Nicholas PUTNAM
JOHN PUTNAM, SEN., it is known, was resident in Aston Abbotts, England, as late as 1627, as the date of the baptism of his youngest son shows, but just when he came to New England I am unable to state. Family tradition is respon- -sible for the date of 1634, and we know that the tradition has been in the family for over 150 years. In 1641, new style, we find the following entry on the Town Records of Salem: "At a meeting the 20th of the 11th month (1640 old style)...... "Granted to JOHN PUTNAM 100 acres of land at the head of Mr. Skeltons farm between it and Elias Stileman the elder his farm, if there be an hundred acres of it. And it is in exchange of 100 acres which was granted to the said JOHN PUTNAM formerly & if it fall out that there be not so much there then to be made up near Lieutenant Davenports hill be laid out by the town. And ten acres of meadow in the meadow called the pinc meadow if it be not there formerly granted to others. "Granted fifty acres of land unto THOMAS (PUTNAM) and five acres of meadow both to be laid (out by) the town." "John Putnam was a farmer and exceedingly well off for those times. He wrote a fair hand as deeds on record show. In these deeds he styles himself "Yeoman;" once, in 1655, "husband man." Note: It is known that John Putnam and his family who immigrated with him to Salem, Massachusetts, had all been baptized in the established Church of England. His wife Priscilla was admitted to the church of Salem (Puritan) in 1641 and John in 1647. We are not positive of the date of their arrival in Mass., so we cannot tell now long they had been in the colony before they were "converted" to Puritanism, or whether a leaning toward the Puritan faith had been a factor in their migration. Their children, too, were admitted to the church in Salem before the establishment of the church in Salem Village. CHRISTENING: 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, New York, and Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. Salem, Mass., Salem Press Publishing & Printing Co., 1891. DEATH: 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, New York, and Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. Salem, Mass., Salem Press Publishing & Printing Co., 1891.
He married Margaret Goodspeed 30 Jan 1577 at Wingrave, Bucks, England . Margaret Goodspeed was born at Wingrave, Bucks, England 16 Aug 1556 daughter of John Goodspeed and Mrs. Elizabeth Goodspeed .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Richard Putnam
born Abt 1578.
Anne Putnam
born 1578.
Ann Putnam
christened 12 Oct 1578.
John Putnam
christened 17 Jan 1579/80.
Elizabeth Putnam
born 1581.
Thomas Putnam
christened 20 Sep 1584.
Richard Putnam
born Abt 1580.
William Putnam
christened 12 Nov 1592.
Nicholas Putnam died 27 Sep 1598 at Stewkeley, Buckingham, England .
Margaret Goodspeed died at Prob Wingrave .