Individual Details
Ensign Ezra Putnam
(29 Apr 1696 - 21 Oct 1747)
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Eben p. 83: Will dated 5 sept 1747 and proved 30 Dec 1747 mentions widow Elizabeth, dau Mary, son Nehemiah to be sole executor, son Ezra, minor.
He and Elizabeth had 5 children
Ezra Putnam, Sr was of Middleton and was styled "yoeman". He bought land in Topsfield from his brothers and cousins. Topsfield then included part of Middleton. The farms of Deacon Edward Putnam and his sons are all in that part of what is now Middleton near Danvers, and some crossing the Danvers line. Deacon Edward gave each of his sons a farm. To Isaac, within a week of his removal to Sutton, he gave the homestead. Isaac sold to Ezra.
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Rand-Putnam
Ensign Ezra Putnam was born on 28 Feb 1695/96 in Salem Village, Essex CO, MA (587) Eben Putnam has the birth on 29 April 1696. He was baptized on 29 Apr 1696 in Salem Village (588). He signed a will on 5 Sep 1747. (589) He died on 22 Oct 1747 in Middleton, Essex CO,MA (590) (591) He has a will proved on 30 Dec 1747. (592) He was buried in Middleton, MA.
He was married to Elizabeth Fuller (daughter of Thomas Fuller and Elizabeth Andrews) on 16 Mar 1719/20 in Salem Village, MA (593) (594) (595) Eben Putnam has the birth on the 6th. Elizabeth Fuller was born about 1694. (596) Birth date calculated from age 53 years at death. She was baptized on 21 Sep 1707 in Salem Village, MA (597). She died on 21 Oct 1747 in Middleton, MA. (598) (599) Ensign Ezra Putnam and Eolizabeth Fuller had the following children:
Elizabeth was born before 7 May 1721 in Salem Village (600). She was baptized on 7 May 1721 in Salem Village (601, 602). She died on 17 Sep 1747 in Middleton, MA. (603, 604)
Mary
Nehemiah was born before 5 Sept 1725 in Salem Village (605). He was baptized on 5 Dept 1725 in Salem Village (606, 607). He died on 23 Oct 1747 in Middleton. (608. 609)
Major Ezra Putnam
Ruth Putnam was born about 1733 (610, 611). Birth date calculated from age 14 years at death. She was ba[tized on 17 Mar 1734/35 (612). She died on 16 Sep 1747 in Middleton. (613, 614) Eben has the death on 16 Dec 1747.
Sources:
587 - Eben p 40
588 - Vital records of Salem v 2 p211
589 - Eben p 83
590 - Eben p 83
591 - Vital records of Middleton, MA to the end of year 1849. Topsfield, MA, Topsfield Historical Society, 1904 p 136
592 - Eben p 83
593 - Eben p 83
594 - Vital records of Salem Vol4 p230
595 - Vital records of Topsfield p 181
596 - Vital records of Middleton, MA p 136
597 - Eben p 83
598 - Same
599 - Vital records of Middleton p 136
600 -Eben p 83
601 - Same
602 - Vital Records of Salem Vol2 p 210
603 - Eben p 83
604 - Vital records of Middleton p 136
605 - Eben p 83
606 - Same
607 - Vital records of Salem vol2 p 215
608 - Eben p 83
609 - Vital records of Middleton p 136
610 - Eben p 83
611 - Vital records of Middleton p 136
612 - Eben p 83
613 - Same
614 - Vital records of Middleton p 136
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This family had several die within a short time of each other, presumably of diptheria or small pox, etc.
Events
| Birth | 29 Apr 1696 | Salem Village, Mass Bay Colony |  | ||
| Marriage | 6 Mar 1719 | Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Elizabeth Fuller | | ||
| Will Dated | 5 Sep 1747 | | |||
| Death | 21 Oct 1747 | Middleton, Essex, MA |  | | |
| Will proved | 30 Dec 1747 | | |||
| Military | Ensign | | |||
| Occupation | yeoman | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Fuller ( - 1747) |
| Child | Elisabeth Putnam (1721 - 1747) |
| Child | Mary Putnam (1722 - 1786) |
| Child | Nehemiah Putnam ( - 1747) |
| Child | Ezra Putnam (1728 - 1811) |
| Child | Ruth Putnam ( - 1747) |
| Father | Deacon Edward Putnam (1654 - 1747) |
| Mother | Mary Hale (1660 - 1718) |
| Sibling | Deacon Edward Hale Putnam (1682 - 1755) |
| Sibling | Holyoke Putnam (1683 - 1706) |
| Sibling | Deacon Elisha Putnam (1685 - 1745) |
| Sibling | Joseph Putnam Jr (1687 - 1773) |
| Sibling | Mary Putnam (1689 - 1726) |
| Sibling | Prudence Putnam (1692 - 1745) |
| Sibling | Nehemiah Putnam (1693 - 1694) |
| Sibling | Isaac Putnam (1698 - 1757) |
| Sibling | Jeremiah Putnam (1699 - ) |
| Sibling | Abigail Putnam (1700 - 1764) |
Notes
Death
Or 22 Oct 1747Endnotes
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, p40.
2. The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Salem, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA, 1918), Vol 2, p. 211 births.
3. 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.83.
4. 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, p83.
5. George Francis Dow, compiler, Vital Records of Topsfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1903), p 181.
6. 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 83.
7. 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, p83.
8. Vital Records of Middleton, Mass to 1849, p. 136 deaths.
9. 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 83.
10. 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, 83.
11. 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 83-84.