Tripping on Travel: Grove St, Putnam, Connecticut

Grove Street in Putnam, Connecticut is one of the many features still left that speaks to the history of the town. And one of Grove Street's primary features is a monument to General Israel Putnam that was erected in a number of Connecticut towns. I drive right by it in this video and it can be found on the right-hand side of the street. The town was named in his honor. But just out of curiosity regarding his roots, I dug a little deeper. He has been celebrated for years as a hero of the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, as well as being the hunter that finally killed a dangerous wolf in Pomfret that was killing local livestock. What is not spoken of is that he was a descendant of the Putnam family that came from England and were among the first puritans who settled in Salem, Massachusetts. In fact, Israel Putnam's family tree leads back to Ann Putnam Jr and her father Thomas Putnam Jr,, both of whom were two of the primary accusers involved in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693. At the time, daughter Ann was only 12 years old when she appeared afflicted and became a primary accuser of a number of people who were suspected of participating in witchcraft. One of Ann's uncles, Joseph Putnam, and his wife Elizabeth Porter, welcomed their son Israel Putnam into the world when he was born in Salem in 1718. At the approximate age of 31 years, Israel Putnam left Salem, Massachusetts and moved in 1749 to farm land he purchased in Pomfret, Connecticut. Other noteworthy details about Israel Putnam were expressed in an early biography that described him as having "his negro" assist him in getting into the wolf's den, but who would not obey his orders. As far as the hostile Indians he sometimes battled, they were considered to be nothing more than "savages" at that time in history.

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Historical references:
The life and heroic exploits of Israel Putnam .. : Humphreys, David, 1752-1818
https://archive.org/details/lifeheroicexploi00hump/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater
Salem Witch Trials - Events, Facts & Victims
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials
Putnam - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
https://connecticuthistory.org/towns-page/putnam/
Wikipedia - Putnam, Connecticut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putnam,_Connecticut
Ann Putnam - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Putnam
Putnam family - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putnam_family

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