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Joseph Putnam
(14 Sep 1669 - 1724)
Joseph opposed the witchcraft trials.
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Eben
Joseph Putnam will always be remembered for his opposition to Mr. Parris and the witchcraft trails. The position which he took could only have been maintained by one who, like himself, was allied with the principal families of the county. He opposed from first to last the proceedings which disgraced Danvers and his immediate relatives and friends. This was a source of peril to even him, however, and for six months, one of his fleetest horses was kept saddled, ready at a moment's notice, should an attempt be made to seize his person. This fact was well known and it was also known that he would resist every attempt of that nature, even though it cost the lives of those who came to take him. It is a significant fact that his children were baptized in Salem, this being a very public manner of showing his disapprobation of the course followed by Mr. Parris. Joseph Putnam should be honored far above all others of his generation; for he showed that not only did he have the courage common to all of the family, but was above the ignorant superstition of the time by which such men as judge Samuel Sewall and Cotton Mather were overcome.
It is proper to state at this juncture, that the romantic tale of a sister of Joseph Putnam being accused of witchcraft at a session of the Court to which she had been drawn by curiosity, and her flight and concealment in Middleton woods, is entirely without foundation. Mr. Tarbox in his History of General Israel Putnam quotes from Mr. Rice, but however thrilling and interesting a story this account may be, it has absolutely no foundation.
His will has wife Elizabeth to be executrix, mentions sons William, David and Israel minors, daughters Mary and Elizabeth Putnam, daughter Sarah Brown, daughters Rachel, Anna and Huldah Putnam, minors, and Mehitable.
WILL OF JOSEPH PUTNAM
In the name of God Amen I Joseph Putnam being Sick and Weeke in body buy Sound Mind and Memory, considering the uncertainity of life and the Duty of Setting my Estate in order to leave Peice in my Fam- ily Doe make this mt last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making Null and voide all former wiils by me made
Impes I committ my sole to God my body to a Deacent Buriale hopeing for a glorious Resurrection in and through ye merritt of my Dear Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ, and for my outward Estate I Dispose of as follows on
My will is that my Just Debts and funeral Expence be paid out of My Personall Estate or monies
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Eliza in Liew of her Dower that Peice of land in blind hole by John Curticies Containing about Twenty Eight acres yt was her fathers, and that Jane Possest of by virtue of his will, to be wholey att her Dispose to sell or as sgee shall see cause - and I further give to my wife towards her own Support and the Support and Maintenance of my children under age the Improvement of all the severall Tracts & parcells of lands and the Housein thereon, I have hereafter in this my will given my two sons David and Israel with the Improvement of so much of my Stock and Husbandry Utencells and so much of my Household Stuff bedding and Necefsaries as my Executors hereafter named shall Judge Necessary & Convenient for the Carring on the Farm and the Subsistance of ye Family until my sons David and Israel come respectively to ye age Twenty one years and then they are to be seard and Possesd of their Parts hereafter given them and either of them first given their Mother Security to pay her yearly the sum of Ten Pounds each in Pay- able money in ye whole Twenty Pounds yearly and she is also to have a Room or two in my now Dwelling house and what wood Shee may have occasion to burn therein and part of ye Celler, and Shee is to Keep Possition of sd Lands till shee hath Security to her Satisfaction, I also further give her towards her own Support and the Support and maintenance of my children under age the Leave and Liberty to Cutt and Sell what Wood Shee Shall See cause of from my Old Farm here- after given my son William only I Desire itt may be cutt where itt may be with the Least Detriment My Wife Remaining unmarried
Item I Give and bequeath unto my Son William Putnam his heirs and assigns forever Severall Tracts and peices of land viz all that my Farm called the Old Farm Containing about Eighty acres More or less with ye Houseing and fencing on itt (Excepting as above to his Mother) and also the one halfe of my land & Meadow Lying on the West side of Ipswich River and all my Interist In the Saw Mill and Damm att Bishops brook and also two acres more of Meadow Near said Damm and also two acres more of meadow Lying below the Saw Mill on Nichols & Porters land and all my land in Peters Meadow and the ten acres of land I bought of Joseph Allen In case he pay his sister Mahitable out of this last percell Eighty Pounds in Pafsible Bills of Publick Creditt or monies when Shee shall come to ye age of Eighteen years old then to be paid her at Marriage -
Item I Give and bequeath to my two Sons David and Israel these Sev- erall Tracts & Parcells of lands following they and each of them re- spectively performing what I have ordered to their Mother out of their parts, all that my Farm I now Dwell on Containing about one hundred and fifty acres more or less Including ye land I bought of Anthony Ashby and Captain Putnam and A Small bitt above the Toomb and also the other halfe of my Upland and Meadow on ye West Side of Ipswich River to be equally divided between them and to be to them their Heirs and Assigns forever and If either of my two sons David or Israel Dye before they come to ye age of Twenty and one years then ye one Moiety of his Part to be to my son William his heirs and Assigns forever and ye other Moiety of his Part to be to the Surviv- our and his heirs and assigns forever the bequest to my wife to be made good and complyed with out of Such part never the less.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Putnam five Pounds in Bills of Publick Creditt of this Provence.
Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Putnam, Ten Pounds in like money.
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Brown fifteen Pounds in Like money all to be paid In six months after my Decease
Item I give and bequeath to my four Daughters Namely Rachell Anna Eunice & Huldah Eighty Pounds Each to be paid them respectively as they arrive att age of Eighteen years or If they or any of them Marry before they are Eighteen years old then to be paid att their marrage, and in case of any of my Above named four Daughters Decease before they come to Eighteen years of age her of their parts then to be equally Divided amongst all the rest of my Daughters Married or unmarried or such as shall Legally represent them In like money also
Item I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Mehitable the sum of Eighty Pounds as before expressed to be paid by my son William and in case of his not paying as before I then give to her my said Daughter Mehitable her heirs and assigns forever the Ten Acres of Land I bought of Joseph Allen
Item I Constitute Ordain and appoint my beloved Wife Elizabeth and my son William Putnam to be ye Executors to this my Will and I De- sire a Just and Exact Inventory of my Parsonall Estate my be taken and in case there is not enough in mony and Stock yt may be Spaired and houshold Stuff yt may be spaired as before Exprest then my will is and I hereby Impower My Executors to Sell that peice of land of mine yt my Father formerly gave to Joseph Stacey and with ye money for ye Land and for what Stock and household stuff may be spaired and sold to ye best advantage to pay my Just Debts, funerall expence and all my Legaceys not otherwise Directed and In case my money and Stock and household stuff may be spaired as my children come of age and att Present Is soficient to pay ye above then the said peice of land yt was last mentioned I give to my afore named two sons David & Israel to be Equally Divided and to be to them their heirs and as- signs forever In testimony yt on mature consideration this is my Last Will and Testement I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal this 15th Day of March Anno Domini 1722-3
Joseph Putnam [Seal]
Signed Sealed & Declared to be the Last Will and Testament of the Testator in ye Presence of ye woords between ye 5th 16th Line from ye Topp being first Interlined
Benja Holton \
John Dale jr Essex fs Ipswich May 25th 1723 Befoer Zerobebell Endicott / the Honble John Appleton Esq Judge of the Probate of Wills &c In sd County of Essex them Benj Holten John Dale jr & Zerobable Endicott all parsonally appeared and made oath yt they were Present and saw the within named Joseph Putnam Signe Seale and heard him Publish and Declare ye within written Instrument to be hist Last will and Testament and when he so did he was of good understanding and of Disposeing Mind, to the best of their Descern- ing and they all att the same time Sett to there hands In his Pre- sence as Wittnesses
Sworn Attest Danl Appleton Regt
Upon which this Will is Proved Approved and allowed ye Executors Appeared and accepted of said Trust and Promised to give In an Inven'ty by ye last of June next
Attest Daniel Appleton Regt
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Rand-Putnam
Joseph was born on 14 Sep 1669 in Salem Village. (171) He was baptized on 4 Sep 1670 in Salem. (172,173) He signed a will on 15 Mar 1722/23. He died in 1724/25 in Salem Village. (175) He was buried in Salem Village, Essex CO,MA.
He was married to Elizabeth Porter (dau of Israel Porter and Elizabeth Hathorne) on 21 Apr 1690 in Salem Village, MA. (176) Elizabeth Porter was born on 7 Oct 1673 in Salem Village. (177) She died in 1746 (178). Joseph and Elizabeth had 12 children.
Sources
170 - Vital Records of Salem Vol2 p 213
171 - Same
172 - Eben Vol 1 p 8
173 - Richard D Pierce. The Records of the First Church in Salem, MA, 1629-1736, Salem, MA, Essex Institute, 1974, p. 29.
174 - Eben Vol 1 p 49
175 - Eben Vol1 p 49
176 - Vital Records of Salem Vol 4 p 231
177 - Eben Vol1 p 49
178 - Same
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Joseph Putnam was born 14 September 1669 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States to Thomas Putnam (1615-1686) and Mary Veren (1623-1694) and died 1725 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes.
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Birth: Sep. 14, 1669
Salem
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: 1724
Salem
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
Joseph Putnam (1669-1724) was the son of Thomas Putnam (?-1686) and his second wife, Mary Veren (?-1695). In 1690. Joseph married Elizabeth Porter (?-1746), and moved her into the Putnam House, built by Thomas Putnam in 1648. [. . .] Here was born Israel Putnam (1717/18-1790), the famous future General, the youngest, but one, of the thirteen children of Joseph and Elizabeth Porter Putnam. (Find A Grave Memorial# 8046.) [. . .]
A century ago, the 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). Many of the Putnam links in New England Families, especially the earlier ones, appear with the caveat "believed to be."
The New England Families ancestry appears as follows: Simon de Puttenham (?-aft 1199), who held the Puttenham Manor, followed by Sir Ralph (?-aft 1217), Richard (?-aft 1273), John (?-aft 1291). Thomas Puttenham I (?-?), married Helen, daughter of _____ Spigornell. Thomas and Helen were the parents of Henry and older brother Roger Puttenham (b/f 1300-aft 1322). Roger was sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1322 and husband of Aliva _____; their son was Henry I (1300-1350), father of Sir Roger Puttenham (abt 1320-abt 1380). Sir Roger was the father of William Puttenham I (?-?) of Puttenham Pen, Sherfield, Warbelton; William's wife was Margaret de Warbelton. Margaret was the daughter of John de Warbelton (?-?) seated at Warbelton, Sussex, Sherfield on London. Margaret's mother was Katherine, daughter of Sir John de Fokle, of Foxle, Bramshel and Apuldrefield.
William and Margaret were the parents of Henry Puttenham II (b/f 1408-July 6, 1473), husband of Elizabeth, widow of Geoffry Goodluck. Elizabeth's will is dated Dec 25, 1485; in it she asked to be buried at the Chapel of St Mary the Virgin in All Saints of Istleworth. Henry and Elizabeth were the parents of William Puttenham II (abt 1430-1492), husband of Anne, daughter of John Hampden (?-?) of Hampden, County Bucks. William's will was dated July 10, 1492 and proved at Lambeth. William directed that he be buried before the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the chapel within the church of the Hospital of the Blessed Mary, known as Elsingspytell, London. The children of William and Anne Puttenham were Sir George (heir and knight), Edmund of Puttenham, Nicholas, Frideswide, Elizabeth, Alionore, Brigide, and Agnes.
Nicholas Puttenham (abt 1460-abt 1526) of Putnam Place, was the father of John and Henry III (1460/75-aft 1526), who probably lived at Eddlesborough; Henry's three sons were Richard, John of Slapton and Hawridge and Thomas of Eddlesborough. Richard Putnam (1490/1500-1556/7) lived at Eddlesborough and Woughton. His will is dated Dec 12, 1556, proved Feb 26, 1557. In it he directed that he be buried at the church in Woughton. Richard was the father of John II, Harry of Woughton and Joan. John Putnam II (1520/25-1568) lived at Rowsham in Wingrave, where he was buried on Jan 27, 1568. John II was the father of Nicholas II, Richard of Wingrave, Thomas of Rowsham, and Margaret, who married Godfrey Johnson on June 14, 1573 at Wingrave.
Nicholas Putnam II (1540/50-1598), son of John II lived at Wingrave and, after about 1585, at Stewkeley. Nicholas' will was dated Jan 1, 1597 and proved Sept 27, 1598. Nicholas married Margaret Goodspeed (1556-1618/19) on Jan 30, 1577 at Wingrave. Margaret was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Goodspeed. Margaret was baptized, Aug 16, 1556 at Wingrave and buried at Ashton Abbots Jan 8, 1618/19. Her second husband was William Huxley. The children of Elizabeth and Nicholas Putnam (all baptized at Wingrave) were Anne (Oct 12, 1578), John (Jan 17, 1579), Elizabeth (Feb 11, 1581), Thomas (Sept 20, 1584) and Richard.
John Putnam (1579-1662), 12th Putnam (Puttenham) in this line, son of Nicholas and Margaret Putnam, was the immigrant ancestor. John lived on his inherited estates at Ashton Abbots until he immigrated to Massachusetts by 1640/41, when he received a grant of land and where his wife Priscilla Deacon (?-?) [Priscilla Gould?]was enrolled in the church in Salem, MA. John was enrolled on April 4, 1647. John and Priscilla were the parents of Elizabeth, Thomas II (1614-1686), John, Nathaniel, Phoebe, and John. Thomas Putnam II was the father of Joseph (1669-1724) and grandfather of the famous Israel Putnam (1717/18-1790) (See ALL OF THE ABOVE I, p. 297.) Three generations of Putnams (John, Thomas, Joseph) were among the few prominent, wealthy families in tiny Salem Villege, MA in the 17th century. [. . .]
Joseph's wife, Elizabeth came from relative wealth. Her father, Israel Porter (1643-1706) was a merchant and holder of extensive lands around Salem Villege.
Israel's parents were Mary ______ and John Porter (?-abt 1673) Israel Porter's wife (and so Elizabeth Porter Putnam's mother) was Elizabeth Hathorne (1649-?), daughter of Anne (Smith ?) (abt 1612-aft 1681) and the prominent Puritan magistrate William Hathorn(e) (1606/07-1681), who became famous as a persecutor of all enemies to the Puritan order, both criminals in the eyes of the state and heretics in the eyes of the church. [. . .]
Putnams, Porters and Hathorns played crucial rolls on all sides of the witch trials in Salem in 1692. Joseph Putnam denounced the toxic hysteria and his father-in-law Israel Porter held to similar opinions and worked unsuccessfully for the release of some of the accused. Meanwhile several Putnam girls and women brought early accusations and testified against the accused, some of whom were interrogated and found guilty by Elizabeth Hathorn Porter's brother, Magistrate John Hathorn. The witnesses provided details of terrifying visitations to which they were being subjected by the "witches" among their own neighbors. Example: two children, Mercy Lewis and Ann Putnam accused Bridget Bishop of attempting to make them sign "the devil's Book."
New England Families, our source, states (p. 1077) that Ann Putnam, 12, a granddaughter of Thomas II (daughter of Thomas III) "was the most prominent child" among prosecution witnesses during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and "was the cause of more of the imprisonments than was any other one person." (For some Trial details and the conduct of Putnam family members, see ALL OF THE ABOVE I, page 307-13). New England Families states that in 1706 Ann Putnam "made a pubic confession" of her regretted role as an accuser of witches in Salem fifteen years before. Ann stood while her apology was read before the congregation. Her confession came very late for two dozen people, who were executed because of the hysterical accusations of "weak and excitable" witnesses.
There is some likelihood that young Ann Putnam was manipulated by her parents, Thomas and Ann Putnam, who were active in prodding her and other young girls into making denunciations. After both her parents died in 1699, Ann, age 19, became responsible for raising her siblings, who ranged in age from 7 months to 18 years. Ann never married and died in 1716 at 37 years of age. [. . .]
His many descendents may find encouragement in the example of Joseph Putnam (1669-1724), father of the first Israel. Joseph has been credited with voicing strong objections to the witchcraft hysteria, which pervaded Salem and the surrounding communities in 1692. Joseph Putnam was contemptuous of the proceedings even though his wife's uncle was a prosecutor/judge at the trials and despite threats of violence directed against him by some of his own Putnam relatives. Joseph was probably too well placed to be in any real danger. The witch-accusations suffered not only from an inherent cruel absurdity but also from a class elitism, which found its victims in the lower social ranks. [. . .]
Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Putnam (1614 - 1686)
Mary Putnam (1624 - 1694)
Spouse:
Elizabeth Porter Putnam (1673 - 1746)
Children:
Mary Putnam Putnam (1691 - ____)*
William Putnam (1699 - 1729)*
Eunice Putnam Perley (1710 - 1787)*
Israel Putnam (1718 - 1790)*
Siblings:
Ann Putnam Traske (1645 - 1676)**
Mary Verrin Lindall (1648 - 1732)**
Thomas Putnam (1652 - 1699)**
Thomas Putnam (1652 - 1699)**
Edward Putnam (1654 - 1747)**
Deliverance Putnam Walcott (1656 - 1699)**
Joseph Putnam (1669 - 1724)
* Reverse Relationships:] body=[This relationship was not directly added to this memorial. Rather, it is calculated based on information added to the related person's memorial. For example: if Joe Public is linked to Jane Public as a spouse, a reciprocal link will automatically be added to Jane Public's memorial.] fade=[on] fadespeed=[.09]" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 136); text-decoration: underline;">Calculated relationship
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Created by: Richard Baldwin Cook
Record added: Sep 27, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 42449272
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Eben
Joseph Putnam will always be remembered for his opposition to Mr. Parris and the witchcraft trails. The position which he took could only have been maintained by one who, like himself, was allied with the principal families of the county. He opposed from first to last the proceedings which disgraced Danvers and his immediate relatives and friends. This was a source of peril to even him, however, and for six months, one of his fleetest horses was kept saddled, ready at a moment's notice, should an attempt be made to seize his person. This fact was well known and it was also known that he would resist every attempt of that nature, even though it cost the lives of those who came to take him. It is a significant fact that his children were baptized in Salem, this being a very public manner of showing his disapprobation of the course followed by Mr. Parris. Joseph Putnam should be honored far above all others of his generation; for he showed that not only did he have the courage common to all of the family, but was above the ignorant superstition of the time by which such men as judge Samuel Sewall and Cotton Mather were overcome.
It is proper to state at this juncture, that the romantic tale of a sister of Joseph Putnam being accused of witchcraft at a session of the Court to which she had been drawn by curiosity, and her flight and concealment in Middleton woods, is entirely without foundation. Mr. Tarbox in his History of General Israel Putnam quotes from Mr. Rice, but however thrilling and interesting a story this account may be, it has absolutely no foundation.
His will has wife Elizabeth to be executrix, mentions sons William, David and Israel minors, daughters Mary and Elizabeth Putnam, daughter Sarah Brown, daughters Rachel, Anna and Huldah Putnam, minors, and Mehitable.
WILL OF JOSEPH PUTNAM
In the name of God Amen I Joseph Putnam being Sick and Weeke in body buy Sound Mind and Memory, considering the uncertainity of life and the Duty of Setting my Estate in order to leave Peice in my Fam- ily Doe make this mt last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making Null and voide all former wiils by me made
Impes I committ my sole to God my body to a Deacent Buriale hopeing for a glorious Resurrection in and through ye merritt of my Dear Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ, and for my outward Estate I Dispose of as follows on
My will is that my Just Debts and funeral Expence be paid out of My Personall Estate or monies
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Eliza in Liew of her Dower that Peice of land in blind hole by John Curticies Containing about Twenty Eight acres yt was her fathers, and that Jane Possest of by virtue of his will, to be wholey att her Dispose to sell or as sgee shall see cause - and I further give to my wife towards her own Support and the Support and Maintenance of my children under age the Improvement of all the severall Tracts & parcells of lands and the Housein thereon, I have hereafter in this my will given my two sons David and Israel with the Improvement of so much of my Stock and Husbandry Utencells and so much of my Household Stuff bedding and Necefsaries as my Executors hereafter named shall Judge Necessary & Convenient for the Carring on the Farm and the Subsistance of ye Family until my sons David and Israel come respectively to ye age Twenty one years and then they are to be seard and Possesd of their Parts hereafter given them and either of them first given their Mother Security to pay her yearly the sum of Ten Pounds each in Pay- able money in ye whole Twenty Pounds yearly and she is also to have a Room or two in my now Dwelling house and what wood Shee may have occasion to burn therein and part of ye Celler, and Shee is to Keep Possition of sd Lands till shee hath Security to her Satisfaction, I also further give her towards her own Support and the Support and maintenance of my children under age the Leave and Liberty to Cutt and Sell what Wood Shee Shall See cause of from my Old Farm here- after given my son William only I Desire itt may be cutt where itt may be with the Least Detriment My Wife Remaining unmarried
Item I Give and bequeath unto my Son William Putnam his heirs and assigns forever Severall Tracts and peices of land viz all that my Farm called the Old Farm Containing about Eighty acres More or less with ye Houseing and fencing on itt (Excepting as above to his Mother) and also the one halfe of my land & Meadow Lying on the West side of Ipswich River and all my Interist In the Saw Mill and Damm att Bishops brook and also two acres more of Meadow Near said Damm and also two acres more of meadow Lying below the Saw Mill on Nichols & Porters land and all my land in Peters Meadow and the ten acres of land I bought of Joseph Allen In case he pay his sister Mahitable out of this last percell Eighty Pounds in Pafsible Bills of Publick Creditt or monies when Shee shall come to ye age of Eighteen years old then to be paid her at Marriage -
Item I Give and bequeath to my two Sons David and Israel these Sev- erall Tracts & Parcells of lands following they and each of them re- spectively performing what I have ordered to their Mother out of their parts, all that my Farm I now Dwell on Containing about one hundred and fifty acres more or less Including ye land I bought of Anthony Ashby and Captain Putnam and A Small bitt above the Toomb and also the other halfe of my Upland and Meadow on ye West Side of Ipswich River to be equally divided between them and to be to them their Heirs and Assigns forever and If either of my two sons David or Israel Dye before they come to ye age of Twenty and one years then ye one Moiety of his Part to be to my son William his heirs and Assigns forever and ye other Moiety of his Part to be to the Surviv- our and his heirs and assigns forever the bequest to my wife to be made good and complyed with out of Such part never the less.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Putnam five Pounds in Bills of Publick Creditt of this Provence.
Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Putnam, Ten Pounds in like money.
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Brown fifteen Pounds in Like money all to be paid In six months after my Decease
Item I give and bequeath to my four Daughters Namely Rachell Anna Eunice & Huldah Eighty Pounds Each to be paid them respectively as they arrive att age of Eighteen years or If they or any of them Marry before they are Eighteen years old then to be paid att their marrage, and in case of any of my Above named four Daughters Decease before they come to Eighteen years of age her of their parts then to be equally Divided amongst all the rest of my Daughters Married or unmarried or such as shall Legally represent them In like money also
Item I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Mehitable the sum of Eighty Pounds as before expressed to be paid by my son William and in case of his not paying as before I then give to her my said Daughter Mehitable her heirs and assigns forever the Ten Acres of Land I bought of Joseph Allen
Item I Constitute Ordain and appoint my beloved Wife Elizabeth and my son William Putnam to be ye Executors to this my Will and I De- sire a Just and Exact Inventory of my Parsonall Estate my be taken and in case there is not enough in mony and Stock yt may be Spaired and houshold Stuff yt may be spaired as before Exprest then my will is and I hereby Impower My Executors to Sell that peice of land of mine yt my Father formerly gave to Joseph Stacey and with ye money for ye Land and for what Stock and household stuff may be spaired and sold to ye best advantage to pay my Just Debts, funerall expence and all my Legaceys not otherwise Directed and In case my money and Stock and household stuff may be spaired as my children come of age and att Present Is soficient to pay ye above then the said peice of land yt was last mentioned I give to my afore named two sons David & Israel to be Equally Divided and to be to them their heirs and as- signs forever In testimony yt on mature consideration this is my Last Will and Testement I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal this 15th Day of March Anno Domini 1722-3
Joseph Putnam [Seal]
Signed Sealed & Declared to be the Last Will and Testament of the Testator in ye Presence of ye woords between ye 5th 16th Line from ye Topp being first Interlined
Benja Holton \
John Dale jr Essex fs Ipswich May 25th 1723 Befoer Zerobebell Endicott / the Honble John Appleton Esq Judge of the Probate of Wills &c In sd County of Essex them Benj Holten John Dale jr & Zerobable Endicott all parsonally appeared and made oath yt they were Present and saw the within named Joseph Putnam Signe Seale and heard him Publish and Declare ye within written Instrument to be hist Last will and Testament and when he so did he was of good understanding and of Disposeing Mind, to the best of their Descern- ing and they all att the same time Sett to there hands In his Pre- sence as Wittnesses
Sworn Attest Danl Appleton Regt
Upon which this Will is Proved Approved and allowed ye Executors Appeared and accepted of said Trust and Promised to give In an Inven'ty by ye last of June next
Attest Daniel Appleton Regt
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Rand-Putnam
Joseph was born on 14 Sep 1669 in Salem Village. (171) He was baptized on 4 Sep 1670 in Salem. (172,173) He signed a will on 15 Mar 1722/23. He died in 1724/25 in Salem Village. (175) He was buried in Salem Village, Essex CO,MA.
He was married to Elizabeth Porter (dau of Israel Porter and Elizabeth Hathorne) on 21 Apr 1690 in Salem Village, MA. (176) Elizabeth Porter was born on 7 Oct 1673 in Salem Village. (177) She died in 1746 (178). Joseph and Elizabeth had 12 children.
Sources
170 - Vital Records of Salem Vol2 p 213
171 - Same
172 - Eben Vol 1 p 8
173 - Richard D Pierce. The Records of the First Church in Salem, MA, 1629-1736, Salem, MA, Essex Institute, 1974, p. 29.
174 - Eben Vol 1 p 49
175 - Eben Vol1 p 49
176 - Vital Records of Salem Vol 4 p 231
177 - Eben Vol1 p 49
178 - Same
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Joseph Putnam was born 14 September 1669 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States to Thomas Putnam (1615-1686) and Mary Veren (1623-1694) and died 1725 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes.
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Birth: Sep. 14, 1669
Salem
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: 1724
Salem
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
Joseph Putnam (1669-1724) was the son of Thomas Putnam (?-1686) and his second wife, Mary Veren (?-1695). In 1690. Joseph married Elizabeth Porter (?-1746), and moved her into the Putnam House, built by Thomas Putnam in 1648. [. . .] Here was born Israel Putnam (1717/18-1790), the famous future General, the youngest, but one, of the thirteen children of Joseph and Elizabeth Porter Putnam. (Find A Grave Memorial# 8046.) [. . .]
A century ago, the 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). Many of the Putnam links in New England Families, especially the earlier ones, appear with the caveat "believed to be."
The New England Families ancestry appears as follows: Simon de Puttenham (?-aft 1199), who held the Puttenham Manor, followed by Sir Ralph (?-aft 1217), Richard (?-aft 1273), John (?-aft 1291). Thomas Puttenham I (?-?), married Helen, daughter of _____ Spigornell. Thomas and Helen were the parents of Henry and older brother Roger Puttenham (b/f 1300-aft 1322). Roger was sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1322 and husband of Aliva _____; their son was Henry I (1300-1350), father of Sir Roger Puttenham (abt 1320-abt 1380). Sir Roger was the father of William Puttenham I (?-?) of Puttenham Pen, Sherfield, Warbelton; William's wife was Margaret de Warbelton. Margaret was the daughter of John de Warbelton (?-?) seated at Warbelton, Sussex, Sherfield on London. Margaret's mother was Katherine, daughter of Sir John de Fokle, of Foxle, Bramshel and Apuldrefield.
William and Margaret were the parents of Henry Puttenham II (b/f 1408-July 6, 1473), husband of Elizabeth, widow of Geoffry Goodluck. Elizabeth's will is dated Dec 25, 1485; in it she asked to be buried at the Chapel of St Mary the Virgin in All Saints of Istleworth. Henry and Elizabeth were the parents of William Puttenham II (abt 1430-1492), husband of Anne, daughter of John Hampden (?-?) of Hampden, County Bucks. William's will was dated July 10, 1492 and proved at Lambeth. William directed that he be buried before the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the chapel within the church of the Hospital of the Blessed Mary, known as Elsingspytell, London. The children of William and Anne Puttenham were Sir George (heir and knight), Edmund of Puttenham, Nicholas, Frideswide, Elizabeth, Alionore, Brigide, and Agnes.
Nicholas Puttenham (abt 1460-abt 1526) of Putnam Place, was the father of John and Henry III (1460/75-aft 1526), who probably lived at Eddlesborough; Henry's three sons were Richard, John of Slapton and Hawridge and Thomas of Eddlesborough. Richard Putnam (1490/1500-1556/7) lived at Eddlesborough and Woughton. His will is dated Dec 12, 1556, proved Feb 26, 1557. In it he directed that he be buried at the church in Woughton. Richard was the father of John II, Harry of Woughton and Joan. John Putnam II (1520/25-1568) lived at Rowsham in Wingrave, where he was buried on Jan 27, 1568. John II was the father of Nicholas II, Richard of Wingrave, Thomas of Rowsham, and Margaret, who married Godfrey Johnson on June 14, 1573 at Wingrave.
Nicholas Putnam II (1540/50-1598), son of John II lived at Wingrave and, after about 1585, at Stewkeley. Nicholas' will was dated Jan 1, 1597 and proved Sept 27, 1598. Nicholas married Margaret Goodspeed (1556-1618/19) on Jan 30, 1577 at Wingrave. Margaret was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Goodspeed. Margaret was baptized, Aug 16, 1556 at Wingrave and buried at Ashton Abbots Jan 8, 1618/19. Her second husband was William Huxley. The children of Elizabeth and Nicholas Putnam (all baptized at Wingrave) were Anne (Oct 12, 1578), John (Jan 17, 1579), Elizabeth (Feb 11, 1581), Thomas (Sept 20, 1584) and Richard.
John Putnam (1579-1662), 12th Putnam (Puttenham) in this line, son of Nicholas and Margaret Putnam, was the immigrant ancestor. John lived on his inherited estates at Ashton Abbots until he immigrated to Massachusetts by 1640/41, when he received a grant of land and where his wife Priscilla Deacon (?-?) [Priscilla Gould?]was enrolled in the church in Salem, MA. John was enrolled on April 4, 1647. John and Priscilla were the parents of Elizabeth, Thomas II (1614-1686), John, Nathaniel, Phoebe, and John. Thomas Putnam II was the father of Joseph (1669-1724) and grandfather of the famous Israel Putnam (1717/18-1790) (See ALL OF THE ABOVE I, p. 297.) Three generations of Putnams (John, Thomas, Joseph) were among the few prominent, wealthy families in tiny Salem Villege, MA in the 17th century. [. . .]
Joseph's wife, Elizabeth came from relative wealth. Her father, Israel Porter (1643-1706) was a merchant and holder of extensive lands around Salem Villege.
Israel's parents were Mary ______ and John Porter (?-abt 1673) Israel Porter's wife (and so Elizabeth Porter Putnam's mother) was Elizabeth Hathorne (1649-?), daughter of Anne (Smith ?) (abt 1612-aft 1681) and the prominent Puritan magistrate William Hathorn(e) (1606/07-1681), who became famous as a persecutor of all enemies to the Puritan order, both criminals in the eyes of the state and heretics in the eyes of the church. [. . .]
Putnams, Porters and Hathorns played crucial rolls on all sides of the witch trials in Salem in 1692. Joseph Putnam denounced the toxic hysteria and his father-in-law Israel Porter held to similar opinions and worked unsuccessfully for the release of some of the accused. Meanwhile several Putnam girls and women brought early accusations and testified against the accused, some of whom were interrogated and found guilty by Elizabeth Hathorn Porter's brother, Magistrate John Hathorn. The witnesses provided details of terrifying visitations to which they were being subjected by the "witches" among their own neighbors. Example: two children, Mercy Lewis and Ann Putnam accused Bridget Bishop of attempting to make them sign "the devil's Book."
New England Families, our source, states (p. 1077) that Ann Putnam, 12, a granddaughter of Thomas II (daughter of Thomas III) "was the most prominent child" among prosecution witnesses during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and "was the cause of more of the imprisonments than was any other one person." (For some Trial details and the conduct of Putnam family members, see ALL OF THE ABOVE I, page 307-13). New England Families states that in 1706 Ann Putnam "made a pubic confession" of her regretted role as an accuser of witches in Salem fifteen years before. Ann stood while her apology was read before the congregation. Her confession came very late for two dozen people, who were executed because of the hysterical accusations of "weak and excitable" witnesses.
There is some likelihood that young Ann Putnam was manipulated by her parents, Thomas and Ann Putnam, who were active in prodding her and other young girls into making denunciations. After both her parents died in 1699, Ann, age 19, became responsible for raising her siblings, who ranged in age from 7 months to 18 years. Ann never married and died in 1716 at 37 years of age. [. . .]
His many descendents may find encouragement in the example of Joseph Putnam (1669-1724), father of the first Israel. Joseph has been credited with voicing strong objections to the witchcraft hysteria, which pervaded Salem and the surrounding communities in 1692. Joseph Putnam was contemptuous of the proceedings even though his wife's uncle was a prosecutor/judge at the trials and despite threats of violence directed against him by some of his own Putnam relatives. Joseph was probably too well placed to be in any real danger. The witch-accusations suffered not only from an inherent cruel absurdity but also from a class elitism, which found its victims in the lower social ranks. [. . .]
Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Putnam (1614 - 1686)
Mary Putnam (1624 - 1694)
Spouse:
Elizabeth Porter Putnam (1673 - 1746)
Children:
Mary Putnam Putnam (1691 - ____)*
William Putnam (1699 - 1729)*
Eunice Putnam Perley (1710 - 1787)*
Israel Putnam (1718 - 1790)*
Siblings:
Ann Putnam Traske (1645 - 1676)**
Mary Verrin Lindall (1648 - 1732)**
Thomas Putnam (1652 - 1699)**
Thomas Putnam (1652 - 1699)**
Edward Putnam (1654 - 1747)**
Deliverance Putnam Walcott (1656 - 1699)**
Joseph Putnam (1669 - 1724)
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**Half-sibling
Burial:
Unknown
Created by: Richard Baldwin Cook
Record added: Sep 27, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 42449272
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Events
| Birth | 14 Sep 1669 | Salem Village, Mass Bay Colony |  | ||
| Christen | 4 Sep 1670 | | |||
| Marriage | 21 Apr 1690 | Elizabeth Porter | |||
| Death | 1724 | Salem Village, Mass Bay Colony |  |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Porter ( - ) |
| Child | Mary Putnam (1690 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Putnam (1695 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Putnam (1697 - ) |
| Child | William Putnam (1699 - 1729) |
| Child | Rachel Putnam (1702 - ) |
| Child | Ann Putnam (1705 - ) |
| Child | Colonel David Putnam (1707 - 1768) |
| Child | Eunice Putnam (1710 - ) |
| Child | Name unknown Putnam (1713 - ) |
| Child | Huldah Putnam (1716 - ) |
| Child | General Israel Thomas Putnam (1717 - 1790) |
| Child | Mehitable Putnam (1719 - ) |
| Father | Thomas Putnam (1614 - 1686) |
| Mother | Mary Ingersoll (1626 - 1694) |
Notes
Death
or 1722Endnotes
1. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p8.
2. The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Salem, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA, 1918), Vol 2, p. 213.
3. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p8.