Samuel
Adams
Born in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of John Adams
and Abigail (Cleveland) Adams
Brother of
Benjamin Brown [half], John Cleveland [half], Lois Adams, John Adams [half], Mary (Adams) Parker, John Adams III, Lydia (Adams) Wheeler, Cornelius Adams, Ebenezer Adams, Abigail (Adams) Cleveland and Ruth (Adams) Parker
Husband of
Betsey (Litchfield) Adams
— married
11 May 1777 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
Father of
Samuel Adams II, Elisha Adams, Elijah Adams, Luther Adams, Betsey Adams, Elizabeth Adams, Polly Adams, John Adams, Abigail (Adams) Franklin, Luther Adams, Parker Adams, Polly (Adams) Reed and Louisa (Adams) Gellson
Died
at age 74
in Williamstown, Orange, Vermont, United States
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Biography
Birth
- Samuel Adams was born at Canterbury, Connecticut, on 16 Mar 1753, the son of John Adams and Abigail (Cleveland) Adams.[1]
Marriage
- Samuel Adams married Betsy Litchfield at Canterbury, Massachusetts, on 11 May 1777,[2][3]
Military Service
- Military Date: 2 Nov 1780
- Military Place: Connecticut, USA
- State or Army Served: Connecticut
- Regiment: 4th Regiment
- Rank: Private
Death and Burial
- Samuel Adams died at Williamstown, Vermont, on 23 Nov 1827, with his age reported as 74, and he is buried at the West Hill Cemetery in Williamstown.[4][5][6]
Sources
- ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, AmericanAncestors.org from original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928; Canterbury, 10
- ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, AmericanAncestors.org from original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928; Canterbury, 10, which reports the last digit in the year as unreadable and shows the bride's last name as "Littlefield"
- ↑ Cleveland, Edmund James, and Horace Gillette Cleveland, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000388520;view=1up;seq=365 The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families (Hartford, Conn., 1899, 347
- ↑ Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, FamilySearch, 004542934 > image 3129 of 3652
- ↑ Photo of gravestone of Samuel Adams (Find A Grave: Memorial #113071839)
- ↑ Adams, Andrew N., A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants, also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897 (Rutland, Vt., 1898), 318
See also:
- Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.
- Year: 1810; Census Place: Williamstown, Orange, Vermont; Roll: 64; Page: 398; Image: 00711; Family History Library Film: 0218668
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Robin Lee
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Adams-34598 and Adams-23382 appear to represent the same person because: same father (merge proposed) , sane dates
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Rejected matches › Samuel Adams (1754-1828)
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