Samuel Putnam (1781 - 1848)

Born 19 Jun 1781 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Whitman) Putnam — married 23 Nov 1807 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1848 at age 66 in Fort Smith, Crawford County, Arkansas

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Biography

Samuel Putnam, son of Nathan and Dorithy Putnam, was born June 19, 178[torn, 1781, T.C.] near Sudbury,^[1], recorded in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States^[2]

Samuel Putnam and Mary Whitman, announced there intention to marry on Aug. "[torn, 15, 1807, T.C.]. [m. Nov. 23, C.R.]." The page of the Stow records was torn, and 15th, 1807, was acquired from a Town Copy. The church record states they were married Nov. 23, 1807^[2]. The Moore article cited lists their marriage Nov 15, 1806.^[1]

It is believed that Samuel and Mary went first to Bennington, Vermont and then to Lexington, Kentucky, where Samuel's parents Nathan and Dorothy had gone. Family tradition states that the family was in Missouri at the time of the New Madrid Earthquake (1811).^[1]

He served in the War of 1812 as a private in Van Buren's Company of the Twenty-ninth Infantry from Washington Co., New York^[1]

Samuel Putnam was on the Crawford County, Arkansas, tax lists from 1830 through 1839, and served as Crawford County magistrate in 1827, 1834, and 1835.

Simon (Samuel) died Feb. 1, 1848 near Fort Smith, Crawford County, Arkansas^[1].

The children of Samuel and Mary were recorded in the family bible^[1]:

1. Caroline Putnam, b. Feb. 27, 1808 m. John Oliphant
2. Samuel b. May 22 1809; died Jan. 27, 1831
3. Mary born Jan 17, 1811; died Dec. 31, 1835 m. (1) Vincent; (2) Shields
4. Jane born Oct 1, 1813, m. (1) Thayer; (2) Barrington; (3) Adams
5. Elizabeth born Dec 16, 1815; m. (1) Carbon Howell (2) Allen McDonald
6. Jemima Angeline born Jan 7, 1818; died March 18, 1837, m. John M Spaulding.
7. John W. born Aug 16, 1820
8. Susan born Nov 26 1822; m Edmund Maurice Richardson.
9. Nathan Thomas born March 7, 1825; m. Mrs Emily Meeks
10. Dolly (Dorothy Gates) born Jan 27, 1827; m. (1)George Mickle, (2) Marcus Moustiller
11. Lucy born Jan 27 1827; m. William Hudspeth.
12. Joseph E. born Jan 27, 1830; died Feb. 24, 1831

The full article can be downloaded here and is well worth reading.

Pedigree of Samuel
Father:

"VI. 703 Nathan (John, Samuel, John, Nathaniel, John), born in Sudbury, 26 July, 1749; died in Lexington, Ky., 26 June, 1833, of cholera, and was buried in the garden of his estate Oil Hall street, Lexington ; married 20 Oct., 1774, Dorothy, daughter of Daniel and Dorothy (Goss) Whitney, born in Stow, 23 Dec, 1751; died in Wendall, 27 Dec, 1825."[p 315]^[3]

Grandfather:

"V. 252 John (Samuel, John, Nathaniel, John), born Salem Village, ,1715; died at Oswego, April, 1762 ; married at Sudbury, 25 April, 1737, Sarah, eldest daughter of James and Mary Maverick of Sudbury.73 At the time of his marriage John Putnam lived in Framingham.[p186]^[3]

Great-grandfather:

"IV. 97 Samuel (John, Nathaniel, John), born in Salem Village, 5 Nov., 1684; baptized 8 Feb., 1684-85, at Salem; died at Sudbury, 20 Dec, 1753 ; married at Salem, 19 Oct., 1709, Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Flint) Leach, born 3 Mar., 1684-5."^[3]

Gr-Gr-grandfather

"III. 20 John (Nathaniel, John) , of Salem Village ; born there 26 Mar., 1657 ; baptized in Salem 6-7-1657 ; died in Salem Village, Sept., 1722 ; married in Salem, 2 Dec, 1678, Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Cutler of Salem, born Dec, 1655; living in, 1722 ; baptized at First church in Salem the same date as her son Samuel."[p56]^[3]

Samuel was born in 1781. He is the son of Nathan Putnam and Dorothy Whitney.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Moore, Mary Luan Hearn. "Samuel Putnam and Mary Whitman Putnam, Antebellum Arkansas Pioneers." The Journal. Fort Smith Historical Society, Inc. Vol 29. No. 1. April 2005. p 17-22.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Stow - V1, Page(s): 66, 187. (American Ancestors)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Putnam, Eben. 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. Salem, Mass: The Salem Press and Publishing Co., 1891.

• Moore, Mary Luan Hearn. "Samuel Putnam and Mary Whitman Putnam, Antebellum Arkansas Pioneers." The Journal. Fort Smith Historical Society, Inc. Vol 29. No. 1. April 2005. p 17-22.Download

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