Daniel Ladd Genealogy

DANIEL³ LADD (Samuel², Daniel¹) born Nov. 19, 1676, married Nov. 17, 1701, Susanna Hartshorn of Rowley. She was the daughter of John and Ruth (Swan) Hartshorn. John was the son of Thomas Hartshorn from Reading, Eng., to Reading, Mass.

In 1715, John Hartshorn gave, "to my son-in-law, Daniel Ladd, and because of my natural. love for my daughter Susanna, his wife, all the meadow at a place called Spicket, and I give to Daniel and Susanna all my meadow called Mistack."

It will be remembered that Daniel was captured by the Indians when his father was killed, and it was said that some years passed before he returned. He married about three years after his capture.

Their children were:

1. MARY, b. Aug. 6, 1702.
2. SUSANNA, b. May 10, 1704, m. Nathaniel Getchell. Upon reference to the records, it is found that Nathaniel Getchell married, about 1726, Susanna Ladd.

   Their children were:

   1. SUSANNA GETCHELL, b. Feb. 2, 1727-8.  Susanna Getchell married Oct. 7, 1746, John Young, of Haverhill, and had the following children in Haverhill, Mass.:
      1. SAMUEL YOUNG, b. July 19, 1747.
      2. JOHN YOUNG,
      3. JESSE YOUNG, b. Jan. 3, 1751.
      4. SUSANNA, b. d. y.
      5. NATHANIEL, b. 19 Sept., 1733.
      6. JOSHUA, b. Sept. 26, 1755. Married Aug. 18, 1778, Abiah Ladd, the eldest child of Ezekiel and Ruth Hutchins Ladd. Joshua Young died March 17, 1797. Of his nine children, Thais Young, born June 4, 1785, married William Gookin, of Haverhill, N. H., brother of Richard of the same place, sons of Samuel Gookin, of Dedham, Mass., descendants from Daniel Gookin, of Virginia, and Cambridge, Mass. From Dedham the Gookins seemed to have emigrated directly to Haverhill, N. H.
         
         Lucy Young, another daughter of Joshua and sister of Thais, married Jacob⁷ Noyes Bailey, one of the sons of Jacob⁶ Bailey, Jr., and Mary Ladd .
      7. CALEB, b. Sept. 24, 1759.
      8. DAVID, b. Sept. 6, 1759.
      9. SUSANNA, b. March 11, 1761.
      10. TRYPHENA, b. Dec. 20, 1762.
      11. SARAH, d. y.
      12. RUTH YOUNG, Nov. 16, 1765.
      13. JOSEPH, July 8, 1767.
      14. BETTEE, May 6, 1769.
   2. ZEBULON GETCHELL, b. Feb. 12, 1735-6.
3. SAMUEL, b. April 20, 1708, m. Hannah Hartshorn, and removed to Franklin, Conn.
4. DANIEL, born Nov. 15, 1710, married Sept. 20, 1733, Mehitable Roberts, probably the daughter of Ephraim Roberts, Jr., of Haverhill, who died, and of whose estate Thomas Haines, Daniel³ Ladd's companion in captivity, was administrator. Daniel⁴ was a farmer and lived in Methuen. Daniel and Mehitable Ladd, between 1733 and 1770, had twelve children, four daughters and eight sons; of his sons all but one settled in Haverhill, N. H. Daniel died in 1768, and in his will he mentions ten of his children. To Daniel he gave one whole right in the township of Haverhill, N. H, which he had purchased of Capt. Hazen. Of those twelve children:
   1. EZEKIEL.
5. RUTH, b. May 11, 1712, m. John Hazeltine.
6. JOHN, Feb. 21, 1717.

Daniel, the father, died June 15, 1751. His wife died June 22, 1750. In his will, July 2, 1750, he mentions sons, Samuel and Daniel, daughters, Mary and Ruth, and the two children of his daughter, Susanna Getchell.