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John Putnam of Aston Abbott, co. Bucks, England, came to America about 1634, and settled at Salem village, now Danvers; d. 30 Dec. 1663; m. Priscilla Gould (?); their son, Thomas Putnam, bap. 7 Mar 1614-5, res. Salem Village; d. 5 May 1686; m. 1st 1643, Ann Holyoke (d 1665); their son, Edward Putnam, bap 4 July, 1654; farmer, res. Salem Village; d. 10 Mar 1747; m. 1681, Mary Hale.; their son, Isaac Putnam, b. 14 Mar 1698, rem. to Sutton about 1722; d. 1757; m. 1720 Anna Fuller; their son, Nathan Putnam, b.. 24 Oct 1730, res Sutton; d. 6 Aug 1813; m. 1752, Betty Buffington (1734-1810).
from Decendats of Eleazer Flagg, p. 28
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Read: Family tradition says he came to America in 1634. He was in Aston Abbots as late as 1627 as baptized youngest son. There is a 1641 record of entry in Salem Town meeting.
Eben p3 says abt 1580, at Aston Abbotts, Co. Bucks., England
Abt 80 yrs old
Salem, now Danvers, MA
Read says: Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England
Probably unmarked grave in Wadsworth cemetery.
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Putnam is an ancient English surname, taken from the place name, Puttenham. This town is mentioned in the Doomsday Book (1086). It was a part of the great fief known as the Honor of Leicester. The parish of Puttenham is situated in Hertfordshire, near Bedfordsire and Buckinghamshire.

The coat-of-arms to which all the American descendants of this lineage are entitled is: Sable, between eight crosses crosslet fitchee (of crusily-firtchee) argent, a stork of the last, beaked and legged gules.

Crest: a wolf's head gules.

The name PUTNAM comes from Puttenham, a place in England, and this perhaps from the Flemish word putte "a well", plural putten and ham signifying a "home", and the whole indicating a settlement by a well.
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John Putnam, Sen., it is known, was resident in Aston Abbotts, England, as late as 1627, as the date of the baptism of his youngest son shows, but just when he came to New England I am unable to state. Family tradition is responsible for the date of 1634, and we know that the tradition has been in the family for over one hundred and fifty years. In 1641, new style, we find the following entry on the Town Records of Salem:

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On that date, a meeting, there being present, Mr. Endecott, Mr. Hathorne, John Woodbury, Jeffry Massy, the selectmen, there was "Graunted to John Putnam one hundred acres of land at the head of Mr. Skelton's Farme between it and Elias Stilemen the elder his Farme, if there be an hundred acres of it. And it is in exchange of one hundred acres weh was graunted to the said John Putnam formerly & if it fall out that there be not such there then to be made up neere Lieutenant Davenport's hill to be layed out by the towne. And tenne acres of meadow in the meadow called the pine meadow if it be not there formerly graunted to others." There was also "Graunted Fiftie acres of land unto Thomas Putnam and Five acres of meadow both to be layed out by the towne."
These are the earliest records we have of John unless the following abstract from Lechford (12-27-1639, O.S.), refers to him. I am inclined to think, however, that in this case Lechford refers to Thomas who was a resident of Lynn and near neighbor of Gould and therefore likely to have engaged Lechford(see p. 238, Lechford’s Note book).
"For drawing Articles for Mr. Cradocke & Gould and Putnam (6s.)."

Gov. Endicott arrived in Salem, 6 Sept., 1628, with a company of about one hundred; it is not likely that John Putnam came with him. If John Putnam came in 1634, he must have witnessed the excitement over Mrs. Anne Hutchinson (1634-8), the banishment of Roger Williams from Salem and the colony (1635), perhaps taken part in the attempt to put the colony in a state of defence against Charles I and Wentworth, who were ruling England without the aid of a Parliament (1635). In 1636-7 occurred the terrible Pequot War, but nowhere do we find mention of his name. Samuel P. Andrews, Esq., of Salem, a gentleman long interested in antiqua-

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rian matters, especially in those relating to the Putnam family, is inclined to believe that John Putnam was here very early and at first owned land at the end of Broad street, extending to Essex where is joins the Boston turnpike. He bases his case upon an old deed which he found among the Peele papers, dated 1658 and now recorded, in which John Putnam (probably the younger) deeds a part of this land to Henry Kenny. Mr. Andrews thinks that here John Putnam built a house and brick-kiln and that this is the first grant spoken of above. At all events if John Putnam was in Salem in 1634 he lived quietly, and not until 1640-41 do we have any reliable information concerning him. [Here it is proper to state that the book of Grants for Salem is a transcript from the Town Records of matters pertaining to land, and commences 1 Oct., 1634. The Town Records in existence to-day commence with Dec 26, 1636, all previous records having been lost.]

John Putnam was a farmer and exceedingly well off for those times. He wrote a fair hand as deeds on record show. In these deeds he styles himself “Yeoman;” once in 1655, “husbandman”. The deeds on record run from “14th day 2d, 1652 to 31st Oct 1662. The earliest deed is a grant of land from Ralph Fogg, conveying “a farme four score acres lying between old father Putnam’s farm and Daniel Reies and more than eight acres near the house which John Hathorne built,” recorded p.481, L. VI, Essex Deeds. Under date of 2d, 1mo, 1653, he gives to Nathaniel Putnam one-half his lands or plains which he has in his possession and to this he affixes his mark; the next day he grants to Thomas one-half of all lands except what he has granted to son Nathaniel, p. 36, L.II.

It is probable that he may have experienced a shock of paralysis about this time and was expecting death. This method of disposing of their lands while living to their children, reserving enough for their own support however, was the rule among the earlier generations of the Putnam family.

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The parents then had the pleasure of seeing that their children were comfortably settled before leaving them.

James and Jonathan Putnam owned his original estate in 1692, consisting of the town grant of one hundred acres in 1641; eighty acres granted to Ralph Fogg in 1636; forty acres (formerly Richard Waterman’s) to Thomas Lothrop in 1642; and thirty acres to Ann Scarlet in 1636. The above estate was situated between Davenports Hill and Porters Hill and west of Daniel Rea’s grant in Danvers (Upham).

The following account of the death of John Putnam was written in 1733 by his grandson Edward. “He ate his supper, went to prayer with his family and died before he went to sleep.”

John Putnam was admitted to the church in 1647, six years later than his wife, and was also freeman the same year.

The town of Salem, in 1644, voted that a patrol of two men be appointed each Lord’s day to walk forth during worship and take notice of such who did not attend service and who were idle, etc., and to present such cases to the magistrates; all of those appointed were men of standing in the community. For the 9th day, John Putnam and John Hathorne were appointed.
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Rand-Put:
John Putnam was the founder of the Salem family. His father, Nicholas, had inherited from his youngest brother, Richard, an estate of lands in Wingrave bequeathed him by their father. No record of the transfer of this property by Nicholas has been found, yet at the latter's death, he then being of Stewkley, there is no mention of the Wingrave property. Nicholas, however, gave to his son John his house and lands in Aston Abbotts, of which we have found no record as to how he became possessed. The Putnam farm was probably in Burstone, a locality adjoining Rowsham in Wingrave. John probably lived in Stewkley with his parents until his father's death, and then being of age capable to conduct a farm, seems to have taken possession of the property given him by his father and to have continued in possession, occupying himself with its care, until his migration to New England. In 1614, when his name appears on his mother's marriage license as one of the sureties, he is described as husbandman. No further mention is found of him in England, except upon the occasions of the baptism of his children, who were baptized at Aston Abbotts.
John was perhaps married in 1611 or 1612. The marriage records for this period are missing from the Wingrave register, and the register for Hemel Hempstead is lost.
On November 25, 1658, Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield deputed "John Putnam of Salem, the younger, his cousin" to be his attorney. (Essex Court Records, IV, 100). In an account book of John Gould, grandson of Zaccheus, born 1662, died 1724, is found an entry by him as follows, "Grandfather Gould lived in Buckinghamshire, and Grandfather Deacon in Hertfordshire, in Hempstead town in Corner Hall." In this same book are references to John Putnam, a contemporary, alluded to as "cousin." Jeremy Gould, a brother of Zaccheus, had a wife (Priscilla Grover) and was living in Aston Abbotts in 1631, but was in Rhode Island in 1638. Another brother of Zaccheus was John Gould, who lived in Bovington, and had a daughter Priscilla (who married a Grover and had in turn a daughter named after her) and also a niece Priscilla Ware. Neither of those were of suitable age to have married with John Putnam. (see Water's Gleanings, pg 1019) Both John Putnam and Zaccheus Gould named daughters "Phoebe." Cousin was a term in use in the early part of the 17th century to indicate nephew, and as there appears no opportunity for a Putnam-Gould marriage either way, the only alternative is to adopt the suggestion that John Putnam and Zacchues Gould had married sisters. (see pg 46, Genealogical Bulletin for 1903)
John Putnam was well equipped for the work of founding a home in a country, both in ability and financial resources.
There is a entry in Lechford's Note Book under date of December 27, 1639, (22 Feb., 1640, our reckoning), "For drawing Articles for Mr. Cradocke & Gould and Putnam (6s.)." Just what these articles are related to is not revealed, but the reference is either to John Putnam or his eldest son Thomas. It was in 1640 that John Putnam settled in Salem. There is no record of his having been in any other part of New England prior to his appearence in Salem. His son Thomas first settled in Lynn, and his coming thought to have preceded his father's. In 1685/6, Nathaniel Putnam deposed that he was aged sixty-five years and had lived in Salem for forty-six years, and his brother John made a like statement, giving his age as fifty-eight years and his residence in Salem as about forty-five years (Ipswich records, Deeds, vol. 5,213), both of which statements agree with the date 1640 as that of the coming of their father. As it is not likely that the removal was effected in the winter season, either John arrived in the preceding year or else his son Thomas in the person referred to by Leachford.. There is no authority for the date 1634, sometimes given as that of the arrival of John Putnam, other than family tradition, probably originating with Deacon Edward Putnam who left a brief genealogy of the family compiled in 1733.
Grants of land, were made by the town of Salem to John Putnam and to his sons on their account. The first grant is not of record, and the land so granted was not occupied by him. The earliest recorded grant, which was that on which he established his homestead, was 100 acres, 20th of the 11th month, 1640, or January 1641, new style. On that date, a meeting, there being present, Mr. Endecott, Mr. Hathorne, John Woodbury, Jeffry Massy, the selectmen, there was "Graunted to John Putnam one hundred acres of land at the head of Mr. Skelton's Farme between it and Elias Stilemen the elder his Farme, if there be an hundred acres of it. And it is in exchange of one hundred acres weh was graunted to the said John Putnam formerly & if it fall out that there be not such there then to be made up neere Lieutenant Davenport's hill to be layed out by the towne. And tenne acres of meadow in the meadow called the pine meadow if it be not there formerly graunted to others." There was also "Graunted Fiftie acres of land unto Thomas Putnam and Five acres of meadow both to be layed out by the towne."
At a meeting of the selectmen, 17-3 mo., 1652, "There being formerlie graunted unto John Putnam Sen' 50 acres of land and complaint being made that the said land laid out to him is not soe much it is ordered that the layers out of the land shall make up what the said land shall want of his grant in land lying between his sonne Nathaniells land and Richard Huchisson."
In 1653 he divided his lands between his sons Thomas and Nathaniel, having evidently already granted his homestead to his younger son, John.
In deeds John is described as both husbandman and yeoman. He was a man of substance and probably of much education as his contemporaries, but neither seeking or desiring public office.
At a general town meeting held the 7th day of the 5th month 1644 it was ordered "that twoe be appointed every Lords day to walk forth in the time of Gods worshippe, to take notice of such as either lye about the meeting house without attending to the word or ordinances, or that lye at home or in the fields, without giving good account thereof, and to take the names of such persons & to present them to the Magistrate, whereby they may be accordingly proceeded against. Seventeen men were appointed, John Putnam and John Hathorne were appointed for the ninth day. All the men were of prominence and to whom a perusal of the records shows that the town people looked with respect.
John Putnam was sixty seven years of age when he was admitted to the church at Salem in 1647.
There is no record of the death of his wife, nor settlement of either her or his estate. (Salem Records.)


In 1733, John's grandson Edward wrote of John's death, "He ate his supper, went to prayer with his family and died before he went to sleep". A vital record has John's death in October but Eben Putnam's "History", p. 5, clearly has him making a land transaction on 31 October 1662.

He may have been baptized in Wingrave
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Memoirs of Rufus Putnam
Rufus Putnam's Memorandum Book of Family Concerns: p.3

"John Putnam came from Buckingham Shire in England, Anno-1634, and Setled in Salem, Massachusetts. --- he brought three Sons with him viz. Thomas, Nathaniel, and John: he (that is the Father) died at the age of about eighty years, very Suddenly. he eat his Supper, went to prayer in his family, and died before he went to Sleep"
Edward Putnam, Grandson of the first John gives the above account in a manuscript dated 1733, himself being then 79 years of age, & adds "from thofe three proceeded twelve males, from those 12, forty males and from those 40, eighty two males. there was none of the name of Putnam in New England but those of this family" .....

(Rufus continues to quote Edward from a 1741 account where Edward enumerates several Putnam families in what is probably the first genealogy of the American Putnam family.)
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Rand/Putnam Notes:
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07/17/2000

John Putnam

John Putnam was born before 17 Jan 1579/80 in Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England. (1) He was baptized on 17 Jan 1579/80 in Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England. (2) (3) (4) He may have been baptized in Wingrave. He died on 30 Dec 1662 in Salem Village, Essex CO, MA. (5) (6) In 1733, John’s grandson Edward wrote of John’s death, “ He ate his supper, went to prayer with his family and died before he went to sleep." A vital record has John’s death in October but Eben Putnam’s “History”, p.5, clearly has him making a land transaction on 31 October 1662. He was buried in Salem Village, Essex CO, MA. John Putnam was the founder of the Salem family. His father Nicholas, had inherited from his youngest brother, Richard, an estate of lands in Wingrave bequeathed him by their father. No record of transfer of this property by Nicholas has been found, yet at the latter’s death, he then being of Stewkley, there is no mention of the Wingrave property. Nicholas, however, gave to his son John his house and lands in Aston Abbotts, of which we found no record as to how he became possessed. The Putnam farm was probably in Burstone, a locality adjoining Rowsham in Wingrave. John probably lived in Stewkley with his parents until his father's death, and then being of age capable to conduct a farm, seems to have taken possession of the property given him by his father and to have continued in possession, occupying himself with its care, until his migration to New England. In 1614, when his name appears on his mother's marriage license as one of the sureties, he is described as husbandman. No further mention is found of him in England, except upon the occasions of the baptism of his children, who were baptized at Aston Abbotts.
John was perhaps married in 1611 or 1612. The marriage records for this period are missing from the Wingrave register, and the register for Hemel Hempstead is lost.
On November 25, 1658, Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield deputed “John Putnam of Salem, the younger, his cousin” to be his attorney. (Essex Court Records, IV, 100). In an account book of John Gould, grandson of Zaccheus, born 1662, died 1724, is found an entry by him as follows, “Grandfather Gould lived in Buckinghamshire, and Grandfather Deacon in Hertfordshire, in Hempstead town in Corner Hall.” In this same book are references to John Putnam, a contemporary, alluded to as “cousin.” Jeremy Gould, a brother of Zaccheus, had a wife (Priscilla Grover) and was living in Aston Abbotts in 1631, but was in Rhode Island in 1638. Another brother of Zaccheus was John Gould, who lived in Bovington, and had a daughter Priscilla (who married a Grover and had in turn a daughter named after her) and also a niece Priscilla Ware. Neither of those were of suitable age to have married with John Putnam. (see Water’s Gleanings, pg 1019). Both John Putnam and Zaccheus Gould named daughters”Phoebe.” Cousin was a term in use in the early part of the 17th century to indicate nephew, and as there appears no opportunity for a Putnam-Gould marriage either way, the alternative is to adopt the suggestion that John Putnam and Zaccheus Gould had married sisters. (see pg 46, Genealogical Bulletin for 1903).
John Putnam was well equipped for the work of founding a home in a country, both in ability and financial resources.
There is an entry in Lechford’s Note Book under date of December 27, 1639, (22 Feb., 1640, our reckoning), “for drawing Articles for Mr Cradocke & Gould and Putnam (6s).” Just what these articles are related to is not revealed, but the reference is either to John Putnam or his eldest son Thomas. It was in 1640, John Putnam settled in Salem. There is no record of his having been in any other part of New England prior to his appearence in Salem. His son Thomas first settled in Lynn, and his coming thought to have preceded his father's. In 1685/6, Nathaniel Putnam deposed that he was aged sixty-five years and had lived in Salem for forty-six years, and his brother John made a like statement, giving his age as fifty-eight years and his residence in Salem as about forty-five years, ( Ipswich records, Deeds, vol. 5,213), both of which statements agree with the date 1640 as that of the coming of their father. As it is not likely that the removal was effected in the winter season, either John arrived in the preceding year or else his son Thomas in the person referred to by Leachford. There is no authority for the date 1634, sometimes given as that of the arrival of John Putnam, other than family tradition, probably originating with John's grandson, Deacon Edward Putnam, who left a brief genealogy of the family compiled in 1733.
Grants of land, were made by the town of Salem to John Putnam and to his sons on their account. The first grant is not of record, and the land so granted was not occupied by him. The earliest recorded grant, which was that on which he established his homestead, was 100 acres, November 20, 1640, or January 1641, new style. On that date, a meeting, there being present, Mr. Endecott, Mr. Hathorne, John Woodbury, Jeffry Massy, the selectmen, there was "Graunted to John Putnam one hundred acres of land at the head of Mr. Skelton's Farme between it and Elias Stilemen the elder his Farme, if there be an hundred acres of it. And it is in exchange of one hundred acres weh was graunted to the said John Putnam formerly and if it fall out that there be not such there then to be made up neere Lieutenant Davenport's hill to be layed out by the towne. And tenne acres of meadow in the meadow called the pine meadow if it be not there formerly graunted to others." There was also "Graunted Fiftie acres of land unto Thomas Putnam and Five acres of meadow both to be layed out by the towne."
At a meeting of the selectmen, March 17, 1652, "There being formerlie graunted unto John Putnam Sen' 50 acres of land and complaint being made that the said land laid out to him is not soe much it is ordered that the layers out of the land shall make up what the said land shall want of his grant in land lying between his sonne Nathaniells land and Richard Huchisson."
In 1653 he divided his lands between his sons Thomas and Nathaniel, having evidently already granted his homestead to his younger son, John.
In deeds John is described as both husbandman and yeoman. He was a man of substance and probably of much education as his contemporaries, but neither seeking or desiring public office.
At a general town meeting held the May 7, 1644 it was ordered "that twoe be appointed every Lords day to walk forth in the time of Gods worshippe, to take notice of such as either lye about the meeting house without attending to the word or ordinances, or that lye at home or in the fields, without giving good account thereof, and to take the names of such persons & to present them to the Magistrate, whereby they may be accordingly proceeded against. Seventeen men were appointed, John Putnam and John Hathorne were appointed for the ninth day. All the men were of prominence and to whom a perusal of the records shows that the town people looked with respect.
John Putnam was sixty seven years of age when he admitted to the Church at Salem on February 4, 1647.
There is no record of the death of his wife, nor settlement of either her or his estate. (Salem Records).
He was married to Priscilla Gould (daughter of Richard Gould and Elizabeth Young) about 1611 in England. (7) The marriage date was approximated by subtracting one year from the birth of her first child. Priscilla Gould was born about 1585 in Bovington, Hertfordshire, England. (8) She died in 1668 in Salem Village, Essex CO, MA. She was buried in Salem, Essex CO, MA. Could be Wadsworth, Norfolk CO, MA. Admitted to church in Salem, MA in 1641. The arms of Deacon of Hemel Hempsteead were, A chevron treillisse’ between three roses. Crest: a demi eagle. This family has been of considerable note in Hertfordshire, deriving descent from Richard Deacon of Wyndruge, Hertforshire, who died 1496, and whose three sons were in the service of the Crown, the elder as Secretary to Elizabeth of York, consort to Henry VII, and the other two in the military service. Their uncle Michael was Bishop of St. Asaph.
In 1658 (25 Nov), Zaccheus Gouls of Topsfield deputed “John Putnam of Salem, the younger, his cousin” to be his attorney. (Essex Court Records, IV, 100). In an account book of John Gould, grandson of Zaccheus, born 1662, died 1724, is found an entry by him as follows, “Grandfather Gould lived in Buckinghamshire, and Grandfather Deacon in Hertfordshire, in Hempstead town in Corner Hall.” In this same book are references to John Putnam, a contemporary, alluded to as “cousin.” Jeremy Gould, a brother of Zaccheus, had a wife (Priscilla Grover) and was living in Aston Abbotts in 1631, but was in Rhode Island in 1638. Another brother of Zaccheus was John Gould, who lived in Bovington, and had a daughter Priscilla (who married a Grover and had in turn a daughter named after her) and also a niece Priscilla Ware. Neither of those were of suitable age to have married with John Putnam. (see Water’s Gleanings, pg 1019). Both John Putnam and Zaccheus Gould named daughters”Phoebe.” Cousin was a term in use in the early part of the 17th century to indicate nephew, and as there appears no opportunity for a Putnam-Gould marriage either way, the alternative is to adopt the suggestion that John Putnam and Zaccheus Gould had married sisters. (see pg 46, Genealogical Bulletin for 1903).
According to Professor Gould, Phebe, wife of Zaccheus Gould, was a daughter of Thomas and Martha Deacon of Corner Hall. Thomas Deacon is said to have been born about 1585.* (See * note below) Thomas Deacon of Corner Hall was the father of Thomas, born in 1609, who was B.A. Oxford, 1627, and grandfather of Lt. Col. Thomas Deacon, the Parlimentary soldier. It is probable that the Thomas Deacon of Corner Hall, called grandfather by John Gould, was born some years prior to 1585. Bovington the home of the Goulds and of the Deacons is part of Hempstead, and is but eight miles from Tring. It is an interesting coincidence that Richard Deacon, the Queen’s secretary, purchased the two chief manors in Stewkley, Barns and Littlecote, in 1503, which in 1521 he gave by will to his son Richard who was of Marston Morteyn, Beds., and died 1543.

* Through the courtesy of Mr Edward Deacon who has published in a work entitled “The Descent of the Family of Deacon of Elstowe and London,” an extensive collection made by him regarding the Deacons, the will of Thomas Deacon of Bovington, Hertfordshire, yeoman, has been examined. The testator directs that his body be buried in the churchyard at Bovington, and makes a small bequest to the poor. He names his three daughters, Awdry, Margaret, and Marie, and his sons Roger and Thomas both of whom were minors. To son-in-law John Ewer’s children, William and Ann, and after legacies to William Parret, Francis Axtell, John Feilder and Henry Style, resides to wife Joan, who with her brother Richard Allen are made executors. Henry Mayne and John Gould to be overseers. Witnesses, Thomas Hallam, Raphe Bullock, John Deacon, Thomas Fielde and others. Dated 1 June, 1582, proved, Arch. Hauts. 20 June, 1582.

John and Priscilla Gould had the following children:

Elizabeth (Eliza) Putnam was born before 20 Dec 1612 in Aston Abbotts, England. (9) She was baptized on 20 Dec 1612 in Aston Abbotts, Buchinghamshire, England. (10) She died after 1648. (11) Admitted to church in Salem, MA in 1643.

Lieutenant Thomas Putnam

John Putnam was born before 24 Jul 1617 in Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England. (12) He was baptized on 24 Jul 1617 in Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England.(13) He died before 5 Nov 1620 in Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England. (14) He was buried on 5 Nov 1620 in Aston Abbotts. (15)

Nathaniel Putnam

Sara Putnam was born before 7 Mar 1622/23 in Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England.(16) She was baptized on 7 Mar 1622/23 in Aston Abbotts. (17)

Phoebe Putnam was born before 28 Jul 1624 in Aston Abbotts. (18) She was baptized on 28 Jul 1624 in Aston Abbotts. (19) She was buried on 30 Apr 1630 in Aston Abbots, BUchinghamshire, England. (20)

Captain John Putnam

Sources:
1. Sidney Perley. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. Salem, MA, 1926. p. 109.
2. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Vol 1. Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891, p. xivi.
3. Sideny Perley, p.109.
4. Eben Putnam, The Putnam Leaflets. Vol 1, No. 1, p.2.
5. The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Salem, to the End of the Year 1849, Salem, MA, 1918. Vol. 6, p. 170.
6. Eben Putnam, A History... p. 3
7. Ibid, p.3
8. Read H. Putnam. Baltimore, MD, Gateway Press Inc., 1982, p. 25.
9. Eben Putnam, A History...p. 3
10. Ibid, p3.
11. Ibid, p3.
12. Ibid, p3.
13. Ibid, p3.
14. Ibid, p3.
15. Ibid, p3.
16. Ibid, p3.
17. Ibid, p3.
18. Ibid, p3.
19. Ibid, p3.
20. NEHGS MSS399, subgroup 1, series B.
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From Familypedia

John Putnam was born on January 17, 1580 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England to Nicholas Putnam and Margaret Goodspeed. He married Priscilla Gould in 1611 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. In the 1630s or 1640s, John, Priscilla, and their children immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled in Salem, Massachusetts. John died on December 30, 1662 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He is buried in Salem.
John received from his father, Nicholas, his house and lands in Aston Abbotts. The Putnam farm was most likely in Burstone, a locality adjoining Rowsham in Wingrave. John probably lived in Stewkley with his parents until his father's death, and then being of age capable to conduct a farm, seems to have taken possession of the property given him by his father and to have continued in possession, occupying himself with its care, until his migration to New England. In 1614, when his name appears on his mother's marriage license as one of the sureties, he is described as husbandman. No further mention is found of him in England, except upon the occasions of the baptism of his children, who were baptized at Aston Abbotts.
John was married in 1611 or 1612.
John Putnam was well equipped for the work of founding a home in a country, both in ability and financial resources. In 1640, John Putnam settled in Salem, Massachusetts. There is no record of his having been in any other part of New England prior to his appearence in Salem. His son Thomas first settled in Lynn, and his coming thought to have preceded his father's. In 1685/6, Nathaniel Putnam deposed that he was aged sixty-five years and had lived in Salem for forty-six years, and his brother John made a like statement, giving his age as fifty-eight years and his residence in Salem as about forty-five years, both of which statements agree with the date 1640 as that of the coming of their father. As it is not likely that the removal was effected in the winter season, either John arrived in the preceding year or else his son Thomas in the person referred to by Leachford. There is no authority for the date 1634, sometimes given as that of the arrival of John Putnam, other than family tradition, probably originating with John's grandson, Deacon Edward Putnam, who left a brief genealogy of the family compiled in 1733.
John was admitted to the Church on February 4, 1647 in Salem, Massachusetts.
Grants of land, were made by the town of Salem to John Putnam and to his sons on their account. The first grant is not of record, and the land so granted was not occupied by him. The earliest recorded grant, which was that on which he established his homestead, was 100 acres, November 20, 1640, or January 1641, new style. On that date, a meeting, there being present, Mr. Endecott, Mr. Hathorne, John Woodbury, Jeffry Massy, the selectmen, there was "Graunted to John Putnam one hundred acres of land at the head of Mr. Skelton's Farme between it and Elias Stilemen the elder his Farme, if there be an hundred acres of it. And it is in exchange of one hundred acres weh was graunted to the said John Putnam formerly and if it fall out that there be not such there then to be made up neere Lieutenant Davenport's hill to be layed out by the towne. And tenne acres of meadow in the meadow called the pine meadow if it be not there formerly graunted to others." There was also "Graunted Fiftie acres of land unto Thomas Putnam and Five acres of meadow both to be layed out by the towne."
At a meeting of the selectmen, March 17, 1652, "There being formerlie graunted unto John Putnam Sen' 50 acres of land and complaint being made that the said land laid out to him is not soe much it is ordered that the layers out of the land shall make up what the said land shall want of his grant in land lying between his sonne Nathaniells land and Richard Huchisson."
In 1653 he divided his lands between his sons Thomas and Nathaniel, having evidently already granted his homestead to his younger son, John.
In deeds John is described as both husbandman and yeoman. He was a man of substance and probably of much education as his contemporaries, but neither seeking or desiring public office.
At a general town meeting held the May 7, 1644 it was ordered "that twoe be appointed every Lords day to walk forth in the time of Gods worshippe, to take notice of such as either lye about the meeting house without attending to the word or ordinances, or that lye at home or in the fields, without giving good account thereof, and to take the names of such persons & to present them to the Magistrate, whereby they may be accordingly proceeded against. Seventeen men were appointed, John Putnam and John Hathorne were appointed for the ninth day. All the men were of prominence and to whom a perusal of the records shows that the town people looked with respect.
In describing his final hours, "He ate his supper, went to prayer with his family and died before he went to sleep."

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Deacon John Putnam was born on 17 January 1579 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England. He immigrated in 1634 to Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 30 October 1662 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. From "The Puttenham Family Of England" John Puttenham, the 21st generation of our English ancestry became, at one and the same time, John Putnam, the first of our American kinfolk. He was born at Ashton Abbots, England ca, 1580 and died very suddenly in Salem Village (now Danvers) Mass., 30 Dec 1662. He was a farmer and evidently quite a prosperous man. His land (some 250 acres) was located between Davenport Hill and potter hill in Salem. He arrived in the Massachusetts colony about 1634 and was admitted to the church in Salem in 1647. His wife, married in England, has been known as both Priscilla Gould and Priscilla Deacon. There seems to be little information about her, other than the fact that she was his wife and the mother of his children, born in England. Because he was a land owner, his descendants were made eligible for membership in the Founder's and Patriots society.

Parents: Nicholas Putnam and Margaret Goodspeed.

Spouse: Priscilla Gould. Priscilla Gould and Deacon John Putnam were married about 1611 in Aston Abbots, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. Children were: Elizabeth Putnam, Lieutenant Thomas Putnam, John Putnam, Nathaniel Putnam, Sarah Putnam, Phoebe Putnam, John Putnam.
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John Putnam was born on January 17, 1580 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England to Nicholas Putnam and Margaret Goodspeed. He married Priscilla Gould in 1611 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. In the 1630s or 1640s, John, Priscilla, and their children immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled in Salem, Massachusetts. John died on December 30, 1662 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He is buried in Salem.
John recived from his father, Nicholas, his house and lands in Aston Abbotts. The Putnam farm was most likely in Burstone, a locality adjoining Rowsham in Wingrave. John probably lived in Stewkley with his parents until his father's death, and then being of age capable to conduct a farm, seems to have taken possession of the property given him by his father and to have continued in possession, occupying himself with its care, until his migration to New England. In 1614, when his name appears on his mother's marriage license as one of the sureties, he is described as husbandman. No further mention is found of him in England, except upon the occasions of the baptism of his children, who were baptized at Aston Abbotts.
John was married in 1611 or 1612.
John Putnam was well equipped for the work of founding a home in a country, both in ability and financial resources. In 1640, John Putnam settled in Salem, Massachusetts. There is no record of his having been in any other part of New England prior to his appearence in Salem. His son Thomas first settled in Lynn, and his coming thought to have preceded his father's. In 1685/6, Nathaniel Putnam deposed that he was aged sixty-five years and had lived in Salem for forty-six years, and his brother John made a like statement, giving his age as fifty-eight years and his residence in Salem as about forty-five years, both of which statements agree with the date 1640 as that of the coming of their father. As it is not likely that the removal was effected in the winter season, either John arrived in the preceding year or else his son Thomas in the person referred to by Leachford. There is no authority for the date 1634, sometimes given as that of the arrival of John Putnam, other than family tradition, probably originating with John's grandson, Deacon Edward Putnam, who left a brief genealogy of the family compiled in 1733.
John was admitted to the Church on February 4, 1647 in Salem, Massachusetts.
Grants of land, were made by the town of Salem to John Putnam and to his sons on their account. The first grant is not of record, and the land so granted was not occupied by him. The earliest recorded grant, which was that on which he established his homestead, was 100 acres, November 20, 1640, or January 1641, new style. On that date, a meeting, there being present, Mr. Endecott, Mr. Hathorne, John Woodbury, Jeffry Massy, the selectmen, there was "Graunted to John Putnam one hundred acres of land at the head of Mr. Skelton's Farme between it and Elias Stilemen the elder his Farme, if there be an hundred acres of it. And it is in exchange of one hundred acres weh was graunted to the said John Putnam formerly and if it fall out that there be not such there then to be made up neere Lieutenant Davenport's hill to be layed out by the towne. And tenne acres of meadow in the meadow called the pine meadow if it be not there formerly graunted to others." There was also "Graunted Fiftie acres of land unto Thomas Putnam and Five acres of meadow both to be layed out by the towne."
At a meeting of the selectmen, March 17, 1652, "There being formerlie graunted unto John Putnam Sen' 50 acres of land and complaint being made that the said land laid out to him is not soe much it is ordered that the layers out of the land shall make up what the said land shall want of his grant in land lying between his sonne Nathaniells land and Richard Huchisson."
In 1653 he divided his lands between his sons Thomas and Nathaniel, having evidently already granted his homestead to his younger son, John.
In deeds John is described as both husbandman and yeoman. He was a man of substance and probably of much education as his contemporaries, but neither seeking or desiring public office.
At a general town meeting held the May 7, 1644 it was ordered "that twoe be appointed every Lords day to walk forth in the time of Gods worshippe, to take notice of such as either lye about the meeting house without attending to the word or ordinances, or that lye at home or in the fields, without giving good account thereof, and to take the names of such persons & to present them to the Magistrate, whereby they may be accordingly proceeded against. Seventeen men were appointed, John Putnam and John Hathorne were appointed for the ninth day. All the men were of prominence and to whom a perusal of the records shows that the town people looked with respect.
In describign his final hours, "He ate his supper, went to prayer with his family and died before he went to sleep."

Children
John Putnam Priscilla Gould (1585-1668)


Elizabeth Putnam (1612-1643) December 1612 Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom 1643

Thomas Putnam (1615-1686) March 7, 1615 Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom May 5, 1686 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

John Putnam (1617-1620) July 1617 Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom November 5, 1620 Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Nathaniel Putnam (1619-1700) October 10, 1619 Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom July 23, 1700 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Sarah Putnam (1623-1680)

Phoebe Putnam (1624-1624)

John Putnam (1627-1710) May 27, 1627 Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom April 7, 1710 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Name Birth date Birth place Death date Death place
Children of John Putnam and Priscilla Gould
Elizabeth Putnam December 1612
Thomas Putnam March 7, 1615 England May 5, 1686
John Putnam July 1617 November 5, 1620
Nathaniel (Capt) Putnam October 1619 July 23, 1700
Sarah Putnam March 1623
Phoebe Putnam July 1624
John Putnam May 1627 April 7, 1710


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From Ed Putnam
JOHN1 PUTNAM was born 1580 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, and died December 30, 1662 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married PRISCILLAGOULD 1612 in England, daughter of RICHARD GOULD and ELIZABETH YOUNG. She was born June 3, 1582 in Bovingdon, Buckinghamshire, England, and died 1668 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Children of JOHN PUTNAM and PRISCILLA GOULD are:
i. ELIZABETH2 PUTNAM, b. Abt. 1612; d. probably Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
2.ii. THOMAS PUTNAM, b. Abt. 1614, Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England; d. May 5, 1686, Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts.
iii. JOHN PUTNAM, b. Abt. 1616, Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England; d. November 5, 1620, Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England.
3.iv. NATHANIEL PUTNAM, b. Abt. 1619, Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England; d. July 23, 1700, Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts.
v. SARA PUTNAM, b. Abt. 1622, Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England.
vi. PHOEBE PUTNAM, b. Abt. 1624, Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England.
4.vii. JOHN PUTNAM, b. Abt. 1627, Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England; d. April 7, 1710, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
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From Historic Homes:
p. 54 John Putnam, the immigrant, came from Ashton Abbotts, county Buckinghamshire, England. He was born 1580 and died at Salem Village, now Danvers, December 30, 1662, aged eighty years. The earliest record of him in America is in 1640 when he has a grant of land at Salem. He was admitted to the church April 4, 1647, and a freeman the same year. He was a prosperous farmer and was apparently well educated judging from his writing. He deeded land to his son John, March 31, 1653, and later to son Nathaniel.
He married Priscilla Gould.

p. 279 John Putnam was the emigrant ancestor of all the old Putnam families of Worcester county. He came from Abbotsason, Buckinghamshire, England, where he was probably born about 1500 (Has to be a typo). He came early to Salem, Massachusetts, and settled. He was a planter and yeoman, and had grants of land in
p. 280 1640 and at various times later. He was admitted to the church at Salem, April 4, 1647, and his wife Priscilla was admitted March 21, 1640-41. His sons John, Nathaniel, and Thomas also came to Salem to live, and became enterprising and prominent citizens. He gave lands to his sons John and Nathaniel, the latter deed being dated March 3, 1753. He died December 30, 1662. Children of John and Priscilla: John, born 1617, at Abbotsason, England, married, September 3, 1652, Rebecca Prince. Nathaniel, born at Abbotsason, 1620, married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Hutchinson. Thomas, see forward. No daughters are given in the records.
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Town of Sutton p.702
PUTNAM. BY ALVAN W. PUTNAM. In the history of the early settlers of Sutton are found the names of seven persons of the name of Putnam, whose immediate relationship cannot be traced ; but it is believed that they all descended from John Putnam, who came from Buckinghamshire, England, in the year 1634, and settled in Salem. He was admitted freeman in 1647, and died in 1663. Three sons came with him, viz : Thomas, Nathaniel, John. Thomas (2), John (1), married August 17, 1643, Pru- dence Holyoke from Tarn worth (on the border of Warwick- TOWN OF SUTTON. p.703 shire) , England, She was probably a daughter of Edward Holyoke, who came from Tarn worth in 1630, and settled in Lynn, and ancestor of President Holyoke 'and the late Dr. Edward Holyoke, who died in Salem, March 1829, aged one hundred years. From this family the Putnams in Sutton had the names Edward and Holyoke. He was admitted freeman in 1642, and to the church in Salem, April 3, 1643. Thomas and Prudence had three sons and five daughters. The .'daughters' names are not given. The names of the sons are : Thomas, Edward, Joseph.
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John Putnam came to Salem in 1634 according to Edward Putnam as he recorded it years later in his family genealogy. Of course this was family tradition as no records remain to substantiate it and thus it is discounted by the "Daughters Founders and Patriots" by lack of records. A record would be something recorded such as a church record, land record, etc. One could be established for a long time before there would be a written record of some kind. Still it remains that Edward was close enough to his grandfather to remember what was passed down, so take it as you wish.

John was accompanied to the new land by his wife, daughter Elizabeth and sons John and Nathaniel. It is presumed that Thomas had come earlier. John settled at Salem and removed to Salem Village, now Danvers, and died there.
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From Pioneers of Massachuetts (1620-1650) by Charles Henry Pope, fassimile reprint 1991 by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland.
p 376
Putnam
John, formerly of Abbotsason in Buckinghamshire, England, [town record] came early to Salem. Planter, yoeman. Had grants of land in 1640 and onward; was adm. chh. 4 (2) 1647. His wife Priscilla was adm. cch. 21 (1) 1640-1. His sons John, Nathaniel and Thomas came also to Salem, and were enterprising citizens. John (who deposed March 30, 1685, ae. about 68 years,) m 3 (7) 1652 Rebecca Prince. Nathaniel (who deposed 30 (1) 1685, ae. about 65 years, that he had lived 46 yrs. in Salem,) m. Elizabeth, dau of Richard Hutchinson; Thomas m 1; 17 (8) 1643 Ann dau of Mr Edward and Prudence Holyoke, who. d. 1 (7) 1665; he m. 2, 14 (9) 1666 Mary Wren, widow. [Salem town rec] He deeded lands to his son John, referring to lands given to son Nathaniel 3 (1) 1653, and to the bounds of his brothers.
Other deeds in 1662.
He d. 30 (10) 1662.
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John Putnam was born Bef. January 17, 1579/80 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, and died December 30, 1662 in Salem, Massachusetts. He married PRISCILLA GOULD Abt. January 1610/11 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, daughter of RICHARD GOULD and ELIZABETH. (A great deal of information about John Putnam is available here. This information is based on the 1908 work of Eben Putnam.)
More information from another source: Deacon John Putnam was born on 17 January 1579 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England. He immigrated in 1634 to Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 30 October 1662 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. From "The Puttenham Family Of England" John Puttenham, the 21st generation of our English ancestry became, at one and the same time, John Putnam, the first of our American kinfolk. He was born at Ashton Abbots, England ca, 1580 and died very suddenly in Salem Village (now Danvers) Mass., 30 Dec 1662. He was a farmer and evidently quite a prosperous man. His land (some 250 acres) was located between Davenport Hill and potter hill in Salem. He arrived in the Massachusetts colony about 1634 and was admitted to the church in Salem in 1647. His wife, married in England, has been known as both Priscilla Gould and Priscilla Deacon. There seems to be little information about her, other than the fact that she was his wife and the mother of his children, born in England. Because he was a land owner, his descendants were made eligible for membership in the Founder's and Patriots society.
Children of JOHN PUTNAM and PRISCILLA GOULD are:
ELIZABETH PUTNAM, b. December 1612; d. Est. 1613-1706. More About ELIZABETH PUTNAM: Admitted Church: 1643, Salem, Massachusetts Baptism: December 20, 1612, Aston Abbotts, Bucks (Baptismal Register)
THOMAS PUTNAM, LT, b. March 07, 1614/15, Aston Abbots, Bucks., England; d. May 05, 1686, Salem Village, Massachusetts.
JOHN PUTNAM, b. July 1617, England; d. Abt. November 05, 1620, Aston Abbotts, Bucks. More About JOHN PUTNAM: Baptism: July 24, 1617, Aston Abbotts, Buck (Baptismal Register) Burial: November 05, 1620, Aston Abbotts
NATHANIEL PUTNAM, b. Abt. October 1619, England; d. July 23, 1700, Salem Village, Massachusetts. v. SARA PUTNAM, b. March 1622/23; d. Est. 1624-1717. More About SARA PUTNAM: Baptism: March 07, 1622/23, Aston Abbotts, Bucks (Baptismal Register)
PHEBE PUTNAM, b. July 1624; d. Est. 1625-1718. More About PHEBE PUTNAM: Baptism: July 28, 1624, Aston Abbotts, Bucks (Baptismal Register)
JOHN PUTNAM, JUN., b. May 1627, England; d. April 07, 1710, Salem Village, Massachusetts.
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Find a Grave
John Putnam, Sr

Birth: Jan. 17, 1580
Buckinghamshire, England
Death: Dec. 30, 1662
Salem
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA

John Putnam born abt 1579 christened 17 January 1579 at Wingrave, Buckinghamshire; married Priscilla prob nee Gould.
Their son John born 1627 in Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire and died April 1710 in Salem, Massachesetts, married on 3 Sept 1652 in Salem to Rebecca Prince / Prence born 1627 Norwich.
Their (grand) daughter Priscilla born 1655 or 1657 died Salem, Massachusetts, buried Wadsworth Cem. (bio by: BM)

Family links:
Parents:
Nicholas Putnam (1546 - 1598)
Margaret Goodspeed Putnam (1556 - 1619)

Spouse:
Priscilla Gould Putnam (1586 - 1662)*

Children:
Elizabeth Putnam Bailey (1612 - ____)*
Thomas Putnam (1614 - 1686)*
John Putnam (1617 - 1620)*
Nathaniel Putnam (1619 - 1700)*
Sarah Putnam (1623 - 1676)*
Phebe Putnam (1624 - 1630)*
Phoebe Putnam (1624 - 1630)*
John Putnam (1627 - 1710)*

Siblings:
John Putnam (1580 - 1662)
Richard Putnam (1586 - 1607)*
Edmund Putnam (1600 - 1675)*

*Calculated relationship


Burial:
Wadsworth Cemetery
Danvers
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
GPS (lat/lon): 42.57412, -70.94814

Maintained by: Jodie Jenks
Originally Created by: Anonymous
Record added: Oct 12, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 9587352
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John Putnam Sr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
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Wikitrees
Possible Ancestry

Twenty generations in England proceeding the Putnam family in Salem, Massachusetts were researched in 1891 by the late Major Eben Putnam of Wellesley, Mass., who issued his Putnam Genealogy, aka "A history of the Putnam family in England and America" in which he traced the ancestry of John Putnam who settled in 1640 in that part of Salem now called Danvers, Massachusetts, to a certain Simon de Puttenham of Puttenham, co. Herts, in 1199:[1]
JOHN20 PUTNAM,>NICHOLAS19,>JOHN18,>RICHARD17> PUTTNAM,JOHN16 >PUTTENHAM,JOHN15,>RICHARD14> DE PUTTENHAM,ROGER13,>ROGER12,>JOHN11,>JOHN FITZ WALE10,>WILLIAM9,>THOMAS8 >WALE, SIR,RICHARD FITZ7,>HENRY FITZ6,>RICHARD FITZ5,>WILLIAM4> DE PUTTENHAM,GEOFFREY3> DE TURVILLE,ROGER2,>ANSCHITIL1

Origins

John Putnam the emigrant to Salem was a Buckinghamshire yeoman, who came from Aston Abbots in Bucks, a parish lying in the eastern part of the county near the Hertfordshire border and only a short distance from Puttenham, the original home of the family. The evidence produced by Major Putnam clearly showed that John Putnam of Aston Abbots was the son of Nicholas Putnam of Wingrave and Stewkley, Co. Bucks, both near-by parishes, and Nicholas by his will, dated 1 Jan. 1597/8, proved 27 Sept. 1598, gave his son John his lands in Aston Abbots (Arch. Bucks, Filed Will). [2]
John Putnam, the founder of the Salem family. His father, Nicholas, had inherited from his youngest brother, Richard, an estate in lands in Wingrave bequeathed him by their father. No record of the transfer of this property by Nicholas has been found, yet at the latter's death, he then being of Stewkley, there is no mention of the Wingrave property. Nicholas, however, gave to his son John his house and lands in Aston Abbotts, of which we have found no record as to how he became possessed. The Putnam farm was probably in Burstone, a locality adjoining Rowsham in Wingrave. John probably lived in Stewkley with his parents until his father's death, and then being of age capable to conduct a farm, seems to have taken possession of the property given him by his father and to have continued in possession, occupying himself with its care, until his migration to New England. In 1614, when his name appears on his mother's marriage license as one of the sureties, he is described as husbandman. No further mention is found of him in England, except upon the occasions of the baptism of his children, who were baptized at Aston Abbotts. Who his wife was can only be conjectured, but there is good reason to believe she was Priscilla Deacon, of the family of that name of Corner Hall, in Hemel Hempstead.
Biography

John Putnam was born before January 17, 1579/80 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, and died December 30, 1662 in Salem, Massachusetts.
He married PRISCILLA GOULD Abt. January 1610/11 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, daughter of RICHARD GOULD and ELIZABETH Deacon, who was most likely a daughter of Thomas and Martha Deacon of Corner Hall in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
NOTE: Many researchers give Pricilla's maiden name as 'Deacon' not Gould.[3]
John and Priscilla had a total of seven children, all born in England. Tradition holds that John and his family came to America in 1634 to 1636, but no proof has yet been found as to exactly when he did come over.
Village records here in Aston Abbotts show that John Putnam was a church warden here in 1638 so he could not have left in 1634. I hope this information is useful to you. Kind regards Jill Wenble (Jill@wenble.fsnet.co.uk) .
He received a grant of land from Salem selectmen in 1640 that included land along Whipple's Brook from Putnam's mill on Sylvan street to the house in which Israel Putnam was born on the corner of Newbury and Maple St. The house was located by a well on present day Summer St.
In 1641, John was recorded as having swapped some Salem Village property for another piece. He lived the rest of his life in Salem Village, which is now the town of Danvers, Massachusetts. His property later passed to his sons, James and Jonathan.
On November 25, 1658, Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield deputed "John Putnam of Salem, the younger, his cousin" to be his attorney. (Essex Court Records, IV, 100). In an account book of John Gould, grandson of Zaccheus, born 1662, died 1724, is found an entry by him as follows, "Grandfather Gould lived in Buckinghamshire, and Grandfather Deacon in Hertfordshire, in Hempstead town in Corner Hall." In this same book are references to John Putnam, a contemporary, alluded to as "cousin." Jeremy Gould, a brother of Zaccheus, had a wife (Priscilla Grover) and was living in Aston Abbotts in 1631, but was in Rhode Island in 1638. Another brother of Zaccheus was John Gould, who lived in Bovington, and had a daughter Priscilla (who married a Grover and had in turn a daughter named after her) and also a neice Priscilla Ware. Neither of those were of suitable age to have married with John Putnam. (see Water's Gleanings, pg 1019) Both John Putnam and Zaccheus Gould named daughters "Phoebe." Cousin was a term in use in the early part of the 17th century to indicate nephew, and as there appears no opportunity for a Putnam-Gould marriage either way, the only alternative is to adopt the suggestion that John Putnam and Zacchues Gould had married sisters. (see pg 46, Genealogical Bulletin for 1903)
Occupation: husbandman and yeoman. John Putnam was well equipped for the work of founding a home in a country, both in ability and financial resources.
There is a entry in Lechford's Note Book under date of December 27, 1639, (22Feb., 1640, our reckoning), "For drawing Articles for Mr. Cradocke & Gould and Putnam (6s.)." Just what these articles related to is not revealed, but the reference is either to John Putnam or his eldest son Thomas. It was in 1640 that John Putnam settled in Salem. There is no record of his having been in any other part of New England prior to his appearence in Salem. His son Thomas first settled in Lynn, and his coming thought to have preceded his father's. In 1685/6, Nathaniel Putnam deposed that he was aged sixty-five years and had lived in Salem for forty-six years, and his brother John made a like statement, giving his age as fifty-eight years and his residence in Salem as about forty-five years (Ipswich records, Deeds, vol. 5,213), both of which statements agree with the date 1640 as that of the coming of their father. As it is not likely that the removal was effected in the winter season, either John arrived in the preceding year or else his son Thomas in the person referred to by Leachford.. There is no authority for the date 1634, sometimes given as that of the arrival of John Putnam, other than family tradition, probably originating with Deacon Edward Putnam who left a brief genealogy of the family compiled in 1733. In this same record is found the following account of the death of John Putnam, "He ate his supper, went to prayer with his family and died before he went to sleep."
Grants of land, were made by the town of Salem to John Putnam and to his sons on their account. The first grant is not of record, and the land so granted was not occupied by him. The earliest recorded grant, which was that on which he established his homestead, was 100 acres, 20-11 mo., 1640, or January 1641, new style. On that date, a meeting, there being present, Mr. Endecott, Mr. Hathorne, John Woodbury, Jeffry Massy, the selectmen, there was "Graunted to John Putnam one hundred acres of land at the head of Mr. Skelton's Farme between it and Elias Stilemen the elder his Farme, if there be an hundred acres of it. And it is in exchange of one hundred acres weh was graunted to the said John Putnam formerly & if it fall out that there be not such there then to be made up neere Lieutenant Davenport's hill to be layed out by the towne. And tenne acres of meadow in the meadow called the pine meadow if it be not there formerly graunted to others." There was also "Graunted Fiftie acres of land unto Thomas Putnam and Five acres of meadow both to be layed out by the towne." At a meeting of the selectmen, 17-3 mo., 1652, "There being formerlie graunted unto John Putnam Sen' 50 acres of land and complaint being made that the said land laid out to him is not soe much it is ordered that the layers out of the land shall make up what the said land shall want of his grant in land lying between his sonne Nathaniells land and Richard Huchisson."[4]
At a general town meeting held the 7th day of the 5th month 1644 it was ordered "that twoe be appointed every Lords day to walk forth in the time of Gods worshippe, to take notice of such as either lye about the meeting house without attending to the word or ordinances, or that lye at home or in the fields, without giving good account thereof, and to take the names of such persons & to present them to the Magistrate, whereby they may be accordingly proceeded against. Seventeen men were appointed, John Putnam and John Hathorne were appointed for the ninth day. All the men were of prominence and to whom a perusal of the records shows that the town people looked with respect.
Admitted Church: February 04, 1646/47, Salem, Massachusetts. Priscilla was admitted to the church in 1641.
The deeds on record are from 14 Feb. 1652 until 31 Oct. 1662. The earliest is a grant of land from Ralph Fogg consisting of: "a farme four score acres lying between old father Putnam's farme and Daniel Reies and more than eight acres near the house which John Hathorne built."[5] On 2 Jan. 1653 he gave his son Nathaniel one half of his lands and on the next day he gave Thomas the other half of his lands.[6]
In 1653 he divided his lands between his sons Thomas and Nathaniel, having evidently already granted his homestead to his younger son, John. In deeds John is described as both husbandman and yeoman. He was a man of substance and probably of much education as his contemporaries, but neither seeking or desiring public office.
In an old deed dated 1658 John Putnam (probably the younger) deeds a part of this land to Henry Kenny. Perhaps it was here that John built a house and brick kiln and that this is the first grant spoken of above.

John and his three sons gradually built up their holdings so that John, alone, by the time of his death in 1662, owned 800 acres.
John bore the arms of "Sable, crusily fitchy Argent, a stork Argent".[citation needed]
John Putman Sr. died suddenly in Salem Village, now Danvers, 30 December, 1662, aged about eighty years. The following account of John's death was written in 1733 by his grandson Edward:
"He ate his supper, went to prayer with his family and died before he went to sleep".
He is buried at Wadsworth Cemetery, 42.57456, -70.94776 Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts.
James and Jonathan Putnam were in possession of John's original estate in 1692 which consisted of the 1641 town grant of 100 acres, 80 acres granted to Ralph Fogg in 1636, 40 acres granted to Thomas Lathrop in 1642 and 30 acres which were granted to Ann Scarlet in 1636. The estate was located between Davenports Hill and Porters Hill and west of Daniel Rea's grant in Danvers.
The three Putnam men of the second generation (Thomas, Nathaniel, and John, Jr.) were extremely well off by 1687. Although the Putnams made up only 7 percent of the taxpayers, they paid 18 percent of the total taxes levied in the village. With this wealth went status; the brothers served in various civil offices and dominated the religious affairs of Salem Village.
Sources

1Unless otherwise cited, information in this profiles comes from Eben Putnam, The English Ancestry of John Putnam of Salem, Massachusetts, Salem Press Publishing, Salem, MA 1891. https://archive.org/details/ahistoryputnamf01putngoog. There is much in the narrative below that appears to be a copy/paste-- is it from this book or somewhere else? See also: Putnam Ancestry in England was published in New England Families, Third Series, Vol II, William Richard Cutter, ed. (Lewis: New York, 1915, pp. 1075-76). John Putnam (1579-1662), 12th Putnam (Puttenham) in this line, son of Nicholas and Margaret Putnam, was the immigrant Putnam ancestor.
2 Putnam, op cit., p. ??
3 Jordan, John W., 'Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania', Vol II. See: Earl Bill Putnam of the Philadelphia Bar, pages 852, 853, 854.
4 Essex Institute Historical Collection- Vol.IX, p.109: "At a meeting the 20th of the 11th moneth 1640... Granted to John Putnam one hundred acres of land at the head of Mr Skeltons ffarme between it & Elias Stileman the elder his ffarme, if there be an hundred ares of it. And it is in exchange of one hundred acres wch was granted to the said John Putnam formerly & if it fall out that there be not so much there then to be made up neere Liuetennt Davenports hill to be layd out by the towne. And tenne acres of meadow in the meadow called the pine meadow if it be not there formerly graunted to others.
Granted ffiftie acres of land unto Thomas Putnam and ffive acre of meadow both to be layd out by the towne."
5 Essex Deeds- Vol.VI, p.481.
6 Essex Deeds- Vol.II, p.36.

See also:
The Putnam & Putman Families
Salem, MA Town & Vital records
Pioneers of Massachusetts by C H Pope, reprint 1965 Gen Publishing Co.
Putnam ancestry in England was published in New England Families, Third Series, Vol II, William Richard Cutter, ed. (Lewis: New York, 1915, pp. 1075-76).
MA vitals on www.familysearch.org
Perley, Sidney, 1858-1928. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. Salem, Mass.: S. Perley, 192428. Vol 2, p. 109. and Vol 3. p. 356
Winthrop's Journal, Vol 2, P. 19. (as cited in Perley)
A history of the Putnam family in England and America by Putnam, Eben, 1868-1933, published 1891 Salem MA https://archive.org/details/ahistoryputnamf01putngoog
The Loyalists of MA and the other side of the American Revolution page 378, James Henry Stark. Boston 1910. Public Library 973.3 S795 https://archive.org/details/loyalistsofmassa00staruoft
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there might be some info in here of some families
The Putmans are one family profiled in The Loyalists of MA and the other side of the American Revolution page 378, James Henry Stark. Boston 1910.https://archive.org/details/loyalistsofmassa00staruoft

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A history of the Putnam family in England and America by Putnam, Eben, 1868-1933, published 1891 Salem MA https://archive.org/details/ahistoryputnamf01putngoog
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I think the Putnam Cupboard of 1680 is in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
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From "Reminiscences of Worcester" p 93

The Putnams are descendants of John and Priscilla Putnam, who came from Buckinghamshire, England, in 1634, and settled in that part of Salem, now Danvers, with three children, Thomas, Nathaniel, and John, between four and eighteen years old; and a daughter, Elizabseth, was born after their arrival. The father died Dec. 30, 1662.

This book in digital files and continues on with Putnam genealogy.
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Jill Putnam has several stories on her ancestry tree that are copied from wiki trees, etc.
From Jill Putnam Ancestry tree Jill Putnam Family Tree
John Putnam
Posted 30 May 2018 by Jill Putnam

Aston Abbotts in Buckinghamshire, where the Putnams were living before their move to Massachusetts, is an ancient Saxon village with a Miss Marple ambience. A thousand years ago it was the site of the country home of the Abbots of St. Alban's. From the aston-abbotts.co.uk website: "Aston Abbotts is a little village located around 5 miles (8km) northeast of Aylesbury, the county town of Buckinghamshire, England. It has a population of 400, a church, a pub, and a helipad. The village of Aston Abbotts has been here for around 1000 years. This is our website. ... The population Census of 1991 recorded a population for Aston Abbotts of around 396. These people occupy roughly 150 dwellings, mainly in the central village but some in remote outcrops and farms. ... The name Aston Abbotts came about in the eleventh century. At that time two distinct communities existed: Eastun or East Tun (a 'tun' is a settlement), roughly at the location of the present village and an earlier settlement at Bricstochr (latterly Burston) at the bottom of Lines Hill. Tolf, a Danish chief who held the village at that time, gave his land to the Holy Church of Alban the Martyr (St Albans) in an effort to ingratiate himself and earn the right to be buried there. Thus the village became Aston (or Eastun) Abbotts, to distinguish itself from Aston Clinton and the other Astons. By the time the Domesday Book was compiled at the direction of William the Conqueror in 1086 the Abbott of St Albans owned about 1200 acres at Aston Abbotts. The survey reported six villagers, with twelve smallholders having six ploughs between them, one slave and pasture for three plough teams. The next few hundred years passed apparently without Aston Abbotts attracting much attention and there are few mentions of it in official records. There are accounts of a mill existing at Burston in Windmill Fields by the end of the sixteenth century. Aston Abbotts location on a hill would have made it an ideal position, but any physical trace of the mill has long since disappeared. Aston Abbotts remained the property of the Abbott of St Albans until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539. The manor then passed into the hands of Lord Russell, who sold it to Sir William Dormer in 1553. The manor then went through the hands of Sir William Stanhope and onto the Earls of Chesterfield, who sold it to Lord Overstone. It was Lord Overstone who was responsible for overseeing much of the rebuilding of Aston Abbotts that took place in the mid-nineteenth century. Lady Wantage inherited the estate after the death of Lord Overstone (her father) and, in 1919, sold off the land and some houses to the sitting tenants. So it was less than 100 years ago when ownership of the land around Aston Abbotts finally passed into the hands of the private individuals who lived, and in many cases worked, upon it." - John Putnam was described as a 'husbandman,' an old English term for a free tenant farmer. A husbandman's social status was below that of a yeoman, a small farmer who lived and worked on the land he owned in a freehold deed. Somebody else held the deed to John's farm. This could have been his father Nicholas or one of the nobles mentioned above. Both religious freedom and economic opportunity may have been involved when John, Priscilla, and their children left Aston Abbotts for Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634.* By 1640, John owned 100 acres of land north of Boston. Before his death in 1662, John Putnam played an important role in the religious and civil affairs of Salem Village and owned 250 acres of land. In England, this would have made him a Squire, one step above a yeoman in social status. In New England, he was his own man surrounded by members of his own Puritan church. (* This is the traditional immigration date, but it has not been proven and is debated among Putnam descendants. The earliest official record of the Putnams in Salem Village is 1640.) -LP

John Putnam

John, Priscilla and children moved in 1634 according to above story.
Massachusetts
Putnam's move to Massachusetts.
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More About JOHN PUTNAM:
Admitted Church: February 04, 1646/47, Salem, Massachusetts
Baptism: January 17, 1579/80, Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England
Burial: Wadsworth Cemetery
Occupation: husbandman and yeoman
Notes for John Putnam
Posted 15 Jun 2015 by Jill Putnam

In 1476 John Puttenham was seized of sixty acres of land in Dagnell and Eddlesboro held by fealty and a rent of 17/6 (1).
The land in Dagnell was later held by his son Nicholas who was involved in a suit against Thomas a Dene of Dagnall. (2)
In 1482 John witnessed a charter for land in Edlesborough. (3)
John Puttenham sued William More and John Haweley, parish clerk of Eddlesboro, for trespass in 1504. (4)

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Descendants of John Putnam

Generation No. 1


1. JOHN20 PUTNAM, NICHOLAS19, JOHN18, RICHARD17 PUTTNAM, JOHN16 PUTTENHAM, JOHN15, RICHARD14 DE PUTTENHAM, ROGER13, ROGER12, JOHN11, JOHN FITZ WALE10, WILLIAM9, THOMAS8 WALE, SIR, RICHARD FITZ7, HENRY FITZ6, RICHARD FITZ5, WILLIAM4 DE PUTTENHAM, GEOFFREY3 DE TURVILLE, ROGER2, ANSCHITIL1) was born Bef. January 17, 1579/80 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, and died December 30, 1662 in Salem, Massachusetts. He married PRISCILLA GOULD Abt. January 1610/11 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, daughter of RICHARD GOULD and ELIZABETH.

Notes for PRISCILLA GOULD:
The arms of Deacon of Hemel Hempstead were, A chevron treillisse' betwen three roses. Crest: a demi eagle. This family has been of considerable note in Hertfordshire, deriving descent from Richard Deacon of Wyndruge, Hertfordshire, who died 1496, and whose three sons were in the service of the Crown, the elder as Secretary to Elizabeth of York, consort to Henry VII, and the other two in the military service. Their uncle Michael was Bishop of St. Asaph.
In 1658 (25 Nov), Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield deputed "John Putnam of Salem, the younger, his cousin" to be his attorney. (Essex Court Records, IV, 100.) In an account book of John Gould, grandson of Zaccheus, born 1662, died 1724, is found an entry by him as follows, "Grandfather Gould lived in Buckinghamshire, and Grandfather Deacon in Hertfordshire, in Hempstead town in Corner Hall." In this same book are references to John Putnam, a contemporary, alluded to as "cousin." Jeremy Gould, a brother of Zacheus, had wife (Priscilla Grover and was living in Aston Abbotts in 1631, but was in Rhode Island in 1638. Another brother of Zacheus Gould was John, who lived in Bovington, and had a daughter Priscilla (who married a Grover and had in turn a daughter named after her,) and also a neice Pricilla Ware. Neither of these were of suitable age to have married with John Putnam. (See Walter's Gleanings, page 1019.) Both John Putnam and Zacheus Gould named daughters "Phoebe." Cousin was the term in use in the early part of the 17th century to indicate nephew, and as there appears no opportunity for a Putnam-Gould marriage either way, the only alternative is to adopt the suggestion that John Putnam and Zaccheus Gould had married sisters. (See page 46, Geneological Bulletin for 1903.)
According to Professor Gould, Phebe, wife of Zaccheus Gould, was a daughter of Thomas and Martha Deacon of Corner Hall. Thomas Deacon is said to have been born about 1585.* Thomas Deacon of Corner Hall was the father of Thomas, born in 1609, who was B.A. Oxford, 1627, and grandfather of Lt. Col. Thomas Deacon, the Parliamentary soldier. It is probable that the Thomas Deacon of Corner Hall, called grandfather by John Gould, was born some years prior to 1585. Bovington the home of the Goulds and of the Deacons is part of Hempstead, and is but eight miles from Tring. It is an interesting coincidence that Richard Deacon, the Queen's secretary, purchased the two chief manors in Stewkley, Barns and Littlecote, in 1503, which in 1521 he gave by will to his son Richard who was of Marston Morteyn, Beds., and died 1543.
* Through the courtesy of Mr. Edward Deacon who has published in a work entitled "The Descent of the Family of Deacon of Elstowe and London," an extensive collection made by him regarding the Deacons, the will of Thomas Deacon of Bovington, Hertfordshire, yeoman, has been examined. The testator directs that his body be buried in the churchyard at Bovington, and makes a small bequest to the poor. He names his three daughters, Awdry, Margaret, and Marie, and his sons Roger and Thomas both of whom were minors. To son-in-law John Ewer's children, William and Ann, and after legacies to William Parret, Francis Axtell, John Feilder and Henry Style, resides to wife Joan, who with her brother Richard Allen are made executors. Henry Mayne and John Gould to be overseers. Witnesses, Thomas Hallam, Raphe Bullock, John Deacon, Thomas Fielde and others. Dated 1 June, 1582, proved, Arch. Hauts. 20 June, 1582.
More About PRISCILLA GOULD:

Admitted Church: January 21, 1641/42, Salem, Massachusetts
Children of
JOHN PUTNAM and PRISCILLA GOULD
are:
1. i. ELIZABETH21 PUTNAM, b. December 1612; d. Est. 1613-1706.
More About ELIZABETH PUTNAM:
Admitted Church: 1643, Salem, Massachusetts
Baptism: December 20, 1612, Aston Abbotts, Bucks (Baptismal Register)
2. ii. THOMAS PUTNAM, LT, b. March 07, 1614/15, Aston Abbots, Bucks., England; d. May 05, 1686, Salem Village, Massachusetts.
iii. JOHN PUTNAM, b. July 1617, England; d. Abt. November 05, 1620, Aston Abbotts, Bucks.
More About JOHN PUTNAM:
Baptism: July 24, 1617, Aston Abbotts, Buck (Baptismal Register)
Burial: November 05, 1620, Aston Abbotts
3. iv. NATHANIEL PUTNAM, b. Abt. October 1619, England; d. July 23, 1700, Salem Village, Massachusetts.
v. SARA PUTNAM, b. March 1622/23; d. Est. 1624-1717.
More About SARA PUTNAM:
Baptism: March 07, 1622/23, Aston Abbotts, Bucks (Baptismal Register)
vi. PHEBE PUTNAM, b. July 1624; d. Est. 1625-1718.
More About PHEBE PUTNAM:
Baptism: July 28, 1624, Aston Abbotts, Bucks (Baptismal Register)
4. vii. JOHN PUTNAM, JUN., b. May 1627, England; d. April 07, 1710, Salem Village, Massachusetts.
Founder of the Salem Family
Posted 15 Jun 2015 by Jill Putnam

Descendants of John Putnam Generation No. 1
1. JOHN20 PUTNAM, (NICHOLAS19, JOHN18, RICHARD17 PUTTNAM, JOHN16 PUTTENHAM, JOHN15, RICHARD14 DE PUTTENHAM, ROGER13, ROGER12, JOHN11, JOHN FITZ WALE10, WILLIAM9, THOMAS8 WALE, SIR, RICHARD FITZ7, HENRY FITZ6, RICHARD FITZ5, WILLIAM4 DE PUTTENHAM, GEOFFREY3 DE TURVILLE, ROGER2, ANSCHITIL1)
was born Bef. January 17, 1579/80 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, and died December 30, 1662 in Salem, Massachusetts. He married PRISCILLA GOULD
Abt. January 1610/11 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, daughter of RICHARD GOULD and ELIZABETH.


John Putnam English Ancestry
Posted 15 Jun 2015 by Jill Putnam

12. Nicholas Putnam of Wingrave and Stewkley, was born abt 1540. He married Margaret Goodspeed daughter of John Goodspeed and Elizabeth on 30 Jan 1577 in Wingrave, Buckingham, England. She was baptized 16 Aug 1556 in Wingrave.
His will is dated 1 Jan 1597; proved 27 Sept 1598
Margaret married secondly William Huxley on 8 Dec 1614 in Aston Abbotts, Aylesbrry. Margaret died 8 Jan 1619 in Aston Abbotts, Aylesbury, Buckingham.

11. John Putnam of Rowsham and Wingrave, was born 2 Oct 1513 in Wingrave, Buckingham, England. He married Margaret abt 1538.
He was assessed at “Wingrave with Rowsham” on 18 Feb 37 Henry VIII (1545-6) on £7 in goods, for 4/8 and again on 20 April 3 Edward VI (1549) for relief on £12 goods.
John was buried 2 Oct 1573. Will 19 Sept 1573; proved 14 Nov 1573. He gives Nicholas £30.
The Wingrave Court Roll for 1573-4 shows that at his death John Putnam held a house there of the Honor of Berkhampstead by knight’s service, which house was “sometimes the town house, with a close called Smythes Green and 8 yards of meado in franchise and 3 acres of arable land. (Court Rolls and Ministers’ Accounts, Berkhampstead, Portfolio 155, no. 38.)
Margaret was buried 27 Jan 1568.

10. Richard Putnam of Woughton on the Green married Joan.
Will, 12 Dec 1556; Proved 26 Feb 1556, a copy of which is on record at Somerset House. The name of the testator in this instance is spelled Puthnam, and he is styled as of "Woughton on the Grene." To Joan his wife, he leaves his house in Slapton, with remainder to his son John, and all the goods she bought with her at her marriage. To John he also gives £3.6.8

9. John Putenham of Edlesborough

8. John Putenham of Edlesborough

7. John Putenham of Edlesborough

6. Richard Putenham of Edlesborough

5. Sir Roger de Putenham and Margery. He served as Knight of the Shire for Bucks from 1355 to 1374. The Arms of the Puttenham Family were first used by him. He died before 1380. Margery remarried to Thomas de Berkley.

4. Sir Roger de Putenham and Helen daughter of John Spigornel. Roger was granted the manor in 1304/5 from Sir Thomas Wale to be held in knight's fee. He was the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, a very important position, in 1322. Helen married secondly to Thomas de Hay.

3. John Putenham and Alice. held the manor and is styled as Lord of Puttenham in a deed dated 1288. His wife, Alice, is listed as Lady of Puttenham in 1303. He is also referred to as John Filius Wale.

2. Ralf Putenham

1. Rulf Putenham and Dionisia widow of Robert de Pinckney. Rulf held the manor in Knight's fee of the Honor of Leicester in 1210-1212.

SOURCE: The American Genealogist, Vol 15, pages 8-15 and Vol 23, page 93 By Andrews Moriarty and A. Vere Woodman Esq. of Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England


4. Margaret Goodspeed was born 16 Aug 1556 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England. She married Nicholas Putnam 30 Jan 1577 in Wingrave, Buchinghamshire, England.
She died 8 Jan 1619 in Aston Abbotts, Aylesbury, Buckingham.

3. John Goodspeed was born abt 1510. He married Elizabeth. He was buried 20 Jan 1603.

2. William Goodspeed was born abt 1475 – 1503 in Wingrave, Buchinghamshire, England. He married Anna. He died abt 1535. Anna was buried 4 Oct 1558 in Wingrave, Buchinghamshire, England. He was taxed 4d. on goods and valued at 20s. in the subsidy of 1524-25, and his widow was taxed 1d. in the subsidy of 1545-46.

1. ------ Goodspeed, of Wingrave, Buchinghamshire, England, married Alice ------, who was taxed 18d. on goods valued at L3 in the subsidy of 1524-25.

SOURCE: New England Historical and Genealogical Register; 1928, Vol 82, page 443


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David Smith This references Priscilla Deacon as John Putnam's wife, not Priscilla Gould, and that supposition is not clear to me. Phebe Deacon did marry Zaccheus Gould. Phebe's parents were Thomas Deacon and Martha Fielde. I find no reference to a daughter of theirs named Priscilla. I assume in the 100 plus years since the original conjecture that John Putnam and Zaccheus Gould married sisters, it has been proven incorrect. Does anyone know for sure?
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Descendants of John Putnam

Generation No. 1


1.
JOHN20 PUTNAM
(NICHOLAS19, JOHN18, RICHARD17 PUTTNAM, JOHN16 PUTTENHAM, JOHN15, RICHARD14 DE PUTTENHAM, ROGER13, ROGER12, JOHN11, JOHN FITZ WALE10, WILLIAM9, THOMAS8 WALE, SIR, RICHARD FITZ7, HENRY FITZ6, RICHARD FITZ5, WILLIAM4 DE PUTTENHAM, GEOFFREY3 DE TURVILLE, ROGER2, ANSCHITIL1) was born Bef. January 17, 1579/80 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, and died December 30, 1662 in Salem, Massachusetts. He married PRISCILLA GOULD Abt. January 1610/11 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, daughter of RICHARD GOULD and ELIZABETH.

Notes for PRISCILLA GOULD
:
The arms of Deacon of Hemel Hempstead were, A chevron treillisse' betwen three roses. Crest: a demi eagle. This family has been of considerable note in Hertfordshire, deriving descent from Richard Deacon of Wyndruge, Hertfordshire, who died 1496, and whose three sons were in the service of the Crown, the elder as Secretary to Elizabeth of York, consort to Henry VII, and the other two in the military service. Their uncle Michael was Bishop of St. Asaph.

According to Professor Gould, Phebe, wife of Zaccheus Gould, was a daughter of Thomas and Martha Deacon of Corner Hall. Thomas Deacon is said to have been born about 1585.* Thomas Deacon of Corner Hall was the father of Thomas, born in 1609, who was B.A. Oxford, 1627, and grandfather of Lt. Col. Thomas Deacon, the Parliamentary soldier. It is probable that the Thomas Deacon of Corner Hall, called grandfather by John Gould, was born some years prior to 1585. Bovington the home of the Goulds and of the Deacons is part of Hempstead, and is but eight miles from Tring. It is an interesting coincidence that Richard Deacon, the Queen's secretary, purchased the two chief manors in Stewkley, Barns and Littlecote, in 1503, which in 1521 he gave by will to his son Richard who was of Marston Morteyn, Beds., and died 1543.
* Through the courtesy of Mr. Edward Deacon who has published in a work entitled "The Descent of the Family of Deacon of Elstowe and London," an extensive collection made by him regarding the Deacons, the will of Thomas Deacon of Bovington, Hertfordshire, yeoman, has been examined. The testator directs that his body be buried in the churchyard at Bovington, and makes a small bequest to the poor. He names his three daughters, Awdry, Margaret, and Marie, and his sons Roger and Thomas both of whom were minors. To son-in-law John Ewer's children, William and Ann, and after legacies to William Parret, Francis Axtell, John Feilder and Henry Style, resides to wife Joan, who with her brother Richard Allen are made executors. Henry Mayne and John Gould to be overseers. Witnesses, Thomas Hallam, Raphe Bullock, John Deacon, Thomas Fielde and others. Dated 1 June, 1582, proved, Arch. Hauts. 20 June, 1582.
More About PRISCILLA GOULD:

Admitted Church: January 21, 1641/42, Salem, Massachusetts
Children of JOHN PUTNAM and PRISCILLA GOULD
are:
i. ELIZABETH21 PUTNAM, b. December 1612; d. WFT Est. 1613-1706.
More About ELIZABETH PUTNAM:
Admitted Church: 1643, Salem, Massachusetts
Baptism: December 20, 1612, Aston Abbotts, Bucks (Baptismal Register)
2. ii. THOMAS PUTNAM, LT, b. March 07, 1614/15, Aston Abbots, Bucks., England; d. May 05, 1686, Salem Village, Massachusetts.
iii. JOHN PUTNAM, b. July 1617, England; d. Abt. November 05, 1620, Aston Abbotts, Bucks.
More About JOHN PUTNAM:
Baptism: July 24, 1617, Aston Abbotts, Buck (Baptismal Register)
Burial: November 05, 1620, Aston Abbotts
3. iv. NATHANIEL PUTNAM, b. Abt. October 1619, England; d. July 23, 1700, Salem Village, Massachusetts.
v. SARA PUTNAM, b. March 1622/23; d. WFT Est. 1624-1717.
More About SARA PUTNAM:
Baptism: March 07, 1622/23, Aston Abbotts, Bucks (Baptismal Register)
vi. PHEBE PUTNAM, b. July 1624; d. WFT Est. 1625-1718.
More About PHEBE PUTNAM:
Baptism: July 28, 1624, Aston Abbotts, Bucks (Baptismal Register)
4. vii. JOHN PUTNAM, JUN., b. May 1627, England; d. April 07, 1710, Salem Village, Massachusetts.
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Founder of the Salem Family
Posted 15 Jun 2015 by Jill Putnam

Descendants of John Putnam Generation No. 1
1.
JOHN20 PUTNAM (NICHOLAS19, JOHN18, RICHARD17 PUTTNAM, JOHN16 PUTTENHAM, JOHN15, RICHARD14 DE PUTTENHAM, ROGER13, ROGER12, JOHN11, JOHN FITZ WALE10, WILLIAM9, THOMAS8 WALE, SIR, RICHARD FITZ7, HENRY FITZ6, RICHARD FITZ5, WILLIAM4 DE PUTTENHAM, GEOFFREY3 DE TURVILLE, ROGER2, ANSCHITIL1)
was born Bef. January 17, 1579/80 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, and died December 30, 1662 in Salem, Massachusetts. He married PRISCILLA GOULD
Abt. January 1610/11 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England, daughter of RICHARD GOULD and ELIZABETH

Who his wife was can only be conjectured, but there is good reason to believe she was Priscilla Deacon, of the family of that name of Corner Hall, in Hemel Hempstead. John was perhaps married in 1611 or 1612. The marriage records for this period are missing from the Wingrave register, and the register for Hemel Hempstead is lost.



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Descendants of John Putnam She bequeaths to her husband's children, Thomas Putnam, Edward Putnam, ... July 04, 1654, Salem Village, Massachusetts; d. March 10, 1746/47, Salem Village, ... www.billputman.com/John%20Putnam%20Generations%201-4.htm -
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britmutt The Journal of American History, Volume 13, pages 198-202
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JOHN PUTNAM 1580-1662
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From familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/John_Putnam
John Died on 30 Dec 1662 in Salem Mass. He is buried in Salem with his wife and family...a large tombstone represents the burial site.
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John Putnam Sr. (1580 - 1662)
Captain
John
Putnam
Sr.
Born 17 Jan 1580
in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England
ANCESTORS Son of Nicholas Putnam and Margaret (Goodspeed) PutnamBrother of Alice Putnam, Anne (Putnam) Argett, Elizabeth (Putnam) Bottome, Thomas Putnam, Richard Putnam and William PutnamHusband of Priscilla (Gould) Putnam
— married 1611 in Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, EnglandDESCENDANTS Father of Elizabeth Putnam, Thomas Putnam Sr., John Putnam, Nathaniel Putnam, Sarah Putnam, Phoebe Putnam and John Putnam Jr.Died 30 Dec 1662
in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Children

According to Eben Putnam (1891), John Putnam had seven children baptized at Aston Abbotts, [7]
Elizabeth bpt 20 Dec 1612; "Eliza" Putnam was admitted to the church at Salem in 1643.
Thomas bpt. 7 Mc 1614/5; d. Salem Village 5 May 1686
John bpt 24 July 1617; d. infancy; bur Aston Abbotts 5 Nov 1620
Nathaniel bpt 11 Oct 1619; d. Salem Villare 23 July 1700
Sara bpt 7 Mar 1622/3
Phoebe bpt 28 July 1624
John bpt 27 May 1627; d. Salem Village 7 Apr 1710.
Research notes

Great Migration Directory entry: Putnam, John: Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire; 1640; Salem [STR 1:109; SChR 10; EPR 1:18; Dawes-Gates 1:520-26; NEHGR 108:110-13, 119:174-76; TAG 15:8-15, 23:93-95, 24:257]. Key
Sources

1 Unless otherwise cited, information in this profiles comes from Eben Putnam, The English Ancestry of John Putnam of Salem, Massachusetts, Salem Press Publishing, Salem, MA 1891. https://archive.org/details/ahistoryputnamf01putngoog. There is much in the narrative below that appears to be a copy/paste-- is it from this book or somewhere else? See also: Putnam Ancestry in England was published in New England Families, Third Series, Vol II, William Richard Cutter, ed. (Lewis: New York, 1915, pp. 1075-76). John Putnam (1579-1662), 12th Putnam (Puttenham) in this line, son of Nicholas and Margaret Putnam, was the immigrant Putnam ancestor.
2 Putnam, op cit., p. ??
3 Jordan, John W., 'Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania', Vol II. See: Earl Bill Putnam of the Philadelphia Bar, pages 852, 853, 854.
4 Essex Institute Historical Collection- Vol.IX, p.109: "At a meeting the 20th of the 11th moneth 1640... Granted to John Putnam one hundred acres of land at the head of Mr Skeltons ffarme between it & Elias Stileman the elder his ffarme, if there be an hundred ares of it. And it is in exchange of one hundred acres wch was granted to the said John Putnam formerly & if it fall out that there be not so much there then to be made up neere Liuetennt Davenports hill to be layd out by the towne. And tenne acres of meadow in the meadow called the pine meadow if it be not there formerly graunted to others.
Granted ffiftie acres of land unto Thomas Putnam and ffive acre of meadow both to be layd out by the towne."
5 Essex Deeds- Vol.VI, p.481.
6 Essex Deeds- Vol.II, p.36.
7 Eben Putnam, A history of the Putnam family in England and America (Salem, Mass., The Salem press publishing and printing co., 1891), 3; digital images, InternetArchive.
See also:
The Putnam & Putman Families
Salem, MA Town & Vital records
Pioneers of Massachusetts by C H Pope, reprint 1965 Gen Publishing Co.
Putnam ancestry in England was published in New England Families, Third Series, Vol II, William Richard Cutter, ed. (Lewis: New York, 1915, pp. 1075-76).
MA vitals on www.familysearch.org
Perley, Sidney, 1858-1928. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. Salem, Mass.: S. Perley, 192428. Vol 2, p. 109. and Vol 3. p. 356
Winthrop's Journal, Vol 2, P. 19. (as cited in Perley)
A history of the Putnam family in England and America by Putnam, Eben, 1868-1933, published 1891 Salem MA https://archive.org/details/ahistoryputnamf01putngoog
The Loyalists of MA and the other side of the American Revolution page 378, James Henry Stark. Boston 1910. Public Library 973.3 S795 https://archive.org/details/loyalistsofmassa00staruoft
U. S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889 - 1970. SAR Membership # 12048. Roll Ancestor.

comment.GeneJ XMight the lineage in "Possible Ancestry" be reduced a lineage line? Ala. something like ...
John^20 Putnam (Nicholas^19, John^18, Richard^17 Puttnam, John^16 Puttenham, John^15, Richard^14 De Puttenham, Roger^13, Roger^12, John^11, John^10 Fitz Wale, William^9, Sir Thomas^8, Richard^7 Fitz, Henry^6, Richard^5, William^4 De Puttenham, Geofrey^3 De Turville, Roger^2, Anschitil^1).
posted 2 months ago by GeneJ X
edited 2 months ago by GeneJ X S (Hill) WillsonGreat idea! Thank you………….posted 2 months ago by S (Hill) WillsonGloria BeymerI cannot find a actual source for the baptism. Could you please add where you saw the baptism date? I will check back later.posted 2 months ago by Gloria Beymer S (Hill) WillsonIt is in the first source, page xlvi, or page 61 counting via the Internet Archive viewerposted 2 months ago by S (Hill) Willson Jillaine SmithImage fixed. That image upload was done by a former wikitree member who loved to attach the covers of various publications to all profiles that were mentioned in that publication. We're slowly but surely removing those. Thanks, Julie, for identifying the actually person. It's now only attached to his profile.posted Dec 03, 2019 by Jillaine Smith Julie KeltsThe illustration used as the primary image here is not John Putnam, it is Israel Putnam. The illustration appears in the book, labeled, following page 88 (original pagination; image 184 of 517 in the archive.org PDF).posted Dec 03, 2019 by Julie Kelts Jack WisePutnam-37 and Putnman-3 appear to represent the same person because: Everything appears to match.posted Oct 26, 2018 by Jack WiseJoe CochoitBeryl, see the notes I put on her page. We need evidence that her LNAB was Putnam. Also, the John Putnam baptizing children at Great Missenden is not the same John Putnam who was baptizing children at Aston Abbotts.posted Sep 25, 2018 by Joe Cochoit Beryl MeehanI've located the bp for dau Marie, added it to her profile which proves she was John's dau. I also see a bp for a Mary whose father was a Mark Putnam, entered that note on Marie's profile and comment ...
attaching Marie (not Mary) to her father John today.
posted Sep 25, 2018 by Beryl Meehan Jillaine SmithThe following information was sent to me via private message (not sure why); I paste it here in case it is of use to someone:
The Putmans are one family profiled in The Loyalists of MA and the other side of the American Revolution page 378, James Henry Stark. Boston 1910. https://archive.org/details/loyalistsofmassa00staruoft
A history of the Putnam family in England and America by Putnam, Eben, 1868-1933, published 1891 Salem MA https://archive.org/details/ahistoryputnamf01putngoog
posted Nov 04, 2016 by Jillaine SmithJoseph PutnamMy branch where Patriots. Never heard of a Putnam being anything else. Intressting can you prove his connection?posted 2 months ago by Joseph Putnam
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REF EBEN PUTNAM'S HISTORY R T PUTNAM, WATERLOO, ONT
NORMAN GRAHAM'S GENEALOGY
!Information on the Putnam family from Eben Putnam, THE PUTNAM LINEAGE, Salem Press Co., Salem, Mass. 1905 (1907?).
John Putnam Sr. Added by rebelsher on 2 Jun 2007 It is not known when this family came to America, probably sometime between 1627, the birthdate of their last child, and 1650. The following is from The Putnam Family, by Eben Putnam: "John Putnam was a farmer and exceedingly well off for those times. He wrote a fair hand as deeds on record show. In these deeds, he styles himself yeoman, and once, in 1655, husbandman."
John and his wife Priscilla (Gould) Putnam had seven children, all baptized at Aston Abbots, England:
Elizabth, bpt. 20 Dec. 1612; admitted to the church in Salem in 1643. Thomas, bpt. 7 March 1614/5; m. (1) Ann Holyoke, daughter of Edward Holyoke; m. (2) Mrs. Mary Veren, widow of Nathaniel Veren. John, bpt. 24 July 1617; died in infancy. Nathaniel, bpt. 11 Oct. 1619; m. Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Richard Hutchinson. Sarah, bpt. 2 March 1622/3. Phoebe, bpt. 28 July 1624. John, Jr., bpt. 27 May 1627; m. Rebecca Prince.

Dave Carlsen, Writer Role: webmaster. The Descendants of Richard Hutchinson, Url: http:/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rhutch/
John Putnam/Priscilla Gould entry.

↑ Essex Institute, Writer Role: compiler. Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Second Publisher: GenealogyCDs.com, Second Address: Coram, N.Y., Volumes: 6. (Newcomb and Gauss Printers, Salem, 1916, Second Date, 2003)
vol. 6, page 170.

↑ John Putnam, Sr, in Find A Grave.

Christen	17 Jan 1579/80	Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England
Marriage	Abt 1611	England - Priscilla Gould
Marriage	1612	Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England - Priscilla Gould
Miscellaneous	1614	John signed his mother's marriage bond to William Huxley - England
Residence	1627	Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England
Immigration	Abt 1634	Salem, Mass Bay Colony
Miscellaneous	1637	John was deposed in a suit of Jeremy Gould versus Henry Lake at age 57 years. - Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England
Residence	1640	Salem, Essex, MA
Property	1641	John deeded land to Henry Kenny
Miscellaneous	20 Jan 1640/41	John purchased 100 acres land. - Salem Village, Essex, MA
Property	1641	He had 100 acres granted to him
Miscellaneous	1647	Admitted freeman and to the church. - Salem Village, Essex, MA
Religion	1647	Admitted to church at Salem, MA
Property	14 Apr 1652	John purchased 80 acres land from Ralph Fogg. - Salem, Essex CO, MA
Property	2 Apr 1653	John gave half of his land tp son Nathaniel Putnam. - Salem, Essex CO, MA
Property	3 Apr 1653	John granted half of his land to son Thomas, except what he previously granted to Nathaniel. - Salem, Essex CO, MA
Property	1 Dec 1658	John sold his dwelling house and 3 acres of land near the "brick kill" - Salem, Essex CO, MA
Property	1 Dec 1662	Granted land - Salem, Essex CO, MA
Death	30 Dec 1662	Salem Village, Mass Bay Colony
Birth	Bef 17 jan 1579/80	Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Burial		Wadsworth Cemetery, Salem Village, MA
Occupation		Yeoman - farmer
Education		Wrote a fair hand
Relationship		9th Great Grandfather to Mary Putnam Muller

Spouse	Priscilla Gould (1585 - 1668)
Child	Thomas Putnam (1614 - 1686)
Child	Elizabeth "Eliza" Putnam (1612 - 1643)
Child	John Putnam (1617 - 1620)
Child	Nathaniel Putnam (1619 - 1700)
Child	Sara Putnam (1622 - )
Child	Phoebe Putnam (1624 - 1630)
Child	John Putnam (1627 - 1710)
Child	Phoebe Putnam (1627 - 1710)

Father	Nicholas Stewkley Putnam XVI (1540 - 1598)
Mother	Margaret Goodspeed (1556 - 1618)
Sibling	Thomas Putnam (1584 - )
Sibling	Anne Putnam (1578 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Putnam (1581 - )
Sibling	Richard Putnam (1586 - )
Sibling	William Putnam (1592 - )

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