Horatio LADD

  General Notes:

Notes from Warren Ladd: Was a farmer, removed to and lived in New Albany, PA.

War of 1812 - In August 1814 Governor Snyder of Pennsylvania evidently apprehensive of the dangers from the British fresh from burning Washington and feeling the need of more troops for the defense of the state, on October 15th, issued an order calling the militia into service. Most of the Bradford county militia were taken from the 144th regiment, formed into a company and placed under the command of Elipalet Mason of Monroe and was known as Mason's company. They assembled at the mouth of Towanda creek and on a raft pushed down the river. They reached Danville on the 5th of November and there rendezvoused until the 25th, when all danger being over they were discharged. For their services of 28 days each private received the magnificent sum of $ 1.87, or 6 1/2 cents per day. Privates in Mason's company included: Horatio Ladd, Albany

Horatio and his wife, Asenath came to Bradford County, Pennsylvania with his father Ephraim in the year 1800. He rented the Scott farm two miles from Towanda, residing there until April 5, 1805, when he moved to Albany Township where he became a large landowner. He was a member and
liberal supporter of the Presbyterian Church and was a man of honesty and integrity. Horatio Ladd and Asenath (Ives) Ladd are buried in the Laddsburg Cemetery.

The Ladds were ever a family of pioneers. Thirteen years after the Pilgrim Fathers set foot upon the shores of Plymouth, the Ladds landed in New England to become a part of that immigration
which began three years before, continued until 1640 and was not resumed again to any extent until 1820. These hardy settlers were imbued with two ideas, the right to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciense and to govern themselves in local affairs without too much interference
from the outside. Into the spirit of that life the Ladds entered and when the American Revolution broke out, which was really fought to maintain those principles, they, in common with many others, were ready to enlist under the patriot banners. When independence was finally achieved, multitudes left New England in search of better living conditions. The Ladds were a part of that host and they found in what is now Bradford County, Pennsylvania, a land of promise, where they have since remained.-

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation. Farmer

Horatio married Asenath IVES on 30 Jan 1800. (Asenath IVES was born on 18 Oct 1775 and died on 28 Aug 1854 in New Albany, Bradford Co, PA.)