Putnam family

Putnam family
Putnam family
Earlier spellings	Puttenham, Putenham
Place of origin	England
Traditions	Puritan

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.

John Putnam was born about 1585 and came from Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England. He was married to Mary Warren and they settled in Salem. They were the parents of seven children: Elizabeth, Thomas, John, Nathaniel, Sara, Phoebe, and John. Their eldest son, Thomas, was the father of Thomas Putnam and Deacon Edward Putnam, who were involved in the Salem witch trials and were partially responsible for the executions of those convicted of witchcraft.^[1]

Notable members

Albigence Waldo Putnam (1799–1869), historian
Ann Putnam, Jr. (1679–1716), accuser at Salem Witchcraft trials
Ann Putnam Senior (1661–1699), witness in the Salem Witch Trials
Brenda Putnam (1890–1975), sculptor
Carleton Putnam (1901–1998), aviator, activist & author
David Putnam (1898–1918), World War I air ace
Frederic Ward Putnam (1839–1915), American anthropologist, Harvard University
George Putnam (1807–1878), Unitarian minister
George Putnam (1889–1960), great-great-grandson of Judge Samuel Putnam, founder of Putnam Investments; his son George Putnam, retired chairman Putnam Investments; and grandson George Putnam III, Chairman, Putnam Investments
George D. Putnam (born 1948), screenwriter
George Haven Putnam (1844–1930), book entrepreneur & publishing-family member
George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872), book entrepreneur
George P. Putnam (1887–1950), publisher, author, explorer, & publishing-family member; husband of aviator Amelia Earhart
Gideon Putnam (1763–1812), entrepreneur
Harriet Putnam Fowler (1842–1901), author & poet
Harold Putnam (1916–2007), politician, attorney, journalist, and artist
Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), American library administrator & publishing-family member
Israel Putnam (1718–1790), American Revolution General
Jake Putnam (born 1956), Emmy award winning journalist, author, US Osuna Cup Team, Senior Olympic tennis player
James Jackson Putnam (1846–1918), neurologist
Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906), American physician
Michael C. J. Putnam (1933–2025), American classicist, Virgil scholar, former sole trustee of the Lowell observatory
Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900–1984), Wind power pioneer and author, builder of the Smith–Putnam wind turbine
Paul A. Putnam (1903–1982), American Brigadier General United States Marine Corps, Commander during the defense of wake Island during World War II
Samuel Putnam (1768–1853), Massachusetts Supreme Court justice, who wrote the opinion in Harvard College v. Amory, which established the Prudent man rule in US Law
Robert Putnam (born 1941), American political scientist, Harvard University
Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), American Revolution officer, later brigadier general
Seth Putnam (1968–2011), American musician, from Newton, Massachusetts
Thomas Putnam (1651–1699), landowner in Salem during the Salem witch trials
William Lowell Putnam (1861–1923), American jurist & banker
George Putnam (newsman) (1914–2008), Emmy award winning investigative journalist & news broadcaster

Family tree

Putnam family members

John Putnam (c. 1580–1666) m. Priscilla Gould
- Thomas Putnam (1614–1686)
  - Thomas Putnam (1652–1699), Salem witch trials accuser
    - Ann Putnam, Jr. (1679–1716), Salem witch trials accuser
  - Deacon Edward Putnam (1654–1747), Salem witch trials accuser
    - Edward Putnam (1682–1755)
      - Edward Putnam (1711–1800)
        David Putnam (1752–1840)
        David Putnam Jr. (1790–1879)
        Alonzo W. Putnam (1828–1881)
        Hiram M. Putnam (1856–1935)
        George F. Putnam (1891–1946)
        George Putnam (newsman) (1914–2008)
    - Elisha Putnam (1685–1745)
      - Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), General
  - Joseph Putnam (1669–1722) m. Elizabeth Porter (1673–1746)
    - David Putnam (1707–1768)
      - Israel Putnam (born 1742)
        Daniel Putnam
        Benjamin Putnam
        Frederick Putnam
        David Putnam
        David Putnam (1898–1918), World War I ace
      - William Putnam (born 1749)
        Andrew Putnam
        George Putnam
        George Putnam
        William Lowell Putnam (1861–1923), lawyer and banker
    - Israel Putnam (1718–1790), General
      - Daniel Putnam (1759–1831), Colonel
        William Putnam (1783–1846)
        William Hutchinson Putnam (1812–1889), legislator and physician
        John Day Putnam (1837–1904), legislator and mayor
        
        Albert Day Putnam (1852–1905), legislator and banker
- Nathaniel Putnam (1619–1700)
  - Benjamin Putnam (1664–1715) m. Sarah Tarrant
    - Nathaniel Putnam (1686–1754)
      - Archelaus Putnam Sr. (born 1718)
        Nathaniel Putnam (1746–1800)
        Nathaniel Putnam (1774–1849)
        Nathaniel Putnam (1802–1886)
        Abby Putnam Morrison (1848–)
        Lillian Morrison Tingue (1885–)
        Grace Tingue Curran (1907–1988)
        
        Archelaus Putnam Jr. (1740–1800)
        Caleb Putnam (1763–1826)
        James Russell Putnam (1781–1841)
        James Mercier Putnam (1823–1887), instrumental in colonizing British Honduras
        James Henry Putnam (born 1848), sugar plantation and railroad owner
        Robert Emmet Putnam (1883–1959)
        Richard Johnson Putnam (1913–2002), federal judge
        
        "Bobby" Emmet Putnam (1919–2009)
        Dr. Kimball Putnam Marshall, Ph.D. (born 1947), nationally recognized professor of business
        Annah Kimball Marshall, B.A., M.S.W. (born 1981), Licensed Independent Social Worker
        
        Elizabeth Marie Marshall, B.A. (born 1983), Independent Real Estate Agent
    - Tarrant Putnam (1688–1732)
      - Gideon Putnam (1726–1811)
        Samuel Putnam (1768–1853), Massachusetts Supreme Court justice
    - Daniel Putnam (born 1696)
      - Daniel Putnam
        Henry Putnam
        Henry Putnam
        George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872), book publisher m. Victorine Haven
        Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906), physician m. Abraham Jacobi (1830–1919), physician
        
        George Haven Putnam (1844–1930), book publisher
        Bertha Putnam (1872–1960), historian
        
        George P. Putnam (1887–1950), writer, explorer m. Amelia Earhart (1897–1937), aviator
        
        Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900–1984), engineer
        
        John Bishop Putnam (1849–1915), book publisher
        
        Irving Putnam, book publisher
        Edmund Whitman Putnam (1882–1941), book publisher, physician m. Ethel Wilson
        
        Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), 8th Librarian of Congress
        Brenda Putnam (1890–1975), sculptor
- John Putnam (1627–1710)
  - James Putnam Sr. (1661–1727), bricklayer
    - James Putnam Jr. (born 1689), bricklayer
      - Ebenezer Putnam
        Ebenezer Putnam II
        Ebenezer Putnam III
        Frederic Ward Putnam (1839–1915), naturalist
        Eben Putnam (1868–1933), historian and genealogist

References

^ Putnam, Eben (1891), 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, Conn, Volume 1, Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company, retrieved October 4, 2007

Eben Putnam, A history of the Putnam family in England and America, 1908
G. Andrews Moriarty Jr., A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., The English Ancestry of John Putnam Of Salem, Massachusetts

[EbenPutnam-1] Putnam, Eben (1891), 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, Conn, Volume 1, Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company, retrieved October 4, 2007

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