From the History of the Putnam Family in England and America: "Hannah Putnam, b. 8 Dec. 1693; bapt. Topsfield, 16 Sept. 1694. "16 Sept. 1694, Hannah Putnam, once Borman or Dorman" her daughter Hannah bapt. ; m. 29 Nov. 1711, Dea. Nathan, son of Capt. John and Hannah (Andrews) Peabody, b. 20 July 1682; d. 4 Mar. 1733. Children: John, b. 2 Feb.; d. 23 Feb. 1713. Hannah, b. 27 April 1714. Nathan, b. 13 Mar. 1716. Elizabeth, b. 14 Feb. 1718. Nathan Peabody lived in Boxford; m. 27 Mar. 1723, Priscilla Thomas." (Eben Putnam, History, Vol 1, p. 70)
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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.
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From the History of the Putnam Family in England and America: "Hannah Putnam, b. 8 Dec. 1693; bapt. Topsfield, 16 Sept. 1694. "16 Sept. 1694, Hannah Putnam, once Borman or Dorman" her daughter Hanna …
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