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  1619 - 1700  (81 years)
| Name | Nathaniel Putnam |  
| Prefix | Deacon |  
| Birth | 1619 | England  [5, 8, 10, 15, 16, 19] |  
| Gender | Male |  
| Baptism | 11 Oct 1619 | Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England  [1, 9, 12, 17] |  
| Will | 21 Feb 1698/9  [20] |  
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 WILL OF NATHANIEL PUTNAM.
 In the Name of God Amen, I Nathaniel Putnam of Salem,
 in ye County of Essex in ye province of ye Massachusets
 Bay in New England being in perfect health & strength
 & sound in mind & memory, yet Considering that old age
 is come vpon me & ye vncertainty of my life doe make This
 my last Will & Testament hereby revoaking all former &
 other wills by me heretofore at any time made.
 Impes   I resigne my soule to God whoe Gaue it & my body to decent
 burial hoping for a gloriours resurrecon in & through
 ye merits of my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ to whome
 bee Glory foreuer.
 And   For my Outward Estate which God hath bestowed on me
 I Giue bequeath & bestow ye same as hereafter in this my
 will is expressed.
 Itm.    I Giue vnto my daughter Mary Tuft ye wife of John
 Tuft one hundred and Twenty pounds in money to be paid
 by my Executor hereafter named within three yeares after my
 decease to which with ye fifty pounds which I formerly gave
 her is in full & ouer & aboue what I promised her on marriage.
 It.     I Giue vnto my said Daughter Mary ye one half of my
 household goods that were in ye house when my wife Deceased
 in ye quality & condition that ye said goods shall be
 at my departure.
 Itm.    I Giue vnto my Grandchildren ye sons & daughters of
 my daughter Elizabeth Flint Deceased, viz: to Mary who
 hath a lame hand twenty poundes in money & to ye others
 Eight Ten pounds a peice if they shall ariue at Age, viz:
 ye sons at Twenty one yeares & ye Daughters at Eighteen
 yeares or marriage to be paid by my Sonn John Putnam to
 each of my said Nine grand children as they come to age
 as aforesaid.
 Itm.    I Giue vuto my Sonne John Putnam besides about an
 hundred acres of vpland & about sixteen acres of meadow
 which I haue already Giuen him by deed of Gift: viz: I
 giue & bequeath vnto him all my land & meadow which I haue
 lying on ye Northwesterly side of ye Riuer Caled Ipswich
 Riuer scituate in Salem bounds in seueral peices containing
 in ye whole about Seuenty acres be ye same more or less.
 Itm.    I Giue vnto my said Sonne John Putnam about one hundred
 & sixty acres of land adjoyning to ye hundred acres of
 land which I formerly gaue him by deed of Gift being his
 homestead he paying to my sd nine grand children ye legacies
 hereby giuen them.
 Itm.    I Giue to my Said Sonne John all ye remainder of that land
 (besides what I haue sold). That I formerly purchased of
 William Jeggles: all to be to him & his heirs foreuer.
 Itm.    I Giue to my said sonne twenty pounds in money to be
 paid him by my Executor in three years after my decease.
 Itm.    I Giue to my said Sonne halfe my wearing apparell.
 Itm.    I Giue to my sd son John Thirty pounds to be paid by
 my Executor within one yeare after my decease in graine
 & cattle at money price: which legacies with ye hundred
 pound I Gaue him formerly for land sold which I had of Wm.
 Jeggles is in full of his portion.
 Itm.    I Giue vnto my sonne Benjamin Putnam my homestead
 that is my farme that I now dwell on as alsoe all my other
 lands & meadows whether in possession or reuersion wheresoeuer
 scituate lying & being which are not perticularly in
 this will otherwise disposed off. to be to him & his hiers For
 Euer.
 Itm.    I Giue to my said Sonne Benjamin all my personall Estate
 whether money Cattle corne Debts or other estate what
 ever.
 Itm.    I make & Constitute my said sonn Benjamin Putnam to
 be ye sole Executor of this my last will & Testament.
 Lastly. I Desire & apoint my Good friend Capt. Samuel Gardner
 & Sargt John Leach to be ouerseers of this my will.
 Itm:    My Will further is that neither of my two sonns shall sell
 any of ye lands hereby Giuen them nor any wayes dispose
 of ye same vntill ye Seuerall legacies & payments in this
 my will Giuen & apointed be respectively paid and fullfilled
 or Security Giuen for payment of ye same; & yr lands respectiuely
 
 
 to stand bound for fullfilling of ye same.
 It.     my will is that in Case either of my sonns should neglect
 & refuse to pay what I haue ordered them to pay
 or any differences arise either betwixt my two sonns or betwixt
 either of them & ye Legatees. Then & in such case
 my will & desire is that my said ouerseers heare & determine
 ye same & that Euery one acquiesce in what they shall
 doe.
 In Testimoney that this is my last Will & Testament I
 hane herevnto set my hand & seale this 21 Day of February
 1698-9, & in ye Eleuenth yeare of ye Reigne of William ye
 3d of England &c. King defenr of ye faith.
 Signed Sealed published Nathaniel Putnam [SEAL.]
 & declared in psence of vs
 Henry West
 Henry West Juner                    Essex ss. Before ye Honble
 Stephen Sewall                  Jonatha Corwin Esq. Judge of
 Margaret Sewall                 Probate of Wills &c. August
 12th 1700 Majr Stephen Sewall, Henry West Senr & Henry
 West Junr all pesonally Appeared and made Oath they were
 prsent and did see Natha Putnam Signe Seal & heard him
 publish and Declare this Instrument to be his last Will and
 Testament and that he was then of A Disposing mind to
 there best undestanding & that they then subscribed as
 Wittnesses in his psence.
 Sworn Attest John Higginson Regr.
 Vpon wch this Will is proued Approued and allowed being
 pEsented by ye Executor therein named. Viz: Benja
 Putnam.
 Attest John Higginson Regr.
 Essex ss.                                 Probate Office.
 Salem, Dec. 28, 1889.
 A true copy of original will and of probate on file in this office.
 Attest,
 EZRA D. HINES, Asst. Register.
 
 
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| Death | 23 Jul 1700 | Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  [1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 21] |  
| Probate | 12 Aug 1700  [20] |  
| Person ID | I15504 | Duane's Ancestors |  
| Last Modified | 21 Dec 2018 |  
 
| Father | Lt. John Putnam,   b. 17 Jan 1579/80, Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England  d. 30 Dec 1662, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  (Age 82 years) |  
| Mother | Priscilla Gould,   b. Abt 1585 |  
| Marriage | Bef 1605  [1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24, 25] |  
| Family ID | F5398 | Group Sheet  |  Family Chart |  
 
| Family | Elizabeth Hutchinson,   b. 20 Aug 1629, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England  d. 24 Jun 1688, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  (Age 58 years)  [13, 14, 16, 18] |  
| Marriage | 1652 | Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  [1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 26] |  
| Children | 
|  | 1. Samuel Putnam,   b. 18 Feb 1652/3, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  d. 1676 (Age 22 years) |  |  | 2. Nathaniel Putnam,   b. 24 Apr 1655, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  d. 23 Jul 1700, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  (Age 45 years) |  |  | 3. John Putnam,   b. 26 Mar 1657, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  d. Sep 1722, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  (Age 65 years) |  |  | 4. Joseph Putnam,   b. 29 Oct 1659, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  d. 1723 (Age 63 years) |  |  | 5. Elizabeth Putnam,   b. 11 Aug 1662, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  d. 6 Mar 1697 (Age 34 years) |  | + | 6. Capt. Benjamin Putnam,   b. 24 Dec 1664, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  d. Abt 1715, Sutton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  (Age 50 years) |  |  | 7. Mary Putnam,   b. 15 Sep 1668, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  |  |  
| Family ID | F5397 | Group Sheet  |  Family Chart |  
| Last Modified | 4 Apr 2020 |  
| Sources |  1.  [S339]  Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester V2, 128, 00217. 
 
 2.  [S259]  NEHGS Register, 19:18, 00390. 
 
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