Military

##### Generals

* **Hon. Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton (1608-1661)**, Major General of the Suffolk County Massachusetts Regiment member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, organized and trained the Dorchester Militia, Senior Military Officer of the New England forces
* **Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam (1718-1790)**, soldier in the French and Indian War as a Private, Second Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel; Captain and Commander in Rogers Rangers Company; Colonel during Pontiac's Rebellion; commissioned Major General during the American Revolutionary War, second in rank to General Artemas Ward in the Army of Obvservation, which became the found of the Continental Army
* **Brig. Gen. Rufus Putnam (1738-1824)**, soldier in the French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War Brigadier General, enlisted 19 Apr 1775 in one of the first of Massachusetts first regiments, fought in the Battle of Lexington and Concord, later commissioned Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army in David Brewer's Regiment, fortified Dorchester Hights, promoted to Chief of Egineers of Works of New York, helped built Fort Putnam at West Point, 1778; served in Corps of Light Infantry under Maj. General Anthony Wayne; Putnam was commander of the 4th Regiment; commissioned Brigadier General, Jan 1783

##### Colonels

* **Daniel Dana (1778-)**, held the rank of Colonel during the War of 1812
* **Israel Putnam (1729/30-1812)**, soldier int he American Revolutionary War, raised a company of volunteers and joined the army after his father went to Cambridge in 1775 where he remained under his father's orders until the arrival of Maj. Gen. George Washington; Putnam was commissioned Captain Jul 22; eventually commissioned Major and then Colonel
* **Jethro Putnam (1755-1815)**, Colonel of the Danvers Regiment
* **Hon. John Haynes (1594-1654)**, Lord of the Manor of Gourney in England; appointed on 13 Dec 1636 colonel of regiment for Charlestown, Watertown, Cambridge, Concord, and Dedham, Massachusetts
* **John Putnam ( 1735-1809)**, a soldier in the French and Indian War, commissioned Captain of a band of minute man in 1775 in the American Revolutionary War, commissioned Colonel of a militia after the war
* **Hon. Philip Putnam (1742-1810)**, soldier in the French and Indian War, commanded a company mustered 26 Sep 1776
* **David Putnam (1707-1768)**, held the rank of Colonel
* **Enoch Putnam (1731/32-c.1796)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, responded to the Lexington Alarm in 1775 as a Lieutenant in Capt. Israel Hutchinson's Company

##### Lieutenant Colonels

* **Hon. Edwin Putnam, Esq. (1776-1844)**, soldier in the French and Indian War, held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the War of 1812

##### Majors

* **Hon. James Putnam 1726-1798)**, soldier in the French and Indian War, held the commission of Major in 1757 under General James Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudon (1705-1782)
* **Joseph Putnam (1773-1812)**, held the rank of Major
* **Ezra Putnam (1729-1811)**, was an officer in the French and Indian War as a participant at the taking of cape breton responded to the Lexington Alarm of the American Revolutionary War; Lieutenant in Capt. Asa Prince's Company; served two days; Major in Col. Israel Hutchinson's Regiment in the General Return of the Army of the United Colonies, 8 Jan 1776; served 8th months at the Siege of Boston
* **William Boardman (1614-1672)**, held the rank of Major

##### Captains

* **Archelaus Putnam (1743-living 1809)**, minute man in Capt. Andrew elliott's Company from Sutton; sometime later commissioned Captain
* **Benjamin Putnam (1664-1715)**, commissioned Lieutenant and Captain in between the years 1706 and 1711
* **Daniel Putnam (1739-1809)**, soldier in the Continental Army in Col. Jonathan Chase's Regiment, 1777 for three days; soldier in Capt. Moodey Duntin's Company, 1st New Hampshire Continental, 1781
* **Daniel Putnam (1755-1819)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, enlisted in Sep 1776 in Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's Company, Col. Dike's Regiment, and served the later portion as a sergeant until 21 Jan 1777, was commissioned as second lieutenant of the 7th Company, 8th Regiment and commissioned Captain on 2 May 1787
* **Dea. Edmund Putnam (1724-1810),** commissioned Captain by an unanimous vote by the people of Danvers, Mass. at a town meeting of the Alarm List of the Third Company , Rev. Benjamin Balch, chairman who was also voted Lieutenant and Mr. Tarrant Putnam for ensign; Capt. Edmund Putnam was commander of this company that marched to the battle of Lexington on 19 Apr 1775
* **Enos Putnam (1716-1780)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War; member of Captain John Putnam's Company that marched to Lexington
* **Francis Putnam (1758-c.1831)**, soldier int he American Revolutionary War, responded to the Lexington Alarm as a Private, was a Private in Col. Gridley's Regiment during the Siege of Boston, saw service during other parts of the war
* **Israel Putnam (1767-1853)**, commissioned Captain in a militia
* **Jeremiah Putnam (1737-1799)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War from February to December 1756 in Capt. Andrew Fuller's Company at Crown Point, again from Mar to Nov 1758 in the same company, enlisted in Col. Plaisted's Regiment 6 Apr 1775, responded to the Lexington Alarm in Capt. Jeremiah Page's Company, enlisted in the Continental Army as a Sergeant 11 May 1775 and eventually commissioned Captain, taken prisoner at the Battle of Long Island when he was an Ensign in Col. Hutchinson's Regiment
* **John Putnam (1627-1710)**, commissioned Lieutenant of the troop of horse at Salem Village, 7 Oct 1678
* **John Putnam (1718/19-1795)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War; Captain in Col. Jedidiah Goote's Regiment; at Lexington, 19 Apr 1775
* **John Putnam (1767-1810)**, commissioned Captain while he was an infantry man during his service
* **Jonathan Putnam (1659-1739)**, commissioned Captain, 1689
* **Timothy Putnam (1763-1838)**, enlisted in the American Revolutionary War at 16 years old, served through out the war and the terrible winter at Valley Forge, "he came home bare-footed"
* **William Putnam (1758-1818)**, responded to the Lexington Alarm, marched as a Private in Capt. Robert Taft's Company from Upton and served through the Siege of Boston

##### Lieutenants

* **Dea. Daniel Putnam (-1801)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, marched to the Lexington Alarm as Lieutenant in Capt. Samuel Flint's Company
* **James Putnam (1661-1727)**, in records in Salem Village he is styled Lieutenant in 1720/21
* **James Putnam (1756-1838)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, took an active part at the Siege of Boston in organizing companies from the loyalists refugees that were cooped up in Boston
* **Stephen Putnam (1694-1772)**, commissioned Lieutenant of the 3rd Company of Foot of Salem
* **Thomas Putnam (1615-1686)**, commissioned Lieutenant in the Troop of Horses by the General Court of Massachusetts, 8 Oct 1662

##### Ensign

* **David Putnam (1747-1814)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, responded to the Lexington Alarm in Capt. John Sibley's Company
* **David Putnam (1753-1820)**, commissioned Ensign in 1781 in the 14th Company, 9th Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia
* **Tarrant Putnam (1733-1804)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, responded to the Lexington Alarm in Capt. Edmund Putnam's Company

##### Sargents

* **Hon. John Porter (1596-1676)**, Deputy from Salem on 20 May 1644
* **Benjamin Putnam (1718-1796)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, Sergeant in Capt. Edmund Putnam's Company, responded to the Lexington Alarm 19 Apr 1775
* **John Putnam (1734-1786)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, responded to the Lexington Alarm with three days service
* **Thomas Putnam (bap.1652-1699)**, soldier in the Narragansett fight during King Philip's War
* **Zadock Putnam (1752-1819)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, marched as "fifer" in Capt. Luke Drury's Company of Minute Men to the Lexington Alarm, continued service until August of 1775, he was a Sergeant in Capt. Joseph Warren's Company in the Massachusetts state militia that to march to Bennington, VT

##### Privates

* **Aaron Putnam (1730-1810)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, Private in Capt. Edmund Putnam's Company, responded to the Lexington Alarm, 19 Apr 1775
* **Aaron Putnam (1756-)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War in the 4th Connecticut Regiment as a Private from 1780 to 1783
* **David Putnam (1758-)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, Private in Capt. Ford's Company of Chelmsford in the Saratoga Campaign
* **Seth Putnam (1756-1827)**, participant of the Boston Tea Party, soldier in Capt. Samuel Wetherbee's Company in Col. Isaac Wyman's Regiment which marched to reenforce the Northern Arm in Jun 1776 during the American Revolutionary War
* **Tarrant Putnam (1743-)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, responded to the Lexington Alarm as a Private in Capt. Israel Hutchinson's Company

##### Doctors

* **Dr. Amos Putnam (1722-1807)**, surgeon in the French and Indian War
* **Dr. Aaron Putnam (1757-1812)**, surgeon during the American Revolutionary War in Col. Frye's Regiment in 1775 in the 26th Regiment in 1776, appointed surgeon in Col. Vose's Regiment on 1 Jul 1777, discharged 26 Oct 1777
* **Dr. Benjamin Putnam (-1801)**, surgeon during a portion of the American Revolutionary War
* **Dr. Samuel Putnam (1740-1804)**, surgeon during a portion of the French and Indian War

##### Unknown Rank

* **Asa Putnam (1758-1837)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, enlisted on 3 May 1775
* **Bartholomew Putnam (1737/8-1815)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, he marched with the volunteers from Salem to Rhode Island on 4 Aug 1778, he was also in 1779 Campaign when a company marched to Providence from Salem
* **Caleb Putnam (1751-1776)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War in Capt. taylor's Company at Winter Hill, in Capt. Barron's Company in at the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga 10 May 1775
* **Israel Putnam Dana (1774-1848)**, in the War of 1812 he was an active supporter for the administration raising volunteers for service and helped make soldiers officers who were quartered at Danville, in 1814 he raised a company on his way to Burlington, VT when the news about the Battle of Platt
* **Dea. David Putnam (1752-1840)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* **Edward Putnam (1755-1843)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War at Cambridge, 1775, soldier in Captain Gates' Company, Col. Holman's Regiment, present at the Battle of White Plains, later stationed at Albany where he enlisted from Winchendon.
* **Eleazer Putnam (1665-1732/33)**, enlisted in Capt. William Raymond's company for the Canada Expedition in 1690
* **Eleazer Putnam (1738-c.1806)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, responded to the Lexington Alarm, served five days in Capt. Isaac Hull's Company
* **Elisah Putnam (1715-1758)**, soldier in the French and Indian War in the Provincial Army (Army before the Continental Army) with Gen. Abercrombie who was unfortunately a coward
* **Fuller Putnam (1731-1752)**, soldier in the French and Indian War, served in the Worcester Regiment at Fort Dummer, New Hampshire from 13 Jul 12 Oct 1738
* **Henry Putnam (1755-1806)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, responded to the Lexington Alarm, served 9 days in Capt. John Flint's Company
* **John Putnam (1764-1848)**, prisoner of war during the American Revolutionary War
* **John Putnam (1761-1849)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, enlisted in 1779 in Col. Hercules Mooney's Regiment which was ordered to Rhode Island
* **John Putnam (1746-1838)**, he was a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, responded to the Lexington Alarm in. Capt. Deliverance Davis' Com[any, Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment
* **Joseph Putnam (1751-1815)**, responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* **Levi Putnam (1757-1835)**, soldier for 12 days in Capt. Abel Walker's Company, Col. Bellow's Regiment as reinforcements for Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War
* **Nathaniel Putnam (1746-1800)**, soldier in Capt. Jeremiah Page's Company which responded to the Lexington Alarm 19 Apr 1775 during the American Revolutionary War and was on the Coat Rolls as serving before the Siege of Boston
* **Nathan Putnam (1749-1823)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War in Capt Hutchinson's Company that responded to the Lexington Alarm, his brother Perley Putnam was killed there, Nathan re-enlisted in Capt. Putnam's Company in the 19th Regiment 6 Oct 1775
* **Seth Putnam (1754-)**, soldier in Capt. Samuel Wtherbee's Company in the regiment raised for the Canadian campaign in Jun 1777 during the American Revolutionary War
* **Stephen Putnam (1742-)**, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, two days service in Capt. Jeremiah Page's Company at the Battle of Lexington
* **Thomas Putnam (1728-1814)**, soldier in the French and Indian War, took up arms in 1750, Capt. Steven's Company at Number Four
* **Timothy Putnam (1732-?)**, soldier in Col. Bellow's Regiment, marched May 1777 to reinforce Fort Ticonderoga and again in June of the same year, but found the fort had been evacuated

##### Wars

* Pequot War (1636-1638)
* King Philip's War 1675-1678)
* American Revolutionary War

## United States of America

### Army

General

Colonels

* **Jesse Putnam (1788-1861)**, commissioned Colonel during the War of 1812, commander of an artillery company stationed at Beverly, Massachusetts, though never saw service

Lieutenant Colonels

* **Hon. Judge Edwin Putnam (1776-1844)**, soldier in the French and Indian War, held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the War of 1812

Majors

Captains

Lieutenants