Individual Details
Jeremiah PUTNAM
(31 Oct 1737 - 16 Sep 1799)
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Jeremiah Putnam served in the French and Indian War from February to December, 1756, in the company of Captain Andrew Fuller, at Crown Point, and again from March to November, 1758, under the same commander. He enlisted 6 April, 1759, in Colonel Plaisted's regiment. When the Lexington Alarm of 19 April, 1775, he was one of those who responded being a member of Captain Jeremiah Page's company. After the fight at Lexington he enlisted in the army as sergeant, 11 May, 1775, and rose to the rank of captain. He was taken prisoner at Long Island at which time he was an ensign in Colonel Hutchinson's regiment. He was a brave soldier and gallant officer.
Hanson says of him, "He was a useful citizen and discharged faithfully the trusts reposed in him."
Over his grave in the Plains Cemetery is a stone bearing the following epitaph:
"In memory of Capt. Jeremiah Putnam who died Sept. 16, 1799, Aged 63 years. An officer under the Immortal Washington."
This modest stone, what few vain mortals can,
May truly say; Here lies an Honest Man."
(Research):Title info:
PLAC Captain
Jeremiah Putnam served in the French and Indian War from February to December, 1756, in the company of Captain Andrew Fuller, at Crown Point, and again from March to November, 1758, under the same commander. He enlisted 6 April, 1759, in Colonel Plaisted's regiment. When the Lexington Alarm of 19 April, 1775, he was one of those who responded being a member of Captain Jeremiah Page's company. After the fight at Lexington he enlisted in the army as sergeant, 11 May, 1775, and rose to the rank of captain. He was taken prisoner at Long Island at which time he was an ensign in Colonel Hutchinson's regiment. He was a brave soldier and gallant officer.
Hanson says of him, "He was a useful citizen and discharged faithfully the trusts reposed in him."
Over his grave in the Plains Cemetery is a stone bearing the following epitaph:
"In memory of Capt. Jeremiah Putnam who died Sept. 16, 1799, Aged 63 years. An officer under the Immortal Washington."
This modest stone, what few vain mortals can,
May truly say; Here lies an Honest Man."
(Research):Title info:
PLAC Captain
Events
| Birth | 31 Oct 1737 | Salem, Essex, MA | |||
| Marriage | 3 Feb 1763 | Rachel FULLER | |||
| Death | 16 Sep 1799 | ||||
| Burial | Plains Cemetery | ||||
| Christened | Salem, Essex, MA |
Families
| Spouse | Rachel FULLER (1724 - ) |
| Child | Eunice PUTNAM (1766 - 1817) |
| Child | Elijah PUTNAM (1758 - ) |
| Child | Levi PUTNAM (1758 - ) |
| Child | Rachel PUTNAM (1758 - ) |
| Child | Thomas PUTNAM (1763 - 1822) |
| Child | Jeremiah PUTNAM (1769 - ) |
| Child | Apphia PUTNAM (1772 - ) |