Samuel Adams (Loyalist)

Samuel Adams
A woodcut of the 1774 public humiliation of Dr. Samuel Adams, the British Loyalist and American Revolutionary War military leader of Adams' Rangers. Adams was tied to a chair and hung from the sign of the Catamount Tavern in Arlington, New Hampshire Grants, in present-day Vermont, for falling out of favor with his enemies, the Green Mountain Boys, over land dealings in early Vermont
Born1730 (1730)
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, British North America, British Empire, present-day Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
DiedJanuary 1810 (aged 79–80)
Edwardsburgh, Upper Canada, British North America, present-day Edwardsburgh, Ontario, Canada
Other namesDr. Samuel Adams
Occupation(s)Physician, surgeon, farmer, land owner, soldier
Years active1777–1783
Children4 sons; Gideon Adams
Military career
AllegianceGreat Britain
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1776-1777
RankCaptain
CommandsAdams' Rangers
Battles / warsAmerican Revolutionary War

Dr. Samuel Adams (1730 – January, 1810) was a physician, surgeon, farmer, land owner, and loyalist soldier, from Arlington, Vermont.