Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Putnam was born on 18 April 1804, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Stephen Putnam Jr, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Dana, was 36. He died on 9 July 1815, in his hometown, at the age of 11.
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- Peter Putnam, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
- Peter Putnam, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
- Peter Putnam, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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World Events (3)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1815
Historical Boundaries: 1815: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
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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