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Here are my notes collected over the years on JOHN PUTNAM (1579-1662):

SOURCE: Ned O. Bennett, Records June 11, 1962, Akron, OH.

John Putnam was baptized at Wingrave England Jan. 17, 1580. He was the son of Nicholas Putnam and Margaret Goodspeed. John is said to have immigrated to Salem, MA in the year of 1634, but no records have been uncovered of their family prior to 1640 in Salem. John was granted 150 acres of land on 20 November 1640. (Old style date) This was in exchange for some land that he already downed. Then in 1641, his wife Priscilla (Gould) was admitted to the church in Salem Village. John was admitted in 1647. In 1653 he divided his lands between his sons Thomas and Nathaniel, having evidently already granted his homestead to his younger son John. John, the Elder John Putnam, was a well to do farmer when he died on 30 December 1662, over 80 years of age. We have no record of Priscilla's death.*

[NOTE: Many researchers give Priscilla's maiden name as "Deacon" not Gould.]

SOURCE: Jordan, John W., "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania." Vol.II. See: Earl Bill Putnam of the Philadelphia Bar, pages: 852, 853, 854. JOHN PUTNAM, son of Nicholas and Margaret (Goodspeed) Putnam, was baptized at Wingrave, Bucks, England on 17 January 1579-80. He was the founder of the Putnam family in America. He married in England to Priscilla Gould, or Priscilla Deacon, both of which are cited by various researchers to this day. John came from Abbots, County Bucks, England, about 1640. John was admitted as a member of the First Church of Salem. John died at Salem on 30 December 1662. He was about 80 years of age at the time of this death. The Putnam name then descends from their three surviving sons: Thomas, Nathaniel, and John, who all spent their lives, raised their families and died in Salem, Massachusetts. John Putnam had a grant of land in Salem, MA in 1640. He was admitted to the church in April 1647. Became a freeman in 1647.

SOURCE: Walter Putnam lists birthdate 17 Jan. 1579/80, birthplace Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England.

SOURCE: DB-F1501, Puttenham, jjohnson@inreach.com John Putnam and Priscilla (Gould) came to Salem Village, MA about 1634 from Aston Abbotts, Bucks, ENG. John admitted to the church in Salem, MA in 1647. Enders A. Robinson in "The Devil Discovered" lists John Putnam's birth in 1580, and that he came to Massachusetts when he was "about fifty years old" (1630?).

SOURCE: "The Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Pope - 1900: John, formerly of Abbotsason in Buckinghamshire, England [town record] came early to Salem. Planter, yoeman. Had grants of land in 1640 and onward; was adm. Chh. 4 (2) 1647. His wife Priscilla was adm. Chh.21 (1) 1640-1. His sons John, Nathaniel and Thomas came also to Salem, and were enterprising citizenws. John (who deposed March 30, 1685 ae. About 68 years,) m. 8(7) 1652, Rebecca Prince; Nathaniel (who deposed 30 (1) 1685, ae. About 65 years, that he had lived 46 yrs. In Salem,) m. Elizabeth, dau of Richard Hutchinson; Thomas m. 1, 17 (8) 1643, Ann, dau. of Mr. Edward and Prudence Holyoke, who d. 1 (7) 1665; he m. 2, 14 (9) 1666, Mary Wren, widow. [Salem town rec.] He deeeed lands to his son John, referring to lands given to son Nathaniel, 3 (1) 1653, and to the bounds of his brothers. Other deed in 1662. He d. 30 (10) 1662.

SOURCE: Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers Volume 3 page 497 Putnam JOHN, Salem 1640, is said to have come with w. Priscilla, ch. Thomas, b. it is said, a. 1618; Nathaniel, a. 1621; John, a. 1630; and Eliz. from Aston Abbots, near Aylesbury, in Co. Bucks, tho. fam. tradit. has the name of a place in Co. Warwick, where it is unkn. freem. 1647, says Farmer by mistake, tho. true it is he was that yr. rec. into the ch. as had been his w. in 1641, d. 30 Dec. 1662. JOHN, Salem, s. prob. youngest of the preced. b. in Eng. a. 1630, m. 3 Sept. 1652, Rebecca Prince, had Rebecca, b. 28 May 1653; Sarah, 4 Sept. 1654; Priscilla, 4 Mar. 1657;Jonathan, 17 Mar. 1659; James, 4 Sept. 1661; Hannah, 2 Feb. 1663; Eleazer, 1665; John, 14 July 1667; Joanna, bapt. 4 Sept. 1670; and Ruth, Aug. 1673; was freem. 1665, a lieut. and rep. 1680, 6, and 91 and 2 bef. the new chart. Rebecca m. 22 Apr. 1672, John Fuller; and Sarah m. July foll. John Hutchinson.

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