Phineas LADD

Phineas married Hulda CURTISS on 31 Mar 1808 in First Church of Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut. Hulda was born about 1745 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phineas married Anna GROVER on 07 Dec 1797 in First Church of Coventry, Tolland Co., Conn. Anna was born about 1778; died on 10 Nov 1807 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Son LADD was born about Jun 1803 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA; died on 10 Dec 1804 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.

Timothy married Esther PARKER on 17 Jun 1734 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut. Esther was born on 28 May 1716 in Tolland, Tolland Co., Connecticut; died on 7 Nov 1760 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut; was buried in South Yard Cemetery, Tolland, Tolland Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Samuel Parker and Mary Carder

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• Death: 11 Jun 1757, Coventry, Tolland Co., Conn.

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Nathaniel removed to Norwich "West Farms," now Franklin, Conn., and from there to Coventry, Conn., where he died. At Franklin he was of considerable prominence in civil and ecclesiastical affairs, having served as selectman in 1721, and having been chosen to important offices in the society.

Nathaniel married Abigail BODWELL. Abigail (daughter of Henry BODWELL and Bethia EMERY) was born on 15 Nov 1686 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 07 Aug 1778 in Coventry, Tolland, Conn.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 07 Aug 1798, Coventry, Tolland Co., Conn.

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Samuel, of Haverhill, lived in the West Parish, and his house stood on the spot where the West Parish Church now (1889) stands. Chase, in his History of Haverhill, says: "February 22, 1698, this Samuel Ladd, with his son Daniel, and Jonathan Haynes, with his son Joseph, who lived in the western part of the town, had started that morning with their teams, consisting of a yoke of oxen and a horse each, to bring home some hay which had been cut and stacked the preceding summer in their meadow in the extreme western part of the town. While they were slowly returning, little dreaming of present danger, they suddenly found themselves between two files of Indians, who had concealed themselves in the bushes on each side of their path. There were 7 of them on each side, with guns, presented and cocked, and the fathers seeing that it was impossible to escape begged for 'quarter.' To this the Indians replied' boon quarter, boon quarter.' (good quarter.) Young Ladd, who did not relish the idea of being quietly taken prisoner, told his father that he would mount the horse and endeavor to escape. But the old man forbade him to make the attempt, telling him it was better to risk remaining a prisoner. He cut his father's horse loose, however, and giving him the lash the horse started off at full speed, and though repeatedly fired at by the Indians, succeeded in reaching home, and was the mans of giving an immediate and general alarm. Two of the Indians then stepped behind the fathers and dealt them a heavy blow upon the head. Mr Haynes, who was quite aged, instantly fell, but Ladd did not. Another of the savages then stepped before the latter and raised his hatchet as if to strike. Ladd closed his eyes, expecting the blow would fall, but it came not, and when he again opened his eyes he saw the Indian stepped behind him and felled him at a blow. The Indians, on being asked why they killed the old men, said they killed Haynes because 'he was so old he no go with us,' meaning that he was too aged and infirm to travel; and that they killed Ladd, who was a fierce, stern looking man, because, 'he so sour.' They started for Penacook, where they arrived with the 2 boys."

Samuel married Martha CORLISS on 01 Dec 1674 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of George CORLISS and Joanna DAVIS) was born on 02 Jan 1652 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in 1697 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry was pressed from Newbury, August 1676, to go against the Indian enemy. He was one of the survivors of the battle of Bloody Brook; had his left arm broken by musket ball; being a man of great strength and courage, he seized his gun in his right hand and, swinging it around his head, forced his way through the Indians by whom he was surrounded.

Henry married Bethia EMERY on 04 May 1681 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Bethia (daughter of John EMERY and Mary WEBSTER) was born on 15 Oct 1658 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died in UNKNOWN in Prob. Methuen, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]