Rachell (Ladd) Liptrot (1666 - abt. 1730)

Born 1666 in Charles City County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Edmond Liptrot — married 1696 in Henrico, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died about 1730 at about age 64 in Henrico, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Rachell Ladd was born in 1670 in Hanover, Virginia, the child of John Ladd and Bethsheba Lovett. She married Edmond Liptrot in 1696 in Henrico County, Virginia. They had one child during their marriage. She died in 1730 in Henrico County, Virginia, at the age of 60.

Sources

• The Descendants of John Ladd of Henrico County, Virginia

• Henrico Order Book: (as best I can read it); film 5, page 196 In a Court held at Varina for the County of Henrico this First day of October, 1685 . . . Rachell Lead (one of the orphans of John Ladd, deceased) late under the tuition of John Pleasants with the consent of the said Pleasants, ordered to be bound to Philemon Childers according to law and the said Childers giving surety as the law enjoins.

Notes

• Note: a Philemon Childers was the uncle to her brother Amos' wife, Mary.

• On Jan 10, 1716, Edmond Lipstrott, Rachell Lipstrott and Joseph Pleasants witnessed the will of Phillemon Childers, Sr. in Henrico Co.

• On Nov. 15, 1734 in the will of Thomas Childers, in property description mentions Amos Lipstrock. (Note: I believe he is the son of Rachell and Edmund Liptrot).

• Note: Rachell Liptrot on Nov. 9, 1724 witnessed the will of Richard Dennis of CCC (Reel 11, p. 14), but is not mentioned in her husband's will in 1735/6.

Research Notes

The majority of Virginia Ladd's trace their family back to the John Ladd who arrived in Virginia in about 1650. This tentative date is based on John Diltye of Charles City Co. being granted a headright in Oct. 1653 for paying Ladd's passage over. It generally took 2-3 years to apply for the land, have the land surveyed, records checked and have the government approve it so 1650 seems a good approximation. Both John's arrival date, birth date and marriage dates are tentative and based on circumstantial evidence as there is an almost complete absence of primary records. What few land records exist indicate that John was in Lower Norfolk Co., Va. during the 1660s and probably until his first wife died in about 1674. He purchased land in Henrico Co. in 1667 (on the north side of "Four Mile Creek") but does not seem to have lived there before his second marriage. The will of Lancaster Lovett in 1673 names his daughter, Bethsheba, as the wife of John Ladd and John Ladd's will in 1680 names his second wife as Mary.

• History Note: Charles I of England was beheaded on January 30, 1649.

• John Ladd; b: in England about 1630; d: about August, 1680 in Henrico County, Va.

• Married first in about 1660: Bethsheba Lovett b: About 1635 in England; d: About 1674 in Virginia (daughter of Lancaster and Bethsheba Lovett), Married second in about 1676, Mary Perkins ; b: Abt. 1650 in England;

• History Note: Nathaniel Bacon died on October 26, 1676 ending the Bacon Rebellion which was centered in New Kent County. On September 19, 1676 he had ordered the burning of Jamestown, the Capital of Virginia.

• (Note: It is commonly accepted that John's four older children were by Bethsheba and only the youngest, William, was by Mary. However, no specific records seem to exist.)

• (Note: The Robert Ladd occasionally listed as John's child seems to have been caused by an error in the Hinshaw Quaker records and he was actually Robert Crew. I have also seen the Huldah Ladd who married Peter Wyke listed as John's daughter but I haven't been able to find anything connecting her.)

• Posted on Ladd List by Jim Christian and Charles Ladd: Bethsheba was the daughter of Lancaster Lovett by his first wife, also named Bethsheba, not by his second wife Ann. Since Lancaster was first recorded in Lower Norfolk in 1638 and we are not sure of Bethsheba's birth date it is possible she was born in Virginia.

• "A Collection of Memorials Concerning the People called Quakers" in a brief chapter on William I, noted he was the son of John & Mary Ladd, both born in England.

• John Ladd's Last Will And Testament, Dated June 10, 1679 lists his wife, Mary, her unborn child (William) and Elizabeth, Rachell, Mary and Amos. He left his land mostly to Amos but with part of it to the unborn child if it should be a boy. His personal property seems basically limited to housekeeping, farming and livestock items. 125 acres to Amos, 25 to Elizabeth for life, his plantation he lives on to wife but to go to unborn child if a boy. He names Mary as executrix.

• "Descendants of Nicholas Perkins" by W.K. Hall; p. 8, Whereas John Lead late of this County of Henrico. . . made a will. . . but all the witnesses thereto being Quakers. . . refused to prove the said . . by oath and Mary . . . likewise refusing compliance with all the legal proceedings. . the Justices . . . give & grant unto Capt. Wm. Randolph administration.

• From Henrico Co. Order Book: (very hard to read)

• Mary Ladd, Widow, aged 30 years or thereabouts. Certifies that the now wife of John Smith inhabitant in Charles City County . . . is to the deponent's certain knowledge . . . Wm. Daff . . . County of Rutland. . . sister on the mother's side to L. . . Howbert . . .10th day of January, 1680 (This is 1681 in present dating).

• (Note: John seems to have spent his childhood in England, his young adulthood and first marriage in Lower Norfolk Co. and his time after his first wife's death in Henrico Co.)

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Reba Family Tree_2011-03-12.ged on 13 March 2011.

• Thank you to Mary Ann Gaylor for creating WikiTree profile Ladd-528 through the import of Gaylor Family Tree.ged on Jan 29, 2013.