Ancestry of
Helen Peabody

(1890–1948)

Benjamin Putnam

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Helen Peabody — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 428 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Putnam 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Hutchinson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Dec 1664 
  • Birth Location:
  • Salem Village (now Danvers), Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • BY 25 Apr 1715 
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  • Sarah -----
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  Tarrant Putnam (Ahnentafel No:214 )

  • Notes: 
  • Benjamin has also been referred to as a Deacon. Some sources state Benjamin's first wife, who died in 1705, was named Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Putnam) or Hanna. But the death record for his first wife states "Sarah, w. Benja[min]." Benjamin's second wife was also named Sarah.

• Additional marriages for Benjamin Putnam

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Holton
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jul 1706
  • Marriage Location:
  • Salem Village (now Danvers), Essex, Massachusetts

• Sources for Benjamin Putnam

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Salem Births, Vol. 2, p. 208.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Salem Marriages, Vol. 4, p. 228, Marriage record for Benjamin Putnam and Sarah Holton.
  • ³ Mudge, Florence A., John Mudge and Hannah Hutchinson, First Settlers of Plymouth, Vermont, Danvers, Massachusetts?: Unknown (1930), 11.
  • ⁴ Putnam, Eben, A History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Vol. 1, Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company (1891), 58-62.
  • ⁵ Putnam, Read H., Putnam's Direct Line, Provo, Utah: J. G. Stevenson (1964), 7.