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Descendants of John Putnam


Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN3 PUTNAM  (NICOLAS2, JOHN1) was born Bef. 
January 17, 1579/80 in
Wingrave, County Buck, England, and died December 30, 
1662 in Salem Village
(Danvers), Massachusetts.  He married PRISCILLA DEACON 
Abt. 1612 in England.

Children of JOHN PUTNAM and PRISCILLA DEACON are:
 i. ELIZABETH4 PUTNAM, b. Bef. December 20, 1612, 
Aston Abbotts, England.
2. ii. THOMAS PUTNAM, b. Bef. March 05, 1614/15, Aston 
Abbotts, Bucks, England;
d. May 03, 1686, Salem Village (Danvers), 
Massachusetts.
 iii. JOHN PUTNAM, b. Bef. July 24, 1617, Aston 
Abbotts, England; d. November
05, 1620, Aston Abbotts, England.
3. iv. NATHANIEL PUTNAM, b. Bef. November 10, 1619, 
ASton Abbotts, England; d.
July 23, 1700, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts.
 v. SARA PUTNAM, b. Bef. July 03, 1622, Aston Abbotts, 
England.
 vi. PHOEBE PUTNAM, b. Bef. July 28, 1624, Aston 
Abbotts, England.
4. vii. JOHN PUTNAM, b. Bef. May 27, 1627, Aston 
Abbotts, England; d. July 04,
1710, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation No. 2

2.  THOMAS4 PUTNAM (JOHN3, NICOLAS2, JOHN1) was born 
Bef. March 05, 1614/15 in
Aston Abbotts, Bucks, England, and died May 03, 1686 
in Salem Village (Danvers),
Massachusetts.  He married (1) ANN HOLYOKE October 17, 
1643 in Lynn, Essex,
Massachusetts, daughter of EDWARD HOLYOKE and PRUDENCE 
STOCKTON.  She was born
Aft. 1622, and died September 01, 1665 in Salem, 
Essex, Massachusetts.  He
married (2) MARY VERNEN December 14, 1666 in Salem, 
Essex, Massachusetts.  She
died March 16, 1693/94.

The will of Thomas Putnam

Know all men by these prsents, That I Thomas Putnam 
Senr of Salem, being Ancient
& sencible of the declining of old age, & weakness & 
sumptoms of mortality daily
atending upon me, but being of sound mind & memory 
blessed be Gog, doe make this
my last will & testament, this 8th day of february 
Anno Dom. 1682/3 as followeth
Impr I give my soule into the hands of Jesus Christ in 
whome I hope to live
forever, and my body to the earth, In hope of a 
Glorious resurection with him
when this vild body shalbe made like unto his Glorious 
body and for the estate
God hath given me, in his world, (my depts being 
paid), I dispose of as
followeth.
It. I give & bequeath to my son Thomas putnam & to his 
hears & assignes the
dwelling house he now lives in, with the Barne & 
oarchards, with all the land
belonging there to containing by estimation, one 
hundred & fifty acres, be it
more or lesse, according as it lyes bounded, as is 
heareafter exsprest, viz:
from Hathorns medow as the water runs out of the 
medow, till it comes into
Ipswich River, then from the bound by the river to the 
end of the Iland, to the
great black oak betwixt my Cozen John Putnams land & 
mine, from thence to
Cromwells bound tree, & from thence to a walnut tree & 
a Litle red oak where
lyes
a heape of stones, the trees being falen down, which 
is alsoe the bounds betixt
Joshua Rens land & this land, & from thence to Reas 
bounds, that is a red oake
where lyes stones: & from thence to another heape of 
stones, & from thence to
the fence at Hathorns medow, where is a tree marked by 
the fence, & from thence
with or along by the fence, all the upland & swamp, 
till it comes to the place
where the water comes out of the medow, And from 
thence my Spong of medow on the
other side the brooke, & the upland on Jonathan Knites 
his side, till it comes
to a marked tree, neere the said Knights Corner of his 
field next
Beare hill, & then Crosse the swamp, to the cart way 
that is at the lower end,
of the flaggy meddow, & to take in all the meddow, & 
to run by the swamp, not
over Andever waye, till it comes at the tree where is 
three rocks & the tree
marked, & the tree is to the westward of the rockes: 
on the north side, where
Andever high way turnes, & from thence to the bound 
where I Joyne to Topsfield
men, & soe to the River; till I meet mr. Bayles meddow 
at the Spring, that runs
into the River, a little above
the bridg, & from the bridg, Andever Road to be the 
bounds to the tree, where is
three stones, at the turne of the waye, & from thence 
to two trees marked at the
ridg of Top of the hill, that lyes on the right hand 
of the path as wee come
from the bridg Thomas Putnams house, and from the two 
trees to a great rock that
is neere Hathorns brooke where Thomas & Edward are to 
make a bridge over the
brook against the corner of Thomas his field by his 
Barne, within which bounds
is included a pcell of land, containing about fifty 
acres lying by the River,
which said fifty acres alsoe I give & bequeath to my 
said son Thomas his heirs &
assignes together with the foresaid house Barne 
oarchards & about one hundred &
fifty acres, upland and meddow, all which my son 
Thomas his heirs & assignes
shall have & Injoy forever, after my decease
It. I give and bequeath, to my sonn Edward Putnam & to 
his heires & assignes a
certaine tract of land, upland & meddow, containing 
about eighty Acres be it
more or less, with the house he now dwells in, & the 
barne & oarchard, upon the
said land, which said pcell of land, is bounded, by 
the land before Specifyed
given to my son Thomas aforesaid, easterly: & Ipswich 
River westerly: Alsoe I
give unto him my son Edward one pcell more of land, 
lying upon the little hill
soe caled, containing about sixty arces more or lesse, 
being bounded as
followeth, viz: from a forked walnut, that is alsoe 
Loshua Reas & nathaniell
putnams bounds, from thence to a stake & heape of 
stones neere the Cartwaye,
from thence to Cromwells bound tree soe caled, from 
thence to a walnut & red oak
blowed downe where lyes a heape of stones, from thence 
to the forked walnut,
Alsoe I give to my son Edward one pcell of land more, 
lying upon Beare Hill,
containing about sixty acres more or less: being 
bounded, by the three Rocks & a
tree standing by them marked, from thence to the bound 
in the swamp, where my
land Joynes to Topsfeild
land, from thence to william Hobs his bounds, from 
thence along Knights his line
till it comes to a marked tree, & from the sd marked 
tree, Cross the land to a
red oak tree standing by a great Rock on the north 
easterly side of Andev Road,
-Alsoe I give my sd son Edward a pcell of pcell of 
meddow containing fower acres
more or less, lying on the west side of the River, 
neere his house & the upland
against his sd meddow, from the upper end of ye said 
meddow Cross my upland, to
the top of the high hill & doe Straite to my brother 
Nathaniels line, & then to
run along the line, to his bounds, at the lower end of 
the meddow, which is a
heap of stones, upon the topp of a hill about twenty 
pole from the meddow
containing eight acres more or less, of upland, - 
Alsoe I give him my sd son
Edward, all my meddow lying in Cromwells meddow soe 
caled, contayning fower
acres more or less, Alsoe I give my sd son Edward, all 
that my part of meddow
that lyes in Hathorns soe caled, lying bounded by 
Joshua Reas medow on the west,
Ezekiell Cheevers meddow on the south, Jonathan 
Knights upland on east & Thomas
Putnams Spong of medow on the north, all which said 
pcells of lane, boath upland
& meddow I give & bequeath to my son Edward, & to his 
heires & assignes forever,
after my decease.
It. I Give & bequeath, to mary my beloved wife, & to 
my son Joseph Putnam, borne
by her, my said wife, all that my farme I now live 
upon with all the buildings &
houseing theire upon with all the apprtenances thereto 
belonging, both upland &
meddow oarchards fences & prvilidges thereto 
be-belonging, for them to have hold
& Injoy the Same to them & their assigne after my 
decease, for the term of my
Said wives naturall life, (they making no Strip nor 
waste,) either of them or
theire assignes to Injoy the one halfe part thereof, 
who will maintaine & keep
in good repaire either of them theire said part the 
said terme, & after my said
wives decease, then my will is & doe by these prsents 
bequeath the whole of all
said farme buildings & apprtenances to my said sonn 
Joseph Putnam & to his
Heires & assignes, from the time of my wives said 
decease & for ever after,
which said farme containes about one hundred & twenty 
Acres, be it more or les,
that is to say the upland & meddow of mowing ground 
that is adjoyning to the
house which is bounded as followeth, on the west with 
the land formerly Richard
Hutchensons, a red oak marked neere the house where 
Bragg dwelt, from thence to
a heape of stones & a stake standing neere my 
oarchards, from thence to an other
heape of Stones, on the side of the hill, from thence 
to another heape of
stones, which was the Said Hutchensons Corner bounds 
toward the meddow, from
thence to a heape of stones, which is Reas bounds 
alsoe, & Hutchensons & mine,
from thence to another heape of stones, that is alsoe 
the bounds of Joshua Reas
& Thomas Putnams & mine, & from thence Crosse the 
upland downe to the marked
tree by the meddow, soe Called (which meadow is to be 
understood as part of the
said farm, as it now lyes fenced,) & from thence the 
upland on the east, to a
tree fallen where is a
heape of stones that is the bounds of Peeter Prescotts 
& mr Cheevrs land, from
thence on the stump, from thence to a white oake on 
top of the hill, that is


Children of THOMAS PUTNAM and ANN HOLYOKE are:
 i. ANN5 PUTNAM, b. June 25, 1645, Salem, Essex, 
Massachusetts; m. WILLIAM
TRASK; d. 1691.
 ii. SARAH PUTNAM, b. Bef. July 23, 1648, Probably 
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
 iii. MARY PUTNAM, b. August 17, 1649, Salem, Essex, 
Massachusetts.
5. iv. THOMAS PUTNAM, b. January 12, 1651/52.
 v. EDWARD PUTNAM, b. May 04, 1654.
 vi. DELIVERANCE PUTNAM, b. July 05, 1656, Salem, 
Essex, Massachusetts; m.
JONATHAN WALCOTT.
 vii. ELIZABETH PUTNAM, b. June 30, 1659, Salem, 
Essex, Massachusetts; m. JOSHUA
BAYLEY; b. February 17, 1652/53, Newbury, Essex, 
Massachusetts; d. Bef. June 08,
1722.
6. viii. PRUDENCE PUTNAM, b. December 28, 1661, Lynn, 
Essex, Massachusetts; d.
Abt. 1705, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.


Child of THOMAS PUTNAM and MARY VERNEN is:
 ix. JOSEPH5 PUTNAM, b. September 14, 1669; m. 
ELIZABETH PORTER.


3.  NATHANIEL4 PUTNAM (JOHN3, NICOLAS2, JOHN1) was 
born Bef. November 10, 1619
in ASton Abbotts, England, and died July 23, 1700 in 
Danvers, Essex,
Massachusetts.  He married ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON.  She 
died 1688.

Children of NATHANIEL PUTNAM and ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON 
are:
 i. SAMUEL5 PUTNAM, b. 1653.
 ii. NATHANIEL PUTNAM, b. 1655.
 iii. JOHN PUTNAM, b. 1657.
 iv. JOSEPH PUTNAM, b. 1659.
 v. ELIZABETH PUTNAM, b. 1664.
 vi. MARY PUTNAM, b. 1668.


4.  JOHN4 PUTNAM (JOHN3, NICOLAS2, JOHN1) was born 
Bef. May 27, 1627 in Aston
Abbotts, England, and died July 04, 1710 in Danvers, 
Essex, Massachusetts.  He
married REBECCA PRINCE September 03, 1652.

Children of JOHN PUTNAM and REBECCA PRINCE are:
 i. REBECCA5 PUTNAM, b. 1653.
 ii. SARAH PUTNAM, b. 1654.
 iii. PRISCILLA PUTNAM, b. 1658.
 iv. JONATHAN PUTNAM, b. 1660.
 v. HANNAH PUTNAM, b. 1663.
 vi. ELEAZER PUTNAM, b. 1665.
 vii. JOHN PUTNAM, b. 1667.
 viii. SUSANNA PUTNAM, b. 1670.
 ix. RUTH PUTNAM, b. 1673.


Generation No. 3

5.  THOMAS5 PUTNAM (THOMAS4, JOHN3, NICOLAS2, JOHN1) 
was born January 12,
1651/52.  He married ANN CARR 1678, daughter of GEORGE 
CARR.

Child of THOMAS PUTNAM and ANN CARR is:
 i. ANN6 PUTNAM.


6.  PRUDENCE5 PUTNAM (THOMAS4, JOHN3, NICOLAS2, JOHN1) 
was born December 28,
1661 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died Abt. 1705 
in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts.  She married WILLIAM WYMAN February 25, 
1681/82 in Salem, Essex,
Massachusetts, son of FRANCIS WYMAN and ABIGAIL 
REED-READE.  He was born Abt.
1656 in Woburn , Middlesex, Masschusetts, and died 
1705 in Woburn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts Bay.

Children of PRUDENCE PUTNAM and WILLIAM WYMAN are:
 i. WILLIAM6 WYMAN, b. January 18, 1682/83; d. January 
20, 1682/83.
 ii. PRUDENCE WYMAN, b. December 26, 1683, Woburn, 
Middlesex, Massachusetts; m.
JACOB WINN, June 28, 1704, Woburn, Middlesex, 
Massachusetts Bay; b. October 04,
1681, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
 iii. WILLIAM WYMAN, b. January 15, 1684/85.
 iv. THOMAS WYMAN, b. August 23, 1687.
 v. ELIZABETH WYMAN, b. July 05, 1689; d. June 25, 
1690.
 vi. FRANCIS WYMAN, b. July 10, 1691.
 vii. JOSHUA WYMAN, b. January 03, 1692/93; m. (1) 
MARY POLLARD; m. (2) MARY
GREEN, July 14, 1747, Watertown, Middlesex, 
Massachusetts.
 viii. EDWARD WYMAN, b. January 10, 1695/96.
 ix. ELIZABETH WYMAN, b. February 16, 1697/98.
 x. DELIVERANCE WYMAN, b. January 28, 1700/01; m. 
EZEKIEL GOWING, 1732.
 xi. JAMES WYMAN, b. March 16, 1701/02.