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Elizabeth Carlton (Putnam)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth (Putnam) Putnam Houlton"
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Birthplace: Salem, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: after 1749
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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Daughter of Joseph Putnam and Elizabeth Perley
Wife of Jonathan Putnam; Capt. Benjamin Houlton, Jr. and Edward Carlton, Jr.
Mother of Jonathan Putnam and Mary Cleaves
Sister of Mary (Putnam) Putnam; Sarah Browne; William Putnam; Rachel Leach; Anne Putnam and 10 others

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About Elizabeth Carlton

Elizabeth Putnam was the daughter of Joseph Putnam and Elizabeth Porter, and sister of General Isreal Putnam. She married first Jonathan Putnam, second Capt. Benjamin Houlton and third Edward Carlton of Haverhill.



Jonathan (Jr.) and Elizabeth Putnam Family, by Eben Putnam (1891)

"Jonathan Putnam, (Jonathan, John, John), born Salem Village, 8 May 1691; died 17 Jan. 1732 (gravestone, Wadsworth Cemetery); married 12 Feb. 1714-15, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Putnam, who married, second, 25 Nov. 1736, Capt. Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Sarah Houlton, of Salem, born 14 Jan. 1689; died 1744. She was his second wife. She married again, 7 Nov. 1745, Edward Carlton of Haverhill.

Jonathan Putnam Jr. was a farmer in Salem. Children, all baptized at the church in Salem Village: Jonathan, b. 13 July, bapt. 24 July 1715; d. 1762-3. David, b. 7, bapt. 17 Nov. 1717; guardianship to Israel Andrews, granted 3 June 1732. Elizabeth, b. 28 Nov. 1719; bapt. 19 June 1720; d. 8 Aug. 1728. Aaron, b. 23, bapt. 31 Dec. 1721; d. 4 Aug. 1728. Nathaniel, b. 6, bapt. 8 Dec. 1723; in 1744, of Boston, chair maker (Suffolk D. 208-74). Will dated 16 Jan. 1747; proved 1 Aug. 1748; mariner; mentions sister Mary Cleaves, Elizabeth Cleaves, brother David Putnam. Mary, b. 19, bapt. 20 Feb. 1725-6; guardianship to Nathaniel Brown, 5 Dec. 1742; m. (pub. 9 June 1744) William Cleaves, Jr., of Beverly, MA. Elizabeth, b. 19, bapt. 24 Nov. 1728; guardianship to Nathaniel Brown, 18 Dec. 1742; m. ___________Cleaves."

(Eben Putnam, History, Vol 1, p. 137)

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Elizabeth Carlton's Timeline

1695
April 12, 1695
Salem, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
1715
July 13, 1715
Massachusetts
1725
February 19, 1725
Salem, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
1749
1749
Age 53
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America