Samuel Bayard

For the American folklorist and musicologist, see Samuel Preston Bayard.
Monument to Samuel Bayard of the King's Orange Rangers, Middleton Park, Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Vetch Bayard (born 1757, New York – d. 28 May 1832 Wilmot, Nova Scotia) was a Loyalist military officer in the American Revolution who served in the King's Orange Rangers (KOR).[1] He is the son of William Bayard who founded the KOR.[2] He was the great-grandson of Governor Samuel Vetch and was the father of Robert Bayard.[3][4]

  1. ^ Obituary published in Acadian Recorder – Saturday, 09 June 1832 – Page 3:
  2. ^ "Biographical Sketches of Loyalist Ancestors, Project of the Hfx. - Dart. Br. of the UELAC, 1983"
  3. ^ "The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land". Salem, Mass., The Salem press company. 1910.
  4. ^ Robert Bayard - Canadian Biography Online