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Ladd Families of Central Oklahoma and Their Ancestors

Vol. 1

Ladd and Rockwell Family Lines

Forrest and Jean Ladd

2010

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Table of Contents

Dedication...... 3 Charles Ladd Picture...... 5 Copyright ...... 7 Preface to Volume 1 ...... 9 Ladd Family Line Introduction ...... 11 Direct Descendants of Nathaniel Ladd to Gwen Ladd ...... 13 Descendants of Nathaniel Ladd ...... 17 Rockwell Family Line Introduction...... 211 Direct Descendants of Josiah Rockwell to Gwen Ladd...... 213 Descendants of Josiah Rockwell ...... 217 Index ...... 425

Dedication

We dedicate this work to

John L. and Rachel (Rockwell) Ladd

and their son

Charles Henry Ladd 1846 - 1924 Charles Henry Ladd Born 25 July 1846 in Racine, Wisconsin Married Henrietta Richmond on 10 Dec 1865 in Warren, Illinois Died 29 Feb 1924 in Ripley, Oklahoma

Forrest and Jean Ladd Yukon, Oklahoma

(Exception: Permission is granted for a person whose name appears in this book to make one copy for personal use.)

7 8 Preface to Volume One Ladd and Rockwell Lines

This book reflects the extensive work of Jean (Karns) Ladd on her husband’s family roots. It also reflects the work Forrest Ladd, Jr. has done in extending and editing that w ork. Our focus in this volume is the two ancestral lines represented by Charles Henry Ladd, namely the Ladd and Rockwell families. Birth and death dates are given for those persons who are deceased. In the interest of privacy, birth dates are not given for living persons born after the1930s. We have used family memories, local documents, family Bibles, research other family members have made available and the like for all of the descendants of John L. Ladd and his wife Rachel (Rockwell) Ladd. We have been more dependent on sources available to the public, primarily on the Web, for their Ladd and Rockwell ancestors. With regard to material on the Web, we have put emphasis on sources which make use of credible source materials and are owned by individuals, many of whom we have contacted through their e-mail addresses. We have made sparing use of sites with no documentation and no identifiable author. We have included the URLs of many of the Web sources with the hope that future researchers will find sufficient archives to pursue what we have begun. We are indebted to many on whose work we have relied. This includes especially the book “The Past to Remember” compiled by the family of Earl Ladd, son of Irvie and Hannah Marie (Courtright) Ladd. It includes the work of compilers of family Bible records and family elders who have memories of persons and events of bygone days. It includes the magnificent work done by LeAnn (Ball) Watkins. We especially thank Eula (Davidson) Pierce, born in 1907, and Nila (Ladd) Haskin, born in 1915. Particularly with regard to Volume One, we are indebted to the writers of several books, such as these:

Arlene D. Bell: “Some of the Descendants of Josiah Rockwell of Norwich, Connecticut” Dorothea Vining Barnes: “The Vining Family” Warren Ladd: “The Ladd Family” John C. Ladd’s manuscript: “Lest We Forget: A Family Saga” Earl and Annalee Ladd and daughters Pat and Barbara: "The Past to Remember" In addition, we are endebted to Lyle Rockwell for Gedcom files of his extensive research on the Rockwell families.

Much fine work has been posted on the Web, including work by Merle Ladd, Nancy Krost, Elizabeth Dorn, William Prokasy, Bill Stupak, Clifford Stott, and others.

Forrest and Jean Ladd Yukon, Oklahoma March, 2010

9 10 The Descendants of Nathaniel Ladd

born about 1586 in England died 1632 in England (lost at sea)

Nathaniel Ladd, earliest documented ancestor of our Ladd family line, apparently was a farmer and also a fisherman off the southeast coast of England in County Kent. He married Margaret Denwood and they had at least three sons, Daniel and Joseph, and an older son who became head of the house when Nathaniel died in an accident at sea in 1632.

Daniel Ladd, and probably Joseph as w ell, sailed to America aboard the ship Mary and John, leaving on 28 Dec 1632 and arriving at Boston Harbor on 23 Mar 1633. They went to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and from there Daniel went to Salisbury, Massachusetts. Later he settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he is recorded as selling land in March of 1648. It is an open question about what Nathaniel’s wife did after Nathaniel’s death. At least one source indicates that she died in Connecticut, but we have not found any record of how she got there or what her life was like in America, if in fact she did make the journey to the New World.

We have recorded 14 generations of descendants, including John L. Ladd, Forrest Jr.'s great- great-grandfather, who settled in Wisconsin, and his son Charles Henry Ladd, who settled in central Oklahoma. There is some question about whether Charles was a natural son of John and Rachel. This question is based on two items. In the 1850 census, his name was recorded as Charles Catchball (or Catchbull). There are reported memories of a stranger coming to the home of Mamie Ladd, widow of his son Elno Boyd, claiming to be his brother and saying that his real surname was Catchapaw (or a similar sounding name). There is no other documentary evidence, nor any known statement from Charles, one way or the other. See the notes for Charles Henry for further details.

11 12 Direct Descendants of NATHANIEL LADD

1 LADD, NATHANIEL b: Abt. 1586 in southeast England (probably) d: 1632 in the sea, off the coast of Kent, England .... +DENWOOD, Margaret b: Abt. 1593 in Kent, England m: 27 Oct 1614 in Dartmouth, Devon, England d: in Thompson, Windham Co., CT .. 2 LADD, DANIEL b: 1613 in Deal, Kent, England d: 27 Jul 1693 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA Burial: Jul 1693 Haverhill, Essex Co., MA ...... +MOORE, ANN SAYRES b: Abt. 1617 in England m: 1639 in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA d: 09 Feb 1694 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA ...... 3 LADD, ELIZABETH b: 01 Nov 1640 in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA d: 07 Oct 1700 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA ...... 3 LADD, DANIEL, Jr. b: 26 Jul 1642 in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA d: 04 Aug 1728 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA ...... 3 LADD, LYDIA b: 08 Apr 1645 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA d: 14 Aug 1696 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA ...... 3 LADD, MARY b: 14 Feb 1646 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA d: 1690 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA ...... 3 LADD, SAMUEL b: 01 Nov 1649 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA d: 22 Feb 1698 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA ...... 3 LADD, NATHANIEL b: 10 Mar 1651 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA d: 11 Aug 1691 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH Burial: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH ...... 3 LADD, EZEKIEL b: 16 Sep 1654 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA d: 03 Jul 1741 in Stratham, Rockingham Co., NH ...... +FOLSOM, MARY b: 27 Sep 1664 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH m: 30 Nov 1687 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA d: 08 Jul 1741 in Stratham, Rockingham Co., NH ...... 4 LADD, LYDIA b: 18 Feb 1689 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA ...... 4 LADD, MARY b: 17 Jan 1690 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA ...... 4 LADD, JOHN b: 06 May 1693 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA ...... 4 LADD, NATHANIEL b: 12 Nov 1695 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA d: 16 Jun 1748 ...... +EMERY, REBECCA b: 07 Mar 1697 in Berwick, York Co., Maine d: 27 Jan 1786 in Biddeford, York Co., Maine ...... 5 LADD, EZEKIEL b: 1712 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA d: Bef. 1752 ...... +BARSTOW, SARAH b: 02 Oct 1712 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA m: 30 Oct 1732 in Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA d: Bef. 1752 ...... 6 LADD, Sarah b: 15 Feb 1734 in Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA ...... 6 LADD, Lemuel b: 31 Jul 1737 in Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA ...... 6 LADD, Hannah b: 30 Sep 1743 in Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA ...... 6 LADD, WILLIAM b: 30 Sep 1743 in Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA d: 1820 in Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., NY ...... +VINING, ELIZABETH b: 21 Sep 1746 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA m: 04 Nov 1766 in Abington, Plymouth Co., MA d: in Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., NY ...... 7 LADD, THOMAS b: 11 Dec 1767 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA d: 22 Sep 1844 in Andes, Delaware Co., NY ...... 7 LADD, WILLIAM, Jr b: Abt. 1770 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA d: 30 Aug 1830 in Bridgewater, Beaver Co., PA ...... 7 LADD, SALLY b: 1771 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA ...... 7 LADD, MEHITABEL b: 1772 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA

13 Direct Descendants of NATHANIEL LADD

...... 7 LADD, JOHN b: 17 Jan 1774 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA d: 03 Aug 1849 in New York Burial: Braman Corners, Schenectady Co., NY ...... 7 LADD, BETSY b: Abt. 1775 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA ...... 7 LADD, HANNAH b: Abt. 1776 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA ...... 7 LADD, LEMUEL R. b: 18 Jan 1778 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA ...... +HERRICK, PHEBE b: 24 Jul 1780 in Amenia, Dutchess Co., NY m: Abt. 1799 d: 18 Mar 1855 ...... 8 LADD, JOHN b: 19 Nov 1800 in Duanesburg, Schenectady, NY d: 1818 ...... 8 LADD, ROSWELL b: 08 Nov 1802 in Duanesburg, Schenectady, NY ...... 8 LADD, EPHRAIM b: 14 Sep 1804 in Duanesburg, Schenectady, NY ...... 8 LADD, ANN b: 26 Nov 1806 in Duanesburg, Schenectady, NY ...... 8 LADD, HENRY b: 08 Nov 1808 in Duanesburg, Schenectady, NY ...... 8 LADD, WILLIAM b: 25 Jan 1810 in Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., NY d: 05 Apr 1869 ...... 8 LADD, ELIJAH b: 22 Oct 1811 in Duanesburg, Schenectady, NY ...... 8 LADD, PRISCILLA b: 19 Oct 1814 in Duanesburg, Schenectady, NY ...... 8 LADD, LEMUEL b: 02 Mar 1816 in Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., NY d: 13 Jan 1879 in Patch Grove, Grant Co., WI Burial: Union Nagle Cemetery, Patch Grove Twp., Grant County, Wisc...... 8 LADD, JOHN L. b: 1818 in Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., NY d: Aft. 07 Aug 1863 ...... +MERRY, JANE CATHERINE b: 28 Jun 1819 in Florida, Montgomery Co., NY m: 1832 d: 23 Sep 1840 in Florida, Montgomery Co., NY ...... 9 LADD, JANE CATHERINE b: 1840 d: 1934 ...... +ROCKWELL, RACHEL b: Abt. 1822 in Charleston, Montgomery Co., New York m: Bef. 09 Jun 1845 d: Aft. 1870 in Wisconsin (probably) Burial: Unknown ...... 9 LADD, CHARLES HENRY b: 25 Jul 1846 in Racine, Racine Co., WI d: 29 Feb 1924 in Ripley, Payne Co., OK Burial: 01 Mar 1924 Parkland Cemetery, Parkland, Lincoln Co., OK ...... +RICHMOND, HENRIETTA "Ettie" MARIE b: 04 Sep 1850 in Geneva, Ashtabula Co., OH m: 10 Dec 1865 in Warren, Jo Daviess Co., IL d: 16 Jan 1918 in Ripley, Payne Co., OK Burial: Parkland Cemetery, Parkland, Lincoln Co., OK ...... 10 LADD, LOUELLA FIDELLA b: 10 Dec 1866 in Wisconsin d: 01 Sep 1921 in Leavenworth, KS ...... 10 LADD, INA "Iney" MILDRED b: 12 Jun 1868 in Racine, Racine Co. ,WI d: 15 Jun 1952 in Cushing, Payne Co., OK Burial: Parkland Cemetery, Parkland, Lincoln Co., OK ...... 10 LADD, NELLIE ELMINA b: 17 Feb 1871 in Dickinson Co., IA d: 20 Jun 1947 in Roseburg, OR Burial: Flynn Memorial Cemetery [Soonerville], Lincoln Co., OK ...... 10 LADD, LEONA MAY b: 30 Oct 1872 in Dickinson Co., IA d: 12 Sep 1873 in Dickinson Co., IA

14 Direct Descendants of NATHANIEL LADD

...... 10 LADD, CHARLES DWIGHT b: 01 Oct 1874 in Dickinson Co., IA d: 16 Oct 1894 in Payne Co., OK ...... 10 LADD, ELNO BOYD "Dick" b: 18 Mar 1878 in Neodesha/Cherryvale, Montgomery Co., KS d: 09 Jan 1918 in Lincoln Co., OK Burial: Parkland Cemetery, Parkland, Lincoln Co., OK ...... +ANDERSON, MARY MATILDA "Mamie" b: 17 Nov 1881 in Marquette, Hamilton Co., NE m: 09 Mar 1902 in Perkins, Payne Co., OK d: 21 Oct 1963 in Cushing, Payne Co., Oklahoma Burial: 23 Oct 1963 Parkland Cemetery, Lincoln Co., South of Cushing, OK ...... 11 LADD, EVERETT DWIGHT b: 27 Nov 1902 in Perkins, Payne Co., OK d: 10 Aug 1976 in Cushing [Rt.2], Lincoln Co., OK Burial: Flynn Memorial Cemetery [Soonerville], Lincoln Co., OK ...... 11 LADD, ROY IRVIN b: 27 May 1905 in Perkins, Payne Co., OK d: 21 May 1988 in Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, OK Burial: Cushing Fairlawn Cemetery, Payne Co., OK ...... 11 LADD, FORREST EARL b: 05 May 1907 in Ripley, Payne Co., OK d: 20 Dec 1965 in University Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK Burial: 23 Dec 1965 Parkland Cemetery, Parkland, Lincoln Co., OK ...... +STILLWELL, BONNIE GLADYS b: 23 Jun 1906 in Cushing, Payne Co., Oklahoma Territory m: 20 Feb 1926 in Chandler, Lincoln Co., OK d: 03 Apr 2002 in Bethany, Oklahoma County, OK Burial: 08 Apr 2002 Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK ...... 12 LADD, FORREST EARL, JR. b: 18 Jan 1927 in Avery, Lincoln Co., OK ...... +KARNS, MELVA JEAN b: 09 Mar 1927 in Kingsdown, Ford Co., KS m: 20 Aug 1950 in Church of the Nazarene, Ford, Ford Co., KS ...... 13 LADD, GWEN ELLEN b: in Oklahoma City, Okla Co., OK ...... 12 LADD, LINDA LOU b: in Cushing, Payne Co., OK ...... 12 LADD, BARBARA JOAN b: in Tulsa, OK ...... 11 LADD, LELA IRENE b: 22 Jan 1909 in Avery, Lincoln Co., OK d: 24 Dec 1998 in Oklahoma Burial: Bluejacket Cemetery, Craig Co., OK ...... 11 LADD, ELNO FLOYD b: 30 Sep 1911 in Avery, Lincoln Co., OK d: 16 Feb 1985 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX ...... 11 LADD, RUBY VIOLA b: 17 Dec 1913 in Avery, Lincoln Co., OK d: 14 Feb 1998 in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX Burial: Stroud Cemetery, Stroud, Lincoln Co., OK ...... 11 LADD, NILA ELMINA b: 19 Oct 1915 in Avery, Lincoln Co., OK

15 Direct Descendants of NATHANIEL LADD

...... 10 LADD, RAYMOND WILBUR b: 04 Mar 1880 in Neodesha, KS d: 05 May 1965 in Cushing, Payne Co., OK ...... 10 LADD, IRVIE EARL b: 11 Jul 1883 in Neodesha, KS d: 08 Mar 1968 in Drumright, Payne Co., OK ...... 10 LADD, ESSIE MAY "Pearl" b: 25 Jan 1886 in Neodesha, KS d: 01 Jan 1963 in Beaver, Beaver Co., OK Burial: Beaver Pioneer Cemetery, Beaver Co., Beaver, OK ...... 10 LADD, JAMES ERNEST b: 23 Sep 1889 in Neodesha, KS d: 15 Aug 1976 in Bloomfield, San Juan Co., NM Burial: Parkland Cemetery, Parkland, Lincoln Co., OK ...... 10 LADD, RUTH ETTA b: 03 Apr 1893 in Stillwater, OK d: 23 Oct 1956 in Levelland, Hockley Co., TX Burial: Parkland Cemetery, Parkland, Lincoln Co., OK [No Stone] ...... +LOWE, CARRIE b: Abt. 1857 in Kansas m: 26 May 1921 in Payne Co., OK ...... 8 LADD, CHARLES b: 02 Nov 1819 in Duanesburg, Schenectady, NY ...... 8 LADD, PHEBE b: 06 Jun 1822 in Duanesburg, Schenectady, NY d: 06 Sep 1881 in Esperance, Montgomery Co., NY ...... 7 LADD, MARY "Polly" b: Abt. 1780 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA ...... 7 LADD, SUSAN b: Abt. 1780 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA ...... 7 LADD, LEVI b: 1793 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA ...... 3 LADD, SARAH b: 04 Nov 1657 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA d: Abt. 1700 .. 2 LADD, JOSEPH b: 1620 in Deal, Kent, England d: Abt. 1683 in Newport Co., RI

16 Descendants of NATHANIEL LADD

Generation No. 1

1. NATHANIEL1 LADD1 was born Abt. 1586 in southeast England (probably)2, and died 1632 in the sea, off the coast of Kent, England3. He married Margaret DENWOOD4 27 Oct 1614 in Dartmouth, Devon, England5. She was born Abt. 1593 in Kent, England6, and died in Thompson, Windham Co., CT.

Notes for NATHANIEL LADD: He is the earliest known Ladd in our ancestry. Wiltshire is one of the English counties in south England. Kent is on the coast in southeast England. (Katie's Family Tree is alone in giving him the title Rev. See: http://katiehamilton.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I468&tree=T1 )

The John C. Ladd manuscript, 1880, has this about early Ladds in general. Page 9: "The first Ladds were of Scandinavian descent and were part of an invasion of France about the year 900. They conquered that part of France known as Normandy and settled there, mingling with the French and became known as Normans. In 1066 they took part in an invasion of England led by William the Conqueror. At that time their name was “De Lad” but soon after entering England they shortened it to the English “Ladd.” "After the invasion was a success they were granted, as a reward for their role, a large piece of land near Deal in Kent County, on the coast of England. There, as in Normandy, they were farmers and fishermen. Their descendants remain on the land in Kent County today." ------From Merle Ladd's Web site: "The Ladd's can be traced to Norway, A.D. 861. (See Chase's History of Haverhill). They married into the royal families of Norway, Sweden and Denmark. One of them married Estreth, daughter of the King of Sweyn of Denmark, and came with his brother-in-law, the Danish king Chanute, to England, and there settled in Kent County. (See "Pelton Genealogy," "Wentworth Genealogy," "The Ladd Family," "Thomas Butler and His Descendants," "Huntoon Genealogy," and Keary's "History of Norway and the Norwegians." ------Warren Ladd notes several scattered references to Ladds (with varied name spellings) and their lands from shortly after 1066 to the date of his book, 1890. ------Post by Jim Christian on Ladd-L mailing list in June 2009 Source: Maine: A History - Biographical, by Louis Clinton Hatch, Maine Historical Society, American Historical Society, 1919, page 61. "A family tradition, which is apparently well founded, asserts that the name of Ladd is of French origin, and that it existed in England from the time of William the Conquerer. From Le Lade, which is undoubtedly the original French spelling, its orthography has been subject to numerous evolutionary changes, viz.: Le Lade, Lad, Lade and Ladde, to its present form of Ladd. Some authorities, however, claim that the name is derived from the Welsh word "lladd," meaning to destroy. The family were located in Kent County, England, where they owned the estate of Borwyck Manor Hundred of Lorinsburgh, Eleham, before the time of Henry VI.

17 Thomas Ladd was in possession of this estate in 1563, and Sylvester Ladd in 1603. There was only one family of Ladd previous to the seventeenth century. In 1730, a direct descendant of the family was created a baronet by George II. " The first of this name in America was Daniel Ladd, of Wiltshire, England, [son of Nathaniel] who took the required oath of allegiance in order to sail in the ship Mary and John, (Robert Sayres, master), from London, March 24, 1633-34, for New England, and landed at Nantasket in Boston Harbor. [We (F. and J. Ladd) believe he in fact sailed on 28 Dec 1632 and arrived on 23 Mar 1633.] He did not settle permanently in Dorchester, Massachusetts as did most of his fellow passengers, but went to Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1637, where he was granted six acres of land upon which he erected a dwelling, and in 1644 sold his property there to one Henry Kingsbury. Prior to 1639 he had removed to Salisbury, Massachusetts, where he was granted one or more acres for planting purposes, but he shortly afterwards went to Haverhill, Massachusetts, as one of the first settlers of that town, and he resided there until his death, which occurred July 27, 1693. The Christian name of his wife, who accompanied him from England, was Ann, and she died February 9, 1694. "Chase, in his 'History of Haverhill,' says that Daniel Ladd owned and cultivated several farms and was very prominent among the original proprietors. In 1646 he was taxed forty pounds, and in 1659 was granted permission with Theophilus Shotwell to erect a saw mill on the Spigott (Spicket) river. In 1668 he was one of the selectmen, and at the breaking out of King Philip's war (1675), he with others was appointed to designate what houses should be garrisoned. His children were: Daniel, Lydia, Mary, Samuel, Nathaniel, Ezekiel and Sarah. Nathaniel Ladd, the third son and fifth child of Daniel and Ann Ladd, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, March 10, 1651. When a young man he settled in Exeter, New Hampshire, where he married, July 12, 1678, Elizabeth Gilman, daughter of John Gilman, one of the founders of the well-known New Hampshire family of that name. "Nathaniel, the eldest son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Gilman) Ladd, was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, April 6, 1679. He was a millwright by trade, which he followed in connection with farming and dealing in real estate. He resided in Stratham, New Hampshire, for a number of years, but returned to Exeter, selling his farm in the former place to his son, Paul, in 1747; and his brick house in Exeter, a part of which he gave to another son in 1742, was