Individual Details

Seth Putnam

(14 Jan 1722/23 - 2 May 1746)

From Rand-Put:
Rand/Putnam Notes:
www.access1.net/rmputnam/d1018.htm

Seth Putnam was born on 14 Jan 1723/24 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA (501, 502). Eben has the birth on 14 March 1723/24. He died on 2 May 1746 (503, 504). About Seth's death says Belknap in his history of New Hampshire, "The enemy was scattered in sall parties on all the frontiers. At Number Four, some women went out to milk their cows, with Major Josiah Willard and several soldiers for their guard. Eight Indians who were concealed in a barn, fired on them and mortally wounded Seth Putnam; as they were scalping him, Willard and two more fired on them and mortally wounded two, whom their companions carried off."

501 - Eben p77
502 - Vital Records of Billerica p 153
503 - Eben p 77
504 - Belknap Vol2 p 243

Events

Birth14 Jan 1722/23Billerica, Middlesex, MA
Death2 May 1746Number Four, New Hampshire

Families

FatherSeth Putnam (1695 - 1775)
MotherRuth Whipple (1692 - 1785)
SiblingEbenezer Putnam (1719 - 1782)
SiblingSarah Putnam (1720 - )
SiblingRuth Putnam (1720 - )
SiblingElisabeth Putnam (1725 - )
SiblingThomas Putnam (1728 - )
SiblingTimothy Putnam (1732 - )
SiblingSusana Putnam ( - )