Israel Putnam [SEP] place of birth
he was captured by Mohawk warriors. He was saved from the ritual burning given to enemies by intervention of a French officer, with whom the Mohawk were allied.
Early life.
Israel Putnam was born in 1718 in Salem Village (now Danvers), Massachusetts to Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Putnam, a prosperous farming Puritan family. His parents opposed the Salem witch trials. With his father-in-law Israel Porter, Joseph Putnam signed the petition on the behalf of the elderly Rebecca Nurse, accused of
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- Putnam County, Tennessee
- Putnam County, West Virginia
- Putnam County, Florida "(It is not certain as to whether this one was named for Israel Putnam. There is also a possibility that it was named for" Benjamin A. Putnam, " an officer in the First Seminole War and local Florida politician.)"
- Putnam Place, Bronx, New York