When Rufus Putnam was born in September 1781, in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, David Putnam, was 28 and his mother, Martha Waters, was 22. He married Sally Sibley on 15 December 1805, in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 19 November 1820, in his hometown, at the age of 39, and was buried in West Sutton Cemetery, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
Do you know Rufus? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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.
The History of the Putnam Family in England and America: "Captain David Putnam, (Fuller, Jeptha, Eleazer, John, John), born in Sutton, 26 Jan. 1753; married 15 Jan. 1781, Martha, daughter of Amos and …
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.