Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Lt. Timothy Ladd, Revolutionary War Veteran, died 1808, Dunbarton, New Hampshire

It's Tombstone Tuesday!  Today's tombstone was photographed at the Center Cemetery in Dunbarton, New Hampshire.


Lieut.
Timothy Ladd,
died
March 15, 1808
in the 57th year
of his age.
God has laid up in Heav'n for me
A crown which cannot fade
???????

From The Ladd Family: A Genealogical and Biographical Memoir of the Descendants of Daniel Ladd of Haverhill, Mass; Joseph Ladd, of Portsmouth, R.I.; John Ladd of Burlington, N.J.; John Ladd of Charles City Co., VA; 1890, page 97 [from Google Books]

"Timothy Ladd, of Dunbarton, N.H., (son of Timothy 67) ma. Molly, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Ladd 71) Butler.  He died March 15, 1808.  

Children:
1481.  Polly, bo. Jan. 13, 1777; ma. Eliphalet Jones.  She d. 1836.
1482. Heman, bo. Nov. 24, 1878 [sic]; ma. Mary Messer.
1483. Rachel, bo. June 9, 1780; ma. John Allison, of Peterboro', N.H. She d. 1824.
1485. Hannah, bo. May 17, 1787; ma. Jonathan Colby, 2d. She died 1855. Children:  John L., b. May 16, 1820; Martha Mary, bo. March 28, 1822; Harriet Jane, bo. June 9, 1824; Sarah Ann, bo. Dec, 39, 1826; Lucy Peasly, bo. June 25, 1829. 
1486 James, b. March 1, 1789.
1487. William, bo. July 13, 1791; d. June 13, 1817.
1488. Timothy, bo. 1793; d. Feb. 1795.
1489. Fanny, bo. May 7, 1795; d. April 17, 1811.
1490. Sally, bo. June 7, 1797; d. Jan. 21, 1816."

An unusual note about Lt. Timothy Ladd on pages 240 and 241 of the History of Dunbarton, by Caleb Stark, 1860:  "Lieut. Timothy Ladd was a worthy man, but unfortunate in the circumstances of having several of his family deranged."  I have no idea what the rest of this story may be, but it sounds interesting!  

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Lt. Timothy Ladd, Revolutionary War Veteran, died 1808, Dunbarton, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 23, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/06/lt-timothy-ladd-revolutionary-war.html: accessed [access date]).

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