Captain Alexander Adams (1780–1871) was a Scotsman who served in the British Royal Navy and then came to the Hawaiian islands and served in the navy of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He claimed to have originated the Flag of Hawaii.
Adams was born December 27, 1780 in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. He said his father was John Fyfe, whom he said was the "Earl of Fyfe", born in Abroath c. 1754. His mother was Jean Adams, born in Abroath c. 1758.
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Captain Alexander Adams (1780–1871) was a Scotsman who served in the British Royal Navy and then came to the Hawaiian islands and served in the navy of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He claimed to have originated the Flag of Hawaii.
Adams was born December 27, 1780 in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. He said his father was John Fyfe, whom he said was the "Earl of Fyfe", born in Abroath c. 1754. His mother was Jean Adams, born in Abroath c. 1758.
Leaving Scotland in 1792, he worked 4 years aboard the Zephyr belonging to Husson & Co. out of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. In 1896, he left the Zephyr, and joined Calcutta out of Lancaster for 2 trips. He was drafted into Naval service aboard HMS Elizabeth after the Battle of Trafalgar in the Napoleonic Wars.
He arrived in Hawaii some time between 1809 and 1811 on the American trading ship the Albatross from Boston. He met King Kamehameha I and joined English sailor John Young, who had arrived in 1790, to command the navy of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was...
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