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1 Samuel P.P. Fay PUTNAM1,2 (1829-1860) [11735]. Born 20 Mar 1829, Andover, MA.1,2 Died 1860, Hanover, NH.1
2 Simeon PUTNAM1,3 (1785-1833) [9911]. Born 1785, Rutland, MA.1 Marr Abigail Brigham FAY 9 Dec 1816, Concord, MA.1,4,5 Died 11 May 1833.1,6,7 Buried Andover, MA.6
From the Simeon Putnam section of A History of the Putnam Family in England and America by Eben Putnam, 1891.
"SIMEON PUTNAM was graduated at Harvard in 1811, and later became an instructor at Andover Academy. In 1815 he copied the "Memoirs of the Putnam Family." by Gen. Rufus Putnam, at Marietta. He opened a school in the Bradstreet mansion, in Andover, and conducted it successfully."
From the Salem Gazette (Salem, MA)
May 24, 1816 - Franklin Academy. The public are informed, that the Spring Term of Franklin Academy in Andover, Ninth Parish, commenced on Thursday 25th ult. under the care of Mr. SIMEON PUTNAM and Miss ADELINE ABBOTT. The high recommendation of the former, by the President of Harvard College and his experience in teaching; and the distinguished accomplishments of the patter, encourage the friends of the institution to indulge the highest expectations from a union of their diligence and exertion.
The branches taught in the Seminary are - Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Grammer, Geography, Projecting Maps, Astronomy, Philosophy, Surveying, Navigation, History, Botany, Chemistry, Logic ,Rhetoric, Composition, the Dead Languages, Painting, Needlework, &c &c.
Parents and guardians may be assured that the strictest attention will be paid, not only to the mental and personal, but moral improvement of children and youth connected with this institution."
Excerpts from Historical Sketches of Andover by Sarah Loring Bailey, 1880.
"But in the school traditions one name has overshadowed all other names. The terrors of Master Simeon Putnam's discipline have been so faithfully handed down by the students who experienced them, that it has come to be a current belief in the neighborhood that his day dates back to the early period of the school. "Old Put," he is most often called, although he was only forty--seven years old when he died. The anachronisms and the legends on this subject are amusing, and illustrate the saying, "The evil that men do lives after then, the good is oft interred with their bones. . . .
Mr. Putnam was, there can be no question, often unjust, though probably not intentionally so, always harsh, and sometimes cruel to the idle and disobedient. He had many bad boys to manage; some of whom were no doubt, made worse by his severity. Many of them lived with him in his house, any by his perpetual misdoing and perserverness rasped his nerves and exasperated his temper. He was in ill health, a sufferer most of the time with acute neuralgia, and the constant strain broke him down in the prime of manhood. It has been common to hear little that was kindly about Master Putnam in the place of his residence. It was, however, with the conviction that he must have had some strong and good points of character, that this attempt to write a brief biography was undertaken, for no man without ability, an some proper discharge of a preceptor's duty could, for nearly fifteen years, have kept such a school as the Franklin Academy was under Mr. Putnam.; its ranks constantly filled by students from all parts of the country. . . .".
3 Abigail Brigham FAY1,3 (1790- ) [9910]. Born 19 Sep 1790.3
6 Jonathan FAY , Jr.3,8,9 (aft1752-1811) [4358]. Born btw 21 Jan 1752 and 1754, Westboro, MA.3,8 Marr Lucy PRESCOTT 6 Dec 1776.9 Died 1 Jun 1811, Concord, MA.3,6,10
From History of the Town of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835.
"Jonathan Fay, son of Captain Johnathan Fay of Westborough, who was graduated at Harvard College in 1778, settled in Concord soon after, married Lucy Prescott, and died June 1, 1811, aged 59."
"Lucy Prescott b. April 24, 1757, dau. of Dr. Abel Prescott & his wife, Abigail Brigham of Concord, Mass. Lucy Prescott m. Dec. 6, 1776, Jonathan Fay, Esq., & settled in Concord, where he became distinguished in the profession of the law. He was Representative for Concord in the General Court from 1792 to 1796 inclusive. He was a student of Harvard College at the time it was removed to Concord to avoid the dangers incident to the war. He was the son of Captain Jonathan Fay of Westbrook, Mass., and born on Jan. 21, 1752; grad Harvard Coll. in 1778; read law and settled in Concord, Mass. (ancestors of the two Presidents of the United States, Bush.)"
Researchers note: Based on the Orlin P. Fay data, Jonathan was born January 21, 1754. Shattuck says January 21, 1752.
12 Jonathan FAY3,8 (1724-1800) [4356]. Born 21 Nov 1724, Westboro, MA.3,8 Marr Joanna PHILLIPS 25 Jun 1746.3 Marr Mary GODDARD 8 Aug 1789.3 Marr Lucretia HAMILTON 30 Mar 1798.3 Died 3 Mar 1800.3
13 Joanna PHILLIPS8 (1729-1788) [4357]. Born 1729.8 Died 10 Jun 1788.3
7 Lucy PRESCOTT3,8,9 (1757-1792) [4359]. Born 24 Apr 1757.3,8 Died 10 Oct 1792.11
14 Abel PRESCOTT3,9 ( - ) [9885].
15 Abigail BRIGHAM9 ( - ) [11734].
| 1 | "History of the Putnam Family in England and America by Eben Putnam, 1891". |
| 2 | "Massachusetts Town Birth Records". |
| 3 | "Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants by Orlin P. Fay, 1898". |
| 4 | "Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850". |
| 5 | "Wedding announcement of Simeon Putnam to Abby B. Fay in the Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA), December 21, 1816". |
| 6 | "Massachusetts Town Death Records". |
| 7 | "Death notice of Simeon Putnam in the Haverhill Gazette (Haverhill, MA), May 18, 1833". |
| 8 | "Information provided by Jeffery H. Lloyd". |
| 9 | "History of Concord, Massachusetts by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835". |
| 10 | "History of the Town of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835". |
| 11 | "1920 NY, Steuben, Corning census". |