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Putnam family

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The old colonial American and Puritan Putnam family was founded by John and Priscilla Gould Putnam in the 17th century, in Salem, Massachusetts. Many notable individuals are descendants of this family, including those listed below.

Notable members

  • Albigence Waldo Putnam (1799–1869), historian
  • Ann Putnam, Jr. (1679–1716), accuser at Salem Witchcraft trials
  • Brenda Putnam (1890–1975), sculptor
  • Carleton Putnam (c. 1902–1998), aviator, activist & author
  • David Putnam (1898–1918), World War I air ace
  • Frederic Ward Putnam (1839–1915), American anthropologist, Harvard University
  • George Putnam (1889–1960), great-great-grandson of Judge Samuel Putnam, founder of Putnam Investments; his son George Putnam, retired Chairman Putnam Investments; and grandson George Putnam III, Chairman, Putnam Investments
  • George D. Putnam (born 1948), screenwriter
  • George Haven Putnam (1844–1930), book entrepreneur & publishing-family member
  • George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872), book entrepreneur
  • George P. Putnam (1887–1950), publisher, author, explorer, & publishing-family & aviation-family member
  • Gideon Putnam (1763–1812), entrepreneur
  • Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), American library administrator & publishing-family member
  • Israel Putnam (1718–1790), American General
  • James Jackson Putnam (1846–1918), neurologist
  • Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906), American physician
  • Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900–1984), Wind power pioneer and author, builder of the Smith-Putnam wind turbine
  • Judge Samuel Putnam (1768–1853), Massachusetts Supreme Court judge, promulgator of Prudent man rule in US Law
  • Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), American soldier
  • Thomas Putnam (1651–1699), landowner in Salem during the Salem witch trials
  • William Lowell Putnam (1861–1923), American jurist & banker
  • Quinn Bradlee (born 1982), American filmmaker, author and advocate for improving the lives of disabled individuals
  • Alan Copeland (born 1926), Grammy award-winning musician, vocal arranger, conductor and author

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