--- Lester M Powers <lesterps@juno.com> wrote: > The alleged lineage I am looking at is Enos > Putnam, son of Joshua, son of Ebenezer, son of > Holyoke, son of Edward, son of Edward, son of Thomas > of Salem witch trial repute (m. Ann Holyoke), son of > John. Lester, This has probably already been pointed out to you, but...the Thomas Putnam (son of John the immigrant) who married (1) Ann Holyoke was not precisely the Thomas "of Salem witch trial repute." This Thomas was dead by the time the witch hysteria began. It was his sons, Thomas (by 1st wife Ann Holyoke) and Joseph (by 2nd wife Mary (-?-) Veren) who figured so prominently in the witch trials. The wife of Thomas (the son), one Ann (Carr) Putnam and their daughter, Ann, also played significant roles in the accusations and trials. > I refuse to accept net lineages like the one I > found, but I also hate reinventing wheels, thus my > investment in the Eben Putnam book. If anyone is > familiar with Eben, I would like to know if his work > seems reasonably solid Even the best of these published family histories contain errors. One rather well-regarded published family history I consulted long ago contained information down to my maternal Great'grandparents but then stated the couple died without children. This statement proved to be of great interest to my late grandmother and was a joke in my family for many years! I would trust Eben Putnam only so far as a starting place for further research. My Putnam lineage comes down like this.... John Putnam & Priscilla Gould Nathaniel Putnam & Elizabeth Hutchinson Benjamin Putnam & Sarah Tarrant? Benjamin Putnam & Bethiah Hutchinson Eunice Putnam & Francis Nurse Benjamin Nourse & Ruth Tarbell Francis Nourse & Annis Aiken John A. Nourse & Temperance A. Edgerly John H. Nourse & Annette G. Batchelder Sarah E. Nourse & Samuel W. Butterworth Eva S. Butterworth & Benjamin Watson (My Grandparents) Good luck with your research! Eleanor W. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com