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FLINT, George (b. BEF 1672, d. ?)

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Note: Sergeant George Flint removed to Reading and settled before 1682 on land inherited from his father. His house was used as a garrison house during the Indian troubles. He was the first of his name in Reading and held the office of selectman. (Flint Genealogy, pp. 10-11.)

A History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Volume 1 , page 58

George, second son of Thomas and Ann Flint, was born 1652, in that part of Salem now Danvcrs, and died 1720, in Reading, Massachusetts. He appears on the records as Sergeant George Flint, and settled on the land in Reading before the year 1682. This was inherited from his father, and he was the first of the name in the town. He resided in the north precinct, in what is now North Reading. According to tradition his was the first framed house in the north precinct, and it was used as a garrison during the Indian wars. On one occasion, while most of the family was absent at church five miles distant, two of the daughters of Sergeant Flint remained at home. One of these took up a pistol and aimed at the other, and said. "Suppose you were an Indian, how easily I could shoot you!" The pistol at that moment was discharged, and its contents lodged in the shoulder of her sister, which made her a cripple for life. Sergeant Flint served as selectman, and was a substantial citizen. He was married (first) to Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Putnam. She died in 1697, and he married (second). Mrs. Susanna Gardner, who died in 1720. His children were : Elizabeth, George. Ann, Ebenezer. Nathaniel (died young, Mary, Mercy. Nathaniel, Hannah and John).
Genealogical and Family History of New Hampshire: page 629

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Note: II. 5 Nathaniel (John), baptized at Aston Abbotts, 11 Oct., 1619; died at Salem Village, 23 July, 1700; married at Salem, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson of Salem Village, born 20 Aug., and baptized at Arnold in England, 30 Aug., 1629; died 24 June, 1688.7 In 1648, both Nathaniel and his wife Elizabeth were admitted to the church in Salem.

Of these only John, Benjamin and Mary survived their father. In 1694, Nathaniel and John Putnam testified to having lived in the Village since 1641. Nathaniel Putnam was a man of considerable landed property; his wife brought him seventy-five acres additional and on this tract he built his house and established himself.

Part of this property has remained uninterruptedly in the family. It is now better known as the "old Judge Putnam place." He was constable in 1656, and afterward deputy to the General Court, 1690-1691, selectman, and always at the front on all local questions, whether pertaining to
7 According to another account of ancient date, "1st June, ‘, 60." politics, religious affairs, or other town matters. "He had great business activity and ability and was a person of extraordinary powers of mind, of great energy and skill in the management of affairs and of singular sagacity, acumen and quickness of perception. He left a large estate."8

NATHANIEL PUTNAM was one of the principals in the great lawsuit concerning the ownership of the Bishop farm. His action in this matter was merely to prevent the attempts of Zerubabel Endicott to push the bounds of the Bishop grant over on his land. The real principals in the case were James Allen who had obtained the Bishop farm as part of his wife's dowry, and Zerubabel Endicott. The case was a long and complicated affair and was at last settled to the satisfaction of Allen and Putnam. Endicott was so chagrined that he was a different man and soon died from the effect of being cast by the courts. This Bishop grant which caused the trouble was sold by Allen to the Nurses and now belongs to Calvin Putnam. The above suit was settled in 1683.

During the unhappy trouble concerning the settlement of a minister over the parish at Salem Village, Nathaniel Putnam was a most determined opponent to the Rev. Mr. Bayley, but when Bayley was dismissed he joined with his brothers Thomas and John Putnam, Thomas Fuller, sr., and Joseph Hutchinson, sr., in a deed of gift to Mr. James Bayley of twenty-eight acres of upland and thirteen acres of meadow, which constituted a very valuable property. This was of date of 6 May, 1680. On 10 Dec., 1688, Lt. Nathaniel Putnam was one of four messengers sent to Rev. Samuel Parris to obtain his reply to the call of the parish. Parris put them off. His final engagement was settled by younger men, one of whom was Deacon Edward Putnam. Mr. Parris, however, was supported by Nathaniel Putnam, who four years later was completely deceived in regard to the witchcraft delusion. That he honestly believed in witchcraft and in the statements of the afflicted girls there seems to be no doubt;
8 Upham's Witchcraft that he was not inclined to be severe is evident, and his goodness of character shows forth in marked contrast with the almost bitter feeling shown by many of those concerned. Nathaniel lived to see the mistake all had made. That he should have believed in the delusion is not strange for belief in witchcraft was then all but universal. The physicians and ministers called upon to examine the girls, who pretended to be bewitched, agreed that such was the fact. Upham states that ninety-nine out of every hundred in Salem believed that such was the case. There can be no doubt that the expressed opinion of a man like Nathaniel Putnam must have influenced scores of his neighbors. His eldest brother had been dead seven years and he had succeeded to the position as head of the great Putnam family with its connections. He was known as "Landlord Putnam," a term given for many years to the oldest living member of the family. He saw his brother Thomas Putnam's family afflicted and, being an upright and honest man himself, believed in the disordered imaginings of his grandniece, Ann. These are powerful reasons to account for his belief and actions. The following extract from Upham brings out the better side of his character.--"Entire confidence was felt by all in his judgment, and deservedly. But he was a strong religionist, a life-long member of the church and extremely strenuous and zealous in his ecclesiastical relations. He was getting to be an old man and Mr. Parris had wholly succeeded in obtaining, for the time, possession of his feelings, sympathy, and zeal in the management of the church, and secured his full co”peration in the witchcraft prosecutions. He had been led by Parris to take the very front in the proceedings. But even Nathaniel Putnam could not stand by in silence and see Rebecca Nurse sacrificed. A curious paper, written by him, is among those which have been preserved:

"Nathaniel Putnam, Sr., being desired by Francis Nurse, Sr., to give information of what I could say concerning his wife's life and conversation, I, the above said, have known this said aforesaid woman forty years, and what I have observed of her, human frailties excepted, her life and conversation have been according to her profession, and she hath brought up a great family of children and educated them well, so that there is in some of them apparent savor of godliness. I have known her differ with her neighbors, but I never knew or heard of any that did accuse her of what she is now charged with."

A similar paper was signed by thirty-nine other persons of the village and the immediate vicinity, all of the highest respectability. The men and women who dared to do this act of justice must not be forgotten:--

"We whose names are hereunto subscribed, being desired by Goodman Nurse to declare what we know concerning his wife's conversation for time past,--we can testify, to all whom it may concern, that we have known her for many years, and according to our observation, her life and conversation were according to her profession, and we never had any cause or grounds to suspect her of any such thing as she is now accused of.

Israel Porter Samuel Abbey
Elizabeth Porter Hepzibah Rea
Edward Bishop, Sr. Daniel Andrew
Hannah Bishop Sarah Amlrew
Joshua Rea Daniel Rea
Sarah Rea Sarah Putnam
Sarah Leach Jonathan Putnam
John Putnam Lydia Putnam
Rebecca Putnam Walter Phillips, Sr.
Joseph Hutchinson, Sr. Nathaniel Felton, Sr.
Lydia Hutchinson Margaret Phillips
William Osburn Tabitha Phillips
Hannah Osburne Joseph Holton, Jr.
Joseph Holton, Sr. Samuel Endicott
Sarah Holton Elizabeth Buxton
Benjamin Putnam Samuel Aborn
Sarah Putnam Isaac Cook
Job Swinnerton Elizabeth Cook
Esther Swinnerton Joseph Putnam"
Joseph Herrick, Sr.

An examination of the foregoing names in connection with the history of the village will show conclusive proof, that, if the matter had been left to the people there, it would never have reached the point to which it was carried. It was the influence of the magistracy and the government of the colony, and the public sentiment prevalent elsewhere, overruling that of that immediate locality, that drove on the storm.

The above document shows the position taken by the heads of several of the Putnam families of the Village.


WILL OF NATHANIEL PUTNAM.
In the Name of God Amen, I Nathaniel Putnam of Sale
in ye County of Essex in ye province of ye Massachusets
Bay in New England being in perfect health & strength
& sound in mind & memory, yet Considering that old age
is come vpon me & ye vncertainty of my life doe make Th
my last Will & Testament hereby revoaking all former &
other wills by me heretofore at any time made.
Impes I resigne my soule to God whoe Gaue it & my body to dece
burial hoping for a gloriours resurrecon in & through
ye merits of my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ to whome
bee Glory foreuer.
And For my Outward Estate which God hath bestowed on me
I Giue bequeath & bestow ye same as hereafter in this my
will is expressed.
Itm. I Giue vnto my daughter Mary Tuft ye wife of John
Tuft one hundred and Twenty pounds in money to be pa
by my Executor hereafter named within three yeares aft
decease to which with ye fifty pounds which I formerly ga
her is in full & ouer & aboue what I promised her on marriage.
It. I Giue vnto my said Daughter Mary ye one half of my
household goods that were in ye house when my wife Deceas
in ye quality & condition that ye said goods sha
at my departure.
Itm. I Giue vnto my Grandchildren ye sons & daughters of
my daughter Elizabeth Flint Deceased, viz: to Mary who
hath a lame hand twenty poundes in money & to ye others
Eight Ten pounds a peice if they shall ariue at Age, viz:
ye sons at Twenty one yeares & ye Daughters at Eighteen
yeares or marriage to be paid by my Sonn John Putnam to
each of my said Nine grand children as they come to age
as aforesaid.
Itm. I Giue vuto my Sonne John Putnam besides about an
hundred acres of vpland & about sixteen acres of meadow
which I haue already Giuen him by deed of Gift: viz: I
giue & bequeath vnto him all my land & meadow which I haue
lying on ye Northwesterly side of ye Riuer Caled Ipswich
Riuer scituate in Salem bounds in seueral peices containi
in ye whole about Seuenty acres be ye same more or less.
Itm. I Giue vnto my said Sonne John Putnam about one hundr
& sixty acres of land adjoyning to ye hundred acres of
land which I formerly gaue him by deed of Gift being his
homestead he paying to my sd nine grand children ye legaci
hereby giuen them.
Itm. I Giue to my Said Sonne John all ye remainder of that la
(besides what I haue sold). That I formerly purchased of
William Jeggles: all to be to him & his heirs foreuer.
Itm. I Giue to my said sonne twenty pounds in money to be
paid him by my Executor in three years after my decease.
Itm. I Giue to my said Sonne halfe my wearing apparell.
Itm. I Giue to my sd son John Thirty pounds to be paid by
my Executor within one yeare after my decease in graine
& cattle at money price: which legacies with ye hundred
pound I Gaue him formerly for land sold which I had of Wm.
Jeggles is in full of his portion.
Itm. I Giue vnto my sonne Benjamin Putnam my homestead
that is my farme that I now dwell on as alsoe all my other
lands & meadows whether in possession or reuersion wheresoeu
scituate lying & being which are not perticularly in
this will otherwise disposed off. to be to him & his hiers F
Euer.
Itm. I Giue to my said Sonne Benjamin all my personall Estate
whether money Cattle corne Debts or other estate what
ever.
Itm. I make & Constitute my said sonn Benjamin Putn
be ye sole Executor of this my last will & Testament.
Lastly. I Desire & apoint my Good friend Capt. Samuel Gardner
& Sargt John Leach to be ouerseers of this my will.

Itm: My Will further is that neither of my two sonns shall se
any of ye lands hereby Giuen them nor any wayes dispo
of ye same vntill ye Seuerall legacies & payments in th
my will Giuen & apointed be respectively paid and fullfill
or Security Giuen for payment of ye same; & yr lands respectiue
to stand bound for fullfilling of ye same.
It. my will is that in Case either of my sonns should negle
& refuse to pay what I haue ordered them to pay
or any differences arise either betwixt my two sonns or betwi
either of them & ye Legatees. Then & in such case
my will & desire is that my said ouerseers heare & determi
ye same & that Euery one acquiesce in what they shall
doe.
In Testimoney that this is my last Will & Testament I
hane herevnto set my hand & seale this 21 Day of February
1698-9, & in ye Eleuenth yeare of ye Reigne of Willi
3d of England &c. King defenr of ye faith.
Signed Sealed published Nathaniel Putnam [SEAL.]
& declared in psence of vs
Henry West
Henry West Juner Essex ss. Before ye Honble
Stephen Sewall Jonatha Corwin Esq. Judge of
Margaret Sewall Probate of Wills &c. August
12th 1700 Majr Stephen Sewall, Henry West Senr & Henry
West Junr all pesonally Appeared and made Oath they were
prsent and did see Natha Putnam Signe Seal & heard him
publish and Declare this Instrument to be his last Will a
Testament and that he was then of A Disposing mind to
there best undestanding & that they then subscribed as
Wittnesses in his psence.
Sworn Attest John Higginson Regr.
Vpon wch this Will is proued Approued and allowed being
pEsented by ye Executor therein named. Viz: Benja
Putnam.
Attest John Higginson Regr.
Essex ss. Probate Offic
Salem, Dec. 28, 1889.
A true copy of original will and of probate on file in this offic
Attest,
EZRA D. HINES, Asst. Register.

A History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Volume 1

Author: Eben Putnam

Call Number: R929.2 P99.1


Recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N.Y., and Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn.

Bibliographic Information: Putnam, Eben. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Vol. 1. Salem, Mass.: The Salem Press, 189

A History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Volume 1 , p 22-27

Wikipedia -
Captain Nathaniel Putnam was born on October 10, 1619 in Aston Abbots, Buckingham, England. He was baptized there the following day. Nathaniel was admitted to the church of Salem, Massachusetts in 1648. He married Elizabeth Hutchinson in 1650 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel died on July 23, 1700 in Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts.


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(II) Nathaniel Putnam, son of John Putnam, was born in England, October n, 1619, and baptized at Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire. England, October 11, 1619. He died at Salem, July 23, 1700. He was a prosperous farmer and settled in what is now Danvers. He married Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Richard and Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson. She was born in Arnold, England, August 20, 1629, baptized there August 30, and died at Danvers, June 24, 1688. Both were admitted to the church at Salem in 1648. Part of the original homestead at Danvers is still known as the Judge Putnam place. Nathaniel Putnam was constable in 1656 and deputy to the general court in 1690-91. He was prominent in church and town, serving for some years as selectman. He had great business ability and activity and was a man of unusual powers of mind, "of great energy and skill in the management of affairs and of singular sagacity, acumen, and quickness of perception. He left a large estate." He was involved in a lawsuit over the ownership of the Bishop farm, so called, and his side of the controversy was successful in 1683. During the trouble over the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Bay ley he was an opponent, but when Mr. Bayley was dismissed he was one of those who contributed land, May 6, 1680, to make a farm for him. He had the rank of lieutenant. He was one of the four messengers to Rev. Samuel Parris to obtain his reply to their call. As the head of the large and influential Putnam family he was known for years as "Landlord Putnam." He was a leader in the witchcraft delusion which had its centre in Salem and Salem Village, where he lived. Upham says of him. "Entire confidence was felt by all in his judgement and deservedly. But he was a strong religionist, a life-long member of the church and extremely zealous in his ecclesiastical relations. He was getting to be an old man (at the time of the Delusion), and Mr. Parris had wholly succeeded in obtaining for the time possession of his feelings, sympathies and zeal in the management of the church, and secured his full co-operation in the witchcraft prosecutions. He had been led by Parris to take the very front of the proceedings. But even Nathaniel Putnam could not stand by in silence and see Rebecca Nourse sacrificed." Children of Nathaniel Putnam, born at Salem Village: 1. Samuel, born February 18, 1652, died young. 2. Nathaniel, horn April 24, 1655, died young. 3. John. born March 26. 1657, mentioned below. 4. Joseph, born October 29, 1659, died young.
5. Elizabeth, born August n, 1662, married
Sergeant George Flint. 6. Benjamin, born
December 24, 1664, died 1750; married Elizabeth
Putnam. 7. Mary, born September 15,
1668, married John Tufts.

Genealogy and History of the State of Maine.
(II) Nathaniel, third son of PUTNAM John and Priscilla Putnam, was baptized at Aston Abbotts, October 11, 1619, and died at Salem Village, July 23, 1700. He was a man of considerable landed property ; his wife brought him seventy- five acres additional, and on this tract he built his house and established himself. Part of his property has remained uninterruptedly in the family. It is now better known as the "old Judge Putnam place." He was constable in 1656, and afterwards deputy to the general STATE OF MAINE. 55

court, 169091, selectman, and always at the
front on all local questions, whether pertaining
to politics, religious affairs, or other town
matters. "He had great business activity and
ability, and was a person of extraordinary
powers of mind, of great energy and skill in
the management of affairs, and of singular
sagacity, acumen and quickness of perception.
He left a large estate." Nathaniel Putnam was
one of the principals in the great lawsuit concerning
the ownership of the Bishop farm.
His action in this matter was merely to prevent
the attempt of Zerubabel Endicott to
push the bounds of the Bishop grant over his
land. The case was a long and complicated
affair, and was at last settled to the satisfaction
of Allen and Putnam in 1683. December
IQ, 1688, Lieutenant Nathaniel Putnam was
one of the four messengers sent to Rev. Samuel
Parris to obtain his reply to the call of the
parish. Parris was afterwards installed as
the minister of the parish, and four years
later completely deceived Mr. Putnam in regard
to the witchcraft delusion. That he honestly
believed in witchcraft and in the statements
of the afflicted girls there seems to be
no doubt; that he was not inclined to be
severe is evident, and his goodness of character
shows forth in marked contrast with the
almost bitter feeling shown by many of those
concerned. He lived to see the mistake he had
made. That he should have believed in the
delusion is not strange, for belief in witchcraft
was then all but universal. The physicians
and ministers called upon to examine the girls,
who pretended to be bewitched, agreed that
such was the fact. Upham states that ninety-
nine out of every one hundred in Salem believed
that such was the case. There can be
no doubt that the expressed opinion of a man
like Nathaniel Putnam must have influenced
scores of his neighbors. His eldest brother
had been dead seven years, and he had succeeded
to the position as head of the great
Putnam family with its connections. He was
known as "Landlord Putnam," a term given
for many years to the oldest living member of
the family. He saw the family of his brother
Thomas Putnam afflicted, and being an upright
and honest man himself, believed in the disordered
imaginings of his grandniece, Ann.
These are powerful reasons to account for
his belief and actions. The following extract
from Upham brings out the better side of his
character : "Entire confidence was felt by all
in his judgment, and deservedly. But he was
a strong religionist, a lifelong member of the
church, and extremely strenuous and zealous in his ecclesiastical relations. He was getting to be an old man, and AIr. Parris had whoily succeeded in obtaining, for the time, possession of his feelings, sympathy and zeal in the management of the church, and secured his full co-operation in the witchcraft prosecutions. He had been led by Parris to take the very front in the proceedings. But even Nathaniel Putnam could not stand by in silence and see Rebecca Kurse sacrificed. ? curious paper written by him is among those which have been preserved : "Nathaniel Putnam, senior, being desired by Francis Nurse, Sr., to give information of what i could say concerning his wife's lile and conversation. 1, the above said, have known this said aforesaid woman forty years, and what I have observed of her, human frailties excepted, her life and conversation have been to her profession, and she hath brought up a great family of children and educated them well, so that there is in some of them apparent savor of godliness. 1 have known her differ with her neighbors, but I never knew or heard of any that did accuse her of what she is now charged with."

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