Individual Details
Lieutenant Nehemiah Putnam
(22 Mar 1719 - 27 Nov 1791)
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History of Sutton p. 707
Nehemiah 5 (Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Manning, Oct. 5,1742. Ch. 1, Aaron, b. Mar. 23, 1744; 2, Sarah, b. Mar. 10, 1746; 3, Hannah, b. July 26, 1748; m. Jona. Willard, Nov. 25, 1773; 4, Rachel, b. Apr. 17, 1750; 5, Susanna, b. Jan. 19. 1752; m. John Fuller, Mar. 26, 1771; 6, Eunice, b. Dec. 4, 1753; m. Benj. Shumway, Apr. 4, 1773; 7, Reuben, b. Apr. 9, 1757; 8, Joseph, 9, Benjamin, twins, b. Sept. 20, 1760; Benjamin m. Patty Mason.
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Events
| Birth | 22 Mar 1719 | Topsfield, Essex, MA |  |  | |
| Christen | 29 Mar 1719 | Salem Village, Essex, MA | | ||
| Marriage | 5 Oct 1742 | Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Sarah Manning | | | |
| Death | 27 Nov 1791 | Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States | | | |
| Census (family) | 1790 US Census | Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Sarah Manning | | ||
| Military | Rev War patriot | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Manning (1721 - ) |
| Child | Aaron Putnam (1744 - 1777) |
| Child | Sarah Putnam (1746 - ) |
| Child | Hannah Putnam (1748 - ) |
| Child | Rachel Putnam (1750 - 1789) |
| Child | Susanna Putnam (1752 - 1811) |
| Child | Eunice Putnam (1753 - 1835) |
| Child | Deacon Reuben Putnam (1757 - 1797) |
| Child | Joseph Putnam (1760 - 1797) |
| Child | Rev Benjamin Putnam (1760 - 1815) |
| Father | Deacon Elisha Putnam (1685 - 1745) |
| Mother | Susanna Fuller (1695 - 1772) |
| Sibling | Elisha Putnam II (1715 - 1758) |
| Sibling | Hannah Putnam (1717 - 1801) |
| Sibling | Jonathan Putnam (1721 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Susanna Putnam (1723 - 1784) |
| Sibling | Mary Putnam (1725 - 1736) |
| Sibling | Stephen Putnam (1728 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Amos Putnam (1730 - 1811) |
| Sibling | Eunice Putnam (1732 - 1787) |
| Sibling | Huldah Putnam (1734 - 1797) |
| Sibling | Rufus Putnam (1738 - 1824) |
Notes
Birth
Or Salem VillageMarriage
Biographical Sketches of Worcester County, MAImage 337-42/960
(V) Nehemiah Putnam, second son of Elisha (4), married SarahManning, October 5, 1742. Their children were: Aaron, born March 23, 1744;Sarah, March 10, 1746; Hannah July 26, 1748. Married Jonathan Willard, November25, 1773; Rachel, April 17, 1750; Susanna, January 19, 1752, married JOHNfuller, March 26, 1771; Eunice, December 4, 1753, married Benjamin Shumway,April 4, 1773; Reuben, April 9, 1757; Joseph and Benjamin, twins, September 20,1760. Benjamin married Patty Mason.
Death
Biographical Sketches of Worcester County, MAImage 337-42/960
(IV) Elisha Putnam , son of Edward (3) lived on and near theplace known as the James Freeland farm. He probably came to Sutton as early as1725; was admitted to the church in 1730, and chosen a deacon in 1731. He wastown clerk and also town treasurer. His children were: Elisha, born December1715, died in 1758; Nehemiah, March 22, 1719, died November 27, 1791; Jonathan,July 19, 1721; Hannah, married (first) Timothy Holten, February 24, 1742, and(second)John Whipple -( No this is wrong. It was her sister, Susanna who married Holten and Whipple, Hannah married Jonathan Dudley )-; Mary, June 12, 1725, died April 22, 1736; Stephen, April1728; Amos, July 22, 1730, died September 17, 1811; Eunice, July 6, 1732, diedat Windham, unmarried; Huldah, May 25, 1734, married a Matthews; Rufus, April7, 1738.
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Eben p 81, 159
Census (family)
1790 US Census1-0-1
Military
Served as a 2nd Lieutenant in Capt Tarrant Putnam's 3rd Sutton Company and the same regementServed as a Lieutenant in Revolutionary War
He was in Capt Moody Moore's 3rd Sutton Company, Col Jonathan Chandler's 1st Worcester County regiment.
From Rand
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Endnotes
1. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 81.
2. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 81.
3. The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Salem, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA, 1918), vol 2 p. 215 births.
4. Franklin P. Rice , compiler, Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Systematic History Fund, 1907), p 335.
5. History of Sutton, 707.
6. Ancestry.com, "Worcester County, Massachusetts Memoirs, Volume I-II," digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Original data: Ellery Bicknell Crane, ed. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.; Page 337-342, Ancestry images 337-342/960.
7. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 81.
8. Ancestry.com, "Worcester County, Massachusetts Memoirs, Volume I-II," digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Original data: Ellery Bicknell Crane, ed. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.; Page 337-342, Ancestry images 337-342/960.