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John Putnam, Sr. was resident of Aston Abbots, England, as late as 1627, but just when he came to New England is not known. Family tradition is responsible for the date of 1634. That tradition has been in the family for over one hundred years. In 1641, an entry in the town records of Salem was made in which John Putnam was granted one hundred acres of land at the "head of Mr. Skelton's farm." John was a farmer and exceedingly well off for those times. He called himself "Yoeman" and "Husbandman". He lived a quiet life.
SOURCE: Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume 1
By George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
Ancestry of John Putnam:
"The lineage of a very large part of Putnams of New England is traced to John Putnam the immigrant the ancestor of several prominent citizens of the early days of Massachusetts The name 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. Some four or five years after the settlement of Salem Massachusetts it became necessary to extend the area of the town in order to accommodate a large number of immigrants who were desirous of locating within its jurisdiction and as a consequence farming communities were established at various points some of them being considerable distance from the center of population. Several families newly arrived from England founded a settlement which they called Salem Village and the place was known as such for more than a hundred years. It is now called Danvers. Among the original settlers of Salem Village was John Putnam. He was the American progenitor of the Putnams in New England and among his descendants were the distinguished revolutionary generals Israel and Rufus Putnam. Much valuable information relative to the early history of the family is to be found in the Essex Institute Collection. In common with most of the inhabitants they suffered from the witchcraft delusion but were not seriously affected.
The first ancestor of whom definite knowledge is obtainable is Rodger a tenant of Puttenham in 1086
The second generation is represented by Galo of the same locality
Richard born 1154 died 1189 Presented the living of the church of Puttenham to the prior and canons of Ashby
Simon de Puttenham was a knight of Herts in 1199
Ralph de Puttenham a juryman in 1199 held a knight's fee in Puttenham of the honor of Leicester in 1210-1212.
William de Puttenham is the next in line.
John de Puttenham was lord of the manor of Puttenham in 1291 and was a son of William. His wife Lady of Puttenham held half a knight's fee in Puttenham of the honor of Wallingford in 1303.
Sir Rodger de Puttenham son of the Lady of Puttenham was born prior to 1272 and with his wife Alina had a grant of lands in Penne in 1315. He was sheriff of Herts in 1322 in which year he supported Edward II against the Mortimers. His wife, perhaps identical with Helen, is called a daughter of John Spigornel and was married (second) to Thomas de la Hay King's Commisioner, knight of the sheer in 1337, who held Puttenham with reversion to the of heirs Rodger Puttenham and land in Penne right of his wife
Sir Rodger de Puttenham was pardoned by the king in 1338 probably on account of some political offense. The next year he was a follower of Sir John de Molyns and was knight of the sheer from 1355 to 1374. He had a grant of remainder after the death of Christian Bordolfe of the manor of Long Marston in 1370-71. He had a second wife Marjorie in 1370.
Robert son of Sir Rodger de Puttenham in 1346 held part of a knight's fee in Marston which the Lady of Puttenham held. He was living in 1356.
William son of Robert de Puttenham of Puttenham and Penne was commissioner of the peace for Herts in 1377 and was called of Berk Hampstead. He was sergeant at arms in 1376. He married Margaret daughter of John de Warbleton who died in 1375 when his estates of Warbleton Sherfield etc passed to the Putnams. They had children Henry Robert and William
Henry son of William and Margaret Warbleton de Puttenham was near sixty years of age in 1468 and died July 6 1473. He married Elizabeth widow of Jeffrey Goodluck who died in 1486 and was probably his second wife.
William eldest son of Henry Puttenham was in possession of Puttenham Penne Sherfield and other estates He was buried in London and his will was proved July 23 1492 He married Anne daughter of John Hampden of Hampden who was living in 1486 They had sons Sir George Thomas and Nicholas.
Nicholas third son of William and Ann Puttenham and Penne in 1534 bore the same arms as his elder brother Sir George He had sons John and Henry.
Henry younger son of Nicholas Putnam was named in the will of his brother in 1526.
Richard son of Henry Putnam was Eddelsboro in 1524 and owned land in His will was proved February 26 1557 and he left a widow Joan He had sons and John.
John second son of Richard and Joan Putnam of Wingrave and Slapton was buried October 2 1573 and his will was proved November 14 following. His wife Margaret was buried January 27 1668. They had sons Nicholas Richard Thomas and John.
Nicholas eldest son of John and Margaret Putnam of Windgrave and Stuke ley died before September 27 1598 on which date his will was proved. His wife Margaret was a daughter of John Goodspeed. She married second in 1614 William Huxley and died January 8 1619. They had children John, Anne, Elizabeth, Thomas and Richard
Entry for John Putnam
John eldest son of Nicholas and Margaret Goodspeed Putnam was of the nineteenth generation in the English line and first of the American line He was born about 1580 and died suddenly in Salem Village now Danvcrs Massachusetts December 30 1662 aged about eighty years It is known that he was resident of Aston Abbotts England as late as 1627 as the date of the baptism of the youngest son shows but just when he came to New England is not known Family tradition is responsible for the date 1634 and the tradition is known to have been in the family over one hundred and fifty years In 1641 new style John Putnam was granted land in Salem He was a farmer and exceedingly well off for those times He wrote a fair hand as deeds on file show In these deeds he styled himself yeoman once in 1655 husbandman His land amounted to two hundred and fifty acres and was situated between Davenport's hill and Potter's hill John Putnam was admitted to the church in 1647 s1x years later than his wife and was also a freeman the same year The town Qf 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 magistrate all of those appointed were men of standing in the community For the ninth day John Putnam and John Hathorne were appointed 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 He married in England Priscilla perhaps Gould who was admitted to the church in Salem in 1641 Their children baptized at Aston Abbotts were Elizabeth, Thomas (grandfather of General Israel Putnam of the revolutionary war), John, Nathaniel, Sara, Phoebe, and John
A Puritan. Original settler of Salem Village
-came from prominent family in England (same as George Puttenham) from Buckinghamshire
-received land including large part of Salem which he farmed prosperously from 1641 to his death in 1662
He had 3 sons: Thomas, Nathaniel by 1st wife who died in 1665, and John by 2nd wife, a widow Mary Veren. Thomas bequeathed farm house to son Joseph who was Israel's father.
Alleged line: 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)
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."
Notes for JOHN PUTNAM:
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.
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 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)
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."
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.)
SOURCE: Ned O. Bennett, Records June 11, 1962, Akron, OH.
John Putnam was baptized at Wingrave England Jan. 17, 1580. He was the son of Nicholas Putnam and Margaret Goodspeed. John is said to have immigrated to Salem, MA in the year of 1634, but no records have been uncovered of their family prior to 1640 in Salem. John was granted 150 acres of land on 20 November 1640. (Old style date) This was in exchange for some land that he already downed. Then in 1641, his wife Priscilla (Gould) was admitted to the church in Salem Village. John was admitted in 1647. In 1653 he divided his lands between his sons Thomas and Nathaniel, having evidently already granted his homestead to his younger son John. John, the Elder John Putnam, was a well to do farmer when he died on 30 December 1662, over 80 years of age. We have no record of Priscilla's death.*
[NOTE: Many researchers give Priscilla's maiden name as "Deacon" not Gould.]
SOURCE: Jordan, John W., "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania." Vol.II. See: Earl Bill Putnam of the Philadelphia Bar, pages: 852, 853, 854. JOHN PUTNAM, son of Nicholas and Margaret (Goodspeed) Putnam, was baptized at Wingrave, Bucks, England on 17 January 1579-80. He was the founder of the Putnam family in America. He married in England to Priscilla Gould, or Priscilla Deacon, both of which are cited by various researchers to this day. John came from Abbots, County Bucks, England, about 1640. John was admitted as a member of the First Church of Salem. John died at Salem on 30 December 1662. He was about 80 years of age at the time of this death. The Putnam name then descends from their three surviving sons: Thomas, Nathaniel, and John, who all spent their lives, raised their families and died in Salem, Massachusetts. John Putnam had a grant of land in Salem, MA in 1640. He was admitted to the church in April 1647. Became a freeman in 1647.
SOURCE: Walter Putnam lists birthdate 17 Jan. 1579/80, birthplace Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England.
SOURCE: DB-F1501, Puttenham, jjohnson@inreach.com John Putnam and Priscilla (Gould) came to Salem Village, MA about 1634 from Aston Abbotts, Bucks, ENG. John admitted to the church in Salem, MA in 1647. Enders A. Robinson in "The Devil Discovered" lists John Putnam's birth in 1580, and that he came to Massachusetts when he was "about fifty years old" (1630?).
SOURCE: "The Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Pope - 1900: 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. Chh.21 (1) 1640-1. His sons John, Nathaniel and Thomas came also to Salem, and were enterprising citizenws. John (who deposed March 30, 1685 ae. About 68 years,) m. 8(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 deeeed lands to his son John, referring to lands given to son Nathaniel, 3 (1) 1653, and to the bounds of his brothers. Other deed in 1662. He d. 30 (10) 1662.
SOURCE: Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers Volume 3 page 497 Putnam JOHN, Salem 1640, is said to have come with w. Priscilla, ch. Thomas, b. it is said, a. 1618; Nathaniel, a. 1621; John, a. 1630; and Eliz. from Aston Abbots, near Aylesbury, in Co. Bucks, tho. fam. tradit. has the name of a place in Co. Warwick, where it is unkn. freem. 1647, says Farmer by mistake, tho. true it is he was that yr. rec. into the ch. as had been his w. in 1641, d. 30 Dec. 1662. JOHN, Salem, s. prob. youngest of the preced. b. in Eng. a. 1630, m. 3 Sept. 1652, Rebecca Prince, had Rebecca, b. 28 May 1653; Sarah, 4 Sept. 1654; Priscilla, 4 Mar. 1657;Jonathan, 17 Mar. 1659; James, 4 Sept. 1661; Hannah, 2 Feb. 1663; Eleazer, 1665; John, 14 July 1667; Joanna, bapt. 4 Sept. 1670; and Ruth, Aug. 1673; was freem. 1665, a lieut. and rep. 1680, 6, and 91 and 2 bef. the new chart. Rebecca m. 22 Apr. 1672, John Fuller; and Sarah m. July foll. John Hutchinson.
John Putnam, Sr. was resident of Aston Abbots, England, as late as 1627, but just when he came to New England is not known. Family tradition is responsible for the date of 1634. That tradition has been in the family for over one hundred years. In 1641, an entry in the town records of Salem was made in which John Putnam was granted one hundred acres of land at the "head of Mr. Skelton's farm." John was a farmer and exceedingly well off for those times. He called himself "Yoeman" and "Husbandman". He lived a quiet life. -------------------- SOURCE: Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume 1
By George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs http://books.google.com/books?id=LDryyTRj8tgC&lpg=PA52&ots=TKmdS7rj...
Ancestry of John Putnam:
"The lineage of a very large part of Putnams of New England is traced to John Putnam the immigrant the ancestor of several prominent citizens of the early days of Massachusetts The name 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. Some four or five years after the settlement of Salem Massachusetts it became necessary to extend the area of the town in order to accommodate a large number of immigrants who were desirous of locating within its jurisdiction and as a consequence farming communities were established at various points some of them being considerable distance from the center of population. Several families newly arrived from England founded a settlement which they called Salem Village and the place was known as such for more than a hundred years. It is now called Danvers. Among the original settlers of Salem Village was John Putnam. He was the American progenitor of the Putnams in New England and among his descendants were the distinguished revolutionary generals Israel and Rufus Putnam. Much valuable information relative to the early history of the family is to be found in the Essex Institute Collection. In common with most of the inhabitants they suffered from the witchcraft delusion but were not seriously affected.
The first ancestor of whom definite knowledge is obtainable is Rodger a tenant of Puttenham in 1086
The second generation is represented by Galo of the same locality
Richard born 1154 died 1189 Presented the living of the church of Puttenham to the prior and canons of Ashby
Simon de Puttenham was a knight of Herts in 1199
Ralph de Puttenham a juryman in 1199 held a knight's fee in Puttenham of the honor of Leicester in 1210-1212.
William de Puttenham is the next in line.
John de Puttenham was lord of the manor of Puttenham in 1291 and was a son of William. His wife Lady of Puttenham held half a knight's fee in Puttenham of the honor of Wallingford in 1303.
Sir Rodger de Puttenham son of the Lady of Puttenham was born prior to 1272 and with his wife Alina had a grant of lands in Penne in 1315. He was sheriff of Herts in 1322 in which year he supported Edward II against the Mortimers. His wife, perhaps identical with Helen, is called a daughter of John Spigornel and was married (second) to Thomas de la Hay King's Commisioner, knight of the sheer in 1337, who held Puttenham with reversion to the of heirs Rodger Puttenham and land in Penne right of his wife
Sir Rodger de Puttenham was pardoned by the king in 1338 probably on account of some political offense. The next year he was a follower of Sir John de Molyns and was knight of the sheer from 1355 to 1374. He had a grant of remainder after the death of Christian Bordolfe of the manor of Long Marston in 1370-71. He had a second wife Marjorie in 1370.
Robert son of Sir Rodger de Puttenham in 1346 held part of a knight's fee in Marston which the Lady of Puttenham held. He was living in 1356.
William son of Robert de Puttenham of Puttenham and Penne was commissioner of the peace for Herts in 1377 and was called of Berk Hampstead. He was sergeant at arms in 1376. He married Margaret daughter of John de Warbleton who died in 1375 when his estates of Warbleton Sherfield etc passed to the Putnams. They had children Henry Robert and William
Henry son of William and Margaret Warbleton de Puttenham was near sixty years of age in 1468 and died July 6 1473. He married Elizabeth widow of Jeffrey Goodluck who died in 1486 and was probably his second wife.
William eldest son of Henry Puttenham was in possession of Puttenham Penne Sherfield and other estates He was buried in London and his will was proved July 23 1492 He married Anne daughter of John Hampden of Hampden who was living in 1486 They had sons Sir George Thomas and Nicholas.
Nicholas third son of William and Ann Puttenham and Penne in 1534 bore the same arms as his elder brother Sir George He had sons John and Henry.
Henry younger son of Nicholas Putnam was named in the will of his brother in 1526.
Richard son of Henry Putnam was Eddelsboro in 1524 and owned land in His will was proved February 26 1557 and he left a widow Joan He had sons and John.
John second son of Richard and Joan Putnam of Wingrave and Slapton was buried October 2 1573 and his will was proved November 14 following. His wife Margaret was buried January 27 1668. They had sons Nicholas Richard Thomas and John.
Nicholas eldest son of John and Margaret Putnam of Windgrave and Stuke ley died before September 27 1598 on which date his will was proved. His wife Margaret was a daughter of John Goodspeed. She married second in 1614 William Huxley and died January 8 1619. They had children John, Anne, Elizabeth, Thomas and Richard
Entry for John Putnam John eldest son of Nicholas and Margaret Goodspeed Putnam was of the nineteenth generation in the English line and first of the American line He was born about 1580 and died suddenly in Salem Village now Danvcrs Massachusetts December 30 1662 aged about eighty years It is known that he was resident of Aston Abbotts England as late as 1627 as the date of the baptism of the youngest son shows but just when he came to New England is not known Family tradition is responsible for the date 1634 and the tradition is known to have been in the family over one hundred and fifty years In 1641 new style John Putnam was granted land in Salem He was a farmer and exceedingly well off for those times He wrote a fair hand as deeds on file show In these deeds he styled himself yeoman once in 1655 husbandman His land amounted to two hundred and fifty acres and was situated between Davenport's hill and Potter's hill John Putnam was admitted to the church in 1647 s1x years later than his wife and was also a freeman the same year The town Qf 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 magistrate all of those appointed were men of standing in the community For the ninth day John Putnam and John Hathorne were appointed 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 He married in England Priscilla perhaps Gould who was admitted to the church in Salem in 1641 Their children baptized at Aston Abbotts were Elizabeth, Thomas (grandfather of General Israel Putnam of the revolutionary war), John, Nathaniel, Sara, Phoebe, and John -------------------- A Puritan. Original settler of Salem Village
-came from prominent family in England (same as George Puttenham) from Buckinghamshire -received land including large part of Salem which he farmed prosperously from 1641 to his death in 1662
He had 3 sons: Thomas, Nathaniel by 1st wife who died in 1665, and John by 2nd wife, a widow Mary Veren. Thomas bequeathed farm house to son Joseph who was Israel's father. -------------------- Alleged line: 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)
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."
Notes for JOHN PUTNAM:
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.
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 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)
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."
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.)
- John Putnam, Sr Find A Grave Memorial# 9587352
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also above source for the information below: John Putnam was my 9th great grandfather. Eben Putnam in his 1907 “The Putnam Lineage” has tied John Putnam (1579/80 – 1662) back to Louis IV, King of France who died in 954. I think it’s hard enough to tie our family back to the late 1500s so I’m not going to try to tie someone back another 500 years to the 900s.
John Putnam was born about 1580 as the second of five children to Nicholas and Margaret (Goodspeed) Putnam of Wingate, Buckinghamshire, England, which is northwest of London. That part of Buckinghamshire and neighboring Hertfordshire were well known to be populated by “Nonconformists”, or so-called Puritans. It’s not surprising that when John and his family came to America they chose to go to the primarily Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony in the Boston area.
He had an older sister, Anne, and younger siblings, Elizabeth, Thomas and Richard. All were born and baptized in Wingate but John moved to nearby Aston Abbotts as a young man onto land given him by his father. John married Priscilla Gould (or Deacon) early in the 1600s, probably in Aston Abbotts or Wingate. No records have been found giving the exact date or place of the marriage and no records exist which definitely establish Priscilla’s surname. Families with the name of Gould and Deacon lived in the area and family tradition seems to favor Gould. John and Priscilla had seven children; six of whom lived to adulthood and came to America. All were baptized in Aston Abbotts. Elizabeth on Dec. 20, 1612 (she is the “Eliza Putnam” admitted to the church at Salem in 1643). Thomas was baptized March 7, 1614/15 and died in Salem Village on May 5 1686. (Salem Village is just north of Salem and was later incorporated as Danvers.) John was baptized July 24, 1617, died in infancy and was buried at Aston Abbotts on Nov. 5, 1620. Nathaniel was baptized Oct. 11, 1619 and died in Salem Village on July 23, 1700. Sara was baptized March 7, 1622/23 and Phoebe on July 28, 1624. John, the youngest child, was baptized on May 27, 1627 and died in Salem Village on April 7, 1710. I am descended from John (1579/80), through Nathaniel (1619) and through his son Benjamin ( 1664).
The date John, Priscilla and the family came to America and on what ship have not been discovered. Family tradition says 1634 and we know they were in Aston Abbotts in 1627 when the youngest child was baptized. In 1641 records show that Priscilla Putnam was admitted to the church at Salem and town records show that John was granted 100 acres of land. The records in 1647 show that John was admitted to the church and as freeman. John was a farmer and was probably considered wealthy and a “man of standing in the community”. In addition to the original grant from the town, he acquired other lands over the years from various individuals.
Starting in 1653 John began to grant his land, piece by piece, to his sons. According to Eben Putnam in his book “History of the Putnam Family…”, it was apparently the rule among earlier generations of the Putnam family to dispose of their lands to their children while still alive. Parents then had the pleasure of seeing their children settled prior to their own deaths.
John Putnam died October 30, 1662 in Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts. His family remained in the area for a long time and his grandson Thomas (with wife Anne and daughter Anne) was a major participant in the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692 as I have commented on before. That Thomas was the son of Thomas ( 1614/15 – 1686 ).
Sources: 1. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). CT. R. references Essex Co. Quarterly Court. 2. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. 3. Putnam, Eben; ”The Putnam Lineage”; The Salem Press Company; Salem, Mass.; 1907. (public domain). 4. Putnam, Eben; “A History of the Putnam Family in England and America”; The Salem Press Publishing and Printing Co., The Salem Press; Salem, Mass. U.S.A.; 1891. (public domain). ___________________________________ Early Settler project 3 May 1665
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Putnam, baptized 17 Jan 1579/80 Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, married Priscilla Gould about 1611; eight children born Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire. She was born about 1585. Her parents were Richard Gould and Elizabeth Deacon. Richard's parents were Richard and Jane Gould. John, Priscilla, and some of their children came to America 1634 and settled 1640 in Salem MA on a 100 acre grant. The three sons held important offices in town, military and parish affairs. John died 30 Oct 1662 Salem Village, Essex Co MA, age 83. Priscilla may have died 30 Dec 1662, age about 77. Elizabeth Putnam, born 20 Dec 1612. Thomas Putnam, born 1614 -- next page. John Putnam, born 1617, died 1620 England, age about three. Nathaniel Deacon Putnam, born 10 Oct 1619, married Elizabeth Hutchinson about 1651; he died 23 Jul 1700 Salem MA, age 80. Son Benjamin (24 Dec 1664-1715); grandson Nathaniel (5 Aug 1686 Salem--11 Oct 1754 Danvers). Sarah Putnam, born Mar 1622/23. Phebe Putnam, born Jul 1624, died 30 Apr 1630, age about eight. Phoebe Putnam, born May 1627, died 7 Apr 1710, age almost 83. We suspect an error here, because of two daughters with similar name. Lt John Putnam, born May 1627 (twin of Phoebe), married Rebecca Prince; he died 1710, age about 83. Stephen Putnam, a Minuteman in 1775, was their grandson and was father of Susanna Putnam who married Daniel Putnam 1797, page 21-3.
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(I) John, eldest son of Nicholas and Margaret (Goodspeed) Putnam, was of the nineteenth generation in the English line, and the first of the American line. He was born about 1580, and died suddenly in Salem Village, now Danvers, Mass. Dec. 30, 1662, aged about eighty years. It is known that he was a resident of Aston Abbotts, England, as late as 1627, as the date of his baptism of the youngest son shows, but just when he came to New England is not known. Family tradition is responsible for the date 1634, and the tradition is known to have been in the family one hundred and fifty years. In 1641, new style, John Putnam was granted land in Salem. He was a farmer and exceedingly well of for those times. He wrote a fair hand, as deeds on file show. In these deeds he styled himself "yeoman"; once, in 1655, "husbandman." His land amounted to two hundred and fifty acres, and was situated between Davenport's hill and Potter's hill. John Putnam was admitted to the church in 1647, six years later than his wife, and was also a freeman the same year. The town of Salem in 1644 voted that a partrol 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 magistrate; all of those appointed were men of standing in the community. For the ninth day John Putnam and John Hathrone were appointed. 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." He married, in England, Priscill (perhaps Gould), who was admitted to the church in Salem in 1641. Children, bap. at Aston Abbotts: Elizaeth. Thomas, grandfather of General Israel Putnam, of the Rev. war. John. Nathaniel, more info follows, but way down, keep scrolling. Sara. Phoebe. John.
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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.
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John Putnam emigrated from Buckinghamshire, England and settled in Salem, Massachusetts in 1634 with his wife Priscilla Gould.
Stated on FamilySearch.org - "Purchased over 800 acres of land in Salem MA after arriving from England in 1641"
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