How far can you trace your surname back?

[AverageJoe90]

11. My paternal family is supposedly rather old, but so far..........

I've only been able to go back to the mid-18th Century thus far, definitively speaking: William Ladd, b. ~1743 in Mass.; may have been a Revolutionary War hero according to the family(been a while since we discussed it though). I may have better luck over the next few weeks, though, as I keep digging.

Some others, though, on my paternal side, go back quite a while longer back than that.....maybe I'll post 'em here sometime.