Mary Adams Putnam

Brief Life History of Mary Adams

When Mary Adams Putnam was born about 1814, in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Henry Putnam, was 23 and her mother, Mary Adams, was 19. She married Charles Francis Willard on 9 October 1834. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 27 January 1889, at the age of 76, and was buried in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Francis Willard
1812–1872
Mary Adams Putnam
1814–1889
Marriage: 9 October 1834
Emily Rosalinda Willard
1835–1836
Frances Amelia Willard
1836–1847
Emily Charline Willard
1838–1847
George Olcott Willard
1841–1864
Charles Adams Willard
1842–1924
Florence Isabella Willard
1847–1875
Mary Charline Willard
1849–1885
Charline Isabelle Willard
1854–1924
Roswell Willard
1854–1863

Sources (5)

  • Mary A Willard, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Adams Putnam Willard, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mary A. Willard in entry for Charline Willard Preston, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Delaware, Indiana, United States

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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.

Story Highlight

Henry and Mary (Adams) Putnam Family, by Eben Putnam (1891)

From the History of the Putnam Family in England and America: "Henry Putnam, (Elisha, Thomas, Seth, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Charlestown, NH, 28 Feb. 1792; m. Mary Adams of Quincy, Ma., who d. Quincy …

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