Captain Samuel Hadlock, Jr.
b. 1792
d. 1830
Background
Capt. Samuel Hadlock, Jr. figures large in Cranberry Isles history. He was a showman forerunner of Buffalo Bill Cody and P.T. Barnum -- and a Great Cranberry Island favorite son.Capt. Hadlock's fascinating life is chronicled in Rachel Field's book God's Pocket, first published in 1934. Reprints are available.
Capt. Hadlock's house on Great Cranberry still stands; it is one of the finest on the island. In spring the lilacs planted in the front dooryard make a spectacular display.
Portrait painted in Hamburg by Heinrich Gottfried Krug, 1824
original portrait
portrait courtesy of Constance Aygun
Silhouette cut in London, 1824. Original in Islesford Hist. Museum
art courtesy of
Janet Roberts
Hadlock's house, 2000
photo courtesy Bruce Komusin
"Hanna Caroline" (Russ) Hadlock
"The Prussian Lady"
b. ?
d. ?
She was the wife of Capt. Samuel Hadlock, Jr.
photo courtesy of Charles Liebow, who says identity as "Prussian Lady" is questionable
