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among the original proprietors ; he served
as selectman and was one of the commit-
tee to designate which houses should be
garrisoned during King Philip's War."
(II) Nathaniel Ladd, son of Daniel and
Ann Ladd, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts,
March 10, 1651. As a young
man he removed to Exeter, New Hamp-
shire. He married there, July 12, 1678,
Elizabeth Oilman, daughter of Hon. John
Gilman, founder of the well known New
Hampshire family of that name. Hon.
John Gilman was a member of the Prov-
incial Council under Governor Cranfield,
a delegate to the Assembly, and speaker
of the House. For alleged implication in
Gove's rebellion against Governor Cranfield,
Nathaniel Ladd was examined, December
6, 1683, by Judge Barefott, who
accepted the surety of friends for his fu-
ture good behavior, and he was never
brought to trial. In the summer of 1690
he volunteered in the New Hampshire
contingent of an expedition fitted out in
Massachusetts to protect the settlers in
Maine from the aggressions of the In-
dians, and being severely wounded, at or
near Cape Elizabeth, he returned to Ex-
eter, where he died as a result of his
wounds, August 11, 1691.
(III) Nathaniel (2) Ladd, eldest child
of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Gilman)
Ladd, was born in Exeter, New Hamp-
shire, April 6, 1679. He was a millwright
by trade, which he followed in connection
with farming, and he also dealt in real
estate. He resided in Stratham, New
Hampshire, for a number of years, but
returned to Exeter, selling his farm to his
son, Paul, in 1747. His brick house in
Exeter was preserved, in part, as late as
1888. He married (second) Rachel Raw-
lins, who died in Stratham, July 22, 1717.
(IV) Nathaniel (3) Ladd, son of Nathaniel
(2) and Rachel (Rawlins) Ladd,
was the eldest child of the second mar-
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riage. He lived in Exeter and Stratham.
New Hampshire. He married Ann Hilton,
daughter of Dudley Hilton, and
granddaughter of Hon. Kingsley Hall.
(V) Dudley Ladd, son of Nathaniel
(3) and Ann (Hilton) Ladd, died March
6, 181 1. He married, December 15, 1748,
Alice Hurley, who died December 25,
1811.
(VI) Dudley (2) Ladd, son of Dudley
(1) and Alice (Hurley) Ladd, was born
July 8, 1758, and died December 23, 1841.
In 1777 he was among those who volun-
teered to re-inforce the Northern army.
He married, March 12, 1783, Bethia
Hutchins, daughter of Colonel Gordon
and Dolly (Stone) Hutchins, of Harvard,
Massachusetts, and she died January 29,
1835-
(VII) Nathaniel Greene Ladd, son of
Dudley (2) and Bethia (Hutchins) Ladd,
was born September 25, 1791, died December
27, 1863. He left home when a
lad and for some years followed the sea.
Later, he went to New York City and for
thirty years was a valued employee of the
Custom House there. He married, May
14. 1817, Ann Morrow, daughter of William
and Eleanor (Lewis) Morrow, who
died October 16, 1866.
(VIII) Nathaniel Greene (2) Ladd, son
of Nathaniel Greene (1) and Ann (Morrow)
Ladd, was born November 3, 1836,
in New York City. He received a fair
education and early entered the employ of
a well known firm of auctioneers, Under-
bill & Scudder. After severals years ex-
perience he felt competent to go into the
same kind of business on his own account.
Accordingly, he formed a partnership with
Messrs. Burling & Dole, under the firm
name of Ladd, Burling & Dole. They
made a specialty of salvaged cargoes,
though carrying on a general business of
auctioneering. Mr. Ladd was actively
engaged in business throughout his life-