Henry LADD

Henry married Abigail SILEY on 08 Sep 1740 in Coventry, Tolland Co., Conn.. Abigail was born in 1720 in Coventry, Tolland, Conn.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jerusha LADD was born on 20 Jun 1741 in Coventry, Tolland Co., Conn.; died on 08 Oct 1741 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.
2. Dr. Henry LADD was born on 25 Jan 1742 in Coventry, Tolland Co., Connecticut; died on 09 Aug 1775 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.
3. Nathaniel LADD was born on 07 Jan 1749 in Coventry, Tolland Co., Connecticut; died on 12 Jan 1832.
4. Abigail LADD was born on 05 Oct 1752 in Coventry, Tolland Co., Connecticut; died on 22 Mar 1768 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.
5. Amasa LADD was born on 18 Oct 1762 in Coventry, Tolland, Conn..

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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]