Susanna (Putnam) Burton (1690 - 1742)

Born 1690 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Burton — married Nov 1709 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1742 at about age 52 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut, New England

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Biography

Susanna was not named in the will of her father, John Putnam, however her husband Isaac Burton was named as his son, and in the distribution of John's estate Susanna's brothers refer to Isaac Burton as their brother.^[1]

Susannah d/o Jonathan or d/o John or are there two Susannah's?

Savage's genealogical dictionary does not list a Susannah as a child of Jonathan, but lists Susanna daughter of John born 11 April 1690.^[2] Eben Putnam lists Susannah d/o Jonathan with a baptismal date 25 May 1690 but no birth date.^[3] John Putnam (son of Nathaniel) had a daughter born 11 Apr 1690 according to the Salem vital records,^[4] but Eben Putnam did not list her baptismal date.^[3] The father's name is written Jno. Putnam in the baptismal records.^[5] This abbreviation is used for both Jonathan and John at various times in the records. Was Savage wrong? Did Jonathan have a daughter Susannah? Do the birth and baptismal records belong to the daughter of John? Probate records for John^[6] and Jonathan^[7] indicate that John had a daughter who married Isaac Burton/Buxton, and that Jonathan did not have a daughter Susanna in 1737, when he wrote his will.

Conclusion: The wife of Isaac Burton was Susanna, daughter of John, and it is unlikely that Jonathan had a daughter Susannah.^[8]

Susanna Putnam, daughter of John Putnam and his wife was born 11 April 1690 in Salem.^[4] and baptized 25 May 1690 at the Salem Village Church.^[5]

Susanna Putnam married Isaack Burton November 1709 in Salem. Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1916), vol 4. p. 233; digital image, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsabyu04sale/page/232/mode/2up : accessed November 2023).

Susannah Burton, w. Isaac, d. July 9, 1742, in Preston, Connecticut.^[9]

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Sources

1. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13790/23055-co1/0
2. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862), vol. 3, p.496; digital images, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic03savarich/page/496/mode/2up : Accessed November 2023).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 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), Jonathan and children p. 64, John and children p. 56.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II – Births. (Salem, Mass: The Essex Institute, 1918). p. 218.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Wheatland, Henry (communicator), Baptisms at Church in Salem Village, now North Parish, Danvers, (Salem: The Salem Press, 1880), p. 3; digital image, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/baptismsatchurch00danv/page/2/mode/2up : accessed November 2023).
6. ↑ Essex County, Massachusetts, probate records and indexes 1638-1916, Old Series : Probate records, vols. 313-314, Book 13-14, 1710-1726, vol 313, pp 510-512; digital images, FamilySearch, Film # 007704838, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-XQB2?i=276&cat=412735 :Accessed November 2023).
7. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13790/23061-co3/30449674
8. ↑ B-404 12:15, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
9. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) (From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.)

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