Brief Life History of Harriman
When Harriman Putnam was born on 10 March 1806, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Stephen Putnam Jr, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Elliot, was 33. He married Rhoda T Johnson on 16 July 1833, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 5 years.
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- Harriman Pitman, "United States Census, 1850"
- Harriman Putnam, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
- Harriman Putnam, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1815
Historical Boundaries: 1815: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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.
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