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History of the Anabaptists of Switzerland," in 1887, "Rosier's Relation of Waymouth's Voyage to the Coast of Maine in 1605," with introductions and notes; in 1888, "Baptist Hymn Writers and Their Hymns"; in 1894, "A History of the Baptists in New England"; in 1904, "History of the Baptists in Maine." He was also the author of many historical papers contributed to magazines and reviews, etc. For more than a quarter of a century he was the recording secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, and for about the same length of time he was recording secre- tary of the Maine Baptist Missionary Conven- tion. He was for many years the secretary of the Maine Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was also the first secretary of the Society of Colonial Wars in the state of Maine. Since 1889 he has been the re- corder of the Maine Commandery of the Mili- tary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; and since 1901 he has been the chap- lain-in-chief of the order. January 1, 1905, he became chaplain of the Eastern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. In 1906 he published through George P. Putnam's Sons his "Gettysburg and Lincoln," and through Charles Scribner's Sons his "Early English and French Voyages." In 1907 he received from Governor Cobb, of Maine, an appointment as State Historian. He is a member of the Maine Historical So- ciety, the American Historical Association, National Geographical Society, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Sons of the American Revolution and the Lincoln Fellowship. He is also a trustee of the New- ton Theological Institution and a member of the Board of Fellows of Brown University: In 1883 Brown University conferred on him the honorory degree of Doctor of Divinity. His children are as follows : By his first wife, Caroline (Champlin) Burrage, whom he mar- ried May 19, 1873, Champlin, Thomas Jayne. By his second wife, Ernestine Maie (Gid- dings) Burrage, whom he married November 8, 1881 : Margaret Ernestine, born May 22, 1883, died October 20, 1888; Mildred Gid- dings, born May 18, 1890; and Madeline, born December 19, 1891.
(XI) Champlin, elder son of Henry S. and Caroline (Champlin) Burrage, was born in Portland, Maine, April 14, 1874. His mother was the only daughter of the Rev. James Tift and Mary Ann ( Pierce) Champlin, of Water- ville, Maine. Dr. Champlin was for many years president of Colby University (now
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Colby College), and a well-known author of college textbooks. Through his grandfather and grandmother, Champlin Burrage is con- nected with many Rhode Island families. He prepared for college at the Portland high school, and at graduation received one of the Brown medals. He next entered Brown Uni- versity, and was graduated with the class of 1896. During his university course he was for two years an editor of the Brunonian, was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa So- ciety (first division), and at his graduation received the medal of the Rhode Island So- ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution for the best essay of the "Principles of the American Revolution." He then studied at the Newton Theological Institution at Newton Center, Massachusetts, until the summer of 1899, when he went abroad to continue work along historical lines. After an absence of two years, chiefly spent in the universities of Marburg and Berlin, and the last part of which was spent in Italy, Greece and England, he returned to this country and prepared for publication a work entitled "The Origin and Development of the Church Covenant Idea." This was published in 1904. Meanwhile he returned to England for other research work in various libraries of Cambridge, Oxford, London, etc., and for three successive years he held the foreign research fellowship of Newton Theological Institution. In the course of his investigations he discovered three origi- nal manuscripts of Robert Brown, the father of Congregationalism. In 1904 he published in London, through the Congregational His- torical Society of England, "A New Years Guift, and hitherto Lost Treatise by Robert Browne." In 1906, at the Oxford University Press, he published "The True Story of Rob- ert Browne," and in 1907, also at the same Press, he published "The 'Retractation' of Rob- ert Browne." The new material contained in these publications has compelled the almost entire rewriting of Browne's life. Mr. Bur- rage married at Oxford, England, September 3, 1907, Florence Dwight Dale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Dana Dale, of Mont- clair, New Jersey, formerly of Marietta, Ohio, and at present is continuing advanced research work under the supervision of Professor C. H. Firth, M. A., of Oxford University.
(XI) Thomas Jayne, second son of Henry S. and Caroline (Champlin) Burrage, was born in Portland, Maine, November 15, 1875. He was prepared for college at the Portland high school, and at his graduation was a reci-
pient of one of the Brown medals. He en- tered Brown University in 1894, and was graduated A. B., with Phi Beta Kappa rank, in 1898. After graduation he pursued graduate studies at Brown one year, receiving the de- gree of A. M., and then entered the Harvard Medical School. In 1903 he received the de- gree of M. D. from Harvard University. A year and a half he spent as an interne at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1904 he entered upon the practice of his profession in Portland. He is a member of the American Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Association, the Maine Medical Association, an instructor in histology in the Medical School of Maine, physician to the Female Or- phan Asylum, Portland, pathologist to the Maine General Hospital, physician to the Portland Tuberculosis Class, physician to the Portland Charitable Dispensary, etc. He has prepared several papers for medical journals. June 12, 1906, he married Harriet Greene Dyer, daughter of Mr. William and Lilian (Greene) Dyer, of Providence, Rhode Island.
(X) Mary Abigail, eldest daughter of Jonathan and Sarah T. (Farnum) Burrage, was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, No- vember 10, 1842. She married, November 8, 1871, Oscar H. Evans, of South Royalston, Massachusetts. A lover of good literature and fond of children, she was a frequent contribu- tor to the Youth's Companion. She died at South Royalston, January 13, 1873.
(X) Sarah Elizabeth Tilton, second daugh- ter of Jonathan and Sarah T. (Farnum) Bur- rage, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 2, 1844. March 15, 1856, she was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Palmer, of Roxbury, Massachusetts; and her name was changed to Sarah Burrage Palmer. Her home for many years was in Roxbury. She is now a resident of Worcester, Massachusetts.
(X) Martha Sophronia, third daughter of Jonathan and Sarah T. (Farnum) Burrage, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, De- cember 22, 1846. She died in Roxbury, Mas- sachusetts, November 13, 1861.
(X) Harriet Adeline, youngest daughter of Jonathan and Sarah T. (Farnum) Burrage, was born in West Boylston, Massachusetts, March 2, 1851. May 12, 1881, she, was mar- ried in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Robert F. Johnson, of Saginaw, Michigan. In that city the remainder of her life was spent. She was the mother of three children, all of whom died young. Mrs. Johnson died in Saginaw, February 25, 1900.
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The lineage of a very large PUTNAM part of Putnams of New Eng- land is traced to John Putnam, the immigrant, the ancestor of several promi- nent citizens of the early days of Massachu- setts. The name comes from Puttenham, a place in England, and this perhaps from the Flemish word putte, "a well," plural putten and ham, signifying a "home," and the whole indicating a settlement by a well. Some four or five years after the settlement of Salem, Massachusetts, it became necessary to extend the area of the town in order to accommodate a large number of immigrants who were de- sirous of locating within its jurisdiction, and as a consequence farming communities were established at various points, some of them being considerable distance from the center of population. Several families newly arrived from England founded a settlement which they called Salem Village, and the place was known as such for more than a hundred years. It is now called Danvers. Among the original settlers of Salem Village was John Putnam. He was the American progenitor of the Putnams in New England, and among his descendants were the distinguished revolution- ary generals, Israel and Rufus Putnam. Much valuable information relative to the early his- tory of the family is to be found in the "Essex Institute Collection." In common with most of the inhabitants, they suffered from the witchcraft delusion but were not seriously af- fected.
(I) The first ancestor of whom definite knowledge is obtainable is Rodger a tenant of Puttenham in 1086.
(II) The second generation is represented by Galo of the same locality.
(III) Richard, born 1154, died 1189, pre- sented the living of the church of Puttenham to the prior and canons of Ashby.
(IV) Simon de Puttenham was a knight of Herts in 1199.
(V) Ralph de Puttenham a juryman in 1199 held a knight's fee in Puttenham of the honor of Leicester in 1210-12.
(VI) William de Puttenham is the next in line.
(VII) John de Puttenham was lord of the manor of Puttenham in 1291 and was a son of William. His wife "Lady of Puttenham, held half a knight's fee in Puttenham of the honor of Wallingford in 1303."
(VIII) Sir Rodger de Puttenham, son of the Lady of Puttenham, was born prior to 1272, and with his wife Alina had a grant of lands in Penne in 1315. He was sheriff of
Herts in 1322, in which year he supported Ed- ward II against the Mortimers. His wife, perhaps identical with Helen, is called a daugh- ter of John Spigornel, and was married (sec- ond) to Thomas de la Hay, King's commis- sioner, knight of the sheer, in 1337, who held Puttenham with reversion to the heirs of Rodger Puttenham, and land in Penne in right of his wife.
(IX) Sir Rodger de Puttenham was par- doned by the king in 1338, probably on ac- count of some political offense. The next year he was a follower of Sir John de Molyns, and was knight of the sheer from 1355 to 1374. He had a grant of remainder after the death of Christian Bordolfe of the manor of Long Marston, in 1370-71. He had a second wife, Marjorie, in 1370.
(X) Robert, son of Sir Rodger de Putten- ham, in 1346, held part of a knight's fee in Marston, which the Lady of Puttenham held. He was living in 1356.
(XI) William, son of Robert de Puttenham of Puttenham and Penne, was commissioner of the peace for Herts in 1377, and was called "of Berk Hampstead." He was sergeant-at- arms in 1376. He married Margaret, daugh- ter of John de Warbleton, who died in 1375, when his estates of Warbleton, Sherfield, etc., passed to the Putnams. They had children : Henry, Robert and William.
(XII) Henry, son of William and Margaret (Warbleton) de Puttenham, was near sixty years of age in 1468, and died July 6, 1473. He married Elizabeth, widow of Jeffrey Good- luck, who died in 1486, and was probably his second wife.
(XIII) William, eldest son of Henry Put- tenham, was in possession of Puttenham, Penne, Sherfield and other estates. He was buried in London, and his will was proved July 23, 1492. He married Anne, daughter of John Hampden, of Hampden, who was living in 1486. They had sons: Sir George, Thom- as and Nicholas.
(XIV) Nicholas, third son of William and Ann Puttenham, and Penne, in 1534, bore the same arms as his elder brother, Sir George. He had sons : John and Henry.
(XV) Henry, younger son of Nicholas Put- nam, was named in the will of his brother John, in 1526.
(XVI) Richard, son of Henry Putnam, was of Eddelsboro in 1524, and owned land in Slapton. His will was proved February 26, 1557, and he left a widow Joan. He had sons : Harry and John.
(XVII) John, second son of Richard and
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Joan Putnam, of Wingrave and Slapton, was buried October 2, 1573, and his will was proved November 14 following. His wife Margaret was buried January 27, 1668. They had sons: Nicholas, Richard, Thomas and John.
(XVIII) Nicholas, eldest son of John and Margaret Putnam, of Windgrave and Stuke- ley, died before September 27, 1598, on which date his will was proved. His wife Margaret was a daughter of John Goodspeed. She mar- ried (second) in 1614, William Huxley, and died January 8, 1619. They had children : John, Anne, Elizabeth, Thomas and Richard.
(I) John, eldest son of Nicholas and Mar- garet (Goodspeed) Putnam, was of the nine- teenth generation in the English line, and first of the American line. He was born about 1580, and died suddenly in Salem Village, now Danvers, Massachusetts, December 30, 1662, aged about eighty years. It is known that he was resident of Aston Abbotts, England, as late as 1627, as the date of the baptism of the youngest son shows, but just when he came to New England is not known. Family tra- dition is responsible for the date 1634, and the tradition is known to have been in the family over one hundred and fifty years. In 1641, new style, John Putnam was granted land in Salem. He was a farmer and exceed- ingly well off for those times. He wrote a fair hand, as deeds on file show. In these deeds he styled himself "yeoman"; once, in 1655, "husbandman." His land amounted to two hundred and fifty acres, and was situated between Davenport's hill and Potter's hill. John Putnam was admitted to the church in 1647, six years later than his wife, and was also a freeman the same year. The town of Salem in 1644 voted that a patrol of two men be appointed each Lord's day to walk forth during worship and take notice of such who did not attend service and who were idle, etc., and to present such cases to the magistrate ; all of those appointed were men of standing in the community. For the ninth day John Put- nam and John Hathorne were appointed. The following account of the death of John Put- nam was written in 1733 by his grandson Ed- ward : "He ate his supper, went to prayer with his family and died before he went to sleep." He married, in England, Priscilla (perhaps Gould), who was admitted to the church in Salem in 1641. Their children, baptized at Aston Abbotts, were: Elizabeth; Thomas, grandfather of General Israel Putnam, of the revolutionary war; John, Nathaniel, Sara, Phoebe and John.
(II) Captain John (2), second son and third child of John ( I) and Priscilla (Gould). Putnam, was born at Aston Abbotts, in May, 1627; buried in Salem Village, April 7, 1710. He was admitted a freeman in 1665; served as a deputy to the general court in 1679; and was captain of a local militia company. March 7, 1650, he married Rebecca Prince, stepdaugh- ter of John Gedney, and sister of Robert Prince, of Salem Village. Children : Rebecca, Sarah, Priscilla, Jonathan, James, Hannah, Eleazer, John, Susanna and Ruth.
(III) Captain Jonathan, fourth child and eldest son of Captain John (2) and Rebecca (Prince) Putnam, was born in Salem Village, March 17, 1659; died there March 2, 1739. He erected a dwelling house on the Topsfield road, not far from his father's homestead, and it is recorded that he was a farmer in ex- cellent circumstances. He married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Whipple. She died in early womanhood, and the oldest inscription in the Wadsworth bury- ing-ground reads as follows: "Here lyes the body of Elizabeth, ye wife of Jonathan Put- nam, aged about 22 years ; Deceased ye 7th of August, 1682." Jonathan married (second) Lydia, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Whipple) Potter, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Her will was made September 14, 1742, and proved April 8, 1745. His first wife bore him one son, Samuel, who died in infancy. The children of his second union were: Lydia, Elizabeth, Ruth, Susanna, Jonathan, Esther, Jeremiah (died in infancy), Joshua (died in infancy) and David.
(IV) Jonathan (2), fifth child and eldest son of Captain Jonathan (I) and Lydia ( Pot- ter) Putnam, was born in Salem Village, May 8, 1691. He was a lifelong resident of Salem Village and a prosperous farmer. He died January 17, 1732. He married, about 1714, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Putnam. In 1736 she became the second wife of Captain Benjamin Holton, son of Benjamin and Sarah Holton, of Salem. He died in 1744, and the following. year his widow married (third) Edward Carlton, of Haverhill. Jona- than Putnam was the father of seven children : Jonathan, died in infancy ; a second Jonathan ; Nathaniel ; David; Elizabeth, died in infancy ; Mary, and another Elizabeth.
(V) Jonathan (3), second child of Jona- than (2) and Elizabeth (Putnam) Putnam, was born in Salem Village, July 13, 1715; was baptized July 31 that year, and died December I, 1762. He was one of the prominent men of the village at the time of its incorporation
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as the town of Danvers ( 1757), and held some of the town offices, such as tythingman, con- stable, etc. November 2, 1736, he married Sarah Perley, born May 12, 1716, daughter of Lieutenant Thomas and Hannah (Good- hue) Perley, of Boxford, Massachusetts. Chil- dren : Jeremiah, Sarah, Jonathan, Hannah, Elizabeth, Lydia, Nathan, Levi, Perley and Aaron.
(VI) Captain Jeremiah, eldest child of Jona- than (3) and Sarah (Perley) Putnam, was born in Salem Village, October 31, 1737. At the age of eighteen years he entered the col- onial militia for service in the French and In- dian war, serving in Captain Andrew Fuller's company from February to December, 1756, in the expedition to Crown Point. He also served under Captain Fuller from March to November, 1758, and April 6 of the following year he reenlisted in Colonel Plaisted's regi- ment. As a member of Captain Jeremiah Paige's company he responded to the Lexing- ton alarm, April 19, 1775, and May II of that year he enlisted in the continental army as a sergeant. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of ensign, and while serving as such in the disastrous operations on Long Island under Colonel Hutchinson, he was taken pris- oner by the British. He was finally mustered out with the rank of captain, having attained the record of being a brave and efficient officer. His gravestone in the Plains cemetery at Dan- vers bears the following inscription: "Captain Jeremiah Putnam, who died September 16, 1799, aged 62. An officer under the immortal Washington." On February 3, 1763, he mar- ried Rachel Fuller ; children : Thomas, Eunice, Jeremiah, Apphia, Elijah, Levi and Rachel.
(VII) Captain Thomas, eldest child of Cap- tain Jeremiah and Rachel (Fuller) Putnam, was born in Danvers, October 8, 1763. As a youth he went to sea, and becoming a master mariner, was for many years in command of vessels hailing from Salem. He died in Dan- vers January 22, 1822. He was a member of the Salem Marine Society. He married Mary Fitts, of Ipswich, Massachusetts (baptized May 15, 1763), daughter of James and Mary (Dutch) Fitts. She was a descendant in the sixth generation of Robert Fitts through (II) Abraham, (III) Richard, (IV) Isaac, (V) James. Robert Fitts, an immigrant from Eng- land, was one of the first settlers in Salisbury, Massachusetts, going there in 1640 and re- ceiving land grants. In 1662 he removed to Ipswich, where he died May 9, 1665, leaving a widow Grace, and a son Abraham. The latter married (first) Sarah Thompson, and
(second) Rebecca Birdly. The children of his first union were: Sarah, died young; Abra- ham; Robert, died in infancy; and another Sarah. Those of his second marriage were: Robert, Richard and Isaac. Richard Fitts, third son of Abraham and Rebecca ( Birdly) Fitts, married Sarah Thorne, and settled in Salisbury. His children were: Isaac, Sarah, Nathaniel, Martha, Richard, Ward, Daniel and Jerusha. Isaac Fitts, eldest child of Richard and Sarah (Thorne) Fitts, resided in Salem and Ipswich. The Christian name of his first wife was Bethia; he married (second) Mrs. Mary Noyes, a widow, daughter of Thomas and Judith ( March) Thorley, of Newbury, Massachusetts. His first wife bore him twelve children : Isaac, Rebecca, Bethia, John, Sarah, Jeremiah, Ruth, Abigail (died young), George (died in infancy), James, Abraham, and an- other George. Of his second union there was one daughter, Abigail. James Fitts, fifth son and tenth child of Isaac and Bethia Fitts, was born in 1718. He married Mrs. Mary Dutch, of Ipswich, a widow, and reared five children : Abigail, Hannah, Sarah, James and Mary. The latter became the wife of Captain Thomas Putnam, as previously stated. They were the parents of seven sons and two daughters. Six of the sons followed the sea.
(VIII) Jeremiah S., son of Thomas and Mary (Fitts) Putnam, was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, November 29, 1797, and died April 5, 1877. He was graduated from Bow- doin College, and while studying medicine be- gan to teach school in the town of York. At the conclusion of his studies he settled perma- nently in that town. He bought out the heirs of the Samuel Sewall estate, which was after- ward occupied by his son and grandchildren. Dr. Putnam resided in York about fifty-six years, of which fifty-four were spent in the practice of his profession. He was one of the most eminent and popular medical men of his day. The magnitude of his practice is shown by the fact that he assisted at the birth of more than three thousand children. He mar- ried Ruth Sewall, who was born in York, Au- gust 20, 1799, and died March 17, 1860, daugh- ter of Samuel Sewall, and their children were: Mary Hannah, born 1829, died 1843; George W. S.
(IX) George William Sewall, only son of Jeremiah S. and Ruth (Sewall) Putnam, was born in York, January 27, 1831, and died April 9, 1899. He attended both district and private schools in York, for some time superintended the farm for his father, and for a number of years was engaged in the grocery business in
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Kittery in association with Daniel Norton. Hc received an appointment as writer in the navy yard at Kittery in 1862, and held this office for a period of twenty years, driving home every day except in bad weather, thus being enabled to superintend the home farm at the same time. He was afterward at home for some time, attending to a variety of duties, being trial justice for a period of thirty-five years, and had a great deal of probate work. He took the contract for mail and express to all the offices in the town in 1885, and man- aged this business until the railroad was built. He then assumed charge of the passenger, mail and express delivery from the depot, and the passenger delivery to York, York Village and York Corner, in which he was interested up to the time of his death. He was an active worker in the interests of the Republican party, and was town auditor for ten years; chairman of the board of health for many years ; representative to the state legislature in 1873; and was a member of the town school board in 1894-95. He and his wife were mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a charter member of St. Aspinquid Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and prev- ious to joining that was a member of St. An- drews Lodge of the same order. He also be- longed to Riverside Lodge and Dirigo En- campment, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. He married, December 22, 1856, Tri- phena J. Remick, daughter of Enoch and Sally (Kingsbury) Remick, who had children : Mary K., Ann, Sarah A., Joseph K., Triphena J., Betsey A. and Jane R. Enoch Remick, who was a native of Eliot, Maine, was a farmer, ship-carpenter and merchant. He died at the age of eighty-one years, and his wife died at the age of fifty-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Putnam had children: 1. Jeremiah P., born December 4, 1857, died in boyhood. 2. John B., born December 1, 1859, died in early manhood. 3. William S., see forward. 4. Mary H., born July 16, 1864 ; married Rev. J. M. Frost, of Bengal, Maine; children : Emma, Harold P., Joshua C. and Ruth. 5. Sarah E., born August 10, 1866, died in child- hood. 6. Joseph Perley, born December 28, 1867 ; married Sophia N. Marshall ; children : Nathaniel M., Marguerita T., Roger A. and Freeman P. 7. Ruth E., born April 14, 1871 ; assistant cashier York National Bank. 8. Jere- miah C. R., born December 23, 1873.
(X) William Sewall, third son and child of George W. S. and Triphena J. (Remick) Put- nam, was born November 4, 1861. He was educated in the district schools near his home
and the New Hampton Literary Institute, New Hampshire, and was at first a clerk for Leigh- ton & Son, of Portsmouth, in whose employ he remained two years. For a further two years he was with W. G. Moulton, and then became associated with his father in the pas- senger and express business, an enterprise which has since been incorporated under the name of the Putnam Express Company, of which Mr. Putnam is treasurer. Ile opened a café in York in 1888, furnishing chiefly ice cream and confectionery. Mr. Putnam is interested in various business enterprises and has taken an active part in encouraging the growth of the town as a summer resort. In company with Mr. F. Varrell he has erected a large number of handsome cottages for the accommodation of summer guests. He bought out the general store of Varrell Brothers, and this has been incorporated under the name of the Putnam Grocery Company. He is a Republican in his political affiliations, and is a member of the town committee. He was ap- pointed postmaster at York Harbor in 1897, and has held that position since that time. He is also tax collector of the York Village Cor- poration. He is a member of St. Aspinquid Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of York; Unity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of South Berwick; Bradford Commandery, U. T., Biddeford ; Maine Council, R. S. M., Saco; Kora Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Lewiston ; and of Riverside Lodge and Dirigo Encamp- ment of Kittery, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, 1887, Fannie L., daugh- ter of Andrew P. and Lucy Jane (Grant) Fernald, both members of old York county families. Mr. and Mrs. Putnam have had children : 1. William F., born September 29, 1888; graduated from York high school, and is now a partner of his father in the Putnam Grocery Company, and clerk in the postoffice, having entire charge during the summer months. 2. Betty R., born 1898.
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