Person:Francis Putman (21)

Birth: Bible of Victor C. Putman.

Baptismal: "Records of Trinity Church Parish"; p 209.

Note: This record lists the parents as: "Cornelius and Elizabeth Potman, maiden name Eliz: Prime." There are no sponsors listed. The record indicates the baptismal was performed in the Mohawk Valley. [W.T.P.]

Will; 15th. December, 1834; Montgomery Co. Surrogates Office.

Cady, Rev. Putnam; Unpublished papers; 1897; p 3; Montgomery Hist.; file 57K. Quote: "Francis, married December 28, 1777, Maria Fonda." End quote.

Putnam, Eben; "A History of the Putnam Family in England and America"; 1908; Vol. II; p 115. Quote: "Died at Tribes Hill, 23 November, 1834, "aet. 80 years or over" (Mrs. Johnson's statement); married 28 December, 1777, Maria Fonda, who died 19 September, 1830. He kept a hotel at Tribes Hill for fifty-six years, upon the sign of which was the date 1777." End quote.

Vrooman, J.; Unpublished notes; p 8; Schenectady Historical Society.

D.A.R. Patriot Index; New York State; Francis; born 4 May, 1752; died 23 Nov., 1834; 1st. Lieutenant; married Maria Fonda.

Marriage: IGI; LDS; Sept., 1981; p 12,899.

Hughes, C.; Cushing, OK; Letter of 1985, to Warren T. Putman.

Quote: "The following is a bit of Bourne "Family Lore" written by an "Uncle Jim Burns" of Lone Jack, MO. "Thomas Bourne, a Revolutionary soldier of Rhode Island, married one Nancy Allen, of that state; among their children was one Thomas Bourne, Jr., born August 22nd., 1785, who married one Elizabeth Putman, of Tribes Hill, New York. Her father being also a soldier of the Revolution, who was a member of a mixed company of Mohawk Indians and Dutch farmers, and who became Captain of his company by reason of having, with two companions, captured a company of British soldiers who were making a raid by night to procure cattle for beef supplies for Burgoyne's army. The three men hid in a tree at the bars of the field where the cattle were pastured." "Another daughter of the old Dutch farmer and soldier, Angelica, married a brother of Thomas Jr., his brother Allen." End Quote.

Francis was a Lieut. in the Revolution, serving under Captains Jacob Gardinier and Harmanus Mabie, and Col. Frederick Fischer; he was in the battle of Oriskany, at the taking of Burgoyne, and in the battles of Stone Arabia and Johnstown; length of service was about three months. After the Revolution, he and wife Maria ran a hotel in Tribes Hill for fifty-six years. He received a pension in 1832;