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land. The case was a long and complicated affair, and ivas at last settled to the satisfac- tion of Allen and Putnam in 1683. December IO, 1688, Lieutenant Nathaniel Putnam was one of the four messengers sent to Rev. Sam- uel Parris to obtain his reply to the call of the parish. Parris was afterwards installed as the minister of the parish, and four years later completely deceived Mr. Putnam in regard to the witchcraft delusion. That he honestly be- lieved in witchcraft and in the statements of the afflicted girls, there seems to be no doubt ; that he was not inclined to be severe is evident, and his goodness of character shows forth in marked contrast with the almost bitter feeling shown by many of those concerned. He lived to see the mistake he had made. That he should have believed in the delusion is not strange, for belief in witchcraft was then all but universal. The physicians and ministers called upon to examine the girls, who pre- tended to be bewitched, agreed that such was the fact. Upham states that ninety-nine out of every hundred in Salem believed that such was the case. There can be no doubt that the expressed opinion of a man like Nathan- iel Putnam must have influenced scores of his neighbors. His eldest brother had been dead seven years, and he had succeeded to the position as head of the great Putnam family with its connections. He was known as "Landlord Putnam," a term given for many years to the oldest living member of the fam- ily. He saw the family of his brother, Thomas Putnam, afflicted, and, being an upright and honest man himself, believed in the disordered imaginings of his grandniece, Ann. These are powerful reasons to account for his belief and actions. The following extract from Up- ham brings out the better side of his charac- ter :
"Entire confidence was felt by all in his judg- ment, and deservedly. But he was a strong re- ligionist, a life-long member of the church, and ex- tremely strenuous and zealous in his ecclesiastical relations. He was getting to be an old man, and Mr. Parris had wholly succeeded in obtaining, for the time, possession of his feelings, sympathy and zeal in the management of the church, and secured his full co-operation in the witchcraft prosecutions. He had been led by Parris to take the very front in the proceedings. But even Nathaniel Putnam could not stand by in silence and see Rebecca Nurse sacrificed. A curious paper written by him is among those which have been preserved: 'Nathaniel Put- nam, senior, being desired by Francis Nurse, Sr., to give information of what I could say concerning his wife's life and conversation, I, the above said, have
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known this aforesaid woman forty years, and what I have observed of her, human frailties excepted, her life and conversation have been to her profes- sion, and she hath brought up a great family of children and educated them well, so that there is in some of them apparent savor of godliness. I have known her to differ with neighbors, but I never knew or heard of any that did accuse her of what she is now charged with.'"
In 1694 Nathaniel and John Putnam testi- fied to having lived in the village since 1641. Nathaniel married. in Salem, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Richard and Alice (Bosworth) Hutch- inson, of Salem Village. She was born Au- gust 20, and baptized at Arnold, England, August 30, 1629, and died June 24. 1688. In 1648 both Nathaniel and his wife Elizabeth were admitted to the church in Salem. Their children, all born in Salem, were: Samuel, Nathaniel, John. Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Mary.
(III) Captain Benjamin Putnam, son of Nathaniel Putnam (q. v.), was born in Salem Village, December 24, 1664, and died there. about 1715. He was a prominent man in Sa- lem, and held many town offices : tythingman, 1695-96; constable and collector, 1700: select- man, 1707-13. He was constantly chosen ty- thingman and surveyor of highways, and was frequently on the grand and petit juries. De- cember 30, 1709, he was chosen deacon of the Salem church. He had the title of "Mr." and held the positions of lieutenant and captain, 1706-II. He married, August 25, 1685, Eliza- beth, daughter of Thomas Putnam. On the Salem records, however, it is stated that the name of his first wife was Hannah. She died December 21, 1705, and he married (second), July 1, 1706, Sarah Holton. Benjamin Put- nam is often mentioned in the diary of Rev. Joseph Green and July 25, 1713, is reported therein to be very sick. He died in 1714 or 1715. His will is dated October 28, 1706, and proved April 25. 1715. Children : Josiah, baptized at Salem, October 2, 1687, probably died young ; Nathaniel, mentioned below ; Tar- rant, born April 12, 1688; Elizabeth, January 8. 1690; Benjamin, January 8, 1692-93 ; Ste- phen, October 27, 1694 : Daniel. November 12. 1696; Israel, August 22, 1699 : Cornelius, Sep- tember 3. 1702.
(IV) Deacon Nathaniel (2) Putnam, son of Captain Benjamin Putnam, was born in Sa- lem Village, August 25, 1686, died October 21. 1754. He married there. June 4, 1709, Han- nah Roberts, who died about 1763. He was
a farmer by occupation, and lived in Danvers, and perhaps part of his life in North Reading. He was elected deacon of the First Church in Danvers, November 15, 1731. Children, born in Salem Village: Nathaniel, baptized Octo- ber 1, 1710, died March 4, 1711 ; Jacob, born March 9, 1711-12, mentioned below ; Nathan- iel, April 4, 1714, died February II, 1720; Sarah, June 1, 1716, unmarried in 1763; Ar- chelaus, May 29, 1718; Ephraim, died about 1759; married, April 12, 1739, Mehitable Put- nam; Ephraim, February 10, 1719-20, died November 13, 1777: married Sarah Crane ; Hannah, March 4, 1721-22, died 1802; mar- ried, October 22, 1746, Solomon Hutchinson ; Nathaniel, May 28, 1724, died July, 1763; married, February 6, 1744, Abigail Wilkins; Mehitable, February 26, 1726-27. married Reuben Harriman; Keziah, married Marble.
(V) Jacob, son of Deacon Nathaniel Put- nam, was born in Salem Village, March 9, 1711-12, died in Wilton, New Hampshire, Feb- ruary 10, 1781. He married (first), at Sa- lem, July, 1735, Susanna Harriman, of Dan- vers; (second) Susanna Styles, who died January 27, 1776; (third) Patience, mentioned in his will, proved February 28, 1781. He was a pioneer settler of Salem, Canada, now Wilton. New Hampshire, which was a grant of land to soldiers under Sir William Phipps in the Canada Expedition of 1690. The grant was made in 1735, and Jacob Putnam was there as early as 1738. In June, 1739. he and his brother Ephraim, and John Dale, made the first settlement. He built a house of two stor- ies in front and one in back. the remains of which could be seen in 1889. For the first three years of his residence there, his wife was the only woman who resided permanently in the town. During one winter the depth of snow and distance from neighbors were so great that she saw no one outside her imme- diate family for six months. It is said that Jacob, together with his brothers, Ephraim and Nathaniel, after living for some years in Wilton, found the Indians troublesome, and returned to Danvers for a time, afterwards settling again in the former place. Jacob was a man of great industry, and beside carry- ing on a farm operated a sawmill. In his old age he employed himself in making cans. Children, the first four born at Salem, the next four at Wilton: Sarah, June 28, 1736, married Jonathan Cram, of Wilton: Nathan-
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iel, April 24, 1738, mentioned below ; Philip, March 4, 1739-40, died young ; Stephen, Sep- tember 24, 1741, died June 29, 1812, married Olive Varnum; Philip, March, 1742, died Oc- tober 10, 1810, married (first), June 19, 1764, Abigail Jaquith ; (second) January 10, 1767, Hannah Jacques ; Joseph, February 28, 1744, died November 17, 1826, married, 1763, Mi- riam Hamblett : Mehitable, December 25, 1745, died January 20, 1800, married Daniel Holt ; Jacob, November 15, 1747, died June 2, 1821, married (first), 1770, Abigail Burnap: (sec- ond) 1813, Mrs. Lucy Spoffard; Archelaus, October 15, 1749, died October 22, 1816, mar- ried Mary Nichols; Caleb, March 20, 1751, died in the army, 1776, married Amy Elizabeth, April 15, 1753, married, November 26, 1778, Jacob Hardy, of Alexandria ; Peter, January 8, 1756, died July 3. 1776, in the army during the Ticonderoga campaign.
(VI) Nathaniel, son of Jacob Putnam, was born in Danvers, April 24, 1738, died in Wil- ton, New Hampshire, May 20, 1790. He mar- ried (first), December 2, 1762, Mary Eastman, of Hampstead, New Hampshire, who died De- cember 28, 1777. He married (second ), Sep- tember, 1778, Mary Snow. Children by first wife: Peter, born November 29, 1763: Eli- phalet, January 23, 1766, died February 24 or 25. 1826; Jonathan, December 1, 1767, died September 29, 1770: Jonathan, July 29, 1770, died October 27, 1839: Elizabeth, April 25. 1772, died December, 1845 : married, Febru- ary 22, 1798, Joseph Dodge ; Philip, March 15, 1775 : Mary, September 13, 1777, unmarried. Children by second wife: Phebe Snow, June 27, 1779, died December 14, 1786; Hannah, October 24, 1780, died May 29, 1854: mar- ried, November 30, 1797. Selah Severance ; Calvin, mentioned below : Abigail Fox, July 9. 1785, died August 7, 1846; married David Kinsman.
(VII) Calvin, son of Nathaniel Putnam, was born in Wilton, New Hampshire, June 8, 1782, died in Truxton, New York, May 9. 1857. He married ( first) Chloe Chapin, who died August 22, 1818, aged thirty-six years ; (second) Amy Clark, who died July 10, 1875. Children by first wife: 1. Abigail S .. born at Heath, New Hampshire, in 1804, died in Ohio. 2. Eliphalet Fox, May 24. 1807, died March 11, 1882: married (first), May 12, 1834, Persis K. Buell ; no children : (second ) in 1837, Betsey Freeman Buell, a sister of for- mer wife ; children : Kendrick W., born Septem-
ber 29, 1838, died February 10, 1839; Ken- drick S., March 1, 1840, a resident of Rome, New York: Persis K., May 13, 1842, died March 27, 1867 ; Cassius M., August 14, 1845, died January 23. 1846; Cassius B., May 1. 1847, died December 7, 1866; married (third), July 4, 1857, Jane Conklin ; by third wife, Frederick H., born January 30, 1860. 3. Chloe Ann, born July, 1818, died February 27, 1819. Children by second wife: 4. Clark S., born in 1819, died in March, 1865. in France. 5. Harlow C., born in August, 1822, died March 18, 1888. 6. Abigail Snow, born September 20, 1825, died August 20. : 898; married Rufus H. Chapin. 7. William Wal- lace, mentioned below. 8. Orlando M., born June 3, 1831, died July 1, 1883. 9. Mary E., born in 1833. died in 1840. 10. Persis born in November, 1836, died young. II. Susan O., born in 1839, died in May, 1880.
(VIII) William Wallace, son of Calvin Putnam, was born in Truxton, New York, April 5, 1828, died there in the same house in which he was born, April 10, 1896. He married, October 6, 1852. Philinda Pierce, born April 23, 1829, died April 2, 1891, daugh- ter of Judah and Polly Pierce. Children, born at Trixton: Frederick Wallace, mentioned below : John P., born September 4, 1860, died August 19, 1878.
(IX) Dr. Frederick W. Putnam, son of William Wallace Putnam, was born in Trux- ton, New York. October 12, 1856. He at- tended the public schools of his native town and Homer Academy, from which he gradu- ated in 1876. He began the study of medi- cine in the office of Dr. H. C. Hendrick, of McGrawville, New York, and afterward took the regular course at the University Medical College of the City of New York. He gradu- ated in 1880, and at once began practice at Binghamton, New York. where he has since resided and continued activity in practice. He is a member of the Broome County Medical resided and continued actively in practice. He is also a member of the Binghamton Academy of Medicine, and of the New York State Med- ical Association, of which he was vice-presi- dent in 1894. From 1882 to 18844 he was school commissioner of the city of Bingham- ton. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Presbyterian.
Dr. Putnam is very active in the Masonic fraternity, having attained the thirty-third degree. He is a past high priest of Bingham-
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ton Chapter, No. 139, Royal Arch Masons : a past master of the Cryptic Rite ; a past com- mander of Malta Commandery, No. 21, Knights Templar ; past commander-in-chief of the Consistory ; and is also past patron of Ot- seningo Chapter, No. 14, Order of the Eastern Star. For the past fourteen years he has written the reviews in the Grand Chapter of the State. Dr. Putnam is an enthusiast in the collection of antiquities. In June, 1908, Ham- ilton College conferred upon him the honor- ary degree of Master of Arts. His library contains nearly ten thousand volumes, including many rare copies, some of which cannot be duplicated : two thousand volumes relate to Masonry and kindred orders; in this part of the collection are a large number of scarce items and a few of excessive rarity. One book appears to be the only one in this coun- try, and of another English title, only two others of which are known on this side of the Atlantic. He has an excellent collection of titles relating to Hamilton College, among which may be mentioned several very rare pamphlets, a few of which are not owned by the college; manuscript sermons by Dr. Hall of the class of 1820, Albert Barnes. the great Bible commentator, president Hen- ry Davis, and the baccalaureate sermon in manuscript by President Samuel W. Fischer to the class of 1865. There are also autograph letters by the Hon. Ger- rit Smith. Hon. Lewis Cass, Daniel Hunt- ington, Charles Dudley Warner, Daniel S. Dickinson and others. He has numerous scrapbooks containing much that is valuable, and a multitude of manuscripts of great in- terest to the antiquarian. His collection of titles relating to Alexander Hamilton is very complete, beginning with 1784, and among which are the following : first, Observations on Certain Documents Contained in the His- tory of the United States for 1796 (a copy of the so-called suppressed edition) ; second, "The Hamiltoniad," September, 1804; third, Caleneaus' collections in 1804, on the death of Hamilton ; fourth, Letters to A. Hamilton ; fifth, Propositions of Hamilton in the conven- tion for establishing a constitutional govern- ment for the United States in 1802; sixth, Eulogy on Hamilton by H. G. Otis in 1804: seventh, Discourse on Hamilton by Eliphalet Nott in 1804; eighth, Oration on Hamilton by J. M. Mason, D. D., 1804: ninth, Letters from Hamilton concerning public conduct of John
Adams in 1800; tenth, Reply to above by a citizen of New York in 1800; eleventh, Letter to Hamilton, occasioned by his letter to Presi- dent Adams ; twelfth, Letters in reply to "Pa- cificus" on the President's proclamation of neutrality ; thirteenth, American Dialogues of the Dead, Washington Hamilton and Amase, in 1814; fourteenth, Autograph letter by Hamilton, dated December 21, 1791, and one in third person by Mrs. Hamilton.
The collection includes an interesting vol- ume of manuscript of date of 1783, bound in vellum called a "Virginia Crop Book"; this is filled with data relating to the age and local- ity. Another interesting sample is a complete file of the early Paine political pamphlets in originals.
Dr. Putnam's library includes two hundred volumes from the Roycroft Press, many of which are embellished in the beautiful hand work for which that press is noted, and many samples from the Mosher, Caxton. Torch, Ballantyne, Elston, Chiswick, and the cele- brated Kelmscott Press. He has a very com- plete file of Boston Artillery sermons from 1751 to date, in originals, and a very credit- able collection of Boston Fourth of July ora- tions for over a century, and a complete file of the March 5th orations, from 1770 to 1783. There is a fair collection on Mormonism, with a copy of the third edition of the Book of Mormons, 1840. Another example is the ex- tremely rare New England Primer with the woodcut of Hancock. He has nearly two hundred sermons and orations on the death of Lincoln.
Dr. Putnam married, March 18, 1880, at Newark Valley, New York, M. Elizabeth Tubbs, born July 29, 1858, at Prescott, Wis- consin, daughter of Moses N. and Juliette D. Tubbs. Moses N. Tubbs was a photographer. and followed his calling many years at Pres- cott, and later at various places in the state of New York, and is now living at Moravia, New York.
The surname Waters is of WATERS Norman origin, and from the earliest times has been in use
in England. Robert Watter, or Waters. of Cundall, an eminent merchant of York, was twice mayor thereof. 1591 and 1603, and died May 12, 1612. His ancestor, Richard Watyr. a merchant of York, was sheriff in 1431, Lord Mayor, 1436 and 1451, and member of Parlia-
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ers, is described by Burke: Waters (York Herald temp. Richard IIO:) Sable on a fesse wavy argent, between three swans of the sec- ond, two bars wavy, argent. Crest: a demi- talbot argent in the mouth an arrow gules. Motto: Toujours Fidele. Richard Waters was baptized at St. Botolph, Aldersgate, England, March 3, 1604, son of James and Phebe Wat- ers, of London ; settled in Salem, Massachu- setts, and has many descendants. Lawrence Waters settled as early as 1636 in Watertown, Massachusetts, and removed to Lancaster, Massachusetts. His son, Jacob, lived in Charlestown, and it is believed that John, son of Adam and grandson of Jacob, settled at Hoosick, New York, where some of the family mentioned below settled. Descendants of Adam are living at Lowville, New York. An- thony Waters settled before 1663 in Hemp- stead, Long Island ; Bevil Waters, before 1669, at Hartford, Connecticut.
The early settlers of this surname at Col- chester, Connecticut, are believed to have come from Massachusetts, but the records do not furnish us proof of their former place of residence. John Waters was a settler and pro- prietor of Colchester before February 17, 1703, when he shared in a second division of the common lands (pp. 41 and 114 "Hist. of Colchester"). Samuel Waters, presumably son of this first pioneer, John Waters, was a pro- prietor of Colchester, and is described as "of Hebron, alias Colchester," meaning that he had lived in both towns. It seems that the town of Colchester, sued him to recover lands he had in his possession and this suit was pending in 1718-19 (p. 118 "History of Col- chester"), when the records refer to a com- mittee in charge of the litigation. The town must have won the suit or perhaps a similar suit, for in 1716 (p. 143) land recovered of Samuel Waters is mentioned. But the town of Colchester afterward granted land to Sam- uel Waters, of Hebron, twelve acres on the line between Colchester and Hebron, being land "which he now hath under cultivation.'
William Waters, probably another son of John Waters, married, at Colchester, Janu- ary 13, 1725, Margaret Hills, and had a son, Joseph, born June 2, 1726.
We know that Mary Bigelow, born July 31. 1719, married a Waters, and that from her surname Bigelow Waters, mentioned below,
ment in 1434. The Waters coat-of-arms, took his name. The only one of the family men- which is used by descendants of Richard Wat- * tioned in Colchester appearing to be of a suit- able age to marry Mary Bigelow was Lazarus Waters, who was second lieutenant of a com- pany from Lebanon and Colchester under Captain Daniel Dewey, of Lebanon, of which Bigelow Waters was a private. Lazarus Wat- ers appears to have died or moved from this section before 1787, when the tax rolls of Col- chester show that Theodore, Henry and Tim- othy were taxpayers (p. 153). It is presumed that these were sons of Lazarus, but possibly they were nephews. The census of 1790 is missing for Colchester, but in the adjacent town of Lebanon we find Aaron Waters hav- ing three males over sixteen, three under that age and three females in his family.
(I) Colonel Bigelow Waters, son of (prob- ably, Lieutenant Lazarus and Mary (Bige- low) Waters, of Colchester, Connecticut, was born December 21, 1760 (see Bigelow III). He was a soldier in the revolution in the com- pany of Captain Daniel Dewey, of Lebanon, and of Lazarus Waters, of Colchester, in 1778. In 1790 he was living at Hoosick, Al- bany county. New York. In the first federal census of that year he has in his family two males over sixteen, besides himself and wife. In the same town we find Adam Waters, men- tioned above, having two males over sixteen and two females in his family, and Oliver Waters, with two sons under sixteen and three females. The relationship of these three is not known to the writer, but it is likely that they were brothers. Bigelow Waters was in later life colonel in the New York militia. He settled in Madison county, New York, and died there June 29, 1833. He married, No- vember 25, 1786, Esther Gardner, born March 23, 1766, died September 27. 1835. In the Gardner Genealogy he is called of Colchester (see Gardner V). Children of Colonel Bige- low Waters: 1. Gardner, born August 29, 1787, died December 16, 1866. 2. Henry, Au- gust 21, 1789, died September 29, 1858. 3. Fannie, May 6, 1792, died June 23, 1862. 4. Bulkley, mentioned below. 5. Esther, March 21. 1797, died April 23, 1876. 6. Sophronia, July 30, 1799, died November 27, 1800. 7. Sophronia, November 10, 1801, died March 6, 1844. 8. Eliza. March 24, 1804.
(II) Bulkley Waters, named doubtless for his Bulkley ancestry, son of Colonel Bigelow Waters, was born in Sherburne, Chenango county, October 30, 1794, died in Sydenham.
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Ontario, Canada, June 3, 1881. He was edu- cated in the public schools, and learned the tanner's trade. He went to Canada when a young man and settled at Sydenham, where he owned a tannery and water privilege, and there spent the remainder of his life. He was a prominent citizen, and for some years was a magistrate. In politics he belonged to what was then known as the Reform party. In re- ligion he was an Episcopalian, and an active member of the church.
He married, February 1, 1821, Elizabeth Dickey, born in Chenango county, New York, in 1798, of Scotch ancestry, died in Canada. January 18, 1886, daughter of Captain Adam Dickey, whose ancestors were among the Scotch-Irish settlers at Londonderry, New Hampshire. Children : I. William Bulkley. born January 1, 1824, died March 29, 1824. 2. Nelson Henry, April 29, 1825, deceased. 3. Lorena Minerva, January 24, 1827. died December 29, 1905 : married Nelson Amy. 4. Wallace Danton, mentioned below. 5. Frank- lin Greenwood, November 11, 1832, died Au- gust 17, 1861. 6. Nancy Mary, June 23, 1837, married William Evans, and lives in Elgin, Illinois.
(III) Wallace Danton, son of Bulkley Wat- ers, was born in Ernestown, Ontario, Canada, May 21, 1829. He received his early educa- tion in Sydenham, Ontario province, where his parents located when he was a young child. He worked at farming and in his father's tannery during his boyhood and youth. Af- terward he owned a stage line and carried the government mails, also operating extensive lumbering and mining interests. About 1886 he came to Cortland, New York, where he has resided since. He was in the trucking and teaming business in Cortland for many years, retiring from active life in January, 191I. In politics he is a Republican ; in religion a Methodist.
He married Lauretta McPherson, born in Belleville, Canada, April 15, 1832, died in Cortland, New York, June 24, 1909, daughter of Malcolm and Margaret ( Sharp) McPher- son. Children: I. William Wallace, died in infancy. 2. Caroline Adelia, married C. A. Finch, of Cortland. 3. William Wallace, Jan- uary II, 1858, lives at Barneville, New York : married Charlotte Slack: children : Loretta M .: Mabel, married Albert Williams and has a son, Wallace Waters Williams. 4. David Franklin, mentioned below. 5. James Edgar,
March 19, 1862, died August 2, 1862. 6. Lewis Edgar, March 25, 1863, lives at York, Pennsylvania ; married Mary Campbell, who died March 28, 1911 ; children : Wallace, Ed- gar, Bessie, Charlotte and Charles. 7. Nelson Henry, mentioned below. 8. Catherine Eliza- beth Josephine, August 7, 1870, mentioned be- low.
(IV) David Franklin, son of Wallace Dan- ton Waters, was born in Sydenham, Ontario, Canada, November 30, 1860. He received his education in the public schools of his native town and at the business college at Belleville, Ontario. He came to New York state in 1884 and was for a time in the grocery busi- ness in Syracuse. Since 1885 he has been engaged in various manufacturing enterprises of Cortland, New York. For ten years he was superintendent of the fire alarm system of Cortland. Since 1906 he has been super- intendent of the Cortland Skirt Company. He is a member of Vesta Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Cortland ; also of the Encampment and Can- ton and Rebekah Lodge ; member of the Mac- cabees, and of Cortland Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Cortland. He is a member of the Episcopal church, and in politics he is a Re- publican.
He married, December 25. 1898, M. Alice Webster, born in Onondaga county, New York, near Baldwinville, daughter of Willis and Mary (Blanchard) Webster. They have one child, Alice Lorena, born November 15. 1899.
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