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Most of the information we have on the Drinkwater family has the children being born in Tennessee about a decade on either side of the year 1800.These children include:
- William Drinkwater
- Polly Drinkwater
- Robert Drinkwater
- Emanuel Drinkwater
- Mary Drinkwater
- female child
Daddy Drinkwater's name is unknown, though one of our esteemed cousins says it's James.
Mama Drinkwater's name is also unknown at this point.
Some think that Daddy's death date is "believed to be 1800/10 before the mother went to Missouri*," but I have been unable to confirm this. *Joseph Bales and his Family Trails (1977) page 49
William is listed with the very earliest settlers in Clark's Fork, Cooper County, the first settler arriving in 1813. Early Pioneers of Cooper County by Mrs. Ray Carter Lamonte.
4 Feb 1821: Emanuel gets married in Cooper County.
15 Mar 1821: Robert has a son (John Thurston) in Cooper County
17 Dec 1821: Polly gets married in Cooper County.
early 1830's: Mary gets married in Cooper County.
Kinfolk said "Ma, move away from there"
So we don't have Mama's name, but it looks like all five of the children named above moved (together or separately) to Cooper County, Missouri. |
| 1877 Map of Cooper County, Missouri |
William is listed with the very earliest settlers in Clark's Fork, Cooper County, the first settler arriving in 1813. Early Pioneers of Cooper County by Mrs. Ray Carter Lamonte.
4 Feb 1821: Emanuel gets married in Cooper County.
15 Mar 1821: Robert has a son (John Thurston) in Cooper County
17 Dec 1821: Polly gets married in Cooper County.
early 1830's: Mary gets married in Cooper County.
There's also this: "some of the other old [Clark's Fork] citizens were…. Samuel, Robert and William Drinkwater" History of Cooper County.
I saddled up and away I did ride
SAMUEL? Who's that? Is sweet Daddy Drinkwater's name "Samuel," or is this perhaps a cousin or another brother?
Note: There's another Samuel Drinkwater (a brickmaker) in the following generation, but it is unlikely that he would be included in the Clark's Fork threesome mentioned above, especially not in the primary position (more likely the eldest or most prominent of the three).
I'm sure I don't know. Here's a nice map of Clark's Fork, though: 1877. No Drinkwaters that I can see, but the map is 50 years later than our story above.
Note: There's another Samuel Drinkwater (a brickmaker) in the following generation, but it is unlikely that he would be included in the Clark's Fork threesome mentioned above, especially not in the primary position (more likely the eldest or most prominent of the three).
I'm sure I don't know. Here's a nice map of Clark's Fork, though: 1877. No Drinkwaters that I can see, but the map is 50 years later than our story above.
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| 1877 map of Clark's Fork |
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