Nathaniel Ladd Sr. (1722 - 1790)

Born 17 Jun 1722 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Clifford) Ladd — married 12 Aug 1741 in Kingston, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 1790 at about age 67 in Mount Vernon, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Nathaniel Ladd Sr. was living in the District of Maine in 1790.

Biography

Nathaniel Ladd (aka Lad) was born on June 17, 1722 in Kingston, New Hampshire. He was the son of John and Elizabeth (Samborne aka Sanborn) Ladd.

Nathaniel married Sarah Clifford (aka Cliford) on August 12, 1741. Nathaniel and Sarah had 8 children all born in Kingston, New Hampshire. Their children included: Jeremiah b. October 3, 1742; Nathaniel II b. September 28, 1744; Love b. September 27, 1746; Isaac b. June 2, 1749; John b. September 26, 1751; Benjamin b. September 25, 1753; Elizabeth b. January 6, 1756; and Sarah b. December 13, 1757.

In 1776, per the "Early Census" record, Nathaniel Sr. and Sarah may have been living in Epping, New Hampshire before removing to Alexandria, New Hampshire. Their eldest son Jeremiah was the first of The Ladd family to appear in Alexandria as signee on a Petition of Alexandria with son Nathaniel Jr. to follow in December 1775. By June 28, 1776, son John had joined his two brothers in Alexandria. On that date, a Petition for 18 guns and ammunition to equip 36 men against the French and Indians was signed by all three of Nathaniel Sr.'s sons Nathaniel Jr., Jeremiah, and John.

It wasn't until late spring 1782 when Nathaniel Sr. and wife Sarah joined their sons to reside in Alexandria. In "Early Town Papers" of Alexandria, which are dated June 10, 1782, Nathaniel Lad Senr. and sons Nathaniel Jr. and Jeremiah had signed a petition to incorporate the town of Alexandria. Then after five years, on September 3, 1787, the Ladd family again are signees of Alexandria's "Early Town Papers." Therein, Nathaniel Jr., Jeremiah, and Isaac among several others, all signed a petition to divide the two towns of Alexandria and Chester into 4 or 5 separate parishes. Though son Isaac had removed to Alexandria to join parents and brothers Nathaniel Jr. and Jeremiah, sometime between 1776 and 1782, son John had removed from Alexandria and relocated to Washington Plantation (now Mount Vernon), Province of Maine probably as a result of a Revolutionary War Land Grant. After 1782 but before 1790, Nathaniel Sr. and Sarah had joined son John in Washington Plantation. After September 1787, Nathaniel Jr. and family also joined brother John and parents in Washington Plantation.

As documented in and inferred by the U.S. Census record for Washington Plantation, Nathaniel Sr. and Sarah along with sons John and Nathaniel Jr. and their families had removed to Washington Plantation (now Mount Vernon), Lincoln County (now Kennebec County), Province of Maine (now State of Maine). The 1790 household of Nathaniel Ladd, assumed to be Nathaniel Jr., included 12 members: 2 males over 16, 3 males under 16, and 7 females. This household enumeration exactly matches Nathaniel Jr's family of 12, with one more child from his 1st wife born thereafter (1792). Brother John appears as neighbor to Nathaniel Jr. and head of household in the 1790 Census record in Washington Plantation with his household of 9. Their parents, Nathaniel Sr. and Sarah, are likely members of son John's household, since reportedly both Nathaniel Sr. and wife Sarah passed away as did also son John in Washington Plantation (Mount Vernon) in or just after 1790--probably from contagious and fatal illness. Josses (aka Joses) Ladd also of Washington Plantation, 2nd cousin to Nathaniel Ladd Sr., subject of this profile, appears as head of household of 5 in the 1790 Census.

NOTE: Parts of Washington Plantation were incorporated in 1792 as Mount Vernon and in 1796 other parts as Belgrade. Then, subsequently parts of Mount Vernon, originally incorporated in 1792, were set off and included in the town of Readfield.

Sources

• New Hampshire, Birth Index, 1659-1900. Original data: “New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire. [Repository: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Birth Index, 1659-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations. Inc., 2013. (birth record #1, names parents including mother's birth name)
• New Hampshire, Birth and Christenings Index, 1714-1904, FHL Film Number 1001013 & FHL Film Number 908586. Original data: "New Hampshire Birth Records, early to 1900." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009. New Hampshire Registrar of Vital Statistics. "Index to births, early to 1900." New Hampshire Registrar of Vital Statistics, Concord, New Hampshire. [Repository: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.] (birth record #2)
• New Hampshire, Marriage Index, 1637-1947. FHL Film Number: 1001276. Original Data: "New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord. [Repository: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.] (marriage record)
• NH Early Census Index, 1776. Original Data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Hampshire Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. [Repository: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.]
• Hammond, Isaac Weare (compiler and editor). Town Papers, Documents Relating to Towns in New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Published by Authority of the Legislature of New Hampshire, Volume XI, Printed by Parsons B. Cogswell State Printer, 1882: pp. 11, 12, 15, and 18.
• 1790 U.S. Federal Census, Maine, Lincoln, Washington Plantation. 1790 Federal Census, National Archives and Records Administration microfilm, M637, 12 rolls.
• Ladd, Warren, The Ladd family. A genealogical and biographical memoir of the descendants of Daniel Ladd, of Haverhill, Mass., Joseph Ladd, of Portsmouth, R.I., John Ladd, of Burlington, N.J., John Ladd, of Charles City Co., Va., published 1890. Reference page 30
• Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and Other Select Burial Locations, 1300-Current; Memorial ID 203583293; Accessed by Rosa Lane on October 4, 2020; Created on October 5, 2019 by J. Ladd and maintained by same, contributor 47923616: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203583293/nathaniel-ladd

Acknowledgments

• Ladd-830 was created by Shelley Burleyson through the import of Burleyson Family Tree.ged on Aug 10, 2014.