Bethsheba LADD

Bethsheba married Abijah SMITH, Sr on 15 Nov 1752 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut. Abijah was born on 16 Jan 1730 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 13 Sep 1800 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Hephzibah HAZEN on 01 Oct 1716 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. Hephzibah (daughter of Lieut. Thomas HAZEN and Mary HOWLETT) was born on 22 Mar 1697 in Boxford, Massachusetts; died on 13 Mar 1728 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Thomas married Mary HOWLETT on 1 Jan 1683/4 in Rowley, Massachusetts. Mary was born about 1664 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 24 Oct 1727 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Thomas Howlett and Lydia Peabody