Maine was first established as part of the Plymouth Colony in 1622. France felt it was really theirs. A big part of the French and Indian Wars 1632 till 1759 were because of this and a few other areas. Massachusetts purchased the province of Maine in 1677 and was part of Massachusetts until 1779. The area was contested during the Revolution and especially during the War of 1812 during which the Eastern portion of the State fell under British Control and remained so until 1842 when a Treaty was signed and the present boundaries established. When some of the early Putnam families came to Aroostook County from New Salem, Massachusetts it was part of New Brunswick Canada. Aroostook County wasn’t included in the U.S. Censuses until 1840. Some parts were included in Washington County and other parts in Canada. Frankly if you wander up to Presque Isle, Caribou or Fort Fairfield in Aroostook County, you’ll find yourself well over 130-140 miles into Canada on both sides, Quebec on the West and New Brunswick on the East. Absolute middle of nowhere unless you are interested in growing potatoes or sawing trees down. You also have to realize Maine is as big as the rest of New England put together and has less total population than Greater Boston.
In
the 1790 census, the columns in the report are for males over 16, males under
16 and females of all ages.
Listing is 1-1-3. He is number 1904, son of Archelaus Putnam (774) and Abigail Goodrich of Danvers, Massachusetts. Caleb was born in Danvers on November 24, 1763. He married Hannah Russell in Middleton, Massachusetts on September 27, 1784. About that time, his folks moved to Wilton, New Hampshire. Caleb and the family are in Newburyport in the mid 1790s and then in Cheshire County New Hampshire around 1797 and are there in the 1800 census. Caleb eventually settled on the coast in Newburyport, Massachusetts. His son James Russell was born here in Topsham in 1789 and his daughter Hannah will be born in Lyme, New Hampshire in 1795. This line goes back Caleb (1904) > Archelaus (774) > Archelaus (286) > Nathaniel (120) > Benjamin (23) > Nathaniel (5) > John (1).
Listing is 1-2-4. John is number 876, a son of Israel Putnam (329) and Sarah Hutchinson of Bedford, Massachusetts. He was born there April 23, 1750, and came up here shortly after the Revolution. He married Joanna Eames in Cambridge, Massachusetts March 22, 1774. John will die here about 1815, Joanna in 1834. This line goes back John (876) > Israel (329) > Israel (126) Benjamin (23) > Nathaniel (5) > John (1).
Listing is 1-1-1. He is actually Stephen Jr., number 1853 in Eben Putnam’s numbering system. He was born in Temple, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire August 11, 1765. He is a son of Stephen Putnam (764) and Olive Varnum. He came to Maine in about 1788 by himself, met and married Sarah Elliot here on December 2, 1789. It was the town’s first marriage. In a few years, his father and more of his family will join him here in Rumford. The family will be here pretty much forever. This line goes back Stephen (1853) > Stephen (764) > Jacob (283) > Nathaniel (120) > Benjamin (23) > Nathaniel (5) > John (1).
In
the 1800 census both males and females are broken into 0-9, 10- 15, 16-25,
26-44, 45 and over.
Listing is 00010 00010. He is number 621, a son of Nathan Putnam (224) and Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Buffington of Salem Village. He was born in Sutton, Massachusetts on July 19, 1773. He married Elizabeth Newton in Sutton on December 15, 1796. They headed up here pretty much right after they were married. In a few years, they will head a bit further north, and settle in Dixfield, Oxford County. They will remain there. There never were any children. This line goes Oliver > Nathan > Isaac > Edward > Thomas > John.
Listing is 20010 20010. He is a son of Stephen Putnam
and Olive Varnum who are here in Rumford right now. He was born in Temple, New
Hampshire on May 29, 1768. Samuel is currently married to Lucy Styles who will
die here on February 2, 1804. Samuel will then marry Elizabeth Cobb of Norway,
Maine on September 16, 1806 and will be here again in 1810 and beyond.
Listing is 00101 00201. This is Stephen Sr. (764) and his wife Olive Varnum. They have come to join their son Stephen. They, and the family will remain here. Stephen was born in Salem Village on September 24, 1744. He was a son of Jacob Putnam and his second wife, Susanna Styles. They settled in Temple, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire where all the kids were born. He brought most of his family over here in the very early 1790s. He will die here in 1812.
Listing is 212010 30010. Stephen and Sally are the real founding family here in Rumford.
Listing is 11010 02110. John and Joanna were here in the 1780s. John will be around a few more years, and then will die in Monroe (then a part of Hancock County), before 1820. Some of his sons will start popping up there in the 1820s.
Listing is 00100 10100. He is John Junior, and was born in 1778 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He married Lucinda (Laurinda) Walker here in Anson on February 4, 1799.
In
the 1810 census both males and females are broken into 0-9, 10- 15, 16-25,
26-44, 45 and over.
Listing is 10010 1130X. There was a 1 in the last column, but it was crossed out. He is number 2087, a son of Henry Putnam (863) and his first wife Mary Hawkes. He was born in Reading, Massachusetts June 28, 1778. He graduated from Harvard in 1802, and married Catherine Hunt of Roxbury (Boston), Massachusetts September 13, 1807. His father had died in 1806, and I would guess the older woman who was crossed out was his stepmother, Lucy Tufts Putnam, who came up here and then went back to Massachusetts and married Jacob Osgood in 1811. Henry was active in town politics. He will be here until 1825, when he will move to New York City and die there in 1827. His son George Palmer Putnam had gone there at the same time. George later (1848) established the publishing firm of G. P. Putnam and Son. His grandson, also George Palmer Putnam, was the guy who married Amelia Earhart, the pilot. This line goes back Henry > Henry > Daniel > Daniel >Benjamin > Nathaniel > John.
Listing is 00100 00000. Not sure who he is, he’ll be out on Mount Desert in the next census. In 1820, he will be married to Susanna Thurston (married about 1811) with some young ones too. By 1850 they will be even further out in Harrington, Washington County. Matt Putnam has come up with a pretty good idea. Eli Putnam (#989) and Elizabeth Harback came up to Livermore, Maine From Sutton, Mass. in 1803. Eli deeded some land he had here to a Thomas Rich around 1810 and returned to Mass where he died about 1814. He had a son who would be the age of this Henry. Matt looked up this census listing and noticed a whole bunch of Rich folks living near him. Then a lot of them moved to Mt. Desert where Henry will move shortly. Based on all this, Henry could well be the son of Eli and Betsy Putnam. Eben didn’t have anything on that family.
X PUTNAM Township 6, Hancock County
Listing is 21010 3001. The page is torn right through the first name. I would venture that this is John and Joanne.
Listing is 32010 10110. Sam is number 1855, the second eldest of Stephen’s kids. He was born in Temple May 29, 1768. He originally married Lucy Styles in Temple in 1794. She came up here and died February 2, 1804. Sam then married Elizabeth Cobb of Norway, Maine on September 16, 1806.
Listing is 32010 00010. The numbers are off, Stephen should be out in the right hand column. This will be Dad’s last census, as he will die here on June 29, 1812. I don’t know when Olive died, but she has passed on by now it seems.
Listing is 31210 12110. He and Sally will ‘assume’ the title ‘Senior” in the 1820 census.
Listing is 10010 00010. He and the next two guys might be related. The towns are all next to each other. Sad news is that I have not a decent clue as to who they all are. William and James will be here again in 1820. William married Deborah Bradford of Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts on March 24, 1808. The IGI lists the marriage in both Kingston and in Maine on the same date, but it was here in Maine. Deborah would probably be Mayflower stock descended from the first Governor of Massachusetts, John Bradford. Now as to a reasonable guess. Look up Eleazer number 409 in Eben’s book. He doesn’t have a bunch of info on that family, but there is a section detailing how Eleazer’s son Samuel was in Topsham, Maine and deeded some land to William Putnam, and further states that William was in Turner, Maine in 1809. Right here. Now, Eben doesn’t list William as a son of Eleazer, but in the vital records of Medford, Mass there is a mention of Eleazer, wife Mary, sons William age 4, John age 3 and Ezra age 1 (in 1765). None of these kids are listed by Eben, but are obviously Eleazer’s. But it is reasonable that Samuel Putnam would quit claim lands in Maine to his older brother before returning to Massachusetts. So, I go with this guy being a son of Eleazer Putnam and Mary Crosby of Medford, and then Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Seems reasonable to me.
Listing is 00100 00000. He is number 1706, a son of Asa Putnam and his first wife Lucy Haynes of Sudbury and then Stow, Massachusetts. He will marry Betsy Ames here in 1813, and they’ll be here forever. He till the mid 1830s, and Betsy into the 1880s.
Listing is 02010 00110. Matt Putnam figures this guy to be the son of Phineas and Lois Putnam from Sutton, Massachusetts.
Listing is 20010 00100. Finally got this guy. He is Simeon Waters Putnam number 2261, a son of David Putnam (988) and Martha Waters. He was born in Sutton, Massachusetts in 1783. He moved here to Livermore with his uncle, Simeon Waters, to learn the trade of hammer making. He was only 12-15 at the time. He married Azuba Morse here about 1804. She is a daughter of David Morse and Azuba Robbins born October 19, 1787 in South Livermore. He will be moving shortly to Freeman, Maine and will remain there. This line goes back Simeon > David > Fuller > Jeptha >Eleazer > John > John.
Listing is 10010 21010. He and his wife Lucinda Walker have been here since the 1700s.
THE
PUTNAMS of Houlton, Washington County
This part of Maine, or really this part of the United States, was so remote being on the Canadian border on two sides, that the census takers probably never knew it existed. In fact, this area was disputed by both the United States and Canada, and really wasn’t a part of the State of Maine at the time best as I can figure. But there are a fair size bunch of Putnams up here. Take a peek at the 1820 census and I’ll give you another preview. They won’t get themselves recorded until the 1830 census, by which time they will have been here about 15-20 years. Amos Putnam’s widow and her kids were here by 1805, Joshua’s kids were here by 1812. Read on.
In
the 1820 census males are broken down 0-9, 10-15, 16-18, 19-25, 26-44, 45 and
older. Females are divided 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.
Listing is 100010 21010. Henry and Catherine will be here about 5 more years, and then will go to New York City.
Listing is 100010 10010. In 1830, there is a Daniel here 10 years older than this guy. Probably the same guy, and I know who Daniel is. He’s the soon to be listed Silas’ brother. They will both be here in Prospect in 1830. They are sons of John Putnam and Joanna Eames.
Listing is 110010 40010. He was in Deer Isle in 1810, and has since married Susanna Thurston. The eldest son is John Thurston Putnam, who will be around thru the 1900 census in Washington County. Henry will be in Washington County in 1830 through 1850.Still no idea as to Henry’s folks, may possibly be John and Joanna Putnam.
201110 10101. He is the youngest son of John Putnam and Joanna Eames. He was born in Kittery, York County on December 22, 1792. He married Mary Ann Mitchell April 9, 1817 in Anson. He will remain here in Maine until he dies in Searsport on July 6, 1868. His dad has recently died, that’s his mom in the right hand column.
Listing is 100010 20010. He is James Lee Putnam number 1706, a son of Asa Putnam and his first wife Lucy Haynes of Sudbury and then Stow, Massachusetts. He was here in 1810. He married Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Ames here on February 7, 1813. He will die October 28, 1834, and Betsy and the kids will be here in 1840 through 1880. The kids are Lucy Haynes (b.1815), Betsy Ames (b.1816), John Ames (b.1819) and soon Lydia Breed (b.1821). They will also have Fidelia (b.1828).
Listing is 000001 10001. Still here and with Elizabeth. They had no children.
Listing is 000100 10100. He is a son of the next Sam. He was born here January 7, 1795. He married Susan Poor Adams here on February 21, 1818. He is a blacksmith. They’ll be in Peru, Oxford County in 1830 and 1840.
Listing is 120001 31010. He is Stephen’s son, his wife is Betsy Cobb.
Listing is 100010 30010. He is number 1859, another son of Stephen and Olive. He was born back in Temple on March 31, 1776. He married Ruth Walton here on October 11, 1811. He’ll be here all his life.
Listing is 000010 00000. He’s a son of Samuel and his first wife Lucy Styles. He was born here July 11, 1797. He married Mary ‘Polly’ Keyes here on January 3, 1824.
Listing is 110101 11110. Actually he is Stephen Jr., but now that his dad has died, he’s kinda first in line. He is a blacksmith. He and Sally will be here all their lives.
Listing is 110010 10010. Again, he’s really the third one. He was born September 7, 1790 and married Lucy Cobb of Norway about 1815.
Listing is 000010 10100. He is a son of Stephen Jr. and Sally Putnam. He was born here June 6, 1794. He married Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Parker of Yarmouth on March 4, 1818. They were married in Cumberland.
Listing is 000001 10010. He was here in 1810. His wife is Deborah Bradford. They will be here until he dies August 12, 1831, and she dies November 10, 1838.
Listing is 000010 00010. He is number 1335, a son of Joseph Putnam (538) and Tamar Towne of Sutton, Massachusetts. He was born there in 1790. He married Diantha Thatcher Thurston in Ward or probably Sutton, Massachusetts August 25, 1812. They will be a few miles away in Eddington in 1840 and 1850. In 1850, his mother Tamar will be living next to them. This line goes back Benjamin > Joseph > Nehemiah > Elisha > Edward > Thomas > John.
Listing is 200110 22110. This is John junior, son of John and Joanne. He has married Lucinda Walker. Since his folks died, several of these folks are siblings.
Listing is 320010 20010. He has moved here from Oxford County. His wife Azuba will die here in about 1826-1828. He will then marry Mahala (Greenleaf) Bangs. They will be here through the 1850 census. He is Simeon Waters Putnam number 2261, a son of David Putnam (988) and Martha Waters. He was born in Sutton, Massachusetts in 1783. He moved here to Livermore with his uncle, Simeon Waters, to learn the trade of hammer making. He was only 12-15 at the time. He married Azuba Morse here about 1804. He will remain here all his life. This line goes back Simeon > David > Fuller > Jeptha >Eleazer > John > John.
Listing is 000100 00000. He’s single, just in his teens. He is Simeon Walker Putnam, a son of the above John Putnam and Lucinda Walker He goes By S. W. in 1830, and he’s married to Rhoda Watson by then. His line goes John > John > Israel > Israel > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John.
Listing is 000100 00200. He is number 2242, a son of Ebenezer Putnam (970) and Elizabeth Chandler of Worcester, Massachusetts. He was born there June 18, 1797. Like his dad, he graduated from Harvard. The family moved up to Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada. His dad is Registrar of Deeds, and Francis is an attorney. Don’t know why he is over on this side of the border. He has just married Hannah Curry March 27, 1820.
You are just going to have to trust me on this one. Houlton is so far up in Maine, right on the border of New Brunswick, Canada, that the census takers just never made the trip up here. Also that area bounced back and forth between the U.S. and Canada then. But, in the very early 1800s, a whole bunch of Putnams and six other families, including a Houlton, from New Salem, Massachusetts were granted land in what will become Aroostook County to establish a school, an offshoot of the New Salem Academy. Amos Putnam (277), and his brother Joshua (278) got the chore of trekking up there to get the job done. Amos died in the late 1790s, so his widow, Lydia Trask Putnam and Josh’s widow, her sister Eunice Trask Putnam, took the gang and hauled their stuff to Boston, took a boat to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, and then barges to Woodstock, N.B., then headed into the wilderness on horses. They have been here since the early 1800s, but no one knew, or probably cared, that they were here. They were several hundred miles from the last outpost of civilization. Actually things haven’t changed that much today. Real boondocks and potato fields here. Hang around till 1830, and you’ll get an idea of the folks who are here. Lydia died here this spring, April 8, 1820 at the age of 87. Not certain when Eunice died, but it was up here probably in the 1810 time frame. The kids somehow endured the winters (and summers) and a bunch are around for a long, long time. Bob Putnam of Marietta, Ohio who established the American Friends of Puttenham was himself born up here in Houlton. Just got some census info on the Houlton Putnams.
Listing is 1001 001. He is in his 20s. He’s in his 30s. He is number 1794, eldest son of the following Aaron Putnam. He was born back in New Salem on October 8, 1794 and will be here until he dies December 29, 1849. He married Christina Wormwood here on November 1, 1818.
Listing is 220201 1031. He’s in his 40s. Actually this guy is Joshua Jr. He is number 748, son of Joshua Putnam (278) and Eunice Trask. He was born in New Salem on February 8, 1772. He will die here shortly on June 14, 1835. He married Betsy Baker in October 1796. As far as things go, Josh was kinda a latecomer, arriving here in 1812. His line goes back Joshua (748) > Joshua (278) > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John.
Listing is 111101 00001. He is in his late 40s. Aaron is number 745, a son of Amos Putnam (277) and Lydia Trask of New Salem, Massachusetts. He was born in New Salem, Massachusetts July 19, 1773. He married Isa Patrick of Western (now Warren), Massachusetts in New Salem on January 16, 1794. They headed up here with his mom and cousin Joshua in 1805. They will be here all their lives, Aaron will die February 13, 1849, and Isa will die in June 1867. This line goes back Aaron > Amos (277) > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John.
In
the 1830 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-29,
30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc. Again the listings will be
by County and by proximity to each other.
Listing is 01001 200010001. He and his wife are in their 20s,
mom in her 60s. This should be the Benjamin Putnam and Nancy Melcher. Ben is a
son of Caleb Putnam and Hannah Russell from Newburyport, Massachusetts. His dad
died there in 1826 and the older woman is probably his mother Hannah. He was
born March 7, 1800 in New Hampshire. He married Nancy Melcher in Portsmouth,
New Hampshire on May 14, 1824. They will be in Hampton, New Hampshire in 1840.
Benjamin will die in Boston January 5, 1845. Nancy and the kids will be in New
Hampshire in 1850. This line goes back Benjamin > Caleb (1904) >
Archelaus (774) > Archelaus (286) > Nathaniel > Benjamin >
Nathaniel > John.
Listing is 010001 10001. This was indexed as Stephen, but it is really Sam Jr. from Rumford. He’ll be here (indexed properly) in 1840. He’s in his 30s, his wife Susan Adams in her late 20s. Susan will die in about 1834, and next time we see him, he will be married to Sylvia Stevens Bisbee.
Listing is 0010001 1111001. He and his wife Betsy Ames are both in their 40s now. They have been here since the 1810 census. In 1840, his widow Betsy will be here, and in 1850 his only son John A. Putnam will be here. He is number 1706, a son of Asa Putnam and his first wife Lucy Haynes of Sudbury and then Stow, Massachusetts. He will die here October 28, 1834. Betsy and the kids are here through 1880s.
Listing is 00001001 00010001. Both he and Elizabeth are now in their 50s. They will be here, in their 60s in 1840. By 1850, Betsy will be here widowed. His brother Abner Putnam will be in Ludlow, Maine (way up north near Houlton) in 1835, according to Eben, but was not there for either the 1830 or 1840 census. Oliver and Betsy (Elizabeth Newton) never had children, so the young couple living here are probably just helping out on the farm.
They have been here since the early 1800s, his wife is Deborah Bradford. The listing now is 000000001 00010001. He is in his 60s, she her 50s. They will not be around for the 1840 census. He will die in 1831, and Deborah will move in with another family. She won’t die until 1848.
Listing is 00001 10001. They are in their 20s. Benjamin is a son of Stephen Putnam Jr. (1853) and Sally Elliot. Ben was born May 13, 1802. He married Deborah Durgin of Bowdon, Maine in about 1828. The daughter shown here, Mahala, was born in May 1829.
Listing is 100001 111001. Stephen junior’s son. He and Betsy are now in their 30s.
Listing is 0201001 102101. Stephen Senior’s son is now in his 50s, Ruth in her late 30s.
Listing is 200110001 000112010001. He is Stephen Jr. in his 60s, but that’s his mom Olive Varnun was out there on the right at age 88. The couple in their 20s are his son Stephen 3rd and his wife Lucy Cobb.
Listing is 00001 000000. He is a son of Stephen (1853) and Sally. He was born March 10, 1806. He’s not married and is not around in 1840. He may have moved to Boston, as his son is there in the 1860s.
Listing is 000001 10001. He is another of Stephen and Sally’s kids. He was born February 28, 1798 and is now 32. He married Hannah Whitten in Somerset County on December 30, 1826. She is in her late 20s now.
Listing is 101101 100101. He is a son of Samuel and his first wife Lucy Styles. He was born July 11, 1797. He married Polly Keyes here in Rumford on January 3, 1824.
Listing is 010130001 0210001. He is in his 60s, Betsy Cobb his second wife in her 40s.
Listing is 12113001 010201. He’s now in his 50s. His wife Azuba Morse died around 1828. Simeon married Mahala (Greenleaf) Bangs in Somerset County in about 1825. This is her shown in her 30s. He and his son, Simeon, were in Freeman, Franklin County last go around. In 1850 he will be back in Freeman. See 1810 for this line.
This is the son of John Putnam junior and Lucinda Walker. The listing is 01001 30001. He is in his mid to late 20s as is his wife Rhoda. He married Rhoda Watson of New Portland here on October 6, 1826. Based on the number of kids, they got right to work on the family. They will all be in Kane County, Illinois by the 1840 census. His widowed (by then) mom will be there in 1850. He and Rhoda will be in Wisconsin by the 1880 when both are 71 years old.
Listing is 00000001 100000. John Junior is in his 50s, Lucinda Walker in her 50s. They will be gone by the 1840 census. His folks were John Putnam and Joanna Eames from Bedford, Massachusetts. Pretty sure they all went to Kane County, Illinois, but he wasn’t listed there in 1840. Lucinda will be widowed there, however, in 1850.
Listing is 00001 00002. He is number 2111, a son of Daniel Putnam (878) and Hannah Alexander of Littleton, Massachusetts. He was born there November 20, 1803, and married Adeline White before moving up north. In 1840, they will be in Dover, Maine. I’ll tell you more about him and his folks then. The extra gal, also in her 20s would be his sister Ann. She will marry Israel Stearns and remain in Monroe, Waldo County for the rest of her life. This line is Israel > Daniel (878) > Israel (329) > Israel > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John. His dad Daniel was a brother to the John Putnam who died here in Monroe, Waldo County a few years back. That John’s kids are now here in Prospect (next two listings) and in Somerset County (the listing just above).
Listing is 1200001 1000001. He was listed here as David Putnam in 1820, but Dan’l is correct. He is a son of John Putnam (876) and Joanna Eames. He was born in Kittery, Maine in 1789. He will be married twice, first to Nancy Jones and later to Eliza Mitchell. Nancy is the one shown here. She will die in 1835 and he’ll marry Eliza July 3, 1839 in Monroe, Waldo County.
Listing now is 112001 101001. He is in his 30s, born here December 22, 1792. He’s another son of John and Joanne. The Daniel above is his older brother. The John in Somerset County is his oldest brother. Silas married Mary Ann Mitchell April 9, 1817.
Listing is 11011001 000101001. He’s in his late 50s, she her 60s and looks like a couple in their 20s plus other kids. Aaron is number 745, a son of Amos Putnam (277) and Lydia Trask of New Salem, Massachusetts. He was born in New Salem, Massachusetts July 19, 1773. He married Isa Patrick of Western (now Warren), Massachusetts in New Salem on January 16, 1794. They headed up here with his mom and cousin Joshua in 1805. They will be here all their lives, Aaron will die February 13, 1849, and Isa will die in June 1867. This line goes back Aaron > Amos (277) > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John.
Listing is 111111 21001. He’s in his 30s. He is number 1794, eldest son of the Above Aaron Putnam. He was born back in New Salem on October 8, 1794 and will be here until he dies December 29, 1849. He married Christina Wormwood here on November 1, 1818.
Listing is 00021001 00101. He’s in his 50s. Actually this guy is Joshua Jr. He is number 748, son of Joshua Putnam (278) and Eunice Trask. He was born in New Salem on February 8, 1772. He will die here shortly on June 14, 1835. He married Betsy Baker in October 1796. As far as things go, Josh was kinda a late comer, arriving here in 1812. His line goes back Joshua (748) > Joshua (278) > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John.
JOSHUA PUTNAM 2ND Houlton, Washington County
Listing is 210001 000101. In their 30s. Not so quick thinking he is the above Joshua’s namesake. Nope, he’s just the second Joshua here in town. He is number 1798, a son of John Putnam (746) and Sally Rich of New Salem, and now here. He was born in New Salem March 3, 1794, and will die here June 21, 1873. He married Lucia Clark in Weston, Massachusetts on April 15, 1823. This line goes Joshua (1798) > John (746) > Joshua > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John.
Listing is 100001 00001. He’s in his 30s, she her 20s. His wife is Hannah Townsend, they were just recently married here. They will be here in 1840, gone somewhere in 1850 (Hannah and the two sons were in Lancaster, Mass. in 1850), and in 1860 Sterne, Hannah, a couple of kids and his mother Betsy will be in Brockway, Sterns County, Minnesota. Betsy will be 83 at that time. Sterne will die in 1881, I think in Minnesota.
Listing is 1110001 110301. He’s in his 40s, Susannah is a bit younger. They have moved from Mount Desert, and will remain here through 1850.
Listing is 000201 020021. In their 30s. He is Alexander Clark Putnam, number 1515. He is a son of Isaac Putnam and Polly Chamberlain of Cornish, New Hampshire. He was born there January 26, 1794. He married Beulah Barber in Brattleboro, Vermont on March 6, 1820. In 1820 they were in the census of Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. They are here now and in 1840 may be the family in Guilford, Windham County, Vermont. Can’t find him after that yet, but he sure could move around a lot. Think he went out to Ohio, but never found him there. But Eben has him dying here in December 1830, so just not certain. See the listing in 1840 in Vermont for another thought there.
Listing is 000001 1000012. They are in their 30s with two older women in their 40s living here. Jeremiah is a son of Thomas Putnam (2192) and Mary Fitts. He was born in Danvers on August 20, 1797. He married Ruth Sewall (she was a widow, Ruth Sewall Thornton) in Danvers in about 1828. Looks as if they headed straight up here, maybe to buy at the outlet stores in Kittery. Actually he is a physician here in York. They’ll be here through the 1850 census. This line goes back Jeremiah > Thomas (2192) > Jeremiah (927) > Jonathan > Jonathan > Jonathan > John > John.
In
the 1840 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19,
20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc. Several new counties have been formed. Some
folks have moved in, some moved, and some stayed put but are in a different
county now. The folks in Houlton are an example, were in Washington County in
1830 and are now in Aroostook County with a new zip code.
Listing is 0000001 000010001. He is number 1803, a son of Joshua and Betsy Baker. He was born in New Salem June 30, 1798. His dad just died back in 1835. The folks shown here are his sister Harriet and his mother Betsy. Romane never married. He will head to California in a few years, maybe to the gold rush there. Then in about 1852, he’ll sail off to Australia for more adventure and die about 1860.
Listing is 1211101 202101. He is in his 40s and Christina her late 30s, and are still cranking out kids, it will get him shortly. He will die here December 29, 1849 and in 1850, Christina and a dozen kids will be here by themselves.
AARON
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
Listing is 001012001 100110011. He’s now in his 60s, as is Isa
Patrick, his wife. Aaron is number 745, a son of Amos Putnam (277) and Lydia
Trask of New Salem, Massachusetts. He was born in New Salem, Massachusetts July
19, 1773. He married Isa Patrick of Western (now Warren), Massachusetts in New
Salem on January 16, 1794. They headed up here with his mom and cousin Joshua
in 1805. They will be here all their lives, Aaron will die February 13, 1849.
Isa will be living with their son Jay in 1850 and 1860, and will die in June
1867. This line goes back Aaron > Amos (277) > Amos > John >
Nathaniel > John.
STERNE
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
Listing is 211011 000011. He and Hannah are now in their 30s.
He is Joshua and Betsy’s son. I don’t find him in 1850, but in 1860 he’s in
Minnesota.
JOSHUA
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
Listing here is 0221012 1000001001. John’s son is in his 40s as is
Lucia. The older woman would be his mother Sarah Rich.
In fact in 1850, Sally will still be here at age 86
and then die March 22, 1852.
LYSANDER
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
Listing is 1100111 11001. He’s now in his 40s, Ruth in her 30s.
He is number 1796, a son of Aaron Putnam (745) and Isa Patrick. He was born in
Woodstock, New Brunswick on December 27, 1806 while on the way here to Houlton.
He married Ruth Libby here November 15, 1835. Ruth had been previously married
to John Fall, and two of the youngsters here are Fall children. They will all
be here in 1850, so you can meet them then. Lysander will be here till he dies
September 27, 1886. Ruth was a daughter of Ebenezer Libby and Hannah Smilley. She was born in Albion, Kennebec County Maine July
17, 1809 and will die here in Houlton October 10, 1895. There is a tombstone in
Houlton that says they had a son Porter C. Putnam who died at age 2 on July 20,
1841.
JAMES
B. (BAKER) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
The listing is 120001 00001. He’s in his 30s, Climina
in her 20s. He is number 1807, a son of Joshua Putnam (748) and Betsy Baker. He
was born in New Salem, Massachusetts May 9, 1807. Remember Josh didn’t bring
his flock up here until 1812. James married Climina
Mae Stanley on February 27, 1831. He was living with his folks in 1830. In
1850, the family will be in Benton County, Minnesota. They will stay there a
while, go briefly to Los Angeles to be with his son Henry Roscoe, and then go
to Montana. Jim will die in Helena on February 12, 1874, and Climina will be widowed in Jefferson County, Montana in the
1880 and 1900 census.
JOHN
V. (VARNUM) PUTNAM Township 11,
Aroostook County
The listing is 100021 00101. He is number 1800, a son of John
Putnam (746) and Sally Rich. He was born in New Salem August 4, 1802 and will
die April 21, 1879. He married Elizabeth Jenkins May 13, 1837 here in Houlton.
She will die November 15, 1846.
C.
L. (CHARLES LEE) PUTNAM Freeman,
Franklin County
Listing is 001101 0001. He is the eldest son of Simeon Waters
Putnam. He was born about 1806. In 1850, he is still here. His wife is Hannah,
the youngsters are probably brothers. His folks are in New Portland now.
MADISON
PUTNAM Freeman, Franklin County
The listing is 00001. He is
single in his 30s as well. He’ll be in Rockland, Lincoln County in 1850, and
still in Rockland in 1860, although it is then a part of Knox County. He is a
son of Simeon Waters and his first wife Azuba Morse.
He was born in Rockland in 1802. In 1850, he will be very near Simeon junior,
his brother. He will die in Kennebec County August 13, 1899.
W.
W. (WILLIAM WALKER) PUTNAM New Vineyard,
Franklin County
Listing is 20001 10001. They are in their 20s. His wife’s name
is Eliza, the IGI states they were married here in about 1834. He would be a
son of John Putnam and Lucinda Walker who have been here for a while now, but
seem to be missing now. William was born in Anson, Somerset County in 1816.
They will be in Somerset County in 1850.
GEORGE
(CYRUS, IRA?) PUTNAM Hallowell, Kennebec
County
The index showed a George to be
here, but I couldn’t find him on the page he was supposed to be on, but did
find an entry on the previous page that looked more like Ira or Cyrus than Geo.
This listing was 00101 00001001. He and
his wife Harriet Pinkham in their 20s and someone’s mom in her 50s. Probably
Cyrus, Sam and Betsy’s kid.
ISRAEL
PUTNAM Bath, Lincoln County
Listing is 010001 10002. He’s in his 30s, she in her 20s with
another gal the same age. He is number 1964, a son of Israel Putnam (815) and
his second wife Hannah LeBarron of Sutton,
Massachusetts. He was born there December 25, 1805. He married Sarah Emery
Frost in Topsham, Maine on January 10, 1834. Interesting guy. He graduated from
Brown University in 1827, became a physician and moved here in the early 1830s.
He will practice medicine a while and then will be mayor of Bath, Maine for
eight terms. He’ll be here until he dies in 1875. This line goes back Israel
(1964) > Israel > Tarrant > Tarrant > Benjamin > Nathaniel >
John.
ISRAEL
PUTNAM Mexico, Oxford County
The listing is 011100001 0010111. He is now in his 60s, Ruth Walton in
her 40s. They have recently moved over from Rumford where the rest of the clan
is.
BENJAMIN
E. (ELLIOT) PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford
County
The listing is 110001 001. It seems Deborah has either died, or is
out visiting someplace. The female show in her teens is Mahala, the two sons
James F. and Benjamin P.
DANIEL
F. (FILMORE) PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford
County
This listing is 00001 10001. Both he and Lorinda are in their early
twenties. He is a son of Stephen Putnam Jr. and Sally Elliot. He was born here
December 10, 1812. He married Lorinda Walker, but I don’t have a marriage date,
but was in the last couple of years. He will be widowed here in 1850, and back
with his parents.
JACOB
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
Listing is 1110001 0011101. He and Betsy Parker are now in their
40s.
JESSE
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
The listing is 0201011 0020001. Sam’s son. He and Polly are in their
30s now.
SAMUEL
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
Listing is 0000100001 001100001. Sam and Betsy still hanging in
there. He’s now 72.
STEPHEN
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
The listing now is
0000000001 00000001. He’s another of the
early comers. Stephen is now 75 and Sally is 67.
BETSY
PUTNAM Hartford, Oxford County
This listing is 00001 1011201. James Lee Putnam has died here on October
28, 1834. Betsy Ames is now in her 40s. She’ll be here in 1850 living with her
daughter Betsy. Her son John will be here as well. Actually
she’ll be here in 1880 at age 90.
OLIVER
PUTNAM Dixfield, Oxford County
Still here. The listing is
00011001 00000001. He and Elizabeth are
now in their 60s. They never had children, so the two young guys are just farm
help.
SAMUEL
PUTNAM Peru, Oxford County
The listing is 1011001 0012001. They are in their 40s. He is Sam Jr.
and has his second wife, Sylvia Stephens with him. She was the widow of Daniel Brisbee. They were married in about 1835. In 1850, they
will be in Greenwood, Oxford County and will remain there until his death in
1854.
BENJAMIN
PUTNAM Eddington, Penobscot County
The listing is 0000001 0001001. Benjamin and Diantha
Thurston are both in their 40s. They were in Bangor, a few miles west, in 1820,
Portland in 1830, and will be here again in 1850. The older woman is his mother Tamar Towne. She was widowed and with him in 1830. He
is number 1335, a son of Joseph Putnam (538) and Tamar Towne of Sutton,
Massachusetts. He was born there in 1790. He married Diantha
Thatcher Thurston in Ward or probably Sutton, Massachusetts August 25, 1812.
ISRAEL
PUTNAM Dover, Piscataquis County
The listing is 110101 200101. He and Adeline White are now in their
30s. He is number 2111, a son of Daniel Putnam (878) and Hannah Alexander of
Littleton, Massachusetts. He was born there November 20, 1803, and married
Adeline White before moving up north. They were in Frankfort, Waldo County in
1830. They will be here again in 1850. And in 1850, his mom, Hannah Alexander
Putnam will be in Carmel, Penobscot County. She and her hubby Daniel (878) had
three daughters who married three Mayo boys and the whole bunch moved up here
near Bangor.
DAVID
PUTNAM New Portland, Somerset County
Listing is 00002 00101. He is David Morse Putnam, Simeon’s
son, born about 1815. He married Lucy M. Cushman here in New Portland on April
23, 1839.
SIMEON
PUTNAM New Portland, Somerset County
Listing is 12120001 1101001. Sim is now in his 50s, Mahala
Greenleaf Bangs, his second wife, is in her 40s. They were in Kingfield before
this. Kingfield and New Portland are abutting townships here in central Maine.
SIMEON
PUTNAM JR. Cambridge, Somerset County
The listing is 00001 000000.
Simeon Waters also was in Kingfield in 1830. He will marry Phebe Spear
here later this year. She will die in 1849, and he will marry Vesta Ann Cushman
and move to near Boston.
JOHN
PUTNAM Madison, Somerset County
This listing is 0001 0001. He’s in his late teens, she in her
early 20s. Madison is just South of both Kingfield and New Portland. I would
guess he too is one on Simeon’s sons.
DANIEL
PUTNAM Frankfort, Waldo County
The listing is 00000001 100001. He is a son of John and Joanna, and
was in Prospect in 1830. Now, curious stuff. He was married to Nancy Jones and
they had 4 kids. In 1839, he married Eliza Mitchell here and here they are with
just a newborn daughter, Nancy. Possibly another divorce, where Nancy took the
kids and headed south to civilization. Don’t know. But, in 1850 there is a
Nancy Putnam age 63 MA (the exact age, she was born in 1786) living in the
‘poor house’ in Dexter, Maine not far from here, and close to Daniel Jr. Builds
up the old divorce theory, even though I have a date of her death in 1835.
DANIEL
PUTNAM Belfast, Waldo County
This listing is 0000001 100002. They are in their 40s. He should be number
2108, a son of Daniel Putnam (878) and Hannah Alexander. His brother Israel is
in Piscataquis County and will soon be joined by the rest of his sisters. In fact it looks like one is here now. Anyway, Dan was born in
Chelmsford, Massachusetts November 27, 1798. He married Marcia or Maria Hatch
here on December 27, 1836, and will later marry a widow Mrs. Permelia Hilton on May 12, 1847. They will be here through
1860. Then, I guess it wasn’t cold enough here, he will head to Minnesota and
die there in 1876.
SILAS
PUTNAM Prospect, Waldo County
The listing is 0212101 0010301. He’s been here a while. Both he and
Mary Ann are now in their 40s.
BENJAMIN
PUTNAM Prospect, Waldo County
This listing is 00001 00001. This listing shows he and Mary are in
their 20s, but see the next listing. He is Benjamin Crowningshield
Putnam eldest son of Silas and Mary Ann. He was born in Monroe, Waldo County
March 10, 1818. He married Mary S. L. Weber here six months ago on December 26,
1839.
BENJAMIN
PUTNAM Prospect, Waldo County
This listing is 00001 00001. An identical listing 8 pages further
along the census. Must be a duplicate, moving to a new house and all that. The
first listing has him right after his folks. In 1850 there is only one Ben
here, so this has to be a simple duplicate listing.
HENRY
PUTNAM Harrington, Washington County
The listing is 00020001 02001001. He was here in 1830, and is now in
his mid 50s. His wife is Susanna Thurston actually about 48 now.
JEREMIAH
S. (SMITH) PUTNAM York, York County
Don’t have a listing because
someone walked off with the microfilm reel. But he was here in 1830 and is now
in his 40s as is his wife Ruth Sewall.
MAINE 1850 CENSUS
From 1850
on, all names, ages and states of birth are shown. We finally see all the
players.
AARON
R. (RANDOLPH) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook
County
He is 36 born Houlton ME, his
wife Maria Burliegh is 30 born in Holderness NH.
Maria is probably Maria Burliegh Parker, daughter of
Ezra Parker and Hannah Burliegh. They are living with
his brother Jay here in town. Aaron is a son of Aaron Sr. and Isa Patrick. They
will be off west in a short while. In 1860 they are in Knox County, Illinois,
and in 1870 in DeKalb County, Illinois where they will stay until he dies in
1874. They never had any children.
CHRISTINA
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
She is Christiana Jane Wormwood,
the Widow of Amos Putnam. Amos just died a few months back on December 29,
1849. Nice thing in this township only. They not only list the state you were
born in, but also the town. Christina is 48 Saco ME, L. H. (Levi Houlton) 30,
Sally 22, Alvarez G. (Gonsalvo) 20, Augustus A.
(Amos) 18, Lyman (Lyman Orlando) 16, Polly C. (Cook) 14, Isa Angeline 12,
Varney W. (Wheeler) 10, Henry H. (Harrison, what else) 8, Charles 6, Maria B. (Burliegh) 4, and Samuel W. (Wormwood) 2. All the kids were
born in Houlton ME. Now if you think this is a lot of kids, listen to this. Two
daughters, Lydia and Julia have married and are gone, one son, Amos, died
December 6, 1953, and yes, there is one more due in September, Frank Lewis
Putnam born September 18, 1850. Frank was, of course, posthumous as far as his
daddy goes. If you look at the date Amos died and the date Frank was born, this
might well have been Amos’ dying act. There were 17 in all. If Amos hung in a
tad longer they might have had a double dozen or
whatever.
JAY
S. (STILLMAN) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook
County
Aaron’s son is now 47 New Salem
MA, Betsy Broad 31 Albion ME, Willard H. 8 and Teresa 5, both born in Houlton
ME. Then, if you paid attention back in 1840, I told Aaron was going to die
here on February 13, 1849. So Jay being the eldest, he
seems to have acquired the main farm and everyone else in the family. Here
you’ll find Lydia Wheeler 79 New Salem MA. She is number 743, Aaron’s sister
who is the widow of Jonas Wheeler. Isa Putnam 76 Weston MA is Isa Patrick
Aaron’s widow. Also there is Jay’s youngest brother
Aaron Randolph Putnam 36 Houlton and his wife Maria G. Burliegh
30 Holderness NH. Then there are two Irish folks helping out. No one knows
potatoes like the Irish.
LYSANDER
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
He’s the fourth of Aaron and
Isa’s four children. He is 44 Woodstock, New Brunswick, Ruth
Libby is 41 Albion ME, Hannah
15, Cordelia 9 (she is going to die in two months on August 26), and Mellin 1, all born in Houlton ME. Then there are Eliza Fall
19 and Shepard Fall 17, both born in Albion ME. Ruth was a Libby and married
John Fall previously and these are two of her kids. He is number 1796, a son of
Aaron Putnam (745) and Isa Patrick. He was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick on
December 27, 1806 while on the way here to Houlton. He married Ruth Libby here
in Houlton November 15, 1835. Ruth had been previously married to John Fall,
and two of the youngsters here are Fall children. Lysander will be here till he
dies September 27, 1886. Ruth was a daughter of Ebenezer Libby and Hannah Smilley. She was born in Albion, Kennebec County Maine July
17, 1809 and will die here in Houlton October 10, 1895.
JOHN
V. (VARNUM) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook
County
Told you about this guy back in
1840. He is now 47 New Salem MA, Aziel 15, Sarah 13,
and Black Hawk 12 all born in Houlton. He was married to Elizabeth Jenkins who
had died November 15, 1846. Also there is his mother
Sally (Rich) Putnam 87 New Braintree MA. Aziel and
Sarah are children of Joshua and are also listed at home in the next listing,
as is Sarah Rich.
JOSHUA
PUTNAM Noff,
Aroostook County
The town doesn’t exist anymore,
I believe it became Cary, Maine. Josh is the eldest of John and Sally’s kids.
He is now 56 MA, Lucia Clark 54 MA, Varnum or Varney, a son, 26 MA, Otis 22 MA,
Ira Abercrombie 18 ME, Aziel Walden 15 ME, Sarah 12
ME. Also there listed is his mother Sarah Rich Putnam 86 MA this time. This
town is several miles south of Houlton. Maybe the added sun and warmth took a
year off her age right then and there.
ARTEMAS
PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County
He is a confectioner. He is 43
MA, Sarah H. Priest, his wife, is 39 MA and the have George 12 MA. They are
from Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was born in 1806, but wasn’t christened until
November 27, 1814 in Cambridge. He is a son of Artemas
Putnam (1013) and Mehitable Simons of Cambridge. Artemas Senior was a son of Gideon Putnam (396) and Abigail
‘Abby’ Holton of Sutton, Massachusetts. Gideon took the family early on to
Calais, Maine. If you look at a map, you’ll understand why that part of Maine
was claimed by both the United States and Canada. Actually
I think it was because no one wanted anything that remote. This part of the
border was not resolved until 1842, so there were no censuses taken up till
now. And it also looks like Artemas Senior wasn’t
talked into the trip north anyway. Then, young Artemas
here married Sarah H. Priest in Cambridge on August 22, 1837. They were there
in 1840 and recently moved up here to sell salt water taffy or somesuch. This line goes back Artemas
> Artemas (1013) > Gideon (396) > Jeptha > Eleazer > John > John.
MARGARET
PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County
She is 18 Nova Scotia, and
boarding with Ward Noyes.
SIMEON
(WATERS) PUTNAM Freeman, Franklin County
Kinda back home. He was here in
Freeman years and years ago when it was part of Somerset County, now he's moved
for the fifth or so time and is back. He is now 66 MA and a saddler, Mahala
(Greenleaf) is 50 ME, Esther H. 19 ME, Fuller 17 ME, Vaughn G. (Greenleaf) 15
ME, and Stillman N. (Newell) 10 ME. Also there is
Lemuel Bangs 23 ME a coach driver, he is a son of Mahala’s first marriage.
Mahala will be here widowed in 1860.
CHARLES
(LEE) PUTNAM Freeman, Franklin County
He is Simeon’s son, and was here
in 1840 he is now 58 (actually 48) ME, Hannah 49 ME, William H. 21 ME, Clarinda
19 ME, Benjamin F. 14 ME, Vesta B. 11 ME and Virginia A. 9 ME. This is going to
get more confusing (age wise) in 1860, when it looks like he will have a new
wife. The William H. listed here at age 21, will then be listed as Houghton W.
age 18.
S.
V. PUTNAM Readfield, Kennebec County
This is a she age
21 ME living with Lewis and Priscilla Davis.
SUMNER
PUTNAM Clinton, Kennebec County
He is 28 ME, Fanny 27 ME,
Lavinia 6 ME and Carlinda 3 ME. All except Carlinda will be here in 1860. He is a son of Simeon Waters
Putnam and his first wife Azuba Morse.
CYRUS
PUTNAM Hallowell, Kennebec County
He is a wheelwright 27 ME and
boarding. There was a George or Ira or possibly this Cyrus here in 1840, but it
was very hard to read the name. Anyway, I think the age was recorded wrongly.
He is 37 and is a son of Samuel Putnam and Betsy Cobb of Rumford, Oxford
County. He was born August 16, 1812. He’ll be in Lewiston in 1860. He married
Harriet Pinkham December 9, 1838 and she was around in 1840, but not anymore.
GEORGE
C. PUTMAN Damariscotta, Lincoln County
He is 26 NH and lives in a
boarding house. He is a telegraph operator.
ISRAEL
PUTNAM Bath, Lincoln County
He was here in 1840, look back
for his line. He is a physician, and soon will be the Mayor of Bath. He is 45
MA, his wife Sarah Emery Frost is 38 ME, William L. (LeBarron)
15 ME, Hannah 13 ME, Edwin 9 ME, Octavia 5 ME. He has some live
in help.
MARTHA
PUTNAM Lewiston, Lincoln County
She is 20 ME living with William
and Lydia Stevens.
DAVID
PUTNAM Rockland, Lincoln County
He is now 35 ME, Lucy (Cushman)
35 ME, Nathaniel 10 ME, Madison 8 ME, Vesta A. 5 ME and Columbus 3 ME. They
were in New Portland in 1840. He is a son of Simeon Waters Putnam. He married
Lucy in New Portland in 1839
MADISON
PUTNAM Rockland, Lincoln County
He is now 48 ME, still single,
and living with Rufus and Fidelia Kelley. He is a laborer. He was in Freeman,
Franklin County in 1840. He is also a son of Simeon Waters and his first wife Azuba Morse. He was born in Rockland in 1802. He will die
in Kennebec County August 13, 1899.
In 1860, he’ll be single still and still here.
SIMEON
PUTNAM Rockland, Lincoln County
This is Simeon Waters Putnam Jr.
He is now a lime manufacturer, and widowed again. He is 32 ME, Charles F.
(Frank) 7 ME, Elvira Ellen 5 ME, and Freeland 4 ME. Also
there is Cynthia Spear 46 ME. He first married Phebe Spear in 1840 and she just
died in 1849. He will marry Vesta Ann Cushman shortly in 1853, and be in
Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1860 and 1870, probably longer. By 1860 both Charles
and his sister Elvira will be in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Charles will later move
to Nebraska, Elvira to Minnesota.
LEMUEL
PUTNAM Waldoboro, Lincoln County
He is listed 38 MA, Azuba W. Hastings his wife 38 NH, Horace 12 MA, Charles L.
7 MA, George B. 6 MA and Lavinia 4 MA. He is a physician, and will be here
through the 1860 and in 1880 will be living with his son George in Kennebec
County. Lemuel is a son of George Small Putnam number 1750 and Polly Carter of
Danvers, Mass. He was born there February 19, 1812. Azubah
is a daughter of Benjamin Hastings and Nabby Whitcomb
and was born in New Hampshire October 4, 1811.
SAMUEL
PUTNAM Greenwood, Oxford County
He is Sam junior, a blacksmith,
now 54 ME, Sylvia Stevens, his second wife, is 53 MA and Augustus 10 ME.
SAMUEL
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
He is now 82 NH and still listed
as farming, Betsy Cobb 66 MA, Ivy A. (Atwood) 29 ME, Martha A. 25 ME, John F. (Farnum)
17 ME, and Francis N. 7 ME. Now, the last two guys listed are sons of Hiram and
Clarissa. Francis will be with his folks in 1860, but I don’t know where John
was by then. By 1860, Sam will have died and Betsy will be living with her
daughter Betsy Osgood.
BENJAMIN
E. (ELLIOT) PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford
County
He’s Stephen Junior’s son. He is
now 48 ME, Deborah Durgan his wife 44 ME, Mahala M.
(Martin) 21 ME, James F. 17 ME, and Benjamin P. 14 ME. Benjamin was born May
13, 1802 and will die here January 12, 1893. Deborah was Born July 22, 1806 and
will die here January 28, 1881.
STEPHEN
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
Stephen Jr. is now 85 NH, Sally Elliot is 78 NH. Also
there is their son Daniel Fillmore 37 ME and his daughter Elizabeth 13 ME. Dan
had married Lorinda Walker, who has probably died in the early 1840s.
JACOB
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
Another of Stephen and Sally’s
sons. He is now 56 ME, Betsy Parker 56 ME, Dana B. (Boardman) 24 ME, a teacher,
Drusilla F. 21 ME, William F. 18 ME, a cabinet maker, and Francis P. 14. Also there is their daughter Sarah E. Elliot 26 ME and her
daughter Imogene M. Elliot 7 ME. Sarah had married David C. Elliot who has
died. She will soon marry John Stilphen. The son Dana
will be in Troup County, Georgia in the 1860 census, after marrying and living
in Alabama for a few years.
JESSE
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
Samuel Junior and Lucy’s son is
now 53 NH, Polly Keyes 52 ME, Edwin Alonzo 20 ME, Solon Thaxter
15 ME. Also there is his brother Jeremiah 48 ME. In a
history of Rumford, it was noted that Jeremiah was ‘insane.’
PRENTISS
M. (MELLEN) PUTNAM Hanover, Oxford
County
He is a son of Jesse and Polly.
He was born here November 21, 1821. He has just married Esther Howe this year
in Hanover.
WILLIAM
F. PUTNAM Hanover, Oxford County
He is 18 ME and lives with a Wardsworth family. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Betsy
Parker. He was born here June 13, 1832. He’ll be marrying Sophia Abbot here in
1856.
HIRAM
PUTNAM Mason, Oxford County
He is a son of Samuel Junior and
Betsy Cobb. He was born in Rumford July 1, 1807. He married Clarissa W. Farnum
here on October 17, 1830. He is 43 ME, Clarissa 44 ME, William P. 15 ME,
Charles H. 10 ME and Ira N. 4 ME. Their eldest son, John Farnum Putnam 17 ME is
with his grandfather Samuel Putnam at this time.
JOHN
A. (AMES) PUTNAM Hartford, Oxford County
He is a son of James Lee Putnam
(1706) and Betsy Ames Putnam. He was born here. His mom, Betsy Ames Putnam, is
nearby living with his sister Betsy. John is now 29 ME, Clarinda 21 ME, Lydia
A. 4 ME and James L. 1 ME. John married Clarinda Childs here in Hartford on
August 28, 1844. They will be in Franklin Plantation, Oxford County in 1860.
John was born in 1820 and will die here in Peru September 25, 1866. Clarinda
was born January 1, 1829 and will die here May 22, 1888. The son James Lee was
born January 26, 1848 and will die at age 10 on May 18, 1858.
BETSY
PUTNAM Hartford, Oxford County
She is Elizabeth Ames, widow of James
Lee Putnam who died here in 1834. They were here since 1813. She is now 59 MA
and lives with George and Betsy Flagg. The young Betsy is 32 ME and is her
daughter. She’ll be here in 1880 at age 90, God Bless her.
PETER
C. (COBB) PUTNAM Norway, Oxford County
He is 28 ME and lives alone. He
is a son of Stephen Putnam 3rd and Lucy Cobb. He was born here on
July 20, 1821. Don’t know what has happened to his folks. In 1830 he and his
parents were living with his grandfather Stephen junior. They aren’t listed
anywhere in 1840, and now he is here alone. Peter too is gone by 1860. He
married Jane Smith and moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts according to a note in
Eben Putnam’s files.
BETSY
PUTNAM Dixfield, Oxford County
She is now 78 MA and lives by
herself. She is Oliver’s widow and has been here most all her married life.
There were no children.
HORATIO
GATES PUTNAM Mexico, Oxford County
He is a son of Israel Putnam and
Ruth Walton. He was born in Rumford January 18, 1816. He married Keziah Hunting
September 2, 1838. He is now 34 ME, Kiziah Hunting 34
MA (from Newton, Massachusetts where they were married September 2, 1838, and
listed in the 1840 Massachusetts census), Celestina Amelia 7 ME, Alfred B. 6
ME, Mary E. 4 ME and Andrew J. 3 ME. Also there is his
mother, Ruth Putnam 56 NH and listed as ‘insane.’ His father Israel had died
here on October 24, 1845. Horatio and his brothers Artimas
Walton, Seth Harris, and Simeon Walton will become Mormons and head to Utah.
CYNTHIA
B. (BOLSTER) PUTNAM Mexico, Oxford
County
She is a daughter of Israel and
Ruth Putnam. I don’t know why she is listed as a Putnam, as she is the Widow of
Uriah Smith. They were married here July 19, 1845. Cynthia is 23 ME, her
mother-in-law, Rachel Smith 56 NH is with her. Also here are Cynthia’s
children: Emily 6 ME, Cinderella 5 ME and Eliza Jane 3 ME. Then, they are all
living with George and Dorothy Eastman. Dorothy, her sister, married George
Washington Eastman here on November 30, 1838.
MISSING
PUTNAMS Mexico, Oxford County
Though not in the index, a
couple more of Israel and Ruth’s children. Somewhere are Artimas
Walton Putnam 27 ME and his wife Louisa Bunker, Simeon Walton Putnam 24 ME, and
Seth Harris Putnam 19 ME. They will be here in 1860, except Artimas
who will be in Greene County, Iowa. Simeon is in Natick, Mass. now and Seth
will be there in 1860, probably both are there now.
FRANKLIN
R. (REED) PUTNAM Bangor, Penobscot
County
He is living in a hotel. He is 26 NH, and a son of John Putnam (1884) and Mary Herrick of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He was born there October 3, 1823. He will marry Mildred A. Miner in Scott, Iowa October 21, 1856, and be in Davenport, Iowa in the 1860 census.
ABBA
(ABBY) PUTNAM Bangor, Penobscot County
She is 38 NH and lives in the same hotel as the above Franklin. Abigail is a daughter of Dr. John Putnam and Mary ‘Polly’ Herrick and was born in Wilton, New Hampshire. She is here in 1860 and then in 1870 and 1880 is in Dexter living with her widowed mother Mary who is 98 in 1880, and doing fine.
CAROLINE
PUTNAM Orono, Penobscot County
She is 24 ME and seems to be running a boarding house. In 1860, she will be in Lawrence, Massachusetts and either running a boarding house or living in a large one. She is simply listed as ‘operator.’ She is Julia Caroline Putnam daughter of Amos Putnam and Christina Jane Wormwood and was born October 11, 1825 in Houlton, Aroostook County. She will marry Rufus Johnson in Old Town Maine April 4, 1857. They are here in 1860 and 1870 and 1880. They will head out to California and she will die in Alhambra, Los Angeles County December 17, 1886.
HANNAH
PUTNAM Carmel, Penobscot County
She is 81 MA and lives with
Lewis (40 MA) and Sarah (41 MA) Mayo. She is Hannah Alexander Putnam from
Chelmsford, widow of Daniel Putnam (878). Sarah Mayo is number 2110, her
daughter. Her son Israel has been in Dover for a while now.
DANIEL
PUTNAM Dixmont,
Penobscot County
He is 28 ME, a farmer, Abigail Tasker
26 ME, Lyman C. 7 ME and William T. (Tasker) 3 ME. He is Daniel Junior, son of
Daniel Putnam and his first wife Nancy Jones, and grandson of John Putnam and
Joanna Eames of Waldo County. He married Abigail Tasker back in Waldo County in
the early 1840s.
NANCY
PUTMAN Dexter, Penobscot County
She is 63 MA and lives in the
county poor house. I really think this gal is Nancy Jones, first wife of Daniel
Putnam and mom of the above Daniel in Dixmont. She
was married to Dan Sr. in 1830 with four children, including the above Daniel.
Then by 1840 she got divorced or something, and Dan Sr. had a new wife, Eliza
Mitchell, and no kids. The age is perfect, as Nancy Jones was born in 1786 back
in Massachusetts. She is however listed as a BUTMAN as Rand found out.
JOHN
PUTNAM Dexter, Penobscot County
He is 43 NH and works on the
Bryant farm. He is a son of John Putnam and Mary Herrick. He was born in Wilton
June 8, 1807. In 1860 his mother Mary, brother Lyman and sister Abby will all
be here in Dexter. His brother Franklin is in Bangor right now. John will be
back in Wilton, New Hampshire with his wife, Abigail Holt, who is still there
now and listed as a pauper. Guess he left her, then had second thoughts.
TAMAR
PUTNAM Eddington, Penobscot County
She is 85 MA and lives with
Samuel Davis 79 MA and a bunch of other folks. She is Tamar Towne, Joseph’s
widow. Her son Benjamin lives next door. She has been living up here with him
since the 1820s.
BENJAMIN
PUTNAM Eddington, Penobscot County
He has been most of his life
now. He is now 59 MA, Diantha Thurston 59 MA and they
have Abigail Foek 37 ME with them. I would guess Abby
is their daughter. Diantha will die in 1857 and later
that year he will marry Catherine Harding and they will be in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass. by 1860. He is number 1335, a son of Joseph Putnam (538) and
Tamar Towne of Sutton, Massachusetts. He was born there in 1790. He married Diantha Thatcher Thurston in Ward or probably Sutton,
Massachusetts August 25, 1812.
ISRAEL
PUTNAM Dover, Piscataquis County
He is now 46 MA, Adeline White
45 MA, Daniel J. 18 ME, Mary 14 ME, Marcia 12 ME, John 11 ME and Eliza 8 ME. He
is number 2111, a son of Daniel Putnam (878) and Hannah Alexander of Littleton,
Massachusetts. He was born there November 20, 1803, and married Adeline White
before moving up North. They have been here a bunch of years. His mother Hannah
is in Carmel, Penobscot County. Israel was born in 1804 and will die here in
1892. Adeline was also born in 1804 and will die here in Dover in 1883. The son
John was born here in Dover in 1839 and will die here in 1924.
SUSAN
PUTNAM Dover, Piscataquis County
She is Susan Heald 33 ME, Allen
7 ME, Ulmer 4 ME and Sarah 2 ME. Someone’s widow, and one of the kids says his
dad was John Putnam. There was a John Putnam born 1814 who died here in 1850.
He may have been married to Susan, just not sure. Sarah will marry an E. Baker
here and they are in Topeka Kansas in 1870 along with her mother Susan. Sarah is
widowed by 1875 in Topeka and Susan is with her. The son Allen H. will be in
San Francisco in 1870 for what that’s worth, and Ulmer will be in Walla Walla,
Washington in the 1880 census. Her son Ulmer's death record has her
husband as John Putnam as you suspected. Her maiden name is Heald and her
oldest son Allen carries that name as his middle name. John is buried in South
Dover Cemetery and it has his birth years as 1814 as listed above. 1814 is also
on John's death record. He also has a will on Ancestry but no hints as to his
parents there. Susan was born July 15, 1816 and will die December 27,
1896. There is a book on the Dinsmore Genealogy published in Maine in 1927 that
has some info according to a very sparse tree.
WILLIAM
W. (WALKER) PUTNAM West of the Vien River, Somerset County
John and Lucinda’s son has now
moved out into the Boondocks. They were in New Vineyard, Franklin County in
1840. Now his ‘town’ is Township 3, Range 3 west of the Vien
River. He’s a laborer, probably in a logging camp, as it was too early for the
ski areas in that neck of the woods to open up. He is now 34 ME, Eliza 35 ME,
Columbus 15 ME, Thais, a daughter 13 ME, John E. 11 ME, William 8 ME, Lorinda 5
ME and Eliza 9/12 ME.
DANIEL
PUTNAM Frankfort, Waldo County
He is, of course, a son of John
and Joanne. He is a cooper 60 ME, Eliza Mitchell, his second wife, 44 ME, Nancy
10 ME, George 9 ME, Silas 6 ME, and Jeremiah 4 ME. Now if you remember back in 1830 he was married to Nancy Jones and had a bunch of kids,
in 1840 was married to Eliza and had no kids. Well, I believe the Nancy Putnam
in Penobscot County is his ex-wife. His son Daniel junior, from the first
marriage, is there also with his wife Abigail Tasker.
DANIEL
PUTNAM Belfast, Waldo County
Still here, a son of Daniel
Putnam and Hannah Alexander from Chelmsford, Mass. He is now 51 MA, a trader, Permelia Hilton, his second wife, is 41 ME. They were
married here May 12, 1847. They have several boarders.
ISRAEL
PUTNAM Belfast, Waldo County
He is listed as Isaac Putnam,
but should be Israel as handwriting was bad back then. He is an axe maker, 28
ME, Eliza Hunt his wife 24 ME, Charles 3 ME, and James 1 ME. He could be a son
of Israel Putnam and Ruth Walton, or Daniel Putnam and Nancy Jones. Not sure.
Rand Putnam has done a ton of work on this and figures Dan was his dad. They
had a kid his age in 1830 and Dan had a brother named Israel. Contact him at kugerrand@gmail.com for lots more info.
Israel was born October 27, 1822 in Thomaston, Maine and will die on a ship out
in the Atlantic down near Cuba on November 27, 1857. Eliza is widowed here in
Waldo County in 1860 and 1870. Then she and the kids are all out in Cook County
Illinois in 1880.
ZENAS
B. PUTNAM Unity, Waldo County
He is 19 ME and lives with
Luther and Mary Whitehall. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and his first wife
Nancy Jones. He will soon marry Annie M. Battles, and in 1860 will have a few
kids in Old Town, Penobscot County.
ABIGAIL
PUTNAM Unity, Waldo County
She is 25 ME and lives in a
hotel. Probably a widow of either Amos or Thomas, both were sons of Daniel and
Nancy and are missing here.
BENJAMIN
C. (CROWNINGSHIELD) PUTNAM Searsport,
Waldo County
He is a son of Silas Putnam and
Mary Mitchell. He was born in Monroe, Waldo County on March 10, 1818. He
married Mary S. L. Webber on December 26, 1839. He is now 32 ME, a sailor, Mary
30 ME, Lewiston, a son, 7 ME, Floretta M. 2 and a set of twins Susan A. and
Frederick A. M. both 6/12 ME. He is a Master Mariner.
JOHN
(PIERCE) PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo County
He lives next door to his
brother Benjamin. John was born here in Searsport on June 26, 1826. He married
Mary Catherine Hatch in Belfast on April 9, 1848. He is a sail maker 23 ME,
Mary 21 ME and a new unnamed son just born, but who will die shortly. They will
be here forever.
JOSEPH
N. (NEALEY) PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo
County
He is another of Silas’
children. He was born in Monroe on January 24, 1823. He married Sarah Ann
Thompson January 19, 1846 here in Searsport. Joseph is a sailor, 27 ME, Sarah
Ann 24 ME and Christina 6/12 ME.
SILAS
PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo County
He is a son of John Putnam and
Joanna Eames, and father to these guys here in Searsport. He is a ship
carpenter 56 ME, Mary Ann Mitchell 54 ME, Emeline J. 20 ME, Gorham L.
(Lancaster) 18 ME (a pump maker), George Washington 16 ME, Nancy F. (Fowler) 14
ME. Also there is Mary Mitchell 66 ME. Mary would be
Silas’ wife’s mom, and the age is probably 86.
HENRY
PUTNAM Harrington, Washington County
He has been in eastern Maine
since the very early 1800s, and was married here in 1810 to Susannah Thurston.
He first popped up in 1810 in Deer Isle and has kept moving northeastward ever
since. And I still have no idea who he is. His daughter Delia said on her
wedding certificate that her dad was born in England. Who knows. He is a farmer
65 MA, Susanna 58 MA, John T. 28 ME, a sailor, Francis 25 ME, Martha 22 ME and
Delia 19 ME. Also there is Elizabeth Mitchell 63 MA.
LEWIS
PUTNAM Pembroke, Washington County
He is number 1486, a son of Zadock Putnam (609) and Abigail Elliott of Grafton. He was
born there May 16, 1782. I have no idea about a wife. All Eben
has in his book is that he lived in Eastport, Maine and left descendants. He
hasn’t shown up in any census reports, but if the two following gals are his
daughters, he has been way out here since before 1820. This area is so remote,
the census guys lust may never have ventured this far out on the eastern coast.
Also this area was long disputed with Canada, and may
well have been part of New Brunswick in those days. Remember this border area
was not resolved until 1842, so you’ll have to look up Canadian records before
that. Pembroke is a few miles inland from Eastport. Anyway, he is 68 MA and has
Russell (38 MA) and Emily (31 ME) Foster with him. They all live with George
(38 ME) and Teresa (30 ME) Head. I would guess that the two wives are his
daughters.
WILLIAM
E. (EATON) PUTNAM York, York County
He is 42 MA, a shipmaster,
Louisa Wilcox is 29 ME. Also here is her father David Wilcox 71 CT. He is a son
of Thomas and Mary (Fitz) Putnam, and was born in Danvers, Mass on March 30,
1807. Thomas was number 2192 in Eben’s book. The upcoming Jeremiah and George
are his brothers. They will be here in 1860, and Louisa will be widowed here in
1870. There were never any children.
JERE
S. (JEREMIAH SMITH) PUTNAM York, York
County
He and Ruth Sewall have been a
long time. He is a physician 50 MA, Ruth 53 ME, George W. (William) 19 ME. Also there are Nancy Sewall 67 ME and Susannah Sewall 61 ME.
They are probably Ruth’s sisters.
GEORGE
W. (WASHINGTON) PUTNAM York, York County
He is a shipmaster 45 MA, Susan
is 38 ME. He married Susan Elizabeth Thompson here in York on September 11,
1847. George was a son of Thomas (2192) and Mary Fitz Putnam of Danvers, born
in Danvers April 9, 1803. Both he and Susan will die in the next few years.
MAINE 1860 CENSUS
JOHN
F. (FARNUM) PUTNAM Lewiston, Androscoggin
County
This county was just formed out
of Oxford, Kennebec and Cumberland Counties in 1854. So
some of these families were here in 1850, but the County name changed. John is
26 ME, Calista D. Green 22 NH. They live on a farm with the Crocket family.
John is a son of Hiram Putnam and Clarissa Farnum. He was born in Rumford,
Oxford County on June 11, 1833. He married Calista in Rumford on September 2,
1858. She is his first wife and will die in a year or two.
ALONZO
E. (EDWIN) PUTNAM Lewiston, Androscoggin
County
He is 32 ME, and works in a
factory. Mary Ann Ross, his wife is 26 ME, Eddie 4 ME and Willie P. 1 ME.
Alonzo is a son of Jesse Putnam and Polly Keyes of Rumford. He was born there
November 21, 1829.
CYRUS
PUTNAM Lewiston, Androscoggin County
He is 48, a house carpenter,
boarding with W. H. Stevens who is also a carpenter. He is a son of Samuel
Putnam and his second wife Betsy Cobb of Rumford. He was born there August 16,
1812. He was in Kennebec County in 1840. He never married.
SIMEON
W. (WALTON) PUTNAM Auburn, Androscoggin
County
He is 31 (35?) ME, a farmer, and
lives with a Morrill family. He is a son of Israel Putnam and Ruth Walton, from
Mexico, Oxford County. This is a dual listing, as he is also shown back in
Mexico with his mom. He’ll be marrying Abbie Blake Small back in Oxford County
in 1865.
VARNEY
PUTNAM Amity, Township 11 Range 1,
Aroostook County
He is 34 MA, Mary E. (Cone) 30
ME, Clair 8 ME, Dean 5 ME, Sarah Ann 2 ME and a son B. H. (Black Hawk) 1/12 ME.
Varney is a son of Joshua Putnam and Lucia Clark of Houlton, Maine. He was born
in New Salem, Massachusetts July 2, 1826, and he married Mary Elizabeth Cone in
Cary, Aroostook County. His brother Otis and that family live with him.
OTIS
PUTNAM Amity, Township 11 Range 1, Aroostook
County
He lives with his brother Varney
out here in nowhere land. He is 32 MA, Temperance (Cone) 26 ME, Cora 6 ME,
Hiram 4 ME, Cordelia 2 ME and a son whose name starts with a B or S 1/12 ME.
This would be a daughter, Sarah Josephine, born May 27, 1860. Otis is a son of
Joshua and Lucia. He was born in New Salem, Massachusetts in 1828. He married
Temperance Cone July 9, 1853.
AZIEL
PUTNAM Amity, Township 11, Range 1,
Aroostook County
He is listed Agile 25 ME. He is
a son of Joshua Putnam and Lucia Clark. He was born in Houlton in 1834, and is
living here with his cousin Otis.
MARY
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
She is 19 ME and boarding with
the Miller family.
JOHN
V. (VARNUM) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook
County
He is now 56 MA, his son Black
Hawk 22 ME. As you remember, he lost his wife just before the 1850 census, and
he has lost his mother Sally back in the early 1850s.
JAY
(STILLMAN) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook
County
Aaron’s son is now 56 MA, Susan
is 53 ME, Willard 17 ME, and Theresa 15 ME. His mother Isa Patrick Putnam 86 ME
is still living with him as she was in 1850. Jay’s first wife, Betsy Broad died
back on January 29, 1852, and Jay has married a Mrs. Susan Lander (don’t have a
maiden name, she was first married to Perley W. Lander) here in Houlton on
December 3, 1856. He’ll be widowed here in 1870. He was born in New Salem,
Massachusetts June 10, 1803 and will die here in Houlton August 1, 1880.
LYMAN
O. (ORLANDO) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook
County
He is 26 ME, Martha Ann Packard,
his wife, is 23 ME. He finished Law school and is now a Councilor at Law. He is
a son of Amos Putnam and Christiana Wormwood. He was born here on April 20,
1834 and will die here January 22, 1872. He married Martha Packard here in
Houlton on September 11, 1859. Martha was a daughter of Thomas Painter Packard
and Lucretia Green. She was born in January 1837 and will die here January 2,
1901 after partying over New Years.
IRA
A. (ABERCROMBIE) PUTNAM Houlton,
Aroostook County
He is now 28 ME and his brand new wife, Lydia Cone is 22 ME. He is a son of Joshua
and Lucia, and was born here in Houlton December 2, 1831. He married Lydia a
couple of months ago on March 19, 1860. His folks live next door. All these
Cone gals are sisters.
JOSHUA
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
John and Sally’s son is now 66
MA, Lucia Clark 64 MA. He has taken an inside job and is now a butcher. Just
had to get out of the cold.
CHRISTIANA
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
Christiana Jane Wormwood lists
herself as ‘widow’, and it has been 11 years since Amos died. She is now 56 ME,
Polly Cook 24 ME, Isa Angeline 22 ME, Varney Wheeler 20 ME, Henry Harrison 18
ME, Charles Championette 16 ME, Maria Burliegh 14 ME, Samuel Wormwood 12 ME, Frank Lewis 9 ME,
and John Stuart 4 ME. AHA! Look back at 1850, and you’ll know Frank was born
posthumously as far as Amos went. The John Stewart would be a grandchild or
some other kin of sorts. At any rate, her two eldest sons, Levi and Alvarez,
live next door.
A.
G. (ALVAREZ GONSALVO) PUTNAM Houlton,
Aroostook County
Amos’ son is now 30 ME, Lydia
Hamm 30 ME, Inez 6 ME, Percy 5 ME and Sumner 3 ME. Alvarez married Lydia here
September 18, 1852. He was born October 23, 1829 and spent his entire life in
Houlton dying here on June 30, 1914.
LEVY
H. (HOULTON) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook
County
Another of Amos and Christiana’s
kids, the eldest. He is 40 ME, Sarah Bradbury 39 ME, Abbie C. (Caroline Alice
born January 18, 1853) 7 ME and William L. 5 ME. He was born here in Houlton in
1819, and married Sarah here May 26, 1851.
LYSANDER
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
Aaron’s son is now 52 NB
(remember he was born in New Brunswick way back when), Ruth Libby is 50 ME,
Hannah 23 ME, Mellen 10 ME, Albert 7 ME and there is
an Eben Mitchell 25 ME with them. He is number 1796,
a son of Aaron Putnam (745) and Isa Patrick. He was born in Woodstock, New
Brunswick on December 27, 1806 while on the way here to Houlton. He married
Ruth Libby here in Houlton November 15, 1835. Ruth had been previously married
to John Fall. Lysander will be here till he dies September 27, 1886. Ruth was a
daughter of Ebenezer Libby and Hannah Smilley. She
was born in Albion, Kennebec County Maine July 17, 1809 and will die here in
Houlton October 10, 1895.
WILLIAM
L. (LEBARON) PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland
County
He is 25 ME, and an attorney at
law living in a nice hotel. He is a son of Israel Putnam and Sarah Emery Frost
of Bath, Maine. His daddy was/is mayor of Bath for some eight terms. Bill here
graduated from Bowdoin in 1855 and is getting his act going. He will marry
Octavia Robinson in Augusta in 1866. He will be mayor of Portland from 1869 to
1870, and then a judge on the U. S. Circuit Court here from 1892 to 1917, run
for governor of Maine in 1888, be appointed to various federal sea and fishing
commissions, and almost get us into war with England over fishing rights in
Canada. He’ll be here all his life. He was born in Bath May 26, 1835 and will
die here in Portland February 5, 1918. There were no children.
ARTEMAS
PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County
You got the whole story back in
1850. He is now 49 MA and a trader, Sarah H. Priest 48 MA, and George M. 21 MA.
Also there is an Ellen Hamilton 22 MA. Don’t know who
she is.
E.
R. (ELISHA ROCKWOOD) PUTNAM
Chesterville, Franklin County
He is number 2948, a son of Royal
Putnam (1352) and Mary Ann Seaver of Westborough,
Massachusetts. He was born there November 11, 1819. He is a shoemaker.
According to Eben’s book, his family will be going to nearby Oxford County.
Elisha is 49 MA, Mary M. Park 39 MA, Almon H. (Hobart) a son 14 MA, Mary Ann 13
MA, Elisha A. 12 MA, Cora E. 5 MA, George H. 3 MA and Emily P. 2 MA. He married
Mary Marble Park in Killingly, Connecticut on August 31, 1842. They were in
Ashland, Massachusetts in 1850, and in Holliston, Mass. in 1851. They are here
in 1870, and they will return to Hopkinton, Massachusetts by 1880. In 1900,
Elisha, then 80, will be in the Worcester County Old Folks Home. This line goes
back Elisha > Royal > Francis > Jonathan > Elisha > Edward >
Thomas > John.
HELENA
A. (AUGUSTA) PUTNAM Chesterville,
Franklin County
She is 7 MA and lives with
Luther (63 MA) and Joanna (59 ME) Park. She is probably one of Elisha’s
children, the Parks would be her grandparents, and Mary’s folks. She’ll still
be living here in 1870.
CHARLES
L. (LEE) PUTNAM Freeman, Franklin County
He was here in 1850, but now has
a new wife it seems. This listing shows Charles 53 (probably 58) ME, Sarah A.
39 ME, Houghton W. (listed William H. age 21 in 1850?) 18 ME, Charles L. Junior
9 ME and Elias M. 6 ME. Right next door
is a Betsy Gordon 64 ME living by herself. He is Charles Lee, son of Simeon
with, I guess a new wife. In 1850 he had a Hannah age 49 ME, and four kids who
are missing here. The gals were old enough to have married by now, and the son
Benjamin is nowhere to be found. Sarah could very well be the Hannah of 1850
who would be 59 now. Handwriting what it was then made 3s and 5s look identical
to folks like me. Likewise the A and H were confusing.
Most likely the wife was listed Hannah in 1850 at age 49, and is the same gal
as Sarah H. now at age 59. Good luck if you are connected to this line!
MAHALA
PUTNAM Freeman, Franklin County
She lives one house away from
the above Charles. She is Mahala Greenleaf, widow of Simeon Waters Putnam. They
were here in 1850. She is 60 ME, Fuller A. 27 ME, Vaughan G. 24 ME, Stillman A.
20. Stillman will be marrying Nellie Ingraham here shortly and will move to San
Francisco where he will practice law. Vaughan will be in Somerset County in
1870, and in Lowell, Mass. in 1880 running boarding house.
RUFUS
B. (BURDEN) PUTNAM Jay, Franklin County
He is 32 MA, a farm laborer with
John and Lucinda Fuller, both born in Maine. He is number 2298, a son of Abijah
Putnam (1006) and Betsy Burden of Sutton, Massachusetts. He was in Winchester,
Massachusetts in 1850.
C.
C. (CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS) PUTNAM
Readfield, Kennebec County
He is 24 ME, Sophia M. 21 ME,
Eliza 4 ME. Also there is a Charles Freeman 20 ME.
Chris is an ‘oil cloth painter.’ He would be a son of William Walker and Eliza
Putnam. In 1850, he was at home with them in Somerset County. They are here in
1880 and in 1870 they are back in Somerset County.
SUMNER
PUTNAM Clinton, Kennebec County
A son of Simeon Waters Putnam.
They were here in 1850. He is now 39 ME, Fanny 37 ME, Lavinia 19 ME, Otis A. 8
ME, George F. 5 ME and Fred E. 2 ME. Sumner was born (or at least it was
recorded) in Clinton on August 23, 1819.
GEORGE
L. (LLEWELLYN) PUTNAM St. George, Knox
County
He is 17 ME, a quarryman, living
in a boarding house. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and his second wife Eliza
Mitchell, and was born in Monroe, Penobscot County November 13, 1841. He will
marry Mary Dunning Rowell in Thomaston, Knox County in 1870 and be here through
the 1920 census, and in fact for the rest of their lives. He will die in 1922,
she in 1925.
MADISON
PUTNAM Rockland, Knox County
Simeon’s son was here in
Rockland in 1850, but it was a part of Lincoln County then. He is now 56 ME, a
day laborer, and boarding. He is a son of Simeon Waters and his first wife Azuba Morse. He was born in Rockland in 1802. He will die
in Kennebec County August 13, 1899. He never married.
JOHN
PUTNAM Bristol, Lincoln County
He is a sailor, 29 ME, Betsy 27
ME, William T. 9 ME, Aaron 7 ME, Sarah E. 5 ME, Elmira 3 ME and Josephine 8/12
ME. He is a BUTMAN not a Putnam. Rand found more info on him as a Butman.
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LEMUEL
PUTNAM Jefferson, Lincoln County
He was here in 1850. He is now
48 MA, a farmer, Azubah Hastings 48 MA, Horace 22 MA,
Charles L. 17 MA, Lavinia 13 MA, Abbie 7 and Albert 5. The last two kids are
listed as MA, but are most likely ME, unless the family went back home for a
few years. Lemuel is a son of George Small Putnam number 1750 and Polly Carter
of Danvers, Mass. He was born there February 19, 1812. Azubah
is a daughter of Benjamin Hastings and Nabby Whitcomb
and was born in New Hampshire October 4, 1811. They will be in Kennebec County
in 1870 and 1880.
EDWARD
PUTNAM Whitefield, Lincoln County
He is Edward Warren Putnam 40
NH, and a Roman Catholic clergyman. Also there is Ceolia Keating 42 ME a housekeeper I would assume. He is
number 2317, a son of Israel Warburton Putnam (1022) and Harriet Osgood. Israel
was a Congregationalist minister, I guess Edward was a
tad more conservative in his thinking. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
in 1820, graduated from Dartmouth, went first to an Episcopal Seminary, and
then the Catholic one in Worcester, Mass. He will die here in 1863.
DAVID
M. (MORSE) PUTNAM Hebron, Oxford County
He is 46 ME, a harness maker,
Lucy M. (Cushman) 46 ME, Nathaniel C. 20 ME, Madison 18 ME, Vesta 15 ME and
Columbus 12 ME. He is a son of Simeon and Mahala Putnam. In 1850 the family was
in Rockland, Lincoln County. In 1870, Lucy will be widowed and the family will
be in Chelsea, Mass. just outside of Boston.
BETSY
PUTNAM Hartford, Oxford County
She is now 71 ME, and still
lives with George and Betsy Flagg. She is Elizabeth Ames, James Putnam’s widow
and has been here forever.
JOHN
A. (AMES) PUTNAM Franklin Plantation,
Oxford County
He was near his mom, Betsy Ames
Putnam (above), in Hartford in 1850. He is now 40 ME, Clarinda Childs, his
wife, 30 ME, Lydia A. 15 ME, John A. (probably a junior) 9 ME, Aaron (Adrian)
C. 4 ME and Lewis C. 1 ME. There was a son, James L. who died at age 10 May 18,
1858. John will die September 25, 1866, and in 1870 the kids are all over the
County. Clarinda will marry Levi Atkins in June 1866 and have another couple of
kids. She will die in 1888.
BETSY
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
She is Betsy Cobb, now the widow
of Samuel Putnam. She is 86 (actually 76) MA and lives with Osgood and Betsy
Eaton. Betsy is her daughter. She’ll be here in 1870 living with her daughter
Mary Spofford.
JACOB
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
He is now 66 ME, Betsy Parker,
his wife, 66 ME, and their son Frank P. (Francis Parker) 24 ME is at home. Also there is Imogene Elliot 16 ME. Imogene is a daughter of
their daughter Sarah who married David Elliot.
BENJAMIN
E. (ELLIOT) PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford
County
Stephen Junior’s son is now 58
ME, Deborah Durgin is 54 ME, Benjamin P. 23 ME. Also there are Daniel Fillmore 45 ME, his brother, and Sally
Elliot Putnam 87 NH who is his mother. Benjamin was born May 13, 1802 and will
die here January 12, 1893. Deborah was Born July 22, 1806 and will die here
January 28, 1881.
WILLIAM
F. (FARRINGTON) PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford
County
He is 27 ME, Sophia C. (Abbot)
32 ME, Cora E. 2 ME and Etta F. 8/12 ME. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Betsy
Parker. He was born here in Rumford on June 13, 1832. He married Sophia Abbot
here on January 1, 1856. They will be here a while, in Mexico in 1880, and then
move to Dixmont, Maine.
JESSE
PUTMAN Rumford, Oxford County
He is now 63 ME, and widowed now
that Polly Keyes has died. At home are Prentiss 35 ME, and his wife Esther C.
Howe 28 ME and their daughter Sarah Marcella 8 ME. And then his not so bright
brother, Jeremiah 59 ME is there. Also there is Olive
Hinkson 94 NH. Olive is a daughter of Stephen Putnam Senior and Olive Varnum of
Temple, New Hampshire and then here in Rumford. ‘Young’ Olive was born October
2, 1766 and she married Samuel Hinkson. Atta Gal, Olive!
HIRAM
PUTNAM Bethel, Oxford County
This is a strange listing. It
lists Hiram 25 ME, Clarissa 24 ME and Ida A. 1 ME. I know who Hiram and
Clarissa are, but they are in their 50s and living in Mason. I don’t know if
this was a listing as they passed through here or what. I don’t know any other Hirams, and especially Hirams
married to Clarissas. Take this one with a grain of
salt.
CHARLES
PUTNAM Bethel, Oxford County
He is indeed a son of Hiram
Putnam and Clarissa Farnum from Rumford. Perhaps his folks had passed through
here getting him ‘settled.’ Charles Hiram Putnam is 19 ME and working on the
farm of Eben Eames. Charles was born in Rumford on
December 16, 1840 and will die in a Confederate Prison in 1863. He is also
presently listed with his folks, coming up next.
HIRAM
PUTNAM Mason, Oxford County
Okay this is the Hiram who is
here! He is Sam junior’s son. He is now 52 ME, Clarissa Farnum 53 ME, Charles
H. 19 ME, Francis N. 17 ME, and Ira N. 14 ME. Both Charles and Francis will
serve and die in the Union Army in a few more years.
SIMEON
PUTNAM Mexico, Oxford County
Simeon Walton Putnam is a son of
Israel Putnam and Ruth Walton of Rumford and now here in Mexico. He was born
September 16, 1825 and will marry Abbie Blake Small here on November 17, 1865.
Then he and his brothers, Horatio Gates, Artemas
Walton, and Seth Harris will all be going to Utah as they are all Mormons by
now. Simeon is 35 ME, his sister Cyrena is 47 ME and
his mother Ruth is 67 ME.
H.
G. (HORATIO GATES) PUTNAM Mexico, Oxford
County
Horatio, born in Rumford on
January 18, 1813, is another of Israel and Ruth’s children. He too is a Mormon
and will be off to the Salt Lake area in a few years. Horatio is 44 ME, Keziah
Hunting, his wife, is 44 MA, Alfred 16 ME, Marietta 13 ME, Andrew J. 11 ME,
Mary 9 ME, and Leonard 6 ME. They will be in Erie County, Ohio in 1870 and be working
their way west to Utah.
IVY
A. (ATWOOD) PUTNAM Mexico, Oxford County
Ivy is a son of Samuel Putnam
Junior and his second wife Clarissa Farnum. He was born October 12, 1820 in
Rumford. He is now 39 ME, Emily 42 ME, Mary S. 15 ME, Gustavius
13 ME and Emily 11 ME. Ivy married Emily Virginia Gleason in Rumford on January
25, 1857. The children are hers by a prior marriage to Hiram Bartlett in 1842.
In 1870, Emily will be here alone, and Ivy will be out of here. In 1880, Emily
and Gustavas (as he is listed in 1880) will be here
in Mexico. But also in 1880, Ivy will be in McKean County, Pennsylvania with
another wife born in Germany and a new set of children. Atwood will remain in
Colegrove, Pennsylvania for the rest of his life. Guess they got divorced in
the 1860s.
ZENAS
B. PUTNAM Old Town, Penobscot County
He is indexed as Zenith, but was
listed as Zenas in Unity, Waldo County in 1850. He is now 29 ME, his wife Ann
Battles is 25 ME, Flora 6 ME, and Ella 2 ME. Also
there is Nancy Plummer 19 ME. He is a son of Daniel and Nancy Putnam from
Belfast, Waldo County. He was single in 1850, married Ann about 1853. They’ll be
back in Waldo County by the 1870.
ABIGAIL PUTNAM Bangor, Penobscot County
She is 48 ME, a nurse, and is boarding here. Abigail is a daughter of Dr. John Putnam and Mary ‘Polly’ Herrick and was born in Wilton, New Hampshire. She was here in 1850 and is also listed with her mother Mary here in Dexter, Penobscot County. Then in 1870 and 1880 is in Dexter living with her widowed mother Mary.
ABBY PUTNAM Brewer, Penobscot County
She is 40 ME and living or boarding with a Roberts Family. Probably a dual listing for the above Abigail.
LYMAN
PUTNAM Dexter, Penobscot County
He is 42 NH and lives on the
farm of Nathaniel and Adeline Bryant. Lyman was born in Wilton, Hillsborough
County, New Hampshire on January 29, 1818. He is a son of John Putnam (#1884)
and Mary Herrick of Wilton. Adeline is his sister. She was born in Wilton on
May 18, 1815. In fact more of his family live next
door.
MARY
PUTNAM Dexter, Penobscot County
She is Mary Herrick, the widow
of John Putnam of Wilton, New Hampshire. John was a son of Jacob Putnam (768)
and Abigail Burnap. She is now 78 NH, her daughter
Sarah Putnam Farrar is 55 NH (born June 5, 1805), another unmarried daughter
Abigail is 47 NH (born May 4, 1813). Her son Lyman lives next door with her
daughter Adaline.
ISRAEL
PUTNAM Dover, Piscataquis County
He is still here and is now 56
MA, Adeline White 56 MA, Daniel G. 28 ME X, Mary 24 ME, John 21 ME and Sarah 18
ME. He is number 2111, a son of Daniel Putnam (878) and Hannah Alexander of
Littleton, Massachusetts. He was born there November 20, 1803, and married
Adeline White before moving up north. Adeline was also born in 1804 and will
die here in Dover in 1883. The son Daniel will marry Mary W. Woodward on
October 17, 1861 and then die in 1864 in the horrible Andersonville Prison in
Georgia. Mary will be here till she dies in 1910. The daughter Mary was born in
1835 and will die here in 1917. She will marry Daniel M. Page on May 1, 1880
here in Dover.
A.
G. (ALONZO GANSELO) PUTNAM Dover,
Piscataquis County
He is 36 ME, Frances Mary Guison, his wife, 37 NB/CND, Etta 13 ME, William F. 11 ME, and John 9 ME. Alonzo is a son of Amos Putnam and Christina Wormwood from Aroostook County Maine. Alonzo moved to Canada in 1845 and married Frances Mary Guison in New Brunswick on May 18, 1848. They were there in York in the 1851 census, and they all recently moved back over here. The kids were all actually born in New Brunswick. They will all be here in 1870, and in Hancock County in 1880.
ANSEL
S. PUTNAM Guilford, Piscataquis County
He is 6 ME and living with Jacob Wright 52 ME, Judith Wright 51 ME, Augusta J. Wright 23, and Ellen R. Wright 20. Probably one of the daughters is his mom.
ISRAEL
PUTNAM Bath, Sagadahoc County
He is a physician 55 MA, Sarah
Emery Frost 48 MA, Hannah A. 23 MA, Octavia M. 15 MA and Edwin 18 MA. There are
also two domestics from Ireland. He has been here in Bath since graduating from
Brown. He next will drop medicine and become Mayor of Bath.
FRANKLIN
PUTNAM Bath, Sagadahoc County
He is 30 NH, a school teacher
living in a hotel. He is a son of John Putnam and Almira French and was born
September 8, 1833 in Croydon, Sullivan County. He has just graduated from Bowdin College in 1859 and is studying law here. He will go
into law practice in Kansas City, Missouri in 1861 and will die there November
3, 1865.
SUSAN
PUTNAM Bingham, Somerset County
She is 44 ME, a milliner, and
has several borders. She was here in 1850 and will be through 1880, but no clue
who she is.
WILLIAM
W. (WALKER) PUTNAM Dead River P. O.,
Somerset County
He is still out in the
boondocks, but has a new wife now. He is 44 ME, Mahala 52 ME, William 19 ME, Lorinda 14 ME, Erva
(Ervin?) a son 11 ME (was listed as Eliza in 1850), and Melville 8 ME. He’ll
have yet another wife in 1870.
C. (CHRISTINA) E. PUTNAM Hartland, Somerset County
This entry was too light to read. Rand got a better look and she is 10 ME with her mother Sarah Putnam 35 ME. A duplicate listing it seems as they are together with Joseph Nealey Putnam in Searsport, Waldo County where he is listed as a seaman.
BERTHA
M. PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo County
She is 7 ME and lives with Joseph and Nancy Field. There are a lot of Putnams in Searsport for some reason so
this one is difficult to pin down. Rand’s best guess would be a daughter of
Daniel Jones Putnam and Abigail Dodge Trasker.
Abigail died on 16 may 1853 so perhaps she died in child birth of Bertha.
One of Dan's sons marries into the Field family. Dan is listing in Jackson in
1860 ME but does not have Bertha with his new wife.
JOHN
PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo County
He is 32 ME,
Mary Catherine Hatch is 31 ME and they have Estella A. (Ann) 5 ME. He is a sail
maker. He is Silas’ son, and was here in 1850. In fact
he has been here all his life.
BENJAMIN
C. (CROWNINGS) PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo
County
Silas’ son is still a sailor,
and now is 42 ME, Mary S. Webber 40 ME, Lauristan 17
ME, Floretta 12 ME and the twins Frederick A. M. and Susan A. are 11 ME. The
son Lauristan will be working in the Charlestown (Mass)
Navy Yards in 1870.
SILAS
PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo County
The local patriarch is now 68
ME, Mary Ann Mitchell is 64 ME. I think he retired now from carpentry and
building ships.
JOSEPH
N. (NEALEY) PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo
County
Another of Silas’ kids. Joe is
now 36 ME and still a sailor, Sarah Ann Thompson is 35 ME, Christina E. is 10
ME.
ELIZABETH
H. PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo County
She is 9 ME, her sister Ida is 5
ME. They live with Mary Salvage 40 ME.
DANIEL
PUTNAM Belfast, Waldo County
He is now 59 MA, now a clock
maker, Permelia Hilton is 47 ME. He has been here a
while now.
DANIEL
PUTNAM Monroe, Waldo County
He has moved from Frankfort, and
is still a cooper. He is now 71 ME, Eliza Mitchell is 53 ME, George Washington
18 ME, Silas 15 ME, Jeremiah M. 13 ME, and Eliza Jane 9 ME.
ELIZABETH
PUTNAM Thorndike, Waldo County
She is Eliza Hunt, Israel
Putnam’s widow. He died at sea November 27, 1857. They were in Belfast, Waldo
County in 1850. She is now 31 ME, Charles 11 ME, Abby 9 ME, Herbert 4 ME and
Martha 3 ME. She and the kids are in Pittsfield, Waldo County in 1870. Then
they are all out in Brighton, Cook County, Illinois in 1880. The sons will be
married then.
DANIEL
PUTNAM JR. Jackson, Waldo County
He is a son of Daniel and Nancy,
and was in Dixmont, Penobscot County in 1850. He is
now 39 ME, Sarah Ann Tasker, a second wife, is 32 ME, Lyman C. 17 ME, William
T. 13 ME, John C. 7 ME, Benjamin 6 ME and Charles E. 11/12 ME. There are also
two stepsons, last name White, who would be Sarah's from her first marriage.
The sons Lyman, William, and John will all be in Brightwood, Marion County,
Indiana in the 1870s and appear in the 1880 census there.
GEORGE
W. PUTNAM Troy, Waldo County
He is 26 ME and a laborer on the
Mitchell farm here. He is the youngest son of Silas and Mary Mitchell Putnam’s
sons. He is at his grandparents farm. He will marry Eudoxa Mitchell, and will be in Searsport by the 1870 with
his second wife Nancy Doane.
JOHN
PUTNAM Harrington, Washington County
He is John Thurston Putnam, son
of Henry Putnam and Susannah Thurston. He is a sea captain 37 ME, Elvira 31 ME,
Willis A. 6 ME and Elvira 5 ME.
VESTA
PUTNAM Bitteford,
York County
She is 18, a factory operative,
and lives in a boarding House. She looks to be the daughter of Charles Lee
Putnam from Franklin County.
JEREMIAH
S. (SMITH) PUTNAM York, York County
Been here for ages, but now his
wife Ruth Sewall has died. He is now 60 MA, George W. S. 29 ME and George’s
wife Tryphena is 31 ME. Jere is still practicing
medicine. They will all be here in 1870.
WILLIAM
E. (EATON) PUTNAM York, York County
Still here. He is 50 MA, Louisa
C. Wilcox 38 ME. He is a master mariner. He and the above Jeremiah are kids of
Thomas Putnam (2192 of Danvers). Their other brother, George and his wife have
both died since 1850. Louisa will be widowed here in 1870.
MAINE 1870 CENSUS
He is now 36 ME, Myra Bickford, his wife, is 30 ME, Alice B. (Aleander B., a son who will die in 1880) 10 ME, Hattie Tyler 12 MA and John F. Putnam Jr. 2 ME, Willie 1 ME. He is a son of Hiram Putnam and Clarissa Farnum from Oxford County. Myra A. Bickford is his second wife. They were married here in Lewiston on November 1, 1866. His first wife, Calista Green had died about 1864. I have no idea who Hattie is. They will be here in 1880.
She is 35 NH, William L. 11 ME. They live with Theodore and Abbie M. (last name ??). She is Mary Ann Ross, widow of Alonzo Edwin Putnam. They were here in 1860.
He is 50 ME, a carpenter, and in a boarding house. He is a son of Samuel Putnam and his second wife Betsy Cobb of Rumford. He never married.
She is 23 ME and lives in a boarding house. She is Mary Alice Putnam and also listed now with her folks Elisha Rockwood Putnam and Mary Ann Seaver in Chesterfield, Franklin County Maine.
He is 20 ME and a shoemaker. He lives with David 38 ME and Lydia F. 31 ME Elliot. No idea, he never appears again or before.
He is 28 ME, Frances 20 ME. He is a son of Amos Putnam and Christina Wormwood. He was at home with his mom in 1860. Henry had married Plooma M. Herrick a couple of years ago, and she died very shortly afterwards. There is a broken tombstone in Houlton, but the bottom part with dates is missing. He then married Frances Meguier or McGuire of Weston, Maine on May 16, 1869. He’ll be in Washington County by 1880.
He is 36 ME, Lydia Ann Cone 31 ME, Lydia 9 ME and Hope 4 ME. He is a son of Joshua Putnam and Lucia Clark of Houlton. They’ll be here in 1880.
He is 41 ME, Osia 28 ME, Mary A. 34 ME, Adelaide 23 ME, Fred 14 ME. Best I can figure is Mary A. is his wife Mary Ann Plummer and Fred is their son. The others would be siblings. He should be a son of Daniel and Nancy Putnam of Unity, Waldo County. They will be here in 1880.
He is 40 ME, Lydia Hamm his wife
41 New Brunswick, Inez 16 ME, Percy (Pearce in 1880) C. 15 ME, Sumner 13 ME, Ploona 6 ME and Christine 3 ME. He is a son of Amos and
Christina (Wormwood) Putman. He was born October 23, 1829 and spent his entire
life in Houlton dying here on June 30, 1914. They were here in 1860.
He is 32 ME, Jerusha Snell, his wife, 27 ME, Elizabeth J. 6 ME and Alice F. 1 ME. He is a son of Amos and Christina (Wormwood) Putman.
Christina Wormwood is now 66 ME, her sons still at home are Samuel 22 ME and Francis L. (Lewis) 19 ME.
Aaron’s son is now 67 MA and
widowed again since his second wife Susan has died. At home are his son Willard
27 ME and Mary Louise Ward 24 ME, his wife. Jay’s first wife, Betsy Broad died
back on January 29, 1852, and Jay had married a Mrs. Susan Lander (don’t have a
maiden name, she was first married to Perley W. Lander) here in Houlton on
December 3, 1856. He’ll be widowed here in 1880. He was born in New Salem,
Massachusetts June 10, 1803 and will die here in Houlton August 1, 1880.
He is now 67 ME and lives with the upcoming Lyman Putnam.
He is listed 57 but is actually 77 MA. His son Aziel W. 29 ME and a housekeeper Hannah Morgan 31 NB are with him.
Another of Amos and Christiana’s kids. He is 50 ME, Sarah Bradbury, his wife, 49 ME, Caroline A. 17 ME, William L. 15 ME and Amos 7 ME.
He is 36 ME, Martha Ann Packard
his wife 33 ME, Thomas P. 8 ME, Harry 6 ME, and Beecher 3 ME. Also here is John
Varnum Putnam 67 ME. He is a son of Amos Putnam and Christiana Wormwood. He was
born here on April 20, 1834 and will die here January 22, 1872. He married Martha
Packard here in Houlton on September 11, 1859. Martha was a daughter of Thomas
Painter Packard and Lucretia Green. She was born in January 1837 and will die
here January 2, 1901. The son Harry Lyman was born September 9, 1863 and will
marry Gertrude Bass. He will become a schoolteacher in Connecticut and later
return here to Houlton and be a physician. He will die of food poisoning in
Ashville, North Carolina on July 27, 1934.
Aaron’s son is 63 NB, Ruth Fall
Libby his wife is 60 ME, Hannah 31 ME, Mellen 20 ME,
and Albert 18 ME. There are also three servants here. He is number 1796, a son
of Aaron Putnam (745) and Isa Patrick. He was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick
on December 27, 1806 while on the way here to Houlton. He married Ruth Libby
here in Houlton November 15, 1835. Ruth had been previously married to John
Fall. Lysander will be here till he dies September 27, 1886. Ruth was a
daughter of Ebenezer Libby and Hannah Smilley. She
was born in Albion, Kennebec County Maine July 17, 1809 and will die here in
Houlton October 10, 1895.
Listed as James, but is Varney Putnam. He is a son of Joshua Putnam and Lucia Clark of Houlton. He is 44 MA (born back in New Salem), Mary E. Cone, his wife, 41 ME, Clara E. 18 ME, Dean B. 15 ME, Sarah A. 12 ME, Black Hawk 10 ME, and Lizzie 5 ME.
Another of Joshua’s sons. He is 42 ME and it looks like his wife Temperance Cone has died. At home are Cora L. 16 ME, Cordelia 12 ME and Sarah J. 10 ME.
He is a son of Amos and Christina Putnam. He is a carpenter 30 ME, Ophelia A. Brackett, his wife, 30 ME.
He is a minister 35 NH, Fanny Wells 27 GA, George H. 5 ME, Jennie L. 2 ME and Grace M. 9/12 ME. He lives with his father, John Milton, listed next.
He is now a retired minister 76 MA. He and his son George were in Dunbarton, New Hampshire before heading out here. Guess George got a new Church.
He is number 2948, a son of Royal Putnam (1352) and Mary Ann
Seaver of Westborough, Massachusetts. He is a
shoemaker 50 MA, Mary Marble Park his wife is 40 MA, Mary Ann 23 MA, Cora E. 15
MA, George H. 13 MA, Emily P. 12 MA, Willis A. 8 ME and Prince W. 5 ME. He is
also listed in Ashland, Mass by himself. Probably down on business.
She is 17 MA and lives with her grandparents Luther and Joanna Park. She was here in 1870, and is probably a daughter of Elisha Putnam and Mary Park.
He is a son of Simeon Waters Putnam and Mahala Greenleaf. He was here in 1860 too. He is now 63 ME a farmer, Sarah Ann 48 ME.
He is now 50 ME, Fanny 48 ME, Otis 18 ME, Franklin 15 ME, and Fred E. 12 ME. A son of Simeon Waters Putnam. He was born here.
He is 26 MA and lives with John and Relief Fairbanks. He is a brick maker. He is a son of Lemuel and Azuba Putnam. He was born in Massachusetts before they came to Maine. He was at home in Franklin County in 1850 and 1860. He will marry their daughter Althea and be here with her mom in 1880.
He is now 58 MA, Azubah Hastings 58 NH, George B. 25 MA, Nellie 19 ME and
Albert 15 ME. Lemuel is a son of George Small Putnam number 1750 and Polly
Carter of Danvers, Mass. He was born there February 19, 1812. He was in Lincoln
County in 1850 and 1860. Nellie here is George’s wife Nellie H. Morrill. They
were just married here September 19, 1868. Azubah is
a daughter of Benjamin Hastings and Nabby Whitcomb
and was born in New Hampshire October 4, 1811. They are here in 1880.
SARAH
L. PUTNAM Readfield, Kennebec County
She is 27 ME and lives with
Franklin B. (59 ME) and Sarah S, (61 ME) White. She has a son Willie C. 3 ME
with her.
HUBERT
PUTNAM Winslow, Kennebec County
He is 14 ME and lives with Edwin
(56 ME) and Harriet (53 ME) Spring. He looks like Isaac and Elizabeth’s son from
Waldo County (see the 1860).
He is John Prince Putnam (#2916) a son of Mason Putnam. He
was in Somerville, Massachusetts before coming up here. His wife Lucy Ann
Harris had died in Cambridge, Mass in 1864. He has a new wife, Kate Louisa
Gardner. They were married here in Winthrop. He is now 47 MA a farmer, Kate
Sturtevant his second wife is 29 ME, Frank M. (Mason) 17 CA (born while the
family was in San Francisco in the late 1850s), George E. (Edwin) 11 ME and
Lucy Alice 3 ME. Also there is Kate’s mom, Louisa
Sturtevant Gardner 59 ME. There are also two farm laborers.
He is now 85 MA, Sophia Wood, his wife, 81 MA and their daughter Harriet 56 MA. He is number 1326, a son of Reuben Putnam (537) and Elizabeth Mason of Sutton. He was in Boston before heading up here. He will die here in 1872.
He is a son of Charles Lee Putnam from Franklin County. He will soon move back to Franklin County and then to Androscoggin County and be there all his life. He is now 27 ME, Ann (Ann Clarissa Lochlin) 22 ME, Charles 4 ME and Laura 2 ME. He married Ann here in 1865. But, by 1900 and 1920 he seems to have a second wife, also named Ann, but she is 20 years younger than he. Since they didn’t make the 1880, it’s hard to say when the second gal came into the picture.
She is 52 ME and lives alone.
He is a stone cutter 28 ME, Mary Jane Rowell 30 ME and his mom Eliza Mitchell Putnam 64 ME is there too. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and his second wife Eliza Mitchell from Penobscot County.
He is 11 ME. He is living with Alpheus Abbott 41 ME and his wife Fidelia P. 40 ME. Lewis is a son of John Ames Putnam and Clarinda Childs. He was here at home in 1860. His dad died September 25, 1866. The kids were taken in by other families. Alpheus is a Reverend and Lewis will too. He was born June 16, 1858 and will die June 18, 1899. His mother Clarinda married Levi Atkins in 1866. There are other kids from the family strewn all over the County mostly in the Peru neck of the woods. He’ll be here in 1880.
Samuel Junior’s son is now 62 ME and his wife Clarissa Farnum is 63 NH.
She is Emily Gleason, ex-wife of Ivy Atwood Putnam. They were here in 1860, but he took off for Pennsylvania and is getting a new wife down there. She is 52 ME and lives with a Henry Smith.
She is Elizabeth Cobb widow of Samuel Putnam. She is now 86 MA and lives with Isaac Spofford who married her daughter Mary.
He is 14 ME and lives with Charles Dunn. He would be another son of John Ames Putnam. In 1860 he was listed as Aaron age 4. He’ll be in Sumner, Oxford County in 1880 listed as Addison Putnam age 24. He was born April 18, 1856 and will die here in Peru on June 16, 1890.
She is 9 ME and he 7 ME yet more of John Ames Putnam’s kids. They live with Levi Atkins 62 ME and their mother Clarinda Childs 41 ME. Clarinda and Levi were married in 1866 after John Ames Putnam had died.
He is a son of Jesse Putnam and Polly Keyes. He is still in the old homestead and his dad has died. He is 45 ME, Esther C. Howe 39 ME, Sarah Marcella 18 ME (a music teacher), and Solon A. 9 ME. His uncle (Jesse’s brother) Jeremiah 68 ME is still camping out here.
Stephen Junior’s son is now 68
ME, his wife Deborah Durgin is 64 ME. Also here are
their son Benjamin Perley 33 ME, his wife Mary Augusta Bisbee 26 ME and son
James Leslie 2 ME. Benjamin was born May 13, 1802 and will die here January 12,
1893. Deborah was Born July 22, 1806 and will die here January 28, 1881. Young
Benjamin will be widowed here in 1900.
He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Betsy Parker. He is now 37 ME, a carpenter, his wife Sophia Abbott is 42 NH, Cora E. 12 ME and Willie E. 7 ME.
His folks were Jacob Putnam and Betsy Parker, in fact his dad is here and will still be here in 1880. Frank is 34 ME, Eunice Townes, his second wife, is 26 ME, Albert 5 ME, Alice 2 ME and Anna 6/12 ME. His dad Jacob Putnam is 76 ME. Frank married Eliza Felt November 27, 1862 and she died in 1865. He then married a widow, Eunice Townes November 28, 1866. The last two kids are hers.
He is a son of Stephen and Sally Putnam of Rumford. He is 50 ME, Clara A. (Celementine Wing) his second wife (married in 1868) is 26 ME. Also here is a Benjamin Reed 40 ME a mill man.
He is a farm laborer 35 ME, Ann (Clarissa Ann Oliver) 34 ME, Ida A. 12 ME and Ada 4 ME. Also here is Mary Bennett 18 ME a kitchen hand. He is a son of Hiram Putnam and Clarissa Farnum of Rumford, Oxford County. He was born there May 14, 1835. He married Ann December 8, 1857. They will soon move to Lewiston where he will run a stable for the rest of time.
She is 53 ME and lives with Eliza Eaton.
F.
W. PUTNAM Old Town, Penobscot County
He is 21 ME a clerk in a drug store and boarding. He should be the William F. son of C. G. Putnam as shown at home in 1860 in Dover, Piscataquis County.
He is a son of John Putnam (#1884) and Mary Herrick of Wilton, New Hampshire and was here in 1860. He is now 42 NH a farm laborer. There is also an Amanda Putnam 24 ME here. She may be his wife. He was living here in 1860 with his sister and her husband. His mom and another sister still live next door. This whole mob will be here in 1880.
Mary Herrick is now 88 NH, and still living with her daughter Sarah Farrar 60 NH, and another daughter Abbie B. Putnam 52 NH. They are here in 1880.
Another son of John and Mary Putnam. He is a watchmaker 49 (44) NH, Sarah Elizabeth Stickney his wife 43 ME, Eva 17 ME, Lucy P. 14 ME and George S. 10 ME. I don’t find him earlier, but they obviously were here. Don’t forget Maine is a tad woodsy in places. He’ll be here with his mom in 1880, but the rest of the family split on him. The son George will be in Chicago in 1880 living with Sarah’s brother George Stickney. In 1900 Sarah will be in Brockton, Mass with her then married daughter Lucy.
He is now 66 MA (Littleton),
Adeline White 66 MA (Raynham). He is number 2111, a son of Daniel Putnam (878)
and Hannah Alexander of Littleton, Massachusetts. He was born there November
20, 1803, and married Adeline White before moving up north. At home still are
Mary 34 ME (Sangerville) and Sarah 28 ME (Dover). Been here a long time now.
Israel was born in 1804 and will die here in 1892. Adeline was also born in
1804 and will die here in Dover in 1883.
He is 31 ME (born in Sangerville), Harriet W. Hussey 37 ME (Dover), and Flora E. Hussey 12 ME (Dover). He is a son of Israel Putnam and Adeline White. He married Mrs. Harriet Hussey here August 28, 1865. Flora is her daughter from the first marriage. They will be here in 1880 and 1900.
He is a farmer 46 ME, Frances Mary Guison, his wife, is 46 NB, William F. (Franklin) 21 NB and John R. (Randolph) 19 NB. Alonzo is a son of Amos Putnam and Christina Wormwood from Aroostook County Maine. Alonzo moved to Canada in 1845 and married Frances Mary Guison in New Brunswick. May 18, 1848. They were there in York in the 1851 census, and they all recently moved back over here. The kids were all born in New Brunswick. They are in Hancock County in 1880 and he is widowed there in 1900. The son John Randolph will be a dentist and will marry Agnes M. Colpritt in Boston on September 19, 1887. He will die soon after in Barbados.
He lives right next door to Alonzo. He may be a Putman, but is not listed as being one of Amos’ or anyone else’s from the Houlton neck of the woods. This may be a screwed up entry for Israel’s son Dan just do not know. The listing is Mark 39 ME a teacher born in Williamsburg, Maine (here in Piscataquis County). Eliza 36 ME same birthplace, Helen A. 9 ME, Lilla 6 ME, and Lizzie 5 ME. The kids were all born here in Dover.
ANCIL PUTNAM
Guilford, Piscataquis County
He is 17 ME and enumerated with Jacob Wright. He will head South, marry a gal named Ellen Bishop from Kentucky, have a couple of kids in Mississippi and be in Angelina County Texas for the 1900 census.
Still here practicing medicine. He is now 65 MA, Sarah Emery Frost, his wife, is 57 ME, Anna (Hannah A. in 1860) 33 ME a teacher, Edwin 29 ME a paymaster for the Navy (he is also listed in Portsmouth, NH as a paymaster at the Navy base there), Octavia 25 ME a teacher. There are two domestics here as well. Sarah will be widowed here in 1880.
She is 18 ME a teacher and boarding. She is Eva Marie Putnam, daughter of George Quincy Hill Putnam. She is also listed at home in Dexter, Penobscot County.
He is a cabinet maker 34 ME, Mary B. Vaughan, his wife, 30 ME, Alice M. 8 ME, Zenas V. 6 and Newell F. 3 ME. He is a son of Simeon Waters Putnam and Mahala Greenleaf from Franklin County. He was at home with his mom there in 1860. He married Mary December 31, 1860 just in time to get the marital tax deduction for the year. They will be in Lowell, Mass. by 1880, Mary will be widowed there in 1900.
He is now 53 ME, Celia Leman (wife number 3 best I can figure) 38 ME, Eliza 20. His daughter Lurinda 24 ME is here with her husband Amos Holt 21 ME. There is also a William Leman Putnam 16 ME here. The family will be in Battle Creek, Michigan by the 1880 Census. William is a son of Celia’s. She and he will be in Lawrence County South Dakota in 1900 and 1910, and she will be still be there in 1920 at age 86. William is gone by then.
He is 21 ME, his mother Eliza Hunt Putnam is 45 ME, sisters Abbie 19 ME and Martha E. 13 ME. He is a son of Isaac and Eliza Putnam from Waldo County. Eliza was widowed there in both 1850 and 1860. They moved here to work in the woolen mills. They will all, including Mom, be in Cook County Illinois just outside of Chicago in 1880.
William’s son is now an engineer 35 ME, Sophia M. Thomas 31 ME, Elizabeth A. 14 ME, John E. 5 ME and Seth T. 2 ME. They will be in Kennebec County in 1880.
He’s moved back here from the Bangor/Old Town neck of the woods. He’s now 38 ME a harness maker, Anne Battles his wife is 34 ME, Flora E. 14 ME, Lillie E. 11 ME and Harry F. 7/12 ME. Also here is her mother Thankful A. Battles 62 ME. He is a son of Daniel and Nancy Putnam from here. They were in Penobscot County in 1860. They are in Knox County in 1880 and Anne is widowed there in 1900.
Daniel’s son is now married. He is 24 ME, Aroline Estelle Boody his wife born October 22, 1848 is 22 ME, Ernest B. 2 ME and Samuel W. 1/12 ME. Interesting. Soon he will split with his brothers Lyman and John and go to Brightwood, Indiana and be there in 1880. But then he will have a new wife Lille McGahan born out there. Looks like he just upped and left this family and headed west. Ernest will be here in 1880. Interesting.
Still here and is now 49 ME, Sarah Ann Tasker (second wife and sister to his first wife) 43 ME, John C. (Colby) 19 ME, Benjamin T. (Tasker) 15 ME, Charles E. 10 ME, and James E. 2 ME.
CHARLES PUTNAM Pittsfield, Waldo County
He is 21 ME and works in a woolen mill. His mother Eliza is 45 ME keeping home and there are Abbie 19 ME and Martha E. 13 ME. Eliza Hunt was married to Israel Putnam in Belfast, Waldo County in 1850. He died at sea November 27, 1857. Eliza and the kids were in Thorndike, Waldo County in 1860 and they are out in Cook County Illinois outside Chicago in 1880.
SUSAN
A. PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo County
She is 20 ME, her daughter Nettie E. is 2 ME. She is living with Samuel Mortland who is probably her daddy.
She is 22 ME, her brother Fred A. is 20 ME. They work and live on the farm of Albert Nichols. They are kids of Benjamin Crownings Putnam and were at home here in 1860. Benjamin died December 23, 1860. Not sure when Mary died or not. But she’s missing now.
She is 15 ME a domestic with Joseph Edwards. In 1860, she was living along with her sister Elizabeth with a Mary Savage here in Searsport.
Still a sailor and is now 46 ME, Sarah Ann Thompson, his wife is 44 ME, Christina E. is 20 ME, Willie P. 9 ME. Her mother Hannah Thompson 81 ME is now with them. Also here is Dorcas Hatch 39 ME who is probably a sister.
Another of Silas’s kids. He missed the 1860 here and was in Troy then. He is a spar maker 36 ME, Nancy T. Doane 35 ME, Sam M. 11 ME and Charles E. 9 ME. He was first married to Eudoxa Mitchell in 1856, Nancy is wife two. They will be here in 1880, and then Nancy and her son Samuel will be in Aroostook County by 1900. Guess George had died by then.
He is now 42 ME a sail maker, Mary Catherine Hatch, his wife, 41 ME, Estella 16 ME, Nellie M. 9 ME, and Mary 3/12 ME.
He is a ship captain 47 ME, Elvira 42 ME, Willie 16 ME, Elvira S. 15 ME, Edith 9 ME, Kittie 6 ME and Holmes 3 ME. John Thurston Putnam is a son of Henry Putnam and Susannah Thurston. He was born in Deer Isle, Hancock County but has been here in Harrington since the 1840s.
He is 28 ME and works for the railroad. He is boarding with Benjamin Graves. He might be William Junior from Somerset County.
He’s widowed, and still practicing medicine at age 71 MA. His son George is still here with his family. I’ll give him a separate listing.
Jeremiah’s son is now 39 ME, his wife Tryphena Remick is 41 ME, William S. 8 ME, Mary E. 5 ME and Joseph P. 2 ME. They will all be here in 1900, the kids through the 1920.
She is Louisa Wilcox, the wife or widow of William Eaton Putnam. They were here in 1850 and in 1860. He was a ship captain. He may have died or be at sea now. She is 48 ME and has a servant with her. She will be alone here again in 1880.
He is a dentist 45 ME ME ME. He looks to be the son of Benjamin Putnam and Deborah Durgin of Rumford, Oxford County. He was last ‘reported’ in the 1850 census.
He is 21 ME ME ME and lives with George Thomas and works in his shoe shop. He is a son of Alonzo Edwin Putnam and Mary Ann Ross of Lewiston.
JOHN F. (FARNUM)
PUTNAM Lewiston, Androscoggin County
He is 47 ME and is living with his wife Myra Bickford 40 ME, sons Aleander B. 20 ME, John F. 12 ME, William H. 10 ME, Edward E. 8 ME, Clinton 6 ME and Harold 4 ME. He is a son of Hiram Putnam and Clarissa Farnum from Oxford County. Myra A. Bickford is his second wife. They were married here in Lewiston on November 1, 1866. His first wife, Calista Green had died about 1864.
He is a 45 ME ME ME, Clarissa Ann Oliver 44 ME and Ada M. 14 ME. They were in Oxford County in 1870. He is a son of Hiram Putnam and Clarissa Farnum of Rumford, Oxford County.
IRA A. PUTNAM Amity, Aroostook County
He is 47 ME and is living with his wife Lydia Ann Cone 42 ME, children Lydia M. 9 ME, Otis W. 7 ME, and Hope V. 14 ME. He is a son of Joshua Putnam and Lucia Clark of Houlton.
AZIEL (WALDEN)
PUTNAM Fort Kent, Aroostook County
He is 42 ME and is living with his wife Caroline 21 ME, and daughter Martha 2/12 ME. He is a son of Joshua Putnam and Lucia Clark of Houlton. He married Caroline Nadeau of St. Francis, Maine May 20, 1875 at Fort Fairfield, Maine.
THOMAS J.
PUTNAM Glenwood, Aroostook County
He is 52 ME and is living with his wife Mary A. Plummer 45 ME, son Fred H. 24 ME, Fred's wife Marcia M. 24 ME, his other son Samuel J. 10 ME and granddaughter (Fred's) Myra E. 4/12 ME. He was here in 1870. In 1900, his son Fred is in Waldo County and has a son named Zenas. In 1850, there was a Zenas in Unity, Waldo County who was in Penobscot County in 1860. It's an odd name, might be some connection. Zenas was not the right age to be this Thomas, but they might be brothers. At any rate, I just don't find a Thomas anywhere in the state except in 1870 that he could possibly be. Good luck on this one.
He is a carpenter, 50 ME, Lydia
Hamm his wife 51 New Brunswick, Inez M.26 ME, Percy (Pearce in 1880) C. 24 ME,
Sumner 23 ME, Ploona 16 ME and Christine 13 ME. He is
a son of Amos and Christina (Wormwood) Putman. He was born October 23, 1829 and
spent his entire life in Houlton dying here on June 30, 1914. They were here in
1860 and 1870. The daughter Inez was born here January 7, 1854 and will marry
Edward B. White and be here till she dies July 6, 1941.
BLACKHAWK
PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
He is 42 ME and is living with his wife Jerusha A. Snell 37 ME, children are Elizabeth J. 16 ME, Alice A. 11 ME and John Luther 6 ME. Black Hawk and Jerusha were married in Houlton on January 20, 1862. He is a son of John Varnum Putnam and Elizabeth Jenkins, and was born here in Houlton. He’s a merchant. He was born here April 28, 1838 and will die here May 17, 1909. Jerusa was born May 5, 1843 and will die on January 26, 1903. The son John Luther was born June 17, 1874 and will die February 23, 1922. His wife was named Marion. I don’t find him in 1900, but in 1910 he and Marion are in South Bend, Indiana. He was working there several years as a manager for the telephone company. He married her in 1906. It was his first and her second marriage. They are in Chicago in 1920 and he will die there February 23, 1922 and be buried back here in Houlton.
Aaron’s widow, Christina Wormwood is now 76 ME and has her son Frank L. (Francis Lewis) 30 ME with her.
Cora is 24 ME, Josephine 20 ME. They are nieces of John and Sarah Rose. They are daughters of Otis Putnam from this County. Sarah is a daughter of Joshua Putnam who was also Otis’s father.
Levi Houlton is Another of Amos and Christiana’s kids. He is 61 ME, Sarah Bradbury, his wife, 60 ME, Caroline A. 27 ME, William L. 26 ME and Amos 17 ME. The son William is currently in the Army, so may not actually be at home now. Sarah was born in August 1821 and will die here in 1901.
Aaron’s son is now 74 ME, Ruth Fall
Libby 71 ME. Also here is his son Albert T. 27 ME, and his wife Cordia W. 22
ME. He is number 1796, a son of Aaron Putnam (745) and Isa Patrick. He was born
in Woodstock, New Brunswick on December 27, 1806 while on the way here to
Houlton. He married Ruth Libby here in Houlton November 15, 1835. Ruth had been
previously married to John Fall. Lysander will be here till he dies September
27, 1886. Ruth was a daughter of Ebenezer Libby and Hannah Smilley.
She was born in Albion, Kennebec County Maine July 17, 1809 and will die here
in Houlton October 10, 1895. Another son, Mellen, is
now in Hartford, Connecticut.
Martha Ann Packard is 43 ME,
Thomas 18 ME, Harry 16 ME, Bucher (Beecher in 1870) 13 ME. She is the widow of
Lyman Orlando Putnam who died here January 22, 1872. He was a son of Amos
Putnam and Christiana Wormwood. He was born here on April 20, 1834. He married
Martha Packard here in Houlton on September 11, 1859. Martha was a daughter of
Thomas Painter Packard and Lucretia Green. She was born in January 1837 and
will die here January 2, 1901.
SAMUEL PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County
He is 32 ME and is living with his wife Etta L. Smith 27 ME, and son Guy S. 5 ME. He is Samuel Wormwood Putnam born in Houlton July 12, 1847, about the last of the children of Amos and Christina. He married Etta Smith Perkins here in Houlton on July 18, 1877. That was too late for Guy to be his. Best guess is since Etta had been married to Nathaniel Perkins in 1873, that Guy was a child of that marriage and then adopted by Sam.
WILLARD H.
(HOULTON) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook
County
He is 37 ME and is living with
his wife Mary Louise Ward 33 ME, daughters Alice L. 9 ME, Isa 7 ME, son Walter
3 ME, father Jay Stillman Putnam 77 MA and father-in-law James Ward 62 ME.
Willard is a son of Jay Stillman Putnam and his first wife Betsy Broad of
Houlton. Willard was born here August 8, 1842 and will die here March 5, 1916.
Willard married Mary Ward here in Houlton on September 10, 1866. Mary was born
here July 16, 1847 and will die here January 1, 1926. She was a daughter of
James Ward and Mary Louise True. Jay was born in New Salem, Massachusetts June
10, 1803 and will die here in Houlton August 1, 1880.
She is a teacher 20 ME ME ME, living with a Gorrish family.
He is 20 ME ME ME working on the farm of George Aksley. This is a dual listing for the son of George Washington Putnam in Searsport. He is also shown at home there. He will marry a gal named Vesta here in 1888, and they will be here through the 1920 census.
ELIZABETH M.
PUTNAM Township 11, Range 1, Aroostook
County
She is Mary Elizabeth Cone, widow of Varney Putnam of Houlton. She is 49 ME and is living with her children Dean B. 25 ME, Clara E. 27 ME, Annie S. 22 ME, Black Hawk 20 ME, Lizzie 16 ME, and Barbara A. 5 ME.
CYNTHIA B.
(BOLSTER) PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland
County
She is 52 ME and is living with her niece Cynthia L. Morey 9 ME. She is Cynthia Bolster Putnam, a daughter of Israel Putnam and Ruth Walton.
She is 71 ME MA ME. She is Permelia Hilton, the widow of Daniel Putnam of Belfast.
He is a lawyer, 45 ME MA ME, his wife Octavia is 38 ME. They have a couple of servants. He is a son of Israel Putnam and Sarah Emery Frost from Bath, Maine.
He is 38 ME, Clara (Ann Clarissa Lochlin) 32 ME, Charles E. 14 ME and Laura E. 12 ME. He is a son of Charles Lee Putnam from Franklin County. He was in Knox County in 1870 and will next go to Androscoggin County and remain there.
He is a railroad conductor now 56 ME MA ME, Frances Mary Guison his wife is 55 NB, and William F. 31 NB who is a doctor. Alonzo is a son of Amos Putnam and Christina Wormwood from Aroostook County Maine. Alonzo moved to Canada in 1845 and married Frances Mary Guison in New Brunswick on May 18, 1848. They were there in York, New Brunswick in the 1851 census, and back here in the 1850s. They were in Dover, Piscataquis County in 1860 and 1870.
She is 45 ME and lives alone.
She is 32 NH NH NH, and a teacher at St. Catherine’s School for Ladies. She looks to be the daughter of John Liscomb Putnam and Adeline Sumner. She was at home in Croydon, New Hampshire in 1870.
He is now 60 ME, Fannie 56 ME. His son Fred is 22 ME, and his wife Addie is 19 ME. He is a son of Simeon Waters Putnam. He was born here.
He is a truckman 35 MA, his wife Althera Franklin is 34 ME. They live with her mother Relief Fairbanks 75 ME. He is a son of Lemuel and Azuba Putnam. He was born December 6, 1843 in Leominster, Massachusetts before they came to Maine. He was at home in Franklin County in 1850 and 1860. He was living here in 1870 with John and Relief and I guess upped and married their daughter on November 17, 1874. They are here in 1900.
He is 26 CA MA MA. He is a doctor and lives in a hotel. He is a son of John Prince Putnam (above in Winthrop), and was born while the family was in San Francisco in the late 1850s
GEORGE B.
(BENJAMIN) PUTNAM Pittston, Kennebec
County
He is 35 MA and is living with
his wife Nellie Morrill 27 ME, children Herbert L. 9 ME, Freddy A. (Albert) 4
ME, Carrie F. 1 ME, and his parents LEMUEL
68 NH and AZUBA PUTNAM 68 NH. Lemuel
is a son of George Small Putnam number 1750 and Polly Carter of Danvers, Mass.
He was born there February 19, 1812. Azubah is a daughter
of Benjamin Hastings and Nabby Whitcomb and was born
in New Hampshire October 4, 1811. George and Nellie will be in Butte Township,
Siskiyou County California in 1900. Then they are back here in 1910 and back in
California in 1920. Must have their own jet airplane.
He is 14 ME ME ME and works on the Grant’s farm. He is William Anderson Putnam, a son of Horace Putnam and Ellen McLaughlin. Rand found this info in his death record and he was born here. His folks are in Boston now and then will be in Bath, Maine by the 1900.
She is 47 ME, her son Solon 19 ME. They live with Reuben
and Dorcas Foster. Esther Howe is the wife or widow it seems of Prentiss Mellen Putnam of Rumford, Oxford County
He is 44 ME ME ME. Sophia M. Thomas 32 ME, Alice L. 24 ME, and John E. 15 ME. He works in an oilcloth factory. He is a son of William Walker Putnam from Somerset County. They were back there in 1870. They are here in 1900 and he is widowed here in 1910 and he will die here December 18, 1914.
He is a druggist, 57 MA, Kate Gardner, his second wife, is 38 ME, John F. 32 MA, Alice 13 ME. He is John Prince Putnam (#2916) a son of Mason Putnam. He was in Somerville, Massachusetts before coming up here. His wife Lucy Ann Harris had died in Cambridge, Mass in 1864. He has a new wife, Kate Louisa Gardner. They were married here in Winthrop, and were here in 1870.
JOHN PUTNAM Winthrop,
Kennebec County
He is 40 ME ME ME (works in a oil cloth factory), Amanda Crane. 29 ME ME ME, brother-in-law Fred H. White 23 MA, and sister-in-law Ida M. White 24 ME. He is a son of William Walker and Eliza Putnam of Somerset County Maine.
She is 75 ME ME ME and lives alone.
GEORGE L.
(LLEWELLYN) PUTNAM South Thomaston, Knox
County
He is 39 ME and is living with his wife Mary Rowell 41 ME, children Clifford G. (George) 5 ME, Israel J. (Judson) 4 ME, Jennie A. (Alice) 2 ME. He was single here in 1860, and then married Mary Rowell in Thomaston, Knox County on January 26, 1870. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and Eliza Mitchell from Monroe, Waldo County. They will be here the rest of their lives as will all their three children.
ZENAS B.
PUTNAM Thomaston, Knox County
He is 47 ME and is living with his wife Anna M. Battles 43 ME, daughters Flora A. 24 ME, Lilla E. 20 ME, son Harry W. 10 ME and his mother-in-law Thankful A. Battles 72 ME. He was in Penobscot County in 1860 and in Waldo County in 1850. His folks were Daniel Putnam and his first wife Nancy Jones. Annie is widowed here in 1900.
She is 44 ME IRE ME and works in a shoe factory. She lives with her sister Katherine Somes and her husband Daniel Somes. She is Mary Fitzpatrick widow of John A. Putnam according to her 1868 marriage record. There was a John Putnam, sailor married to a Betsy here in 1860, but no idea who he was or who his folks were.
He is 22 ME and working on the Abbott farm. He was right here in 1870. He is Lewis Child Putnam a son of John Ames Putnam and Clarinda Child. His dad died here in 1866 and the family broke up. He was raised by Rev. Alpheus Abbott and will be a Reverend himself soon. He was born June 16, 1858 and will be here till he dies June 18, 1899.
She is now 90 MA and lives with her widowed daughter Lydia R. Ames 58 ME. She is Elizabeth Ames widow of James Putnam who died back in the 1830s. Been here forever now.
CAROLINE S.
PUTNAM Lovell, Oxford County
She is 37 ME and is living with her daughters Georgia E. 8 WA (Washington Territory), Nellie A. 2 WA (Washington Territory), and lives with James Evans 61 NH (her father). She is Caroline Evans, the wife/widow of Solon Thaxter Putnam. They were married here and went all the way to the left coast. They were there in the 1870 census. I assume Solon died recently and she returned home.
He is 33 ME and is living with his wife Abbie A. Baird 33 ME, children Addie May 13 ME, Charles N. 3 ME, his parents HIRAM PUTNAM 73 ME and CLARISSA W. FARNUM 72 NH. He was born here in Rumford. Even though Ira and Abbie were both born in Maine, they were married in Bethel, Vermont on September 26, 1867. No clue as to why. Maybe both in school there.
EMILY V.
PUTNAM Mexico, Oxford County
She is 62 ME and is living with her son Gustavas Bartlett 33 ME, his wife Florence L. 24 ME, their daughter Alice G. 2 ME, boarder Adella Gleason 34 ME and her daughter Carrie A. 12 ME. Gustavas is her son by a prior marriage to Hiram Bartlett. Emily was the wife of Ivy Atwood Putnam. They must have been divorced, as Ivy now is in McKean County Pennsylvania with a new wife and some new kids.
He is 47 ME, a builder, Sophia Abbott 52 ME, Cora E. 22 ME, and Willie E. 17 ME. They were in Rumford in 1870.
He is 17 ME and works on a farm. He is a son of the following John Ames Putnam and Clarinda Child. He was born here and will be here the rest of his life.
JOHN A. PUTNAM Peru, Oxford County
He is John Ames Putnam, Jr., son of John Ames Putnam and Clarinda Child from Franklin Plantation, Oxford County. He is 29 ME and is living with his wife Melissa G. Burgess 26 ME, children Nellie M. 7 ME, Augusta V. 6 ME, James V. 4 ME and Lucy E. 2 ME. He married Melissa in Franklin Plantation on March 5, 1870.
He is 78 ME, Deborah Durgin 74 ME. Been here all his life. Benjamin was born May
13, 1802 and will die here January 12, 1893. Deborah was Born July 22, 1806 and
will die here January 28, 1881.
He is 43 ME, Mary Augusta Bisbee 37 ME, James L. 12 ME. He is a son of the above Benjamin and Deborah. He was home with them in 1870.
DANIEL F. (FILMORE)
PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County
He is 62 ME and is living with his third wife Mary Ann 33 ME, children Freddie F. 8 ME, Edith E. 6 ME and Charles R. 1 ME. He is a son of Stephen and Sally Putnam of Rumford. He had married Lorinda Walker, but was widowed in 1860. He then married Clementine Wing in 1867 (with him in the 1870), who is now missing. Now he is starting up a family for the first time.
Francis Parker Putnam is 44 ME and is living with his second wife Eunice E. 36 ME, children Alice M. 12 ME, Albert D. 15 ME, Anna N. 10 ME, Susan E. 6 ME, Lana I. 5 ME, Edwin F. 11/12 ME and his father JACOB PUTNAM 86 ME. His folks were, of course, Jacob Putnam and Betsy Parker. He was born here in Rumford February 10, 1835, and married Eliza Felt November 27, 1862 and she died in 1865. He married a widow, Eunice Townes November 28, 1866.
He is 24 ME ME ME and works on the Heald farm. See the listing in 1870 for Adrian in Peru. Think this is same guy.
Okay. Mary Herrick, widow of John Putnam (#1884) is now (trust me) 98 NH NH NH. She lives with her daughter Sarah Farrar 73 NH NH NH, her son Lyman Putnam 56 NH, another son George Putnam 54 NH, and daughter Abbie B. Putnam 65 NH. George was married here in 1870, but his wife and a bunch of kids left him since then. By 1900, George’s wife Sarah Stickney will be in Brockton, Mass. living with their married daughter Lucy.
She is 44 ME, her son Frank I. 16 ME. She is the wife of Daniel J. Putnam. They were married in Dover October 17, 1861. She lists herself as widowed. She is alone with her son Frank here in 1900 and 1910. She will die here in 1910, and Frank in 1916.
He is now 76 MA, Adeline White
76 MA and Sarah 38 ME. Been here a long time now. Israel was born in 1804 and
will die here in 1892. Adeline was also born in 1804 and will die here in Dover
in 1883.
He is 41 ME MA MA, Harriet Hussey his wife 47 ME NH MA. He is a son of Israel Putnam and Adeline White. He married Mrs. Harriet Hussey here August 28, 1865. They will still be here in 1900, 1910 and 1920.
She is 66 ME and lives alone. Sarah Emery Frost is now the widow of Israel Putnam from here.
She is 63 ME MA ME and lives with her sister Esther
Greenwood and her husband Gilbert. She was in Dover with a couple of kids in
1850, and by herself after that. She is Susan Heald, someone’s widow, and one
of the kids says his dad was John Putnam. There was a John Putnam born 1814 who
died here in 1850. He may have been married to Susan, just not sure. Sarah will
marry an E. Baker here and they are in Topeka Kansas in 1870 along with her
mother Susan. Sarah is widowed by 1875 in Topeka and Susan is with her. The son
Allen H. will be in San Francisco in 1870 for what that’s worth, and Ulmer will
be in Walla Walla, Washington in the 1880 census. Her son Ulmer's death record
has her husband as John Putnam as you suspected. Her maiden name is Heald and
her oldest son Allen carries that name as his middle name. John is buried in
South Dover Cemetery and it has his birth years as 1814 as listed above. 1814
is also on John's death record. He also has a will on Ancestry but no hints as
to his parents there. Susan was born July 15, 1816 and will die December
27, 1896. There is a book on the Dinsmore Genealogy published in Maine in 1927
that has some info according to a very sparse tree.
He is a farmer 45 ME ME ME, Charlotte S. 36 ME ME ME. He is a son of Simeon Waters Putnam and Mahala Greenleaf from Franklin County.
He is a mast maker in this seaport, 46 ME ME ME, Nancy T. Doane his wife 45 ME, Samuel M. 21 ME. Silas’ son. Nancy and Sam will be in Aroostook County in 1900, George will be in Heaven. He’s Silas’ son.
JOHN PUTNAM Searsport, Waldo County
He is 51 ME and is living with his wife Mary Hatch 50 ME, daughters Nellie M. (Mary) 19 ME and Mamie E. (Elizabeth) 10 ME. He is a son of Silas Putnam and Mary Mitchell. He was born here in Searsport on June 26, 1826. He’s a sail maker.
ERNEST PUTNAM Thorndike, Waldo County
He is 12 ME ME ME and works on the White farm. He is a son of William Tasker Putnam from here. His dad just took off to Indiana with a couple of brothers and abandoned the kids here.
JOSEPH N. (NEALEY)
PUTNAM Waldo County
He is 55 ME and is living with his wife Sarah Ann Thompson 53 ME, son William P. 19 ME, daughter Christiana Whitcomb 30 ME and her son Vinnie A. Whitcomb 6 ME. Silas' son has been here in Searsport most of his life, though he was born in Monroe, Waldo County back in 1823. He is also listed in Philadelphia on a ship there. Must be laying over there at census time.
HENRY PUTNAM Danforth, Washington County
He is 38 ME MA ME and is living with his wife Francis McGuire 38 ME, sons Charles 9 ME, Henry 7 ME, Varny 4 ME, John 2 ME and daughter Millie M. 6/12 ME (Eben has the last two kids listed as Edgar B, and Frances P. same ages). He is Henry Harrison Putnam, son of Amos Putnam and Christina Wormwood of Houlton, Aroostook County.
She is a teacher 26 ME and boarding. She is a daughter of Levi Putnam and Sarah Bradbury from Houlton. She is also listed at home there. She will marry George Kennedy Gibson in Danforth, Washington County on October 28, 1882.
He is a farmer 57 ME ME ME, Elvira 52 ME, Myra (a teacher) 25 ME, Edith (a teacher) 19 ME, Nellie 17 ME and Holmes 13 ME. John Thurston Putnam is a son of Henry Putnam and Susannah Thurston. He was born in Deer Isle, Hancock County but has been here in Harrington since the 1840s.
He is a painter 27 ME ME ME, Kate 26 ME. He’s John Thurston Putnam’ son. He was listed as Willie in 1870. They are here in 1900.
GEORGE W. S.
PUTNAM York, York County
He is George William Sewell Putnam, 49 ME and is living with his wife Tryphena J. Remick 51 ME, children William S. 18 ME, Mary H. 15 ME, Joseph P. 12 ME, Lizzie R. 9 ME and Jermiah C. R. 6 ME. He is a son of Jeremiah Smith Putnam, and was born here in York. He’s a clerk in the Naval Yard here.
She is 57 ME and lives alone. She is Louisa Wilcox, the widow of William Eaton Putnam. They were here in 1850 and in 1860. She was alone here in 1870. He was a ship captain.
While the entire 1890 census was destroyed, by mistake, in a few cases an 1890 Veterans Schedule still exists. This is what I am listing here. It simply gives the names and towns of Veterans alive in Maine in 1890.
He is a son of Joshua Putnam and Lucia Clark of Houlton, Aroostook County.
He is a son of John Varnum Putnam and Elizabeth Jenkins of Houlton.
Look back to 1880, and you’ll see I have no idea who he is.
He is Alvarez Gonsalo Putnam, son of Amos Putnam and Christiana Wormwood of Houlton, Aroostook County. He is about 60 now.
He is John Edward Putnam, son of Christopher and Sophia Putnam from Winthrop. He is 25 now and will be married here in 1900 and on.
He is John Prince Putnam (#2916) a son of Mason Putnam who died here in Winthrop in 1872. This John died June 17, 1890, so would have been included in this survey.
He is about 48 now. Daniel and Nancy’s son. He fought in several battles on the Mississippi River during the Civil War, and was wounded at the Battle of Irish Bend. He’s here till he dies in 1922.
He is a son of Benjamin E. Putnam and Deborah Durgin of Rumford. He is 56 now.
He is a son of Israel Putnam and Adeline White of Dover, Piscataquis County.
She is Daniel Putnam’s wife, Mary Woodward. They were married here in 1861. He died in the Civil War in 1864 and she will die here in 1910.
He is a son of Daniel Putnam and his first wife Nancy Jones. He was born in Monroe, Waldo County in 1843. I don’t know when he returned to Maine. In 1860, he and two of his brothers were in Indiana. But, I guess, he is back home now. He is about 47 now. His wife is Abbie Harris Ferguson. They are both here through the 1920 census.
No this is not the Henry who spent all his life out. This guy is Henry Harrison Putnam, son of Amos Putnam and Christina Wormwood of Houlton, Maine. He is 48 now.