When Aaron Putnam was born on 2 October 1723, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Rev Daniel Putnam, was 26 and his mother, Rebecca Putnam, was 32. He died on 21 October 1723, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 0.
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English (Middlesex and Buckinghamshire): habitational name from either of two places, in Hertfordshire and Surrey, called Puttenham, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Putta, meaning ‘kite’ (the bird) + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
History: John Putnam emigrated from England to Salem, MA, before 1641, and established a family that was still prominent in Massachusetts four generations later, including the revolutionary war soldier Israel Putnam (1718–90) and his cousin Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), also a soldier, one of the first settlers in OH.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
"Daniel Putnam, b. 12 Nov. 1696; bapt. at Salem, 17 Oct. 1697." (Eben Putnam, History, Vol 1, p. 58) "Rev. Daniel Putnam, (Benjamin, Nathaniel, John), born in Salem Village, 12 Nov. 1696, died in Rea …
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