Thomas Putnam

Thomas Putnam
BornMarch 22, 1652 [O.S. March 12, 1651] (1652-03-22)[Note 1]
Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony[1]
DiedJune 3 [O.S. May 24], 1699 (1699-06-04) (aged 47)
Salem Village, Province of Massachusetts Bay[1]
NationalityEnglish
Known forAccuser in the Salem witch trials
SpouseAnn Putnam (née Carr)
Children12, including Ann Putnam
Parents
  • Thomas Putnam Sr. (1615–1686)[2]
  • Ann Putnam (née Holyoke)

Thomas Putnam (March 22, 1652 [O.S. March 12, 1651] – June 3 [O.S. May 24], 1699)[3] was a member of the Putnam family, a resident of Salem Village (present-day Danvers, Massachusetts, United States) and a significant accuser in the notorious 1692 Salem witch trials.


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  1. ^ a b Carleton, Hiram (1903), Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume, Vermont: Lewis Publishing Company, p. 137, retrieved 24 March 2013
  2. ^ Boyer, Paul S. (1974), Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft, Harvard University Press, pp. 133–140, ISBN 9780674785267, retrieved 24 March 2013
  3. ^ Putnam, Eben (1891), A History of the Putnam Family in England and America. Recording the Ancestry and Descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N.Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn, Volume 1, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company, p. 38, ISBN 9780598998705, retrieved 24 March 2013