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Seth Putnam
(19 May 1695 - 30 Nov 1775)
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Seth Putnam was born on 19 May 1695 in Salem Village, Essex CO, MA. (487) (488) He died on 30 Nov 1775 in Charlestown, Sullivan CO, NH. (489) (490) He was baptized in Salem Village, MA (491) He was buried Forest Hill Cemetery in Charlestown, Suffolk CO, MA. (492) Seth Putnam was one of the earliest of the Danvers Putnams to go forth into the wilderness and make a home for himself and family. In 1719, March 21, he bought of Samuel Walker, for L200, a house lot and sixty acres of land in Billerica. His farm began at Shawshin bridge and was bounded by the river on the west. Here he lived until about 1750 when he removed to Number Four, now Charlestown, NH. This frontier post had been fearfully exposed to Indian attacks, and but three of the original grantees had settled there. In 1746, Number Four had been abandoned by the inhabitants who took up their abode for the most part in Groton, Lunenburg and Leominster, MA. In 1747, the place was again garrisoned and on 21 June 1751, a company of the settlers was organized with Phineas Stevens as captain. On the rolls of this company are found the names of two sons of Seth, viz., Ebenezer and Thomas. The father was at Charlestown, but not on the company rolls. Ebenezer Putnam also served under New Hampshire in 1755. In 1755 upon a petition of the inhabitants of CHarlestown, fourteen in number, among whom were Seth and Ebenezer Putnam, Massachusetts again garrisoned the town. There had been ten Indian attacks between 1753-55, and New Hampshire had failed to afford the town protection.
On 18 Feb, 1754, a committee which had been appointed by New Hampshire to examine into the claims of persons to land at CHarlestown, reported forty-three claims besides the heirs of Obadiah Sartwell. Among the forty-three were Mr. Seth Putnam, Ebenezer Putnam and Thomas Putnam, to each of whom was set apart 1/64 of the whole.
After the close of hostilities, Charlestown was no longer a frontier town and by 1760 a tide of emigration set in which soon filled the country with desirable settlers and gave the inhabitants of old Number Four, among them the Putnam family, the opportunity long wished for, to cultivate their farms and establish a flourishing town.
Seth Putnam helped form the first church at Charlestown and was one of the first ten members. On 14 Aug 1753, the first town meeting at Charlestown was held and Seth Putnam was chosen tything man.
On his tombstone in the following inscription:
"The memory of the just is blest."
He was married to Ruth Whipple (Daughter of Joseph Whipple and Sarah Fairchild) on 16 Sep 1718 in Salem Village, MA. (493) (494) Ruth Whipple was born on 27 Oct 1692 in Ipswich, Essex Co, MA. (495) (496) She died on 1 Feb 1785 in Charlestown, Sullivan CO, NH. (497) (490). The NH Death Index has the death in 1780. Ruth's death record indicates she died in her 93rd year. This agrees with 1785. She was buried Forest Hill Cemetery in Charlestown, Suffolk Co, MA. (498) Seth Putnam and Ruth Whipple had 8 children:
Ebenezer, Ruth, Sarah, Seth, Elizabeth, Thomas, Susanna, Timothy.
Child Seth Putnam was born on 14 Jan 1723/24. He died on 2 May 1746. (503) (504) About Seth's death says Belknap in his history of NH, "The enemy was scattered in small parties on all the frontiers. At Number Four, some women went out to milk their cows, with Major Josiah Willard and several soldiers for their guard. Eight Indians who were concealed in a barn, fired on them and killed Seth Putnam; as they were scalping him, Willard and two more fired on them and mortally wounded two, whom their companions carried off."
Sources:
487 - Vital records of Tewksbury, MA p 234
488 - Eben p 38
489 - Eben p 77
490 - New Hampshire Death Index
491 - Eben p 38
492 - Gary D. Outnam. A History and Genealogy of the Putnam, Wedge, Graves, Sneden and Related Families, Vol 1. Wilsonville, OR, 1997. p 107.
493 - Eben p 76
494 - Vital Records of Salem v 4 p 233
495 - Eben p 77
496 - Peggy Miller Singer. The Ancestry and Decendants of Roxelane Putnam. Privately, 1989. p 93.
497 - Eben p 77
498 - Gary Putnam p 107
501 - Eben p 77
502 - Vital records of Bilerica, MA to year 1850. Boston MA, NEHGS, 1908. p 153.
503 - Eben p 77
504 - Belknap. Vol 2 p 243.
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Seth Putnam was born 1695 to Thomas Putnam, Jr. (1652-1699) and Ann Carr (1661-1699) and died 11 November 1775 in Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States of unspecified causes. He married Ruth Whipple (?-?) 16 September 1718 . United StatesAncestors are from United States.
Seth Putnam married Ruth Whipple 9/16/1718. Seth moved to Charlestown, N.H. in 1728. He died 11/11/1775 in Charlestown. His children were Ebenezer, Ruth, Sarah, Seth[killed by Indians 5/2/1746],Elizabeth, Thomas, Susanna and Timothy.
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Birth: May 19, 1695
Danvers
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Nov. 30, 1775
Charlestown
Sullivan County
New Hampshire, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Putnam (1652 - 1699)
Ann Carr Putnam (1661 - 1699)
Spouse:
Ruth Whipple Putnam (1692 - 1785)*
Children:
Ruth Putnam Labaree (1720 - 1810)*
Timothy Seth Putnam (1732 - 1817)*
Siblings:
Ann Putnam (1679 - 1716)*
Susannah Putnam Badger (1693 - ____)**
Seth Putnam (1695 - 1775)
Experience Putnam Bailey (1698 - 1782)*
* 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
**Half-sibling
Burial:
Forest Hill Cemetery
Charlestown
Sullivan County
New Hampshire, USA
Plot: E22
Created by: J. Pacholke
Record added: Jul 24, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 94133323
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Seth Putnam was born on 19 May 1695 in Salem Village, Essex CO, MA. (487) (488) He died on 30 Nov 1775 in Charlestown, Sullivan CO, NH. (489) (490) He was baptized in Salem Village, MA (491) He was buried Forest Hill Cemetery in Charlestown, Suffolk CO, MA. (492) Seth Putnam was one of the earliest of the Danvers Putnams to go forth into the wilderness and make a home for himself and family. In 1719, March 21, he bought of Samuel Walker, for L200, a house lot and sixty acres of land in Billerica. His farm began at Shawshin bridge and was bounded by the river on the west. Here he lived until about 1750 when he removed to Number Four, now Charlestown, NH. This frontier post had been fearfully exposed to Indian attacks, and but three of the original grantees had settled there. In 1746, Number Four had been abandoned by the inhabitants who took up their abode for the most part in Groton, Lunenburg and Leominster, MA. In 1747, the place was again garrisoned and on 21 June 1751, a company of the settlers was organized with Phineas Stevens as captain. On the rolls of this company are found the names of two sons of Seth, viz., Ebenezer and Thomas. The father was at Charlestown, but not on the company rolls. Ebenezer Putnam also served under New Hampshire in 1755. In 1755 upon a petition of the inhabitants of CHarlestown, fourteen in number, among whom were Seth and Ebenezer Putnam, Massachusetts again garrisoned the town. There had been ten Indian attacks between 1753-55, and New Hampshire had failed to afford the town protection.
On 18 Feb, 1754, a committee which had been appointed by New Hampshire to examine into the claims of persons to land at CHarlestown, reported forty-three claims besides the heirs of Obadiah Sartwell. Among the forty-three were Mr. Seth Putnam, Ebenezer Putnam and Thomas Putnam, to each of whom was set apart 1/64 of the whole.
After the close of hostilities, Charlestown was no longer a frontier town and by 1760 a tide of emigration set in which soon filled the country with desirable settlers and gave the inhabitants of old Number Four, among them the Putnam family, the opportunity long wished for, to cultivate their farms and establish a flourishing town.
Seth Putnam helped form the first church at Charlestown and was one of the first ten members. On 14 Aug 1753, the first town meeting at Charlestown was held and Seth Putnam was chosen tything man.
On his tombstone in the following inscription:
"The memory of the just is blest."
He was married to Ruth Whipple (Daughter of Joseph Whipple and Sarah Fairchild) on 16 Sep 1718 in Salem Village, MA. (493) (494) Ruth Whipple was born on 27 Oct 1692 in Ipswich, Essex Co, MA. (495) (496) She died on 1 Feb 1785 in Charlestown, Sullivan CO, NH. (497) (490). The NH Death Index has the death in 1780. Ruth's death record indicates she died in her 93rd year. This agrees with 1785. She was buried Forest Hill Cemetery in Charlestown, Suffolk Co, MA. (498) Seth Putnam and Ruth Whipple had 8 children:
Ebenezer, Ruth, Sarah, Seth, Elizabeth, Thomas, Susanna, Timothy.
Child Seth Putnam was born on 14 Jan 1723/24. He died on 2 May 1746. (503) (504) About Seth's death says Belknap in his history of NH, "The enemy was scattered in small parties on all the frontiers. At Number Four, some women went out to milk their cows, with Major Josiah Willard and several soldiers for their guard. Eight Indians who were concealed in a barn, fired on them and killed Seth Putnam; as they were scalping him, Willard and two more fired on them and mortally wounded two, whom their companions carried off."
Sources:
487 - Vital records of Tewksbury, MA p 234
488 - Eben p 38
489 - Eben p 77
490 - New Hampshire Death Index
491 - Eben p 38
492 - Gary D. Outnam. A History and Genealogy of the Putnam, Wedge, Graves, Sneden and Related Families, Vol 1. Wilsonville, OR, 1997. p 107.
493 - Eben p 76
494 - Vital Records of Salem v 4 p 233
495 - Eben p 77
496 - Peggy Miller Singer. The Ancestry and Decendants of Roxelane Putnam. Privately, 1989. p 93.
497 - Eben p 77
498 - Gary Putnam p 107
501 - Eben p 77
502 - Vital records of Bilerica, MA to year 1850. Boston MA, NEHGS, 1908. p 153.
503 - Eben p 77
504 - Belknap. Vol 2 p 243.
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Seth Putnam was born 1695 to Thomas Putnam, Jr. (1652-1699) and Ann Carr (1661-1699) and died 11 November 1775 in Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States of unspecified causes. He married Ruth Whipple (?-?) 16 September 1718 . United StatesAncestors are from United States.
Seth Putnam married Ruth Whipple 9/16/1718. Seth moved to Charlestown, N.H. in 1728. He died 11/11/1775 in Charlestown. His children were Ebenezer, Ruth, Sarah, Seth[killed by Indians 5/2/1746],Elizabeth, Thomas, Susanna and Timothy.
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Birth: May 19, 1695
Danvers
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Nov. 30, 1775
Charlestown
Sullivan County
New Hampshire, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Putnam (1652 - 1699)
Ann Carr Putnam (1661 - 1699)
Spouse:
Ruth Whipple Putnam (1692 - 1785)*
Children:
Ruth Putnam Labaree (1720 - 1810)*
Timothy Seth Putnam (1732 - 1817)*
Siblings:
Ann Putnam (1679 - 1716)*
Susannah Putnam Badger (1693 - ____)**
Seth Putnam (1695 - 1775)
Experience Putnam Bailey (1698 - 1782)*
* 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
**Half-sibling
Burial:
Forest Hill Cemetery
Charlestown
Sullivan County
New Hampshire, USA
Plot: E22
Created by: J. Pacholke
Record added: Jul 24, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 94133323
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Events
| Birth | 19 May 1695 | Salem Village, Essex, MA | |||
| Residence | Bet 1695 and 1719 | Salem Village, Essex,MA | |||
| Marriage | 16 Sep 1718 | Salem Village, Essex, MA - Ruth Whipple |  | ||
| Residence | Bet 1719 and 1734 | Billerica, Middlesex, MA | |||
| Residence | 1750 | Charlestown, Sullivan, NH | |||
| Military | 1751 | Not on the company rolls. | |||
| Burial | 1775 | ||||
| Death | 30 Nov 1775 | Charlestown, NH | |||
| Christen | Salem, Essex, MA | ||||
| Religion | He helped form the first church in Charlestown, Sullivan, NH | ||||
| Occupation | Successful farmer |
Families
| Spouse | Ruth Whipple (1692 - 1785) |
| Child | Ebenezer Putnam (1719 - 1782) |
| Child | Sarah Putnam (1720 - ) |
| Child | Ruth Putnam (1720 - ) |
| Child | Seth Putnam (1722 - 1746) |
| Child | Elisabeth Putnam (1725 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Putnam (1728 - ) |
| Child | Timothy Putnam (1732 - ) |
| Child | Susana Putnam ( - ) |
| Father | Thomas Putnam Jr (1651 - 1699) |
| Mother | Ann Carr (1661 - 1699) |
| Sibling | Ann Putnam (1679 - 1716) |
| Sibling | Thomas Putnam III (1680 - 1757) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Putnam (1683 - 1722) |
| Sibling | Ebenezer Putnam (1685 - ) |
| Sibling | Deliverance Putnam (1687 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Putnam (1689 - 1689) |
| Sibling | Timothy Putnam (1689 - 1762) |
| Sibling | Abigail Putnam (1692 - 1744) |
| Sibling | Sarah Putnam (1693 - 1694) |
| Sibling | Susanna Putnam (1698 - ) |
| Sibling | Experience Putnam (1698 - 1782) |