Col. Jesse Putnam

Genealogy- Joseph and sons mentioned

Richard Thurston Searle, the father of Alonzo T. Searle, was born in Georgetown, Mass., April 2, 1814, and died June 30, 1880 (his mother was a Je\vett—a member of an old New England fam ily). He was a graduate of Phillips Academy, An dover, I\Iass., Union College, New York, also of Andover (.\Iass.) Theological Seminary, and early in life entered the ministry of the Congregational Church. He never,left the New England States, his last call being at \\*'indsor, Vt., which charge he resigned two years prior to his death, and he was one of the leading clergvmen in the State. On December 22, 1847, he married Emily A. Putnam, daughter of Jesse Putnam, who was a colonel in the war of 181.2, and a lineal descendant of John Put nam. who settled in Salem, I\Iass., in I634, where he and others of the familv purchased a large tract of land, part of which comprised Oak Knoll where the poet Whittier lived, and upon another part of which Israel Putnam was born. Joseph Putnam, father of Jesse. was a lieutenant in the Revolution ary war, one of four brothers—Joseph, Allen (who died at Ticonderoga), \/Villiam and David—who served in that struggle; others of the Putnam fam ily who took part in the war of the Revolution were Gen. Israel. and Rufus, who laid out VI/est Point. The old Putnam homestead property, bought in I634, where was born our subject's mother, also the birth place of Israel Putnam, is still in the possession of the farnilv. and is now owned by an uncle of Mr. Searle. while the house wherein Israel Putnam was born is still standing, in good condition and owned by a cousin. Jesse Putnam married Elizabeth Merriam, daughter of Dr. Merriam, a noted physi cian, and thev had a familv of twelve children, all of whom became prominent citizens. The mother lived to be one hundred and three years old. To Richard and Emily A. (Putnam)The mother. who is now living with our sub ject. was a graduate of the .-\bott Female Academy, Andover, .\Iass., and is respected a11d loved by all who know her. Alonzo T. Searle was born September I3, 1856, in Berkshire countv, Mass, and passed his boyhood after the manner of most country village lads, with t'l1e advantages, however, of a refined home and its salutary influences. After receiving a liberal public school education he prepared for college at St. Johnsbury (\'t.) .'-\cademy, whence he was gradu ated i11 I873 with high honors; he then entered Am herst College, graduating from that institution in 1877, and while the classes were divided according to scholarship he was in the first division (there https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=stEwAQAAMAAJ&printsec=front...

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1820 Massachusetts Census

JESSE PUTNAM Summer Street, Boston, Suffolk County Listing is 000001 00211. He is number 240. He is a son of David Putnam (85) and Rebecca Perley of Salem Village. He was born there (now Danvers) January 8, 1754 and will die here in Boston on April 14, 1837. He married Susannah Thatcher of Cambridge on February 11, 1776. See 1790, they were here since 1776 and the Good Old Revolution. Boston wasn’t indexed in 1800, and he wasn’t listed in 1810, but these folks were here.

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