Person:Nathaniel Ladd (1)

In his book John C. Ladd makes no mention of the name of Daniel and Joseph's father. He does state that "In the summer of 1632 his [referring to Daniel] father was lost in an accident at sea and his oldest brother became head of the family as prescribed by English Common Law." He also states: "Daniel had several brothers, all of whom were older, but only have the name of one, Joseph, who was one year older."

This senior Ladd was a farmer and also operated a fishing boat out of Deal.

1.   Clarence A. Torrey. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (NEHGS).

   SMITH, Nathaniel & Elizabeth LADD; 14 May 1663; Haverhill {Blake-Glidden 152; Brownell Anc. 127; Essex Ant. 4:140; Ladd 11; Sv. 4:127}
   Blake-Glidden Sumner, Edith (Bartlett), Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake and Clarissa Matilda Glidden with Ninety Allied Families (Los Angeles, 1948)
   Brownell Anc. Rogers, Lowell Lincoln, The Ancestors and Descendants of Verans Brownell, Itinerant Methodist Preacher ([Webster, N.Y.: The Anco Art Press, 1931])
   Essex Ant. The Essex Antiquarian (13 vols.) (n.p., 1897-1909)
   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. (New Bedford, Mass.: Edmund Anthony & Sons, 1890)
   Ladd (1953) Ladd, Samuel Appleton Jr., The Ladd Family. . . .(Brunswick, Me., [1953], typescript)

2. ↑ Lost at sea