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The Putnam family of prominent old colonial Americans was founded by Puritans John and Priscilla ... Joseph Putnam (1669–1722) m. Elizabeth Porter (1673–1746)
The English -born Martin was the fourth daughter, and youngest child, of Richard North and Joan North (née Bartram). Her mother died when she was a child. Her stepmother was Ursula North. Martin was baptized in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England on 30 September 1621, Her family moved to Salisbury, Massachusetts, around 1639 [1] when she was about ...
Edward Bishop (Jr.) 23 April 1648. Mary Bishop 12 October 1651. An Edward Bishop was one of the founders of the First Church of Beverly (Massachusetts Bay Colony) in 1667. [6] Edward Bishop Jr. and his wife, Sarah (née Wildes), were accused of witchcraft and imprisoned in the spring of 1692.
Ben Bradlee Jr. (born 1948), journalist and writer. Joseph Putnam Bradlee (1783–1838), Commander of the New England Guards, chairman of the State Central Committee, Director and then President of the Boston City Council. Samuel Bradlee Jr., lieutenant colonel during the American Revolutionary War.
Putnam was born in 1718 in Salem Village (now Danvers), Massachusetts to Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Putnam, a prosperous farming Puritan family. His parents had opposed the Salem witch trials in the 1690s. [2] Putnam moved west in 1740 at age 22 to Mortlake, Connecticut [3] (today Brooklyn) where land was cheaper. [4]
Ann Putnam (October 18, 1679 – 1716) was a primary accuser, at age 12, at the Salem Witch Trials of Massachusetts during the later portion of 17th-century Colonial America. Born 1679 in Salem Village , Essex County , Massachusetts Bay Colony , she was the eldest child of Thomas (1652–1699) and Ann (Née Carr) Putnam (1661–1699).
The case was held at New Castle, December 6, 1669, and heard by a commission appointed by the governor and a jury. Jacobson was found guilty and sentenced to be, "publicly and severely whipped and branded in the face with the letter "R" for Rebellion, after which he be secured until he can be sent and sold to the Barbadoes or some other remote ...
Death. Criminal status. Executed (10 June 1692) Exonerated (31 October 2001) Bridget Bishop (née Magnus; c. 1632 – 10 June 1692) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Nineteen were hanged, and one, Giles Corey, was pressed to death. Altogether, about 200 people were tried.