When Joseph Warren Ladd was born on 24 May 1801, in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Dea. Caleb Ladd, was 27 and his mother, Catharine Greene, was 23. He married Almey Wickes Spencer on 20 February 1826, in Warwick, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 29 April 1879, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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English: from Middle English lad(de) ‘lad’, of obscure origin, used as an occupational name for a young male attendant, a servant, a status name for a man of low birth, or a nickname for a rogue or ruffian.
History: Most American bearers of this name trace their ancestry to Daniel Ladd, who emigrated from London to Ipswich, MA, in 1634.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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