Samuel Ladd: Owings Stone Family Genealogy — 20,000+ ancestors and their relatives

Birth 1 Nov 1646 Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass.

Gender Male

Cause of Death Killed by Indians

Death Note Samuel Ladd and his son Daniel and Jonathan Haynes and his son Joseph brought teams of oxen to a pasture on the far western edge of town to collect some hay from their pastures. Returning home slowly, they were stopped by 14 Indians, 7 on each side of the path. The Ladds gave their horse the lash and it took off for home with the Indians shooting at it - though it was riderless, that served to raise a general alarm in the town. The Indians dealt severe blows to the two older men and Haynes collapsed. When Ladd, did not an Indian raised a hatchet but then laughed at his expression, mocking his apparent fear. Another Indian stepped behind Ladd and killed him with one blow. After capture, the Indians were asked why they had killed the two older men. They said they killed Haynes becuase he was too old to go with them, and the killed Ladd because, “he so sour.” [1]

Died 22 Feb 1698 Mass., Essex Co.

Person ID I6495 Owings Stone Genealogy, Ancestry & Heritage

Last Modified 15 Dec 2000 00:00:00

Father DANIEL LADD, b. 1614, Dartmouth, Devonshire, England

Mother ANN <>

Family ID F4595 Group Sheet

Family 1 Martha Corliss, b. 2 Jan 1653, Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass.

Married 1 Dec 1674 Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass.

Children

	1. Daniel Ladd, b. 19 Nov 1676, Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass.
	2. Nathaniel Ladd, b. 9 Sep 1684

Family ID F4869 Group Sheet

Family 2 Elizabeth Emerson, b. 26 Jan 1665, Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass.

Notes

Samuel Ladd had an ongoing extramarital affair with Elizabeth, resulting in three children.

Children

	1. Dorothy Emerson, b. 10 Apr 1686, Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass.
	2. Son Emerson, b. 1691, Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass.
	3. Son Emerson, b. 1691, Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass.

Family ID F4605 Group Sheet

Notes	While a source about the Ladd family fails to include this story, a more recent history of the Emerson family does. (see p. 25-28) Samuel Ladd fathered a girl Dorothy and twin sons with Elizabeth Emerson, who was unmarried (and also the 9th G Aunt of OStone). The Rev. Cotton Mather drew a confession from Elizabeth that she had murdered the two boys at their birth. She was hung on Boston Common for this crime. No punishment was inflicted upon Samuel Ladd. (Elizabeth Emerson was the sister of Samuel Ladd’s nephew Samuel Smith’s wife Abigail.) Savage says: SAMUEL, Ipswich, s. of the first Daniel, m. a d. of George Corliss. [1, 2, 3]

Sources
[S93] Ladd, Waren (compiler), (Edmund Anthony & Sons, printers)

[S92] James, Jane Emerson, Ph.D.

[S106] Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Savage, James

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