Wyman/Clifford/Saxton

John is said to have immigrated to Salem, MA in the year of 1634, but no records have been uncovered of their family prior to 1640 in Salem. John was granted 150 acres of land on 20 Nov 1640 (Old style date). This was in exchange for some land that he already owned. Then in 1641, his wife, Priscilla (Gould) was admitted to the church in Salem Village. John was admitted in 1647. In 1653, he divided his lands between his sons Thomas and Nathaniel, having evidently already granted his homestead to his younger son John. The elder John Putnam was a well-to-do farmer when he died on 30 Dec 1662, over 80 years of age. We have no record of Priscilla's death. NOTE: Many researchers give Pricilla's maiden name as 'Deacon' not Gould. Jordan, John W., 'Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania', Vol II. See: Earl Bill Putnam of the Philadelphia Bar, pages 852, 853, 854. JOHN PUTNAM, son of Nicholas and Margaret (Goodspeed) Putnam, was baptised at Wingrave, Bucks, England, on 17 Jan 1579/80. He was the founder of the Putnam family in America. He married in England to Pricilla Gould, or Pricilla Deacon, both of which are cited by various researchers to this day. John came from Aston Abbots, County Bucks, England, about 1640, and settled in Salem, MA, where he received a grant of land. In 1647, John was admitted as a member of the First Church of Salem. John died at Salem on 30 Dec 1662. He was about 80 years of age at the time of his death. The Putnam name then descends from their three surviving sons: Thomas, Nathaniel, and John, who all spent their lives, raised their families and died in Salem, MA.