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Judge James Putnam III

Birth
Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
23 Oct 1789 (aged 63)
Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada
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Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Add to Map
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Putnam Tomb
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Born in the part of the Village Parish of Salem which later became and remained Danvers, baptized there on July 31, 1726. He graduated Harvard in 1746, and by 1749 was a lawyer, judge & law scholar in Worcester. He became a militia Major, and was a mentor to later President John Adams, who resided with his family, there. He removed to Boston about Feb. 1775, became a loyalist militia Captain, and evacuated with the British to New York, and then to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his sons. He then went to London, with his 2nd wife and his elder daughter, and stayed in England for the duration of the war. His eldest son later resided and died there as well. After the war, James went back to Saint John, New Brunswick, with his wife, and with his other son and daughter joining him there.

First wife Eleanor (Sprague), died before 1754, perhaps in Worcester, Massachusetts. Eldest son James, eldest daughter Eleanor, her husband Rufus Chandler, and his father, John Chandler, all died in England. John and Rufus are buried together in Paddington Churchyard or Islington.

He and Elizabeth seem to have also had a middle son, John, b. Sept. 27, 1758, in Worcester.
Born in the part of the Village Parish of Salem which later became and remained Danvers, baptized there on July 31, 1726. He graduated Harvard in 1746, and by 1749 was a lawyer, judge & law scholar in Worcester. He became a militia Major, and was a mentor to later President John Adams, who resided with his family, there. He removed to Boston about Feb. 1775, became a loyalist militia Captain, and evacuated with the British to New York, and then to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his sons. He then went to London, with his 2nd wife and his elder daughter, and stayed in England for the duration of the war. His eldest son later resided and died there as well. After the war, James went back to Saint John, New Brunswick, with his wife, and with his other son and daughter joining him there.

First wife Eleanor (Sprague), died before 1754, perhaps in Worcester, Massachusetts. Eldest son James, eldest daughter Eleanor, her husband Rufus Chandler, and his father, John Chandler, all died in England. John and Rufus are buried together in Paddington Churchyard or Islington.

He and Elizabeth seem to have also had a middle son, John, b. Sept. 27, 1758, in Worcester.

Inscription

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE HONORABLE JAMES PUTNAM ESQUIRE
WHO WAS APPOINTED
A MEMBER OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL
AND
A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
OF THIS PROVINCE
AT ITS ORIGINAL FORMATION
A. D. 1784.
HE HAD BEEN FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE THE WAR
WHICH TERMINATED IN THE INDEPENDENCE
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AN EMINENT BARRISTER AT LAW
AND WAS THE LAST ATTORNEY GENERAL
UNDER HIS MAJESTY
IN THE LATE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY
HE DIED ON THE 23d DAY OF OCTOBER A. D. 1789 AGED 64 YEARS.
IN THIS VAULT ARE ALSO DEPOSITED THE REMAINS
OF HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH PUTNAM
WHO DIED ON THE 2d DAY OF MAY A. D. 1798, AGED 66 YEARS.
AND OF HIS DAUGHTER
ELIZABETH KNOX
WHO DIED ON THE 14th DAY OF AUGUST A. D. 1787, AGED 18 YEARS
AND OF HIS GRAND DAUGHTER
ELIZABETH KNOX PUTNAM
WHO DIED ON THE 19th DAY OF NOVEMBER A. D. 1789 AGED 5 MONTHS.
AND OF HIS SON
EBENEZER PUTNAM ESQUIRE
A MERCHANT OF THIS CITY
WHO DIED ON THE 3d DAY OF APRIL A. D. 1798 AGED 36 YEARS.
AND OF HIS GREAT GRAND SON
JAMES PUTNAM
WHO DIED ON THE 13 DAY OF JAN. A. D. 1825 AGED 11 MONTHS
Vivit Post Funera Virtus
VIRTUE SURVIVES THE GRAVE

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  • Created by: Barry Gates
  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175241549/james-putnam: accessed ), memorial page for Judge James Putnam III (Jul 1726–23 Oct 1789), Find a Grave Memorial ID 175241549, citing Loyalist Burial Ground, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada; Maintained by Barry Gates (contributor 47866238).