Display Patriot - P-101590

Samuel ADAMS

SAR Patriot #: P-101590

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State of Service: CT Qualifying Service: Corporal

DAR #: A000569

Birth: 16 May 1753 Canterbury / Windham / CT
Death: 23 Nov 1827 Williamstown / Orange / VT

Qualifying Service Description:

One of George Washington's Life Guard

Also served under Captains Grosvenor, Bull; Colonels Sheldon, Durkee

Additional References:

Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution pg 277, with roll pages, pension pg and letter showing Samuel Adams in Williamstown, Orange County, VT as pensioner

Rev War Graves of Orange County, Vermont, by Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. 1997

Rev War Pension *S-38483

DAR 580761

SAR 027388

Spouse: Betsey Litchfield
Children: Samuel Jr; Luther; John; Parker; Mary Polly; Elijah;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
2011-07-01	NJ	42879	William E. Olver III (180055)	Luther
2020-01-17	VT	90102	Adam Robert Boyce (214346)	John

Burial:

West Hill Cemetery_(C-0064958)

Location:

Williamstown / Orange / VT / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

104320

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Grave GPS Coordinates:

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Find A Grave Memorial #:

113071839

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Author: Adam R. Boyce

Samuel Adams was born at Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, 16 May 1753, a son of Captain John Adams and Abigail (Cleveland) Brown.

He married Betsey Litchfield, 11 May 1777, at Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut. She was born at Canterbury, 15 March 1755.

From 1777-1783, he was a Connecticut soldier in Colonel Sheldon’s Light Dragoons. At the time of his enlistment, he was a carpenter by occupation.

After the war, he settled with his family at Putney, Windham County, Vermont, about 1785. By 1803, he and his family had relocated further north to Williamstown, Orange County, Vermont. He and his older sons each bought adjoining farms, along what are present-day Rood Pond Road and Pleasant Street.

Although he received a pension for his Revolutionary War service, Samuel Adams was “stricken off” in 1820 due to the amount of land he owned.

He died at Williamstown, Orange County, Vermont, 23 November 1827, and is buried at the West Hill Cemetery.

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