John Putnam was born in 1579/80 in England, He was the, son of Nicholas Putnam and Margaret Goodspeed.
He married Priscilla Gould, or Priscilla Deacon.
Elizabeth Putnam (1612)
Thomas Putnam (1615)
John Putnam (1617, died young)
Nathaniel Putnam (1619)
Sarah Putnam (1624),
Phebe Putnam (1624),
John Putnam, Jr. (1627, married Rebecca Prince).
John died on December 30, 1662 in Salem.
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Thomas Putnam was born in 1615 in England. He was the son of John Putnam.
He came to New England with his parents and was a resident of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts in 1640.
He married Ann Holyoke on October 17, 1643 in Lynn. Ann was the daughter of Edward Holyoke and Prudence Stockton.
Ann Putnam (1645, married William Trask, Jr.),
Sarah Putnam (1648)
Mary Putnam (1649)
Thomas Putnam, Jr. (1652)
Edward Putnam (1654, married Mary Hale),
Deliverance Putnam (1656, married Jonathan Walcott),
Elizabeth Putnam (1659)
Prudence Putnam (1662)
Ann died on September 1, 1665
He married Mary Veren on November 14, 1666 in Salem. Mary was the widow of Nathaniel Veren.
Joseph Putnam (1669).
Thomas died in Salem Village on May 5, 1686. Mary died on March 16 or 17, 1695.
In 1692, 19 year old, Sarah Trask, the daughter of Ann Putnam and William Trask, Jr. testified against Mary Estey, John Willard, and Mary Witheridge.
On August 4, 1692, 17 year old Mary Walcott, Deliverance Putnam's step-daughter testified that she
saw the Apparrtion of goody Eastteck come and pinch & choake me and terrified me much and she told me that she had blinded al our eyes that
ware afflicted only mersy Lueies for she said that she had not power
to doe itt on that day she was cleared
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts was first settled by English Puritans in 1629 and was first incorporated in 1631 as Saugus.
King Philip’s War was a bloody and costly series of raids and skirmishes in 1675 and 1676 between the Native American people and the colonials. King Philip was the Native American leader Metacom.
Thomas Putnam was born on January 12, 1652 in Salem. He was the son of Thomas Putnam.
Thomas was a sergeant in the local militia and fought in King Phillip’s War.
In 1678 he married Ann Carr. She was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Carr.
Ann Putnam, Jr., (1679)
Thomas Putnam (1681)
Elizabeth Putnam (1683)
Ebenezer Putnam (1685)
Deliverance Putnam (1687)
Child, (died 1689)
Timothy Putnam (1691)
Abigail Putnam (1692)
Susanna Putnam (1694)
Thomas Putnam (died aged six months)
Seth Putnam (1695)
Experience Putnam (1698).
Mercy Lewis was an orphan who was a servant in Thomas Putnam's home. Mercy was born about 1674 in Falmouth, Maine. She was the daughter of Philip Lewis and Mary Cass.
In 1675 in the Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County
Leift. Thomas Putnam v. Ed. Richards. For coming upon the ground of the plaintiff, or in his possession, and breaking open the door of the dwelling house upon said land that was left fast locked. The jury did not report on the main issue, but took the liberty of the law to present only what they found. Verdict for plaintiff, that the defendant broke open his lock. Appealed to the next Court of Assistants. Edward Richards, Robert Brimsdon and Steephen Haskett bound.
we saw there the apperishtions of gooddy Estick and Jno willard and mary [Buckley Proctor] witheridge afflecting and
choaking mircy lewes in a most dreadfull maner which did most
greviously affright us and immediatly gooddy Estick did fall upon us
and tortor us allso Redy to choake us to death
Thomas died in Salem on May 24, 1699. Ann died June 8, 1699.
Edward Putnam was born on July 4, 1654 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. His parents were Thomas Putnam and Ann Holyoke.
Edward married Mary Hale on June 14, 1681. She was the daughter of Thomas Hale and Mary Hutchinson.
Edward Putnam,
Holyoke Putnam,
Elisha Putnam,
Joseph Putnam,
Mary Putnam
,
Prudence Putnam,
Nehemiah Putnam,
Ezra Putnam
Isaac Putnam
Abigail Putnam
In 1690, Edward was made freeman and he became the second deacon for the First Church of Danvers, Massachusetts.
On May 18, 1692 Edward Putnam testified that Mary Towne Estey "so greviously aflicted and tortred" Marcy Lewis.
Edward died on March 10, 1747 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
Nathaniel Putnam, was born in 1619 in Ashton Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England. He was the son of John Putnam
He married Elizabeth Hutchinson. She was born in Arnold, England on August 20, 1629 She was the daughter of Richard Hutchinson and Alice Bosworth.
They were admitted to the church at Salem in 1648.
Samuel Putnam (1652, married Elizabeth Leach),
Nathaniel Putnam (1655),
John Putnam (1657)
Joseph Putnam (1659)
Elizabeth Putnam (1662, married George Flint),
Benjamin Putnam
Mary Putnam (1668, married John Tufts)
Nathaniel was constable in 1656.
In 1690-91 he was deputy to the general court.
He served as as selectman.
Elizabeth died on June 24, 1688. Nathaniel died in Salem on July 23, 1700.
John Putnam was born in 1627 in England.
He married Rebecca Prince.
Rebecca Putnam (1653, married John Fuller)
Sarah Putnam (1654, married John Hutchinson)
Priscilla Putnam (1657)
Jonathan Putnam (1659, married Lydia Potter and Elizabeth Whipple)
James Putnam (1661)
Hannah Putnam (1663)
Eleazer Putnam (1665)
John Putnam (1667)
Joanna Putnam (1670)
Ruth Putnam (1673)
On May 20 1692, John, Putnam, Jr age 34 and George Herrick the marshall for the court testified that
beeing att the
house of the above s'd John Puttnams both saw Mercy Lewis in a
very Dreadfull and Solemn Condition So that to our aprehention
shee could not continue long in this world without A mittigation
of thoes Torments wee saw her # [in] which Caused us to Expediate
A hasty dispacth to apprehend Mary Estick in hopes if possable
it might save her Life...
Jonathan Putnam, James Darling, Benjamin Hutchinson and Samuel Braybrook testified that Mercy Lewis and Elizabeth Hubbard
these two fell into fits by turns, the one being well whilst the
other was ill, & that each of them complained much of Mary Eastie,
who brought the book to said Mercy severall times as we heard her
say in her trances, & vexed & tortured them both by choking &
seemingly breathless fits & other fits, threatning said Mercy with
a winding sheet & afterwards with a Coffin if said Mercy would not
signe to her book, with abundance more of vexations they both
received from her.
In early New England towns policy was set by a board of 3 to 5 selectmen. They oversaw public responsibilities such as the policing, roads, and fences.
