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1. Nathaniel S. Ladd
Nathaniel moved from Andover NH to Worcester VT sometime between 1828 and 1840.
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2. Edward Ladd 2nd and Hannah Shaw
Edward Ladd was an early settler of Andover NH. After clearing the original forest, he built a house more pretentious
than any other building in town, having a roof covered with sawed boards which he hauled on a hand sled, three at a load from
a sawmill in Salisbury.
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3. Edward Ladd and Catherine Thing
They were first cousins once removed and second cousins once removed.
4. Nathaniel Ladd and Catherine Gilman
They were 2nd cousins. Nathaniel Ladd built the brick Ladd-Gilman House on Governor's Lane in Exeter, NH, now the American
Independence Museum. One of the Ladd occupants, Simeon, was a jailer, which probably explains the upstairs room with narrow
windows and an iron ring embedded in the baseboard. The house became the NH State Treasury when Nathaniel's cousin Nicholas
Gilman bought it.
5. Nathaniel Ladd and Elizabeth Gilman
Elizabeth was the daughter of "the Honourable" John Gilman, a very important man in his day, and by marrying her, Nathaniel
became important as well.
He played a minor part -- the trumpet -- in a rebellion against "The Notorious" Governor Cranfield. Nathaniel was arrested
for treason but never tried. The leader, Edward Gove, was sent to England and held in the Tower of London for three years.
Nathaniel served in the Indian wars of the time, and was killed in one of the battles, for which he merited a marble
monument in the Exeter cemetery. His son-in-law Jacob Gilman was taken captive in one of the skirmishes and sold as a prisoner
of war to the French in Canada. He regained his freedom by helping to build a sawmill there, though it is said the French
could never make it run.
6. Daniel Ladd and Ann
Daniel Ladd likely came from Deal, in Kent before emigrating to New England in 1634 on the ship "Mary and John." Apparently,
he came to America because he didn't get along well with his older brother who had recently inherited their father's farm.
The older brother financed the trip, which removed the obligation to provide for his younger brother ever again. He was one
of the founders of Haverhill, Mass.
7. Nathaniel Ladd
Daniel's father was a farmer and operated a fishing boat out of Deal, but any historian of Kent will tell you that
"fishing boat out of Deal" means "smuggler," with one of the key items in the 17th century being French-processed smoking
tobacco. It has been suggested that the relatives of a young man working on a fishing boat in Deal certainly might consider
voyaging to Virginia to grow tobacco, perhaps even before Daniel left for New England.
8. Nathaniels' parentage is not known, though there are Ladds in Kent and Sussex as early as 1424. It appears that
the earliest Ladds were from Denmark in the ninth century A.D. (i.e. Vikings).
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