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The Putnam family of prominent old colonial Americans was founded by Puritans John and Priscilla (Gould) Putnam in the 17th century, in Salem, Massachusetts. Many notable individuals are descendants of this family, including those listed below.
Ann Putnam (October 18, 1679 – 1716) was a primary accuser, at age 12, at the Salem Witch Trials of Massachusetts during the later portion of 17th-century Colonial America. Born 1679 in Salem Village , Essex County , Massachusetts Bay Colony , she was the eldest child of Thomas (1652–1699) and Ann (Née Carr) Putnam (1661–1699).
Thomas Putnam (March 22, 1652 [O.S. March 12, 1651] – June 3 [O.S. May 24], 1699) [3] was a member of the Putnam family, a resident of Salem Village (present-day Danvers, Massachusetts, United States) and a significant accuser in the notorious 1692 Salem witch trials.
Putnam was born in 1718 in Salem Village (now Danvers), Massachusetts to Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Putnam, a prosperous farming Puritan family. His parents had opposed the Salem witch trials in the 1690s. [2] Putnam moved west in 1740 at age 22 to Mortlake, Connecticut [3] (today Brooklyn) where land was cheaper. [4]
Born Sarah Warren, Osborne was born in Watertown, Massachusetts in the Mid 1600s. [1] She later married a prominent man by the name of Robert Prince. Prince was the brother-in-law and neighbor of Captain John Putnam, a member of the notable Putnam family.
Gideon Putnam (April 17, 1763 – December 1, 1812) [1] was an entrepreneur and a founder of Saratoga Springs, New York. He also worked as a miller and built the city's Grand Union and Congress Hotels. The Gideon Putnam Hotel in the Saratoga Spa State Park is named after Putnam.
A husband and wife were killed when their small plane crashed in Georgia soon after communications went silent on takeoff, officials said. James Hardee, 62, and Janet Hardee, a 59-year-old teacher ...
George P. Putnam (1887–1950), American publisher, author, explorer, and publishing-family and aviation-family member Harvey Putnam (1793–1855), U.S. Congressman from New York Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), American library administrator and publishing-family member