Brief Life History of Polly
When Polly Putnam was born on 29 December 1797, in Andover, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, Jacob Putnam, was 26 and her mother, Mary Burton, was 24. She married Oreb Taylor on 8 March 1823, in Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 10 daughters. She lived in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. She died on 25 September 1870, in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (29)
- Polly Taylor in household of Oreb Taylor, "United States Census, 1860"
- Polly Putnam, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Polly Putnam Taylor, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1787–1865 Male
1797–1870 Female
Children (11)
1824–1895 Female
1825–1890 Male
1827–1918 Female
1829–1922 Female
1830–1912 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1771–1844 Male
1773–1847 Female
Siblings (14)
1796–1849 Male
1797–1870 Female
1799–1878 Female
1801–1840 Female
1802–1876 Male
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 3
1803
Age 6
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 22
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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