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CPT Nathaniel Ladd

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CPT Nathaniel Ladd

Birth
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
1763 (aged 83–84)
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map
Plot
Ladd Family Plot
Memorial ID
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The stone is missing but he is there. Nathaniel Ladd was the son of Nathaniel Ladd and Elizabeth Gilman. His grandfather, Daniel Ladd, was born in Deal, County Kent, England and came over to the British Colonies on the Mary and John.

Nathaniel built what is now known as the Ladd/Gilman house in Exeter, New Hampshire, home of Nicholas Gilman Jr, signer of the United States Constitution. Nathaniel was a public figure in early Exeter and his legacy remains.
The stone is missing but he is there. Nathaniel Ladd was the son of Nathaniel Ladd and Elizabeth Gilman. His grandfather, Daniel Ladd, was born in Deal, County Kent, England and came over to the British Colonies on the Mary and John.

Nathaniel built what is now known as the Ladd/Gilman house in Exeter, New Hampshire, home of Nicholas Gilman Jr, signer of the United States Constitution. Nathaniel was a public figure in early Exeter and his legacy remains.

Inscription

From the book "Old Burial Places in Exeter":

"In memory of the Ladd Family who sleep in this enclosure. Nathaniel, the first of the name who settled in Exeter, was born in Haverhill, March 10, 1650. Elizabeth, his wife, and daughter of Councillor John Gilman, was born in Exeter, August 16, 1661. He was mortally wounded in a fight with the Indians at Maquoit & died Aug. 11, A. D. 1691."

Alexander, a descendant born 1784, erected the monument in 1850



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