Putnam History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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 United States in the 17th Century

• John Putnam, who settled in Salem in 1630
• Nathaniel Putnam, who landed in Salem, Massachusetts in 1648 9
• Thomas Putnam, who arrived in Virginia in 1659 9
• John Putnam, who landed in Salem, Massachusetts in 1665 9

Putnam Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• David Putnam, who settled in Boston in 1820
• A D Putnam, who landed in Texas in 1850-1906 9
• G F Putnam, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 9
• J P Putnam, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 9
• M Putnam, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 9
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Putnam Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Adelaide Putnam, who landed in America, in 1904
• Amy Putnam, aged 21, who settled in America, in 1904
• Claude G. Putnam, aged 20, who landed in America from London, in 1905
• Charlotte Putnam, aged 30, who landed in America, in 1906
• Avis Putnam, who landed in America, in 1906
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Putnam Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

• Mr. Daniel Putnam U.E. who settled in Parr Town, Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1784 10
• Mr. Ebenezer Putnam U.E. (b. 1762) born in Worchester, Massachusetts, USA who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1784 he died in 1798 10
• Mr. Ephraim Putnam U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1784 10

Putnam Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

• Miss Sarah Putnam, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "John Scott" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 7th March 1858 11
• Mr. Richard Putnam, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "John Scott" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 7th March 1858 11

• Hilary Whitehall Putnam (1926-2016), American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist, Cogan University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, awarded the 2011 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
• James Putnam U.E. (1756-1838), American born immigrant to Canada as a United Empire Loyalist, Member of the Sydney County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, (1785 to 1793), son of Samuel Putnam
• Samuel Putnam U.E. (1725-1789), American born and educated at Harvard judge and politician who emigrated to Canada as a United Empire Loyalist, Member of New Brunswick's first Council, judge in the Supreme Court of New Brunswick
• William Lowell "Bill" Putnam III (1924-2014), American broadcasting executive, Trustee Emeritus of the Lowell Observatory
• Israel Putnam (1718-1790), popularly known as "Old Put," an American army general who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
• Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900-1984), American consulting engineer and wind power pioneer
• George Putnam (1914-2008), American television news reporter and talk show host
• 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)
• Herbert Putnam (1861-1955), American librarian, who introduced the Library of Congress classification system
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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.