Individual Details
Stephen Putnam
(4 Apr 1728 - 5 Mar 1803)
Stephen moved from Sutton to Hampshire county, but finally settled in Winchester, NH.
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History of Sutton p 708
Stephen 5 (Elisha 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary Gibbs, Mar. 14, 1755. Ch. 1, Solomon, b. July 17, 1755; 2, Mary, b. June 8, 1757; 3, Rhoda, b. July 2, 1759. This family removed to Hampshire county.
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Stephen Putnam, who fought in the early wars, served, 1777, in the expedition against Canada in Capt Elisha Whitcomb's company, Col Timothy Bedell's New Hampshire regiment. He was born at Sutton and died at Northhampton. He was brother to Gen Rufus Putnam and cousin to Maj Gen Israel Putnam.
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On 11 April 1759 he is 31 years old and a resident of Sutton = Rand
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Rand
1790, 1800 census he is in Winchester, Cheshire, NH
He came to Winchester about 1760. Most of his children were in Vermont and NY in 1790, but his son Solomon is nearby in New Hampshire.
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Events
| Birth | 4 Apr 1728 | Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 14 Mar 1755 | Sutton, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Mary Gibbs |  | | |
| Death | 5 Mar 1803 | Winchester, Cheshire CO, NH | | | |
| Census (family) | 1776 Census New Hampshire | Winchester, Cheshire, NH - Mary Gibbs | | ||
| Census (family) | 1790 US Census | Winchester, Cheshire, NH - Mary Gibbs | | ||
| Census (family) | 1800 US Census | Winchester, Cheshire, NH - Mary Gibbs | | ||
| Military | in French & Indian War | | |||
| Burial | Winchester, Cheshire, NH |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Gibbs (1737 - ) |
| Child | Solomon Putnam (1755 - 1830) |
| Child | Mary Jane Putnam (1757 - 1758) |
| Child | Rhoda Putnam (1759 - ) |
| Child | Rev John Putnam (1761 - 1849) |
| Child | Giddeon Putnam (1763 - 1812) |
| Child | Elisha Putnam (1765 - 1854) |
| Child | Lewis Putnam (1766 - ) |
| Child | Charlotte Putnam (1769 - ) |
| Child | David Putnam (1771 - 1832) |
| Child | Rufus Putnam (1773 - 1827) |
| Child | Abigail Putnam (1776 - 1858) |
| Child | Lavina Putnam (1780 - 1854) |
| Father | Deacon Elisha Putnam (1685 - 1745) |
| Mother | Susanna Fuller (1695 - 1772) |
| Sibling | Elisha Putnam II (1715 - 1758) |
| Sibling | Hannah Putnam (1717 - 1801) |
| Sibling | Lieutenant Nehemiah Putnam (1719 - 1791) |
| Sibling | Jonathan Putnam (1721 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Susanna Putnam (1723 - 1784) |
| Sibling | Mary Putnam (1725 - 1736) |
| Sibling | Amos Putnam (1730 - 1811) |
| Sibling | Eunice Putnam (1732 - 1787) |
| Sibling | Huldah Putnam (1734 - 1797) |
| Sibling | Rufus Putnam (1738 - 1824) |
Notes
Marriage
Biographical Sketches of Worcester County, MAImage 337-42/960
(V) Stephen Putnam, son of Elisha (4), married Mary Gibbs,March 14, 1755. Their children were: Solomon, born July 17, 1755; Mary, June 8,1757. Rhoda, July 2, 1759. This family moved to Hampshire county.
Death
Eben p 160: Died according to Gen Rufus account, at Northampton, NH,5 Mar, 1803. Another account states the death as occurring in May, 1802.===
30 Mar 1802 at Winchester, Cheshire, NH - Rand
Census (family)
1776 Census in Winchester, Cheshire, NH1-0-3
from Rand
Census (family)
1790 US Census Winchester, Cheshire, NH00011-10201
from Rand
Census (family)
1800 US Census Winchester, Cheshire, NHMilitary
From Rand -In 1759 he served in French & Indian War in Capt. Samuel Clark Paine's Company
in 1760 he may have relocated to Hampshire, MA
In 1760 he again served under Capt Paine in the Crown Point Expedition
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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. Franklin P. Rice , compiler, Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Systematic History Fund, 1907), p 141.
3. Massachusetts, Sutton, Births, marriages and intentions, deaths, ca. 1710-1877, Town Clerks, Sutton, FHL microfilm no. 721190, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah,) 1971, p. 133 births.
4. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data from Massachusetts town and city clerk records in Jay and Delene Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. (Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute) microfiche collection., No page number. Ancestry image 13/2355, Sutton Birth, Marriages, Deaths, handwritten page.
5. Franklin P. Rice , compiler, Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Systematic History Fund, 1907), p 337.
6. History of Sutton, 708.
7. 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.
8. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data from Massachusetts town and city clerk records in Jay and Delene Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. (Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute) microfiche collection., No page number. Ancestry image 35/2355, Sutton Births, Marriages, Deaths, handwritten page.
9. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 81.
10. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 160.