Virginia

This section of the Putman History cover the various early Putman families of colonial Virginia during the roughly two hundred fifty years from the time Thomas Putnam arrived in Virginia through the time of the American Revolution, the Civil War and the rest of the 1800s. I have tried to track the descent from Thomas Putman who arrived in Virginia in 1648 down through his descendents that lived in Virginia.

This section will cover the lives and families of other branches of the Putman family in Virginia during the 1700s and 1800s.

While we, of course, feel we are invincible, it was quite possible that some of these lines died out due to the sons being killed in the various colonial wars and the American Revolutionary War or simply due to illness. While there are records of several Putmans fighting in the Revolution, there is only proof that one, Randel Putman of North Carolina, was killed in fighting. Perhaps there were others and that is the reason we simply lost track of them.

After the Revolution, English Putnams from New England, German Putmans from Maryland and Dutch Putmans from New York came to Virginia. I try to trace these families as well, primarily to sort them out from our family.

Also keep in mind that before the American Revolution all of what is now Kentucky and West Virginia were all part of Virginia. Kentucky was not formed until 1792 and West Virginia was formed in 1863 when that part of Virginia refused to join the Confederacy.

This history begins in Virginia with the English immigrant, Thomas Putnam. 

THOMAS PUTNAM I – II – III
ZACHARIAH PUTMAN I – II
THE PUTMANS of Fauquier County
SOME OTHER PUTMANS/PUTNAMS IN VIRGINIA
JOHN PUTNAM of Bath County
VIRGINIA TIME LINE CHART