John PUTNAM

1657 - Abt 1722  (65 years)

• Name	John PUTNAM
  Born	26 Mar 1657	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Religion	Puritan - Salem Village Church
  Witchcraft connection?	Y
  Witch Description	Testified at trials
  Died	Abt Sep 1722	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I6397	Main
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Deacon Nathaniel PUTNAM,   b. Abt 1619, Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England ,   d. 23 Jul 1700, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth HUTCHINSON,   b. 20 Aug 1629, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. 24 Jun 1689, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 59 years)
  Married	2 Jan 1652	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F2265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah CUTLER,   b. 6 Dec 1655, Salem Village [Danvers], Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Oct 1722, Salem Village [Danvers], Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 66 years)
  Children	1. John PUTNAM,   b. 16 Aug 1691, Salem Village [Danvers], Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 10 Feb 1764, Salem Village [Danvers], Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F15785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 Mar 1657 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Died - Abt Sep 1722 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  John Putnam's farm was in that part of Danvers west of Hathorne's hill near the log bridge across Ipswich river. The farm, or part of it, is now owned by George H. Peabody, Esq. In this immediate vicinity his cousins Deacon Edward and Sergeant Thomas Putnam, lived. John Putnam was known as "Carolina John," and as "John Putnam, junior." During the witchcraft excitement, he was constable, and, of course, must have taken a more or less active part in the proceedings. At one time, Mercy Lewis, one of the "afflicted girls" had been living in his house as a servant and in May, 1692, he testifies, apparently in good faith, as to a fit she had when bewitched. It was at a church meeting at his house in 1698 that several of the wronged members of the church again met with the majority and all agreed to live in "love together." This occurred a week after the ordination of the Rev. Joseph Green. 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.