1. John Ladd was one of the leading settlers of that section, having come there as early as 1678. He was a practical surveyor, and assisted William Penn in laying out the City of Philadelphia. The compass and chain used on this occasion are now in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., having been donated by the children of Samuel Harrison Howell. Concerning the laying out the City of Brotherly Love, we have the following traditional anecdote handed down to us: Penn offered John Ladd property amounting to about a square, in the best portion of the town, or thirty pounds in consideration of his services as surveyor. Ladd chose the money, upon which Penn said to him: “John, thou art a Ladd by name and also a lad by nature. Does thou not perceive that this will be a great city?” [48]

1. They reside in Burlington, New Jersey. [48]