Mary LADD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Haverhill, Execter and Stratham, New Hampshire

Ezekiel married Mary FOLSOM on 30 Nov 1687 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Samuel FOLSOM and Mary ROBEY) was born on 27 Sep 1664 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died on 03 Jul 1741 in Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1639, Salisbury, Mass.
• Residence: Bef 1646, Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts
• Will Proved: 09 Jan 1694/5

Notes:

A descendant of the emigrant Daniel Ladd writes:
"Horace Walpole, when speaking of the times of Charles the 2nd, said, 'that there were no Englishmen then left in England for that all men worthy the name had gone to American; and though this is the language of hyperbole, there was enough of truth in it to give it point; and Lord Brougham said that New England was founded by men of whom Old England was not worthy It has been wisely as well as beautifully said that 'God sifted a whole nation that He might send choice grain over into this wilderness Of this grain was 'that Daniel Ladd from whom we are descended. He came here in the prime of his youth, and for sixty years thereafter labored, trusting God and fearing nothing,---neither labor, nor cold, nor privation, nor savage enemies, so that he might help to build up, on these rough shores, a better England than he had left behind. And wisely his work, and the work of those who were like him, do follow them. "That Daniel Ladd was accounted a man of good social position, when that was a matter of no small consequence, though all were practically nearly on the same level in point of fortune, we have every reason to believe. He held at one time the rank of "Lieutenant,' and his son Nataniel, who came to Exeter, married there the daughter of Hon. John Gilman, one of the Council for the Government of Province, Speaker of the House of Assembly in 1697, and the leading man, both for wealth and influence, in the Province out of Portsmouth, and the founder of a family which, down to this day, has been one of the most distinguished in the Province and State. Other marriages, in this and the next generation, bear witness to the respectability and social consideration of the Ladd family."
By: Rev. Mr. Stoughton, in his Election Sermon, Memorial History of Boston, Vol., 1, pg 148.
Daniel, the emigrant settler, came with wife Ann from Wiltshire, England,; according to one authority in the ship "Mary and John," of London, March 24, 1633-1634, Robert Sayres, master. His name appears next in Ipswich records in 1637, when he was granted 6 acres of land by the town, upon which he built a dwelling house, which 7 years later, in 1644, he sold to Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich, who afterwards removed to Rowley, an adjoining town, and then to Haverhill. In 1639 Daniel had removed to Salisbury, Mass., on the North side of the Merrimac River. At this time Salisbury, which at first was called Colchester, was one of the towns of the ancient county of Norfolk, which also included Hampton and Exeter, all towns on the north side of the Merrimac River. Haverhill at this time (1639) was not organized. Ladd took a party with 50 other men in the affairs of Salisbury, By the record of the birth of 3 of his children, it appears that he was residing in Salisbury in 1644, and by the record of his fourth child; he was in Haverhill in 1646, and here he continued to reside until his death.

Name:
Daniel Ladd took the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance to pass to New England in the Mary and John of London, Robert Sayres, master, 24th of March, 1633/4.

The first record we find of Daniel Ladd, after his arrival in New England, was at Ipswich, where "the 5th of February, 1637, there was granted Daniel Ladd six acres of land." On this land he built a dwelling-house, which eleven years later he sold to Henry Kingsbury....

Daniel married Ann ? in 1639/40 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Ann died on 10 Feb 1694 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 09 Feb 1694, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 03 Oct 1641, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
• Death: Between 17 Feb 1671 and 1672

Notes:

"Folsom Genealogy": Samuel Folsom, bapt, in Hingham, Mass. 3 Oct. 1641; deposed 17 Feb. 1671/2, aged 32, thus b. about 1639/1640, and doubtless the eldest child of John Folsom, for his name stands first on the record; the office of administrator on his father's estate was given him, in accordance with the custom which was to offer it to the widow or eldest son before any others of the family. He d. before 27 Feb. 1701/2, when his widow and eldest son renounce administration on his estate. he m. in Hampton, NH "22nd 10 mo 1664" (Hampton Rec.) Mary Robis (Dau. of Judge Henry) of Hampton.
He was styled a "husbandman" and dealt some in lumber but engaged less in public affairs than his father and some of his younger brothers...
In January 1692 Samuel was appointed administrator upon the estate of "John and Mary Folsom both deceased." In the performance of this business he provoked his brother, Dea. John, who in his passion, by violent language, exposed himself to prosecution for a violation of the law; but after some deliberation the trouble was amicably settled..
Samuel Folsom died intestate: "Mary Folsom of Exeter widow of Samuel Folsom, and Ebenezer Folsom, oldest son, renounce administration on the estate, Feb. 27, 1701/2, and request that a younger son Samuel Folsom, may be appointed; witnesses, Moses Leavitt, Jr. and Dorothy Leavitt.
Administration on the estate of Samuel Folsom of Exeter, yeoman, granted to his son, Samuel Folsom of Exeter, yeoman, Feb 28, 1701/2.
Inventory May 27, 1702' amount L36:16:6; signed by Benjamin Jones and Charles Rundlett, Jr. (New Hampshire Wills, Vol. 1, p. 493)
Samuel Folsom's estate on May 27, 1702 showed only L36:16:6; and the following July the widow Mary was in prison for debt.

PETITION OF MARY FOLSOM, WIDOW OF SAMUEL

At a council and General Assembly held at Portsmouth, July 20, 1702, a petition from Mary Foulsham was read at the Board relating to her being released out of Prison being in for Debt, and a very poor woman as upon file. In answer to which petition his Excellency and Council doth order that the Secretary write to the Creditor or his attorney, who keeps the petitioner in gaol, that if they do not take care, to find out the petitioner's estate whereby he may satisfy his Debt by laying his execution thereupon in twenty days time at farthest, that then the said Creditor shall allow said Petitioner 2s 6d per week, or otherwise the petitioner to be discharged. (Miscellanous Provincial Papers)

Samuel married Mary ROBEY on 22 Dec 1663. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]