Seth Putnam

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[Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs]
Seth, son of Thomas and Rachel (Wetherbee) Putnam, was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, September 16, 1756, a twin of Susannah. He died in Putnam, Ontario, Canada, September 3, 1827. His gravestone, erected in 1847, states he was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, in 1758. He was a private in Captain Samuel Wetherbee's company, Colonel Isaac Wayne's regiment, which marched to reinforce the Northern Army in 1776. According to his gravestone he was a colonel in the Continental army. A family belief, as told in later years by his son Thomas, was that he was a member of the "Boston Tea Party." He was a man of education, with a good knowledge of civil and military engineering. In 1795 he emigrated to Canada to a wild and unbroken region. He entered into a contract with the Canadian government to construct a wagon road from the head of the lake where Hamilton now stands, to Chatham, eighteen miles east of Lake St. Claire, a distance of one hundred sixty miles, through a heavily wooded country. For this he was to receive sixteen hundred acres of land and a cash bonus. He built the road but never received his reward. He married, February 14, 1790, Sarah Harding (gravestone), of the Wyoming valley, Pennsylvania, one of the few who escaped from the massacre of Wyoming. She died about 1850.

Son Thomas: In his youth,in his father's house, he witnessed the historic interview between General Proctor and Tecumseh, the night previous to the battle of the Thames, in which the great Indian chief was killed. General Proctor made the house of Seth Putnam his headquarters at that time. [Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation - by Hiram Carleton

Seth married Sarah Harding on 14 Feb 1790. Sarah was born in in Wyoming, Penn.; died about 1850. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

William, born November 6, 1793; killed at the battle of Windsor, Canada, December 4, 1838; was associated with his brothers in business, all being prosperous farmers and lumbermen. He was captain of a Canadian troop and served at Lundy's Lane and Queenstown Heights. Later he joined in the "patriot" rebellion and led the attack on Windsor, which was made against his advice. He was instantly killed, shot through the brain. He married Eleanor, daughter of Sylvanus Dygert, a niece of General Nicholas Herkimer, and nearly related to the Van Rensselaers. Sylvanus was taken prisoner by the Indians in the same raid. His father was killed and scalped. He was held a prisoner at Montreal for three years.

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William married Eleanor Dygert. Eleanor (daughter of Sylvanus Dygert and Magdalena Herkimer) was born in 1792 in USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Seth, son of Thomas and Rachel (Wetherbee) Putnam, was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, September 16, 1756, a twin of Susannah. He died in Putnam, Ontario, Canada, September 3, 1827. His gravestone, erected in 1847, states he was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, in 1758. He was a private in Captain Samuel Wetherbee's company, Colonel Isaac Wayne's regiment, which marched to reinforce the Northern Army in 1776. According to his gravestone he was a colonel in the Continental army. A family belief, as told in later years by his son Thomas, was that he was a member of the "Boston Tea Party." He was a man of education, with a good knowledge of civil and military engineering. In 1795 he emigrated to Canada to a wild and unbroken region. He entered into a contract with the Canadian government to construct a wagon road from the head of the lake where Hamilton now stands, to Chatham, eighteen miles east of Lake St. Claire, a distance of one hundred sixty miles, through a heavily wooded country. For this he was to receive sixteen hundred acres of land and a cash bonus. He built the road but never received his reward. He married, February 14, 1790, Sarah Harding (gravestone), of the Wyoming valley, Pennsylvania, one of the few who escaped from the massacre of Wyoming. She died about 1850. Children:

Lewis, born November 11, 1790, died aged three years.
William, born November 6, 1793; killed at the battle of Windsor, Canada, December 4, 1838; was associated with his brothers in business, all being prosperous farmers and lumbermen. He was captain of a Canadian troop and served at Lundy's Lane and Queenstown Heights. Later he joined in the "patriot" rebellion and led the attack on Windsor, which was made against his advice. He was instantly killed, shot through the brain. He married Eleanor, daughter of Sylvanus Dygert, a niece of General Nicholas Herkimer, and nearly related to the Van Rensselaers. Sylvanus was taken prisoner by the Indians in the same raid. His father was killed and scalped. He was held a prisoner at Montreal for three years.
Joshua, born January 5, 1798, died September 19, 1859; he married (first), name unknown; (second), Malinda Flanagen; (third) Mary Barrows; they bore him fifteen children.
Fanny, born May 16, 1802; married, June 21, 1820, Warner S. Dygert; married (second) Joseph Nicholas, a farmer near Ontario; two children.
Thomas, of whom further.

Joshua married Malinda Flanagin on 15 Feb 1821. Malinda died on 11 Sep 1827. [Group Sheet]

Joshua married Mary Barrows on 29 Mar 1828. Mary was born on 05 Jan 1805 in Connecticut, USA; died on 19 Sep 1865. [Group Sheet]

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Nichols 5

[Glen Curnoe]
Warner Dygert died intestate.
The Surrogate Registry lists Jenny Dygert as his widow
It is signed by Martha Dale, widow of Henry Dale and the Reverend James Jackson, father of Martha Dale.

Jenny Dygert. (Fanny) married Subal Nichols.

Fanny married Shubal Nichols* on 08 Nov 1829 in London, Ont.. Shubal (son of David Nichols and Abigail Hughes*) was born in 1797 in Dutchess Co. NY; died on 14 Apr 1876. [Group Sheet]

Fanny married Warner Sylvanus Dygert on 21 Jun 1820. Warner (son of Sylvanus Dygert and Magdalena Herkimer) was born in 1791; died on 20 Jul 1826; was buried in North Steet Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas (4), youngest son of Seth and Sarah (Harding) Putnam, was born in Delaware, Upper Canada, October 28, 1804, and died at Hamilton, Ontario, March 26, 1880. In 1825 he located in Dorchester, Upper Canada, which town was later (1839) named Putnam in his honor. He was largely engaged in mercantile and lumbering enterprises and became one of the most prominent men in private life in western Ontario. During the "patriot" rebellion of 1837-38 he became an object of suspicion to the Tory party, and was obliged to remain in concealment many weeks to avoid imprisonment and possibly a worse fate. He had a secret chamber in his house constructed to enter only by a sliding panel, where he lay while British soldiers searched the house. He greatly aided the rebel cause by money and influence. He was appointed a magistrate in 1838 by the governor-general of Canada, a life office and carrying the title of "Esquire." He refused all other public office. By the dishonesty of a partner, Squire Putnam met with severe business reverses late in life, which left him only a moderate competence after satisfying in full every creditor. He married (first) Nancy; daughter of Nicholas Dygert, a niece of General Nicholas Dygert, and granddaughter of John Dygert, who fought with General Herkimer at the battle of Oriskany. She was a sister to Eleanor Dygert, wife of William Putnam, who was killed at the battle of Windsor, Canada, previously mentioned. She bore him two children:

Harriet Ann, born July 24, 1833; married Hugh Duncan Cameron, a grand-nephew of the Duke of Athol and Earl of Graham. He was born in Perthshire, Scotland, July 26, 1833, came to Canada in 1852, was treasurer of the Hamilton Provident Loan Association at Hamilton, Ontario, where he died May, 1895.
Marshall Spring Bidwell, born October 25, 1837, died at Hamilton, March 13, 1880. Squire Putnam married (second), in 1844, Nancy, born 1822, died 1884, daughter of Rev. John Harris and his wife, who was also a daughter of Sylvanus Dygert.

Children of second marriage, all born at Putnam, Ontario:

Ephraim, born October 12, 1845, accidentally killed at the age of twenty-two years.
Rev. Alanson Harris, born December 20, 1847; a minister of the Baptist church, Toronto, Ontario.
Dr. Thomas Job, born December 25, 1848, graduate of Cleveland Medical College, 1877; now a practicing physician at Springfield, Massachusetts.
Dr. William Byron, of whom further.
Dr. Warren E., born May 6, 1857, graduate of Cleveland Medical College, 1881; now a practicing physician of Bennington, Vermont; he is surgeon-general on the staff of the governor of Vermont, and is now serving his second term (1910).

Thomas married Nancy Dygert. Nancy (daughter of Sylvanus Dygert and Magdalena Herkimer) was born about 1822 in Canada. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married Almira Griffeth in 1842. Almira (daughter of Ezra Griffeth* and Martha Odell*) was born in 1822; died after 1880. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Nichols 8
age 2
died in the same week as her halfbrother Warner; probably cholera

Notes:

no headstone [G. Curnoe]
a member of council and deputy reeve

David married Lucy Jones. Lucy was born about 1837; died on 20 Sep 1906. [Group Sheet]

David married Margaret Horn on 29 Jun 1908 in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born about 1863. [Group Sheet]

Matilda married ? Knapp. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1851 census: Shubal F. Nichols, 15, living at Westminster, Middlesex with parents, 5 siblings [other names of neighbours: Dale, John McNames, Caldwell, Lancaster); E. Methodist; b. US
1861 census: Shubal Nichols, 24, Farmer, living at Delaware, Middlesex with wife Hannah; b. CW
1871 census: Shubal F. Nichols, 32, Farmer, living at Delaware, Middlesex with wife Hannah, 1 servant; W. Methodist; b. Ont. nationality is American but then scratched out and changed to German
1881 census: Thubal F. Nichols, 44, Farmer, living with wife Hannah and daughter at Delaware, Middlesex; German; b. 1837 Ont.
1891 census: S Fr D Nichol, 53, Farmer, Methodist; living at Delaware with wife Hannah, 1 daughter; both parents born in US; b. Ont.
1901 census: Phoff Nichols, 63, Farmer, living at Delaware, Middlesex with wife Hannah and daughter Maud's family; b. 27 May 1837, Ont.
1911 census: Shubael Nichol(a)s, 74, Farmer, living Caradoc Twp, Delaware West, Middlesex West with wife Hannah; b. May 1837, Ont.; Irish

1912 Death Record: Shubail Farr Nichols, d. 12 Nov. 1912 at Caradoc Twp of Bronchial Pneumonia; b. 27 May 1837 on Westminster L37 C2; father: Shubail Farr Nichols, b. NY state; mother: Fanny Putnam, b. Detroit

Shubal married Hannah E. Walters. Hannah (daughter of Walter Walters* and Sarah Scott*) was born on 14 Mar 1840 in Westminster, Ontario; died on 24 Mar 1928 in Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Nichols 7
2 years 6 months

Notes:

Nichols 8
age 6
died in the same week as his halfsister; probably of cholera

Notes:

Purdy
is her husband David Purdy buried next to her? infant children?

Susan married David Purdy*+. David (son of Richard Purdy and Cordelia) was born on 08 Apr 1861 in Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Jul 1920. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

OGS says William F. first son of S.T. & Hannah Nichols d. 18 Aug 1859 aged 6 months & 21 ds; probably Shubal Nichols (son of Subal and Fanny)and Hannah Walters

stone very faint

Nichols 6

Notes:

1901 census: Maud's family is living with her parents
1911 census: Maud's family is living next door to her parents; listed as a separate family

Alice married Daniel Bruce Lockwood. Daniel was born on 10 Nov 1872 in Ontario. [Group Sheet]