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About Sarah Putnam

Sarah Waldo was the wife of Israel Putnam Jr (1738-1812) Israel Putnam Jr was one of the founders of the Ohio Company, which initiated the establishment of the state of Ohio, by bringing in settlers from Massachusetts and Connecticut in the late 1780s and 1790s to found the towns of Belpre (Belle Prairie) and Marietta (named for Marie Antoinette).

Sarah Waldo and Israel Putnam were the parents of eight children, including daughter Mary Putnam (1773-1838), who married Daniel Mayo in Belpre, Ohio in 1798.

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Sarah Putnam's Timeline

1740
January 20, 1740
1764
October 25, 1764
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1766
January 20, 1766
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1767
April 18, 1767
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1769
February 24, 1769
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1770
December 11, 1770
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1773
August 5, 1773
Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, USA, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1777
July 27, 1777
Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1780
January 19, 1780
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States