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Deacon Nathaniel Putnam[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]

Male 1619 - 1700  (81 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel Putnam 
    Prefix Deacon 
    Birth 1619  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8, 10, 15, 16, 19
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 11 Oct 1619  Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 12, 17
    Will 21 Feb 1698/9  [20


    • 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.

    Death 23 Jul 1700  Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1662, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1688, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [13, 14, 16, 18
    Marriage 1652  Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1676 (Age 22 years)
     2. Nathaniel Putnam,   b. 24 Apr 1655, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1700, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     3. John Putnam,   b. 26 Mar 1657, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1722, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     4. Joseph Putnam,   b. 29 Oct 1659, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1723 (Age 63 years)
     5. Elizabeth Putnam,   b. 11 Aug 1662, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1697 (Age 34 years)
    +6. Capt. Benjamin Putnam,   b. 24 Dec 1664, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1715, Sutton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     7. Mary Putnam,   b. 15 Sep 1668, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1619 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 11 Oct 1619 - Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1652 - Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Jul 1700 - Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
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    2.  2.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 19:18, 00390.

    3.  3.  [S65] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 3., 496, 00192.

    4.  4.  [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 512, 00191.

    5.  5.  [S30] The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 376, 00540.

    6.  6.  [S51] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 5, 123, 00421.

    7.  7.  [S531] Hutchinson Family, 7, 00289.

    8.  8.  [S558] The Putnams of Salem Village, 85, 00543.

    9.  9.  [S589] Putnam Family, Vol. 1, 3, 00440.

    10.  10.  [S590] Descendants of Thomas Farr, 179, 00155.

    11.  11.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 45:304.1, 00390.

    12.  12.  [S1140] Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, 1161, 00990.

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    14.  14.  [S1151] Ancestors of American Presidents, 493, 01001.

    15.  15.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 16967780, 00974.

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    17.  17.  [S598] Putnam Lineage, 6, 00441.

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    19.  19.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 90:193, 00390.

    20.  20.  [S589] Putnam Family, Vol. 1, 28, 00440.

    21.  21.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, Salem:6:171, 00596.

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