Putnam family

The old colonial American and Puritan Putnam family was founded by John and Priscilla Gould Putnam in the 17th century, in Salem, Massachusetts. Many notable individuals are descendants of this family, including those listed below.

Notable members

• Albigence Waldo Putnam (1799–1869), historian
• Ann Putnam, Jr. (1679–1716), accuser at Salem Witchcraft trials
• Brenda Putnam (1890–1975), sculptor
• Carleton Putnam (c. 1902–1998), aviator, activist & author
• David Putnam (1898–1918), World War I air ace
• Frederic Ward Putnam (1839–1915), American anthropologist, Harvard University
• George Putnam (1889–1960), great-great-grandson of Judge Samuel Putnam, founder of Putnam Investments; his son George Putnam, retired Chairman Putnam Investments; and grandson George Putnam III, Chairman, Putnam Investments
• George D. Putnam (born 1948), screenwriter
• George Haven Putnam (1844–1930), book entrepreneur & publishing-family member
• George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872), book entrepreneur
• George P. Putnam (1887–1950), publisher, author, explorer, & publishing-family & aviation-family member
• Gideon Putnam (1763–1812), entrepreneur
• Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), American library administrator & publishing-family member
• Israel Putnam (1718–1790), American General
• James Jackson Putnam (1846–1918), neurologist
• Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906), American physician
• Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900–1984), Wind power pioneer and author, builder of the Smith-Putnam wind turbine
• Judge Samuel Putnam (1768–1853), Massachusetts Supreme Court judge, promulgator of Prudent man rule in US Law
• Robert Putnam (born 1941), American political scientist, Harvard University
• Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), American soldier
• Thomas Putnam (1651–1699), landowner in Salem during the Salem witch trials
• William Lowell Putnam (1861–1923), American jurist & banker
• Quinn Bradlee (born 1982), American filmmaker, author and advocate for improving the lives of disabled individuals
• Alan Copeland (born 1926), Grammy award-winning musician, vocal arranger, conductor and author

Family tree

John Putnam (January 1580 – December 1662)

Priscilla Gould

Nathaniel Putnam (1619–1700)

Ann Holyoke

Thomas Putnam (1614-1686)

Mary Veren (d. 1694)

John Putnam (1627-1710)

Benjamin Putnam (1664–1715) "Landlord Putnam"

Thomas Putnam (1652–1699) Salem Witch Trials accuser

Edward Putnam (1654-1747) Salem Witch Trials accuser

Joseph Putnam (1669-1722) Openly opposed the Salem Witch Trials

Elizabeth Porter (1673-1746)

James Putnam Sr. (1661-1727) Bricklayer

Nathaniel Putnam (1686-1754)

Cornelius Putnam (1702–1761)

Daniel Putnam (b. 1696)

Ann Putnam, Jr. (1679–1716) Salem Witch Trials accuser Later recanted

Elisha Putnam (1685-1745)

Israel Putnam (1718–1790) General "Old Put"

David Putnam (1707-1768)

James Putnam Jr. (b. 1689) Bricklayer

Archelaus Putnam Sr. (b. 1718)

Cornelius Putnam II (1730–1790)

Daniel Putnam

Rufus Putnam (1738–1824) General

William Putnam (b. 1749)

Israel Putnam (If D's son, 1742. If I's son, 1740.)

Ebenezer Putnam

Archelaus Putnam Jr. (1740-1800)

Cornelius Putnam III (1763–1820)

Henry Putnam

Andrew Putnam

Daniel Putnam

Ebenezer Putnam

Caleb Putman (1763-1826) Moved from Mass. to Louisiana

Cornelius Putnam IV (1786–1850)

Henry Putnam

George Putnam

Benjamin Putnam

Ebenezer Putnam, III

James Russell Putnam (1789-1841)

Joel Harris Putnam (1825–1909)

George Putnam

Frederick Putnam

Frederic Ward Putnam (1839–1915) Naturalist

James Mercier Putnam (1823-1887) Extremely instrumental in colonizing British Honduras

Wells J Putnam (1860–1944)

William Lowell Putnam (1861–1923) Jurist, banker

David Putnam (1898–1918) World War I air ace

Horace M Putnam (1896–1974)

George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872) Book publisher

Victorine Haven

Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906) Physician

Abraham Jacobi (1830–1919) Physician

George Haven Putnam (1844–1930) Book publisher

John Bishop Putnam (1849–1915) Book publisher

Francis Faulkner

Irving Putnam Book publisher

Herbert Putnam (1861–1955) Librarian

Bertha Putnam (1872–1960) Historian

Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900–1984) Engineer

George P. Putnam (1887–1950) Writer, explorer

Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) Aviator

Brenda Putnam (1890–1975) Sculptor

References

• Eben Putnam, A history of the Putnam family in England and America, 1908
• G. Andrews Moriarty Jr., A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., The English Ancestry of John Putnam Of Salem, Massachusetts