About us
The Ladd Surname DNA Project and this web site have been founded as a place where we can use the Y-DNA testing, now available to answer some questions about our ancestry. This is open to any person related to the surnames Ladd, Ladde, Land, Ladding or other possible variations.
The LADD line is supposed to have originated in the Scandinavian countries,
and took part in the invasion of France about the year 900AD. They were known
as Normans [North men - men of the North] and conquered that part of France
that is now known as Normandy and settled there. The spelling of the surname
was somewhat different from what it is now. It was La LAD & De LAD in France.
In 1066 these "LADDs" joined William the Conqueror when he invaded England.
For their services, they were granted land in what is now County Kent, around
the Deal and Dover area. There, as in Normandy, they were farmers and
fishermen.
The name evolved into LADDE, LADE, LAD and LADD. In following lines in
England, each of these spellings can be found. There is a probability that the
surname of LADDS is also descended from the La LAD and/or the De LAD line.
There is considered to be just four LADDs of note that came to
America in the very early years of this country. Daniel LADD, in 1634 to Haverhill, MA.;
Joseph LADD to Portsmouth, RI in 1642 [purported to be the brother of Daniel]; John LADD
to VA by Oct 1653; and John LADD to Burlington, NJ by 1678. All of these
family lines spread out across these United States as the years passed, so
today it is sometimes difficult to know which line that one belongs to. There
are many researchers, with LADD connections, that are frantically looking for
that "lost generation" that would link them to one of these original four men.
I find that there were also less noted LADDs that came here in about the same
time periods but seemed to have disappeared from view after arriving. It is
also likely that other LADDs migrated to America at a much later date and they
could very well be part of that"lost generation" Richard LAD in 1668 of
Calvert Co., MD,
bk 17 pg 416; Richard LADD transported 1674, bk 15 pg 322; and the first LADDS
to arrive seem to be Jane and William LADDS to Maryland in 1642, bk 7 pg 472.
[Immigrants to MD; Gust. SKORDAS]
By: Donald Ladd
The objective of the project is to use Y-DNA testing to identify the various Ladd families, of any spelling, and to bring together those members with common ancestry. Due to the loss of paper records, there are family ties that have been lost in history; and with this technology some of these can be reestablished.
Some of the core Ladd famlies are:
Daniel Ladd of Haverhill, MA
Joseph Ladd of Portsmouth, RI
John Ladd of Burlington, NJ
John Ladd of Charles City Co., VA
Ransom Ladd 1807 of Missouri
William Ladd 1803 of Maine
The LADD line is supposed to have originated in the Scandinavian countries,
and took part in the invasion of France about the year 900AD. They were known
as Normans [North men - men of the North] and conquered that part of France
that is now known as Normandy and settled there. The spelling of the surname
was somewhat different from what it is now. It was La LAD & De LAD in France.
In 1066 these "LADDs" joined William the Conqueror when he invaded England.
For their services, they were granted land in what is now County Kent, around
the Deal and Dover area. There, as in Normandy, they were farmers and
fishermen.
The name evolved into LADDE, LADE, LAD and LADD. In following lines in
England, each of these spellings can be found. There is a probability that the
surname of LADDS is also descended from the La LAD and/or the De LAD line.
There is considered to be just four LADDs of note that came to
America in the very early years of this country. Daniel LADD, in 1634 to Haverhill, MA.;
Joseph LADD to Portsmouth, RI in 1642 [purported to be the brother of Daniel]; John LADD
to VA by Oct 1653; and John LADD to Burlington, NJ by 1678. All of these
family lines spread out across these United States as the years passed, so
today it is sometimes difficult to know which line that one belongs to. There
are many researchers, with LADD connections, that are frantically looking for
that "lost generation" that would link them to one of these original four men.
I find that there were also less noted LADDs that came here in about the same
time periods but seemed to have disappeared from view after arriving. It is
also likely that other LADDs migrated to America at a much later date and they
could very well be part of that"lost generation" Richard LAD in 1668 of
Calvert Co., MD,
bk 17 pg 416; Richard LADD transported 1674, bk 15 pg 322; and the first LADDS
to arrive seem to be Jane and William LADDS to Maryland in 1642, bk 7 pg 472.
[Immigrants to MD; Gust. SKORDAS]
By: Donald Ladd
The objective of the project is to use Y-DNA testing to identify the various Ladd families, of any spelling, and to bring together those members with common ancestry. Due to the loss of paper records, there are family ties that have been lost in history; and with this technology some of these can be reestablished.
Some of the core Ladd famlies are:
Daniel Ladd of Haverhill, MA
Joseph Ladd of Portsmouth, RI
John Ladd of Burlington, NJ
John Ladd of Charles City Co., VA
Ransom Ladd 1807 of Missouri
William Ladd 1803 of Maine