Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Putnam was born on 11 July 1797, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Samuel Putnam, was 29 and his mother, Lucy Stiles, was 29. He married Polly Keyes on 3 January 1824, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 17 September 1864, at the age of 67, and was buried in East Rumford Cemetery, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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- Jesse Putnam, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jesse Putnam, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jesse Putnam in entry for Putnam and Howe, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1801
Oldest Grave seen in the Memorial list
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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