30): hh 243/288
1888, 1890, 1892 Portsmouth, NH City Dir: Horatio a cap, steamer Mystic, house @ Kittery
1890 Veteran Schedule: Kittery
1900 Kittery (pg 2A) owned home, free of mortgage; "see capt"
Stackpole, Everett S. History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family. Lewiston, Maine: Journal Printshop and Bindery, c1920.
The "Alice Tarlton" is first seen in the shipping logs starting in 1847 [Newburyport Herald, 2/26/47], when listed as "new, 309 tons". It was mastered by "Trefethen", perhaps his father Jeremiah (though there were many mariners of that surname), as Horatio was only 14 at that time. It was cleared at Portsmouth in Feb '47, heading to Baltimore to load up supplies for Europe. It hit the ports of Cork and Waterford in Ireland, and returned from London in Oct. - I did not continue with further shipping research.