Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809

Henry Drinker, a prominent Quaker merchant in Philadelphia, was the son of Henry and Mary Gottier Drinker. He married Ann Swett in 1754 and then, after her death, married Elizabeth Sandwith in 1761. Drinker is perhaps best known for his exile with other Quaker pacifists to Winchester, Virginia, during 1777-1778. He was a Clerk of the Meeting for Sufferings, Treasurer of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and an Elder.

Quaker merchant of Philadelphia.

Henry Drinker was a merchant, land developer, and ironmaster of Philadelphia. He was a member of the Society of Friends.

Henry Drinker, son of Henry and Mary (Gottier) Drinker, m. 1761 Elizabeth Sandwith, dau. of Wm. and Sarah (Jervis) Sandwith. Partner in James and Drinker, Phila. shipping firm; ironmaster; land developer. Clerk, Phila. Monthly Meeting. Sept. 1777 refusal to formerly declare loyalty to new government led to arrest and forced exile to Winchester, Va.; returned April 1778.

Henry Drinker, a prominent Quaker merchant of Philadelphia, was the son of Henry and Mary Gottier Drinker. He married first in 1757 Ann Swett, and after Ann's death, Elizabeth Sandwith in 1761. Drinker was Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Meeting for Sufferings, Treasurer of the Yearly Meeting, and Elder. He is perhaps best known for his exile with other Quaker pacifists to Winchester, Virginia in 1777-78.

Henry Drinker was a Philadelphia merchant and Quaker. Drinker was the partner of Abel James in the firm of James and Drinker which traded extensively with London, Dublin, and other American cities. The partnership appears to have dissolved in 1786 although both partners remained involved in the operation of the Atsion Iron Works and the Union Saw Mill in New Jersey, and speculated jointly and separately in lands in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.

Henry Drinker was a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.