Individual Details
Joktan Putnam
(1 May 1750 - 1839)
or Jekton
Removed to Sutton, Vermont
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Biographical Sketches of Worcester County, MA
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(V) Elisha, eldest son and child of Elisha (4), was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and died at or near Crown Point about 1758. He married
March 3, 1742, _________. Their children were: Andrew, born May 2, 1742, married Lucy Park, Jan 10, 1764; Elisha, December 4, 1745, died May 25, 1784; Antipas, July 24, 1747; Jekton, May 1, 1750, removed to Sutton, Vermont; Luke, October 5, 1755, was a revolutionary war soldier; William,January 7, 1758.
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1782 in 1782 census of Providence, Providence, RI
1790 - Gloucester, Providence, RI
1800 - Gloucester
1810 - Billymead, Caledonia, VT
Removed to Sutton, Vermont
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Biographical Sketches of Worcester County, MA
Image 337-42/960
(V) Elisha, eldest son and child of Elisha (4), was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and died at or near Crown Point about 1758. He married
March 3, 1742, _________. Their children were: Andrew, born May 2, 1742, married Lucy Park, Jan 10, 1764; Elisha, December 4, 1745, died May 25, 1784; Antipas, July 24, 1747; Jekton, May 1, 1750, removed to Sutton, Vermont; Luke, October 5, 1755, was a revolutionary war soldier; William,January 7, 1758.
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1782 in 1782 census of Providence, Providence, RI
1790 - Gloucester, Providence, RI
1800 - Gloucester
1810 - Billymead, Caledonia, VT
Events
| Birth | 1 May 1750 | Sutton, MA |  |  | |
| Death | 1839 | Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | |||
| Military | Rev War | |
Families
| Spouse | Anne Harris (1752 - ) |
| Father | Elisha Putnam II (1715 - 1758) |
| Mother | Lydia Chase (1722 - 1779) |
| Sibling | Andrew Putnam (1742 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Elisha Putnam (1745 - 1784) |
| Sibling | Antipas Putnam (1747 - 1784) |
| Sibling | Luke Putnam (1755 - 1818) |
| Sibling | Lieut William Putnam (1758 - 1818) |
Notes
Birth
Eben p 147Military
Joktan was from Uxbridge, MA in Worchester CountyOn the list of men mustered; Putnam appears among men raised to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 8 months; Capt Read's company, Col Wood's regiment. Also return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt Samuel Read's company, dated March 6, 1778; resides, Uxbridge; engaged for the term of Uxbridge; term to expire Nov 5, 1778, reported drafted.
Mass S & S Vol XII p 871
Endnotes
1. Franklin P. Rice , compiler, Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Systematic History Fund, 1907), p 136.