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Where did the English Putnam family come from? What is the English Putnam family crest and coat of arms? When did the Putnam family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Putnam family history?

The lineage of the name Putnam begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It is a result of when they lived in Puttenham, a place-name found in the counties of Hertsfordshire and Surrey. Both place-names have an identical etymology. They are derived from the Old English word ham, which means farm, and either the Old English personal name Putta, or the Old English word putta, which means hawk. The place-name taken as a whole means "farm belonging to Putta," or "farm where there are hawks."

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Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Putnam has undergone many spelling variations, including Puttenham, Putnam, Putman and others.

First found in Hampshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Putnam research. Another 285 words(20 lines of text) covering the years 1589 and 1590 are included under the topic Early Putnam History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 29 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Putnam Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Putnam were among those contributors:

Putnam Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • John Putnam, who settled in Salem in 1630
  • Nathaniel Putnam, who landed in Salem, Mass in 1648
  • Thomas Putnam, who arrived in Virginia in 1659
  • John Putnam, who landed in Salem, Mass in 1665

Putnam Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • David Putnam settled in Boston in 1820
  • A D Putnam, who landed in Texas in 1850-1906
  • G F Putnam, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
  • J P Putnam, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
  • M Putnam, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851


Putnam Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Amy Putnam, aged 21, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1904
  • Claude G. Putnam, aged 20, who arrived at Ellis Island from London, in 1905
  • Charlotte Putnam, aged 30, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1906
  • Avis Putnam, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1906


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  • George Putnam (1914-2008), American television news reporter and talk show host
  • Hilary Whitehall Putnam (b. 1926), American philosopher awarded the 2011 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
  • Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900-1984), American consulting engineer and wind power pioneer
  • George Palmer Putnam (1887-1950), American author and explorer
  • Herbert Putnam (1861-1955), American librarian, who introduced the Library of Congress classification system
  • David Endicott Putnam (1898-1918), American flying Ace of World War I
  • Helen Putnam (1909-1984), American educator and politician, mayor of Petaluma, California (1965-79) and County Supervisor for southern Sonoma County (1979-84)


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  • The Putman Family, New York and Beyond by Warren Thomas Putnam.
  • A Brief History of the Family of Nathan Allen And Mary Putnam by Augustus L. Allen.
  • A Family Tree in America: Being a Genealogical Story of the Families of Deane, Putman, Boynton, Gager, Bull, and Allied Families by Frank Putnam Deane.
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The Putnam Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Putnam Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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