Thomas Putnam Sr. (abt. 1615 - 1686)

Born about 7 Mar 1615 in Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Holyoke) Putnam — married 17 Oct 1643 (to 1 Sep 1665) in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Putnam — married 14 Nov 1666 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 5 May 1686 at about age 71 in Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Thomas Putnam Sr. was born in Buckinghamshire, England.

Thomas Putnam was born to John Putnam and Priscilla Gould in Buckingham, England. He was baptized on March 7, 1614/5 at Aston Abbots.^[1][2] Evidence for his parents and origin is seen in his marriage record to Ann Holyoke in 1643 in Salem, Massachusetts. The record names him as "Thomas, s. John and Priscilla, "formerly Inhabytants of Abboteason in Buckinghamsheare (England),"^[3][4][5] In addition, Thomas made a deposition at the Essex Quarterly Court in June of 1680 and gave his age as about 64 years.^[6] This court record would support his birth in the year 1615.

The village records of Aston Abbots show that Thomas's father John was a church warden at the parish in 1638.^[7] Thomas's exact immigration date to Massachusetts is unknown. He likely immigrated to Massachusetts with his family sometime between 1638 and 1640 when Thomas and his father John were granted land in Salem at the town meeting.

"At a meeting the 20th of the 11th moneth 1640... Granted to John Putnam one hundred acres of land at the head of Mr Skeltons ffarme between it & Elias Stileman the elder his ffarme, if there be an hundred ares of it. And it is in exchange of one hundred acres wch was granted to the said John Putnam formerly & if it fall out that there be not so much there then to be made up neere Liuetennt Davenports hill to be layd 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.

Granted ffiftie acres of land unto Thomas Putnam and ffive acre of meadow both to be layd out by the towne."^[8]

Thomas first resided in Lynn when he arrived in Massachusetts. He was made freeman in 1642^[9] and was listed as one of the selectmen of the town in 1643.^[10] The records of Quarterly Courts of Essex show that Thomas was named as a member of the Jury of Trials in 1646 and was chosen constable in 1655.^[11][12] A court record 1649 names Thomas and his servant John Robinson who had escaped to Watertown.^[13]

Thomas held many positions of authority in the town of Salem and on October 8, 1662 he was named as "Lieutenant in the troop of horse".^[12] He was named as "Lt. Tho. Putnam" when he was appointed to the Jury of Trials in November of 1662.^[14] Thomas was part of the 1st Essex Regiment in the Narragansett expedition (see Great Swamp Fight). He is listed in the Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England as Lt. Thomas Putnam, 1675, Salem and Lynn.^[15]

On October 8, 1672 the General Court permitted the inhabitants of Salem Farms to become a separate parish Thomas was made chairman of the committee chosen to carry on the affairs of the parish and on 25 Nov. 1680 it was voted "that Lt. Thomas Putnam and Jonathan Welcott supply the place of deacons for yeare ensueing". This is the first mention of deacons in the Village records.^[16]

In 1679 Thomas gives to the Rev. James Barley, upon his retirement from the ministry at Salem Village, three acres of meadow. During the long dispute over Barley at the Village, Thomas and John seem to have supported Barley, while Nathaniel was in opposition.^[12]

In 1682 occurs the first list of tax-payers at the Village. There are ninety-four names on this list. Lt. Thomas Putnam was by far the wealthiest in the "Village" or "Farms." Besides inheriting a double portion of his father's estate, (It was usual among many New England families for the eldest son to have a double portion; this became a law and continued in force until quite recent times.) he by his marriage with widow Mary Veren came into possession of considerable property in Jamaica and Barbados.^[12]

Charles Upham wrote about Thomas Putnam in his book 'Salem Witchcraft' where he states that "Thomas Putnam was the first clerk of Salem Village, and acted prominently in military, ecclesiastical, and municipal affairs. He seems to have been a person of a quieter temperament than his younger brothers, and led a somewhat less stirring life. Possessing a large property by inheritance, he was not quite so active in increasing it; but, enjoying the society and friendship of the leading men, lived a more retired life. At the same time, he was always ready to serve the community if called for, as he often was, when occasion arose for the aid of his superior intelligence and personal influence."^[17]

General Israel Putnam House

Thomas built his house in 1648. It is still standing and is known as the General Israel Putnam house and is situated east of Hathorne's Hill in the northern part of Danvers. His widow, Mary was living in the house in 1692 with her son Joseph during his opposition to the witchcraft trials. This house, which is still standing, has been inherited successively by descendants of Thomas Putnam. Twice at least - once about 1744, and again in 1831, - it has been enlarged and remodeled. In 1897, "The Israel Putnam Chapter" of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a bronze tablet upon the house to mark it as the birthplace of Israel Putnam (see General Israel Putnam House for more information).

Marriages

Thomas married Ann Holyoke on October 17, 1643 in Salem.^[3] Ann was the daughter of Edward Holyoke and his wife Prudence, "formerly of Tanworth, in Warwicksheare (England)."^[5]

Ann Holyoke Putnam died on July 1, 1665.^[18]

On September 14, 1666 Thomas married again to Mary, the widow of Nathaniel Veren. ^[19][20]

Children

Thomas and Ann had the following children born in Salem:

1. Ann Putnam b. 25 June 1645^[21]
2. Sarah Putnam bp. 23 Jul 1648^[22]
3. Mary Putnam b. 17 Oct 1649^[23]
4. Thomas Putnam b. 12 Mar 1652^[24]
5. Edward Putnam b. 4 Jul 1654^[25]
6. Deliverance Putnam b. 5 Sep 1656^[26]
7. Elizabeth Putnam b. 30 Aug 1659^[27]
8. Prudence Putnam b. 28 Feb 1661^[28]

Thomas and Mary had one son born in Salem:

1. Joseph Putnam b. 16 Sep 1669^[29]

Death

Thomas died on May 10, 1686 in Salem.^[30]

Last Will and Testament

In his will dated, February 8, 1682/3, and proved at Boston, 8 July, 1686,^[31]Thomas gives the eastern half of the above to his son Thomas, the western half to his son Joseph; another estate on the western side of St. Peter's street, to the north of Federal, he gives to Edward. (The Hon. Abner C. Goodell, Jr. owned and occupied a part of this estate. Near here was also the jail wherein were confined the condemned during the excitement of 1692.) To each of his children he gives a large estate in Salem Village and a valuable piece of meadow land. To a faithfull servant Joseph Stacey, he gives eleven acres. The children by his first wife attempted, unsuccessfully, to break this will, claiming that undue influence was used to obtain for Joseph more than his share of the estate.

"Know all men by these prsents, That I Thomas Putnam Senr of Salem... do make this my last will & testament, the 8th day of february Anno Dom. 1682/3...

I give & bequeath to my son Thomas Putnam... the dwelling house he now lives in, with the Barne & orchards, with all the land belonging there... one hundred & fifty acres... from Hathorns medow... till it comes into Ipswich River then... to the end of the Iland, to the great black oak betwix my Cozen John Putnams land & mine from thence to Cromwells... from thence to... Joshua Reas land & from hence to... the upland on Jonathan Knites... neere the said Knights Corner of his feild next Beare hill & then Crosse the swamp... & from thence to the bound where I Joyne to Topsfeild men & soe to the River till I meet mr. Balyes meddow... and from the two trees to a great rock that is neere Hathorns brooke where Thomas & Edward are to make a bridg over the brook... within which bounds is included a pcell of land containing about fifty acres lying by the River which... alsoe I give... to my said son Thomas...

I give and bequeath to my sonn Edward Putnam... a certaine tract of land, upland & meddow containing about eighty Acres... with the house he now dwells in & the barne & orchard... Also I give unto him... one pcell more of land lying upon the little hill soe caled containing about sixty acres... Alsoe

I give to my said son Edward one pcell of land more lying upon Beare Hill containing about sixty acres... Alsoe I give my sd son Edward a pcell of meddow containing fower acres... lying on the west side of the River neere his house... to my brother Nathaniells line... Alsoe I give him my sd son Edward all my meddow lying in Cromwells meddow... contaying fower acres... Alsoe I give my sd son Edward all that my part of meddow that lyes in Hathorns... I Give & bequeath to mary my beloved wife & to my son Joseph Putnam borne by her... all that my farme I now live upon... which said farme contains about one hundred & twenty Acres... bounded... on the west with land formerly Richard Hutchensons... neere the house where Bragg dwelt... to a heape of stones which is Reas bounds alsoe & Hutchensons & mine from thence to another heape of stones that is also the bounds of Joshua Reas & Thomas Putnams & mine... & from thence to... the bounds of Peeter Prescotts & mr Cheevrs land from thence to Hamer beame... from thence to... the bound... of Henry Kenny & mr Cheevers & from thence... along by the land of Robert Princes to... Beaver Dam & from thence to... Hutchensons land by Braggs house also... a pcell of upland & meddow sixteen acres... lying on the west side of the great River... Alsoe one pcell of meddow more containing two acres... lying in Hathorns litle meddow... alsoe five acres lying in Peeterses meddow... also my meddow at Bishops... containing two acres... alsoe my meddow lying by John nichols upland about two acres Alsoe my old orchard with all the land fences & timber with the share of Hathorns farme as it now lyes bounded by my brother nathaniell Putnams land & my brother John Putnams land...

I give & bequeath to my beloved wife mary & my son Joseph all that my house & ground in the town... which said house & ground my said wife bought of Phillip Veren before her marriage...

I give & bequeath to my son Edward my halfe acre of land that I bought of Robert Temple & of John Simond deceased & Job Swinerton Junr...

I give to my daughter Ann deceased late the wife of william Trask: to her fower children Viz: Ann, william, Sarah, & Susana ten pounds to each of them to be paid as they com of age...

I give to my daughter Deliverance one hundred pounds...

I give to my daughter Elizabeth, three & forty pounds...

I give to my Daughter Prudence fifty pounds...

I give to my three sons Viz: Thomas Edward & Joseph ten acres of meddow... lying in the place caled blind hole...

I give to mary my beloved wife, fifty pounds... the plate to be a part as Invintoryed...

I give to my son Joseph... all my plow geer & kart & tacking of all sorts with all my tooles, implyments of all sorts kind & quallyty what soe ever, my mill stone & grinston & Cider mill...

I give to my servant Joseph Stacy if he shall live to serve out his time & be diligent, a pcell of land containing about eleven acres of upland & swamp...

I doe apoynt and ordaine my beloved wife Mary to be my executrix & my son Joseph executor Joyntly... in case I depart this life before my sonn Joseph comes of age & my said wif see cause to marry... before he comes of age... the estate Shalbe divided betweene them... & my said son Joseph may then choose his guardian... my said son Joseph shall have the possession & improvemt of his part at the age of eighteene yeares & I doe desire my loveing freinds & apoynt them, Vizt. Ensigne Israell Porter and Seargt. John Leach to be overseers... to whome I give twenty shillings each of them... witnes Hilliard Veren, Thomas feilld..." "This fourth of January one thousand six hundered Eigtie five Where as my will being made some Considerable time past and therefore doe see cause to allter some perticulars in my said will... in my will that I have given to my three sons namely thomas Edward and Joseph: my meddowe it being ten Acres mor or Lese Lying in blinde hold... I doe give & bequeth it to my twoe sons vide Thomas and Edward as allsoe part of the Land that I have purchased and given to my sons: thomas and Edward Liying in topsfilld towneship... my will is that my Land and orched belonging to my old house: as allsoe my Land that was my brother John hathorns Share of danforths farme all which Contains about Eighty Acars... I doe give to my three sons thomas Edward: and Joseph Equily... and whereas I have given my wife fifty pound... I doe allsoe give and bequeth to my son Joseph... his Liberty of Choyse to take twoe oxen & twoe Cowes and sixe sheep and A horse or A mare and where as I have given to my daughter diliverance A hundered pounds upon my will there Remains but fourty... as allsoe my daughter Elizabeth haveing all Redy Receved sixty and eight pounds: seven shillings & sixe pence there Remains to make up to her... thirty & one pounds: twelve shillings & sixe pence my daughter Prudence allsoe haveing all Redy receved fifty and nine pound five shilings there Remains to make up to her... fourty pounds and fiften: shillings...

witness Israell Porter, John Leach."

Research Notes

"Village records here in Aston Abbotts show that John Putnam was a church warden here in 1638 so he could not have left in 1634. I hope this information is useful to you. Kind regards Jill Wenble". I have removed her email address per wikitree policy. She replied to a query regarding the immigration date of John Putnam and son Thomas Putnam. Short-3582 19:02, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

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   Name Thomas PUTNAM

   Marriage 1643

   Location Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

   Original Text Thomas, s. John and Priscilla, "formerly Inhabytants of Abboteason in Buckinghamsheare (England)," and Ann Holyoke, d. Edward and Prudence, "formerly of Tanworth, in Warwicksheare (England)," 17:8 m: 1643. CT. R.

   Town Info Salem

   Volume Name Salem - V4

   Page 233

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    Name Thomas PUTMAN

    Military Record 1675 - 1676

    Location Massachusetts, United States

    Original Text

    Regiment Prentice

    Expedition Narragansett

    Volume Name Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts

    Page 197

    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB494/rd/13255/197/236051558

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    Name Thomas PUTNAM

    Marriage 1666

    Location Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

    Original Text PUTNAM, Thomas (1615-1686) & 2/wf Mary (____) VEREN (-1695), w Nathaniel; 14 Nov 1666; Salem {NYGBR 64:103; Dawes-Gates 1:521; Putnam 7; Converse (1905); Felt Anc. 104; Walcott 33; Shurtleff 88; Vinton Mem. 478; EIHC 40:213; Reg. 67:369}

    Spouse Mary [____] VEREN

    Volume Name Volume 2

    Page 1241

    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21175/1241/426900904

20. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-44VF : 29 November 2018), Tho Putnam and Mary Veren, 14 Sep 1666; citing Marriage, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011200.
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See also:

• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the Publication: Carleton, ed. Chicago: Lewis, 1903, pp 404-407. Note: Dr. Warren Edward PUTNAM, of Bennington [Bennington County], Vermont. Submitted by Cathy Kubly

• Douglas Richardson, The Ancestry of Edward Holyoke, and His Nephew Thomas Morris of New Haven, "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register", Vol. CXLVII: January 1993.

• James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary, of the First Settlers of New England , (Baltimore, MD: GPC, 1969), in the custody of the Waco-McClennan County Library, Waco, Texas.

• Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, (Salem, Mass:, Essex Institute, 1918), Volume II, Births.

• Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to_1700, (Baltimore, MD: GPC, 1985), in custody of the Waco-McClennan County Library, Waco, Texas.

• Savage Dictionary [Joseph is not found in the Salem Vital Records].

• Bill Putman : The Putnam & Putman Families : billputman.com

• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the..., : Carleton, ed. Chicago: Lewis, 1903, pp 404-407, Note: Dr. Warren Edward PUTNAM, of Bennington [Bennington County], Vermont, Submitted by Cathy Kubly, rockvillemama.com

• Michael A. Hobart : Possible Ancestry of Freeman Trask : Wayback Machine, archived page from 10 Aug 2016 .

• Norman H. Graham Title: The Puttenham Family : "Notes & Queries" by Norman H. Graham (1984) [1] Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, London, E.C.4. (Telephones Gladstone 1186.)

• William Farrand Livingston Title: Israel Putnam, Pioneer, Ranger, and Major-General : The Knickerbocker Press, 1901. tripod.com

• Pam & Jeff Martin, A New England Genealogy, Ancestry of Pam & Jeff Martin archived website
• The Referenced History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Vol 1, by Matthew H. Putnam & Rand M Putnam (2004).
• Baptism, 7th March 1614-15, Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, Parish Register: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=R_962858332 and https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FBUCKINGHAMSHIRE%2FBAP%2F001812481