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Rev Aaron Putnam

Born 5 Dec 1733 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Brother of Rebecca (Putnam) Emerson, Daniel Putnam, Sarah (Putnam) Ingalls, Hannah (Putnam) Flint, Elizabeth (Putnam) Payson, Mary Putnam and Bethiah Putnam

Husband of Rebecca (Hall) Putnam — married 23 Oct 1760 [location unknown]

Husband of Elizabeth (Avery) Putnam — married 13 May 1777 in Preston, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Father of Deborah (Putnam) Campbell

Died 28 Oct 1813 at age 79 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States

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Transcribed Will of Aaron Putnam^[1]

I, Aaron Putnam of Pomfret in the State of Connecticut, believe it is the duty of all persons who can consistently to settle their earthly estates by a written and authenticated Will & Testament - yet such the changes which have come over me that I am not able to fix with Approbation on any former written Will or Testament of mine. At the same time I want to herein also thankfully acknowledge the goodness of God to me in granting me such a portion of his earthly bounty as He has been pleased to afford me and now granting me such competency of reason and soundness of mind as to enable me to perform this duty in regard to my earthly Estate and have all that hope He is graciously pleased to afford me of a future resurrection to eternal Life through Jesus Christ mine only Savior & mine only Hope. I must & do leave my Estate to be settled after the following manner hoping thereby that Justice will be done to my beloved Wife Elizabeth & my children who have been always kind & respectful to me.

First: after my just debts & funeral charges are paid, I give devise & bequeath to my well beloved wife Elizabeth her dower as thirds in my real Estate and one third of my personal Estate forever.

Item: I give & bequeath to all my children & the representative of the deceased or may hereafter decease my Library of Books to be equally divided between them or to be sold by my Executors & the Monies to be equally divided between them. And I give nothing more to the heirs of my daughter Betsey deceased; to my Daughters Polly Allen, Rebecca Morse, Debby Campbell & Sally Storrs. I conceive I have given each their share in my Estate & shall give nothing more than their equal share in my Library as above.

Item: I give devise & bequeath to my three children Susan Putnam, Hannah, Ruth & to their heirs & assigns forever all the remainder & residue of my estate of what name or nature forever to be equally divided between them.

Lastly I do constitute & appoint my beloved Wife Elizabeth & my son Aaron joint Executors of this my last Will.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this 10th day of October AD 1812.

Signed Sealed pronounced & declared
By the testator to be his last Will

Aaron Putnam

In presence of
John H. Payson
Job Williams
Tho. Grosvenor

Biography

Aaron was born in 1733, the son of Daniel Putnam and Rebecca Putnam. He married twice, being widowed by his first wife when she was thrown from a carriage. Aaron passed away in 1813 at age 79.

Timeline with Sources

1733 Dec 5 - Birth - Reading, Middlesex, MA - Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988[2]

1760 Oct 23 - Marriage to Rebekah Hall - Pomfret, Connecticut - Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)[3]

1761 Jul 30 - Birth of Son Aaron Putnam Jr - Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut (died Apr 1 1765)

1763 May 5 - Birth of Daughter Rebekah Putnam - Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut (died Jan 25 1767)

1765 Jan 25 - Birth of Daughter Elizabeth Putnam - Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut

1767 Jan 25 - Birth of Daughter Mary "Molly" Putnam - Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut

1769 May 4 - Birth of Daughter Rebekah Hall Putnam - Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut

c 1771 - Birth of Daughter Susan Putnam - Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut

1773 Jul 17 - Death of Wife Rebekah Hall - Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut
Rev Aaron Putnam performed Patriotic Service in Connecticut in the American Revolution.
Aaron Putnam is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A092350.
1775 Apr 19 – Start of American Revolutionary War

1777 May 13 - Marriage to Elizabeth Avery - Preston, New London, Connecticut - Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)[4]

1778 Feb 3 - Birth of Daughter Deborah Putnam - Pomfret, Windham Co, Connecticut

1780 Feb 14 - Birth of Daughter Hannah Putnam - Pomfret, Windham Co, Connecticut

1782 Oct 31 - Birth of Daughter Ruth Putnam - Pomfret, Windham Co, Connecticut

1783 Sep 03 – End of American Revolutionary War

1784 Oct 13 - Birth of Daughter Sally Putnam - Pomfret, Windham Co, Connecticut

1786 Oct 26 - Birth of Son Aaron Putnam - Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut

1790 United States Federal Census[5] - Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 - 1; 16 and over - 2
- Free White Persons - Females - 5
- Number of Slaves - 2

1810 United States Federal Census[6] - Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 - 1; 45 and over - 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 - 1; 26 thru 44 - 2; 45 and over - 2

1813 Oct 28 - Death - Pomfret, Windham, Conn - The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011[7] -- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current[8] Memorial #41104925 - Burial: South Cemetery, Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut

Footnotes

↑ Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999[1] Case Number 3349

Rev Aaron Putnam papers, 1754-1765, Congregational Library and Archives. Access to digital collection at https://congregationallibrary.quartexcollections.com/manuscript-collections/browse-the-aaron-putnam-papers

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Aaron Putnam (1733 - 1813)

Biography

Timeline with Sources

Footnotes