Individual Details
Caleb Putnam
(27 Oct 1754 - 26 Jan 1822)
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Caleb Putnam responded to the Lexington Alarm as a private in Capt. Bartholomew Woodbury's Company, Col Learned's regiment. He was born in Sutton and died in Croydon, NH.
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Eben p268-69
492 Caleb (Edward, Edward, Edward, Thomas, John), born in Sutton, 27 Oct., 1754; died in Croyden, N. H.; married in Sutton, 21 Aug., 1776, Judith, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Park) Libby, of Sutton, born there 6 June, 1757; died suddenly at Croyden, ae. 54.
Children:
1236 Mehaleth, m. 1812, Reuben Winter, of Grantham, N. H.
1237 Sarah, m. 17 Nov., 1808, Nathaniel Cole, of Croydcn and of
Claremont, N. H.' 1238 Caleb, b. 24 Feb., 1779.
1239 Judith, b. 22 Dec, 1780; m. in Croyden, 18 Jan., 1800, William
Whipple, of Grantham, N. H.
1240 Ruth, b. 18 Oct., 1782; m. Ethan Powers, of Vermont.
1241 Lu, m. Phelps.
1242 Samuel, b. 28 Mar., 1786.
1243 Edward, b. 12 Dec, 1786; m. in Croyden, 21 June, 1810, Lydia Melandy, of Croyden. Selectman 1819. Afterward migrated to Illinois and died at an advanced age, leaving children.
1244 Hiram, m., 1st, Rachel Chapman; in., 2d, Mrs. Carroll.
1245 Peter, b. 1795.
About 1781, Caleb and his brother Daniel removed from Sutton to Croyden. Caleb Putnam bought 100 acres of land for £100 of the town in 1784. In 1785, he held the office of constable, a position of much more importance then than now.
He was often chosen to office, particularly to such as had control of the highways.
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Caleb Putnam was born on 27 Oct 1754 in Sutton, Worcester CO, MA. (1869) He was baptized on 27 Oct 1754 in Sutton, MA. (1870) He appeared on the census in 1790 in Croydon, Sullivan CO, NH. (1871) The census information is 2-3-4. He appeared on the census is 1800 in Croydon, NH.(1872) The census information is 22110 21210. He appeared on the census in 1810 in Croydon, NH. (1873) The census information is 00101 01100. He appeared on the census in 1820 in Southorough, Worcester CO, MA. (1874) The census information is 010001 01001. He died on 26 Jan 1822 in Croydon, NH. (1875) (1876) He was buried in Sutton, Worcester CO, MA. (1877) Caleb is asserted by family traditions to have served in the army during the Revoultion. There is a record of marriage at Croydon, 21 Nov 1811, of Caleb Putnam and Freelove Elliot. This is probably the second marriage of Caleb. In 1780-81, Caleb and his brother David, came from Sutton, MA, to Croydon, NH. In 1785, Caleb was town constable and later held other public offices. He bought his first farm of 100 acres in 1784.
sources in father's notes
Events
| Birth | 27 Oct 1754 | Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| Baptism | 27 Oct 1754 | Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 21 Aug 1776 | Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Judith Sibley |  | | |
| Death | 26 Jan 1822 | Sutton, MA | | ||
| Military | in the Revolutionary War | |
Families
| Spouse | Judith Sibley (1757 - 1811) |
| Father | Edward Putnam (1711 - 1800) |
| Mother | Ruth Fuller (1715 - 1779) |
| Sibling | Captain Archelaus Putnam (1743 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Molly (Mary) (Polly) Putnam (1750 - 1796) |
| Sibling | Colonel John Putnam (1735 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Andrew Putnam (1738 - ) |
| Sibling | Stephen Putnam (1739 - 1754) |
| Sibling | Ruth Putnam (1741 - 1811) |
| Sibling | Phebe Putnam (1745 - 1794) |
| Sibling | Sarah Putnam (1747 - 1789) |
| Sibling | Dea David Putnam (1752 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Peter H Putnam (1757 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Lucy Putnam (1760 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Asa Putnam (1763 - 1847) |
Notes
Marriage
Biographical Sketches of Worcester County, MAImage 337-42/960
Caleb,October 1754, married Judith Sibley;
Military
Caleb Putnam responded to the Lexington Alarm as a private in Capt. Bartholomew Woodbury's Company, Col Learned's regiment.Caleb of Sutton - Private, Capt Bartholomew Woodbury's Co., Col Learned's regiment; pay abstract for billing to and from camp; company marched from Sutton, Douglas and Northbridge Dec 9, 1775; also Capt Bartholomew Woodbury's Co. Col Jonathan Holman's regiment; service, 1 mo, 13 days; company marched from Sutton to Providence, R I, on the alarm of Dec 10, 1776
["Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War," / Prepared & Published by the Sec. of the Commonwealth/ Boston, 1904]
Endnotes
1. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 156.
2. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 268.
3. Rev William A Benedict; Rev Hiram A Tracy, compilers, History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts, From 1704 to 1876: including Grafton until 1735; Millbury until 1818; and Parts of Northbridge, Upton and Auburn (Worcester: Sanford and Company, 18878), Page 703; digital images, Google, Google Book Search (http://books.google.com : accessed .
4. Franklin P. Rice , compiler, Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Systematic History Fund, 1907), p 133.
5. Franklin P. Rice , compiler, Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Systematic History Fund, 1907), p 332.
6. Massachusetts, Sutton, Births, marriages and intentions, deaths, ca. 1710-1877, Town Clerks, Sutton, FHL microfilm no. 721190, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah,) 1971, p 350 marriages.
7. Massachusetts, Sutton, Births, marriages and intentions, deaths, ca. 1710-1877, Town Clerks, Sutton, FHL microfilm no. 721190, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah,) 1971, p 15 intentions.
8. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 268.
9. Ancestry.com, "Worcester County, Massachusetts Memoirs, Volume I-II," digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Original data: Ellery Bicknell Crane, ed. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.; Page 337-342, Ancestry images 337-342/960.
10. Rev William A Benedict; Rev Hiram A Tracy, compilers, History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts, From 1704 to 1876: including Grafton until 1735; Millbury until 1818; and Parts of Northbridge, Upton and Auburn (Worcester: Sanford and Company, 18878), Page 703; digital images, Google, Google Book Search (http://books.google.com : accessed .
11. Franklin P. Rice , compiler, Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Systematic History Fund, 1907), p 450.
12. Massachusetts, Sutton, Births, marriages and intentions, deaths, ca. 1710-1877, Town Clerks, Sutton, FHL microfilm no. 721190, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah,) 1971, p 532 deaths.
13. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 268.