Joseph Albert SeaburyImages of America: Yarmouth, Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002) 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).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. 48The Maine Register, and Business Directory (1856), p. 277
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.Whaling in Maine, Charles H. Lagerbom (2020)
Seabury worked with his father, Joseph Sr., at the J. & A. Seabury yards on the eastern side of the Royal River at Yarmouth's harbor.Yarmouth Revisited, Amy Aldredge, p. 68
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."Shipbuilding in Yarmouth" – Yarmouth Historical Society
Selected vessels Seabury was responsible for the following selected ships:
Detroit (1855)Ship Registers and Enrollments of New Orleans, Louisiana: 1851–1860, Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.) (1941), p. 66 Abbie C. Titcomb (1863)"Crew-lists for Maine-registered sailing vessels" – Maine Historical Society Admiral S. C. Blanchard Pacific Star Casco Lodge (1867) Commodore (1879)Yarmouth Revisited, Amy Aldredge, p. 70
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