Sergeant Thomas Putnam

M, #5302, b. Jan 12, 1652, d. May 24, 1699
Relationship9th great-grandfather of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Father*Lieutenant Thomas Putnam b. Mar 7, 1615, d. May 5, 1686
Mother*Ann Holyoke b. circa 1620, d. Sep 1, 1665

Family

Ann Carr b. Jun 15, 1661, d. Jun 8, 1699
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*Jan 12, 1652 Sergeant Thomas Putnam was born on Jan 12, 1652 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
 He was the son of Lieutenant Thomas Putnam and Ann Holyoke
ChristeningFeb 16, 1652 Sergeant Thomas Putnam was christened on Feb 16, 1652 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage*Nov 25, 1678 He married Ann Carr, daughter of George Carr and Elizabeth Dexter, on Nov 25, 1678 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
Death*May 24, 1699 Sergeant Thomas Putnam died on May 24, 1699, at age 47 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Burial*May 26, 1699 He was buried on May 26, 1699 at Unknown Cemetery, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 16968066.2 
Book Excerpt* 
Born 12 March 1652 and baptized at the First Church on 16 April 1652. He married Ann Carr of Salisbury, Massachusetts, United States, on Nov. 25, 1678. Thomas was quite well educated for the times and held a prominent position in both the Church and the community of Salem. He was in the Narragansett fight and belonged to a company of Troopers as a Sergeant. He was also Parish Clerk in his Church.

In 1692, he was leader in the "Salem Witchcraft" Trials. One of the accused witches was his own daughter, Ann. The strain of all this seems to have been a bit too much for he and his wife. They both died shortly after the trials. Thomas died on 24 May 1699 and Ann Carr Putnam, his wife, two weeks later on 8 June 1699.3
 

Citations

  1. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  2. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.
  3. [S943] Book - Unknown,.