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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Re: Captain Samuel Adams
In Response To: Captain Samuel Adams ()

Sun (newspaper) 30 8 1833 d. shaws brow age 56 capt adams cavan militia
in 1841 at Prospect Hill are Mary Ford wdw of Saml (born england) + 5 children baptised in Douglas

Sounds like one of the many half pay (or retired) service personnel who moved to Island post Napoleonic war to save money.