Jonathan Putnam

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)