Person:Jopseph Ladd (1)

Origins

Warren Ladd in Ladd Family, suggests that Joseph is the brother to Daniel of Haverhill. Ladd proposes that Joseph had an acquaintance with John Anthony and upon arriving, Joseph lived with John Anthony in Rhode Island, rather than his brother in Massachusetts.

Land Transactions

On 11 January 1658, Joseph Ladd of Portsmouth purchased land from William Baker of Portsmouth "in consideration of Full Satisfaction in hand." The land was 10 acres of land with a small dwelling house in Portsmouth that was given by the town to Robert Bellow and sold by Robert Bellow to William Backer. The parcel was bounded on the north by the highway on the south, by the Common land and brook on the west, and by the Common on the north and east. William Backer signed the deed, and the witnesses were John Sanford Sr, Richard Pearce and Samuel Sanford ^[5]

Probate

Joseph Ladd of Portsmouth died testate, having written a will dated 12 April 1669, which was proved 24 July 1583. The will mentions wife Joanna; Sons Joseph, William and Daniel; two youngest daughters Mary and Sarah. The overseers appointed were William Wodell and William Hall.^[2]

1.   Wright, William E. Ancestors and descendants of William Browning Greene and Mary Hoxsie Lewis: with allied families. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Gateway Press, c1993)
   p 365, 1993.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 "Portsmouth, Rhode Island Records, 1638-1700," page 209, abstracted by Nellie M.C. Beaman, "Abstracts of Portsmouth, Rhode Island Wills," in Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Volume 3, Number 1, July 1980.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Joseph Ladd, in 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. (1890)
   p 287.

   April the 12th, 1669. The last Will and Testament.

4. ↑ In this will Joseph names: wife Joanna, son Joseph, son William, son Daniel, two daughters Mary and Sara. Wife Joanna exectrx, and "my well Beloved Friends, William Wodel and William Hall as Overseers.
5. ↑ "The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth (RI)," published by the Rhode Island Historical Society, E.L. Freeman & Sons, Providence RI, 1901, page 359, transcript of original records, on FHL Microfilm 0,945,382, Item 3.