Marriage and Family
Established at work, in April 1761 Putnam married Elizabeth Ayers, the daughter of William Ayers, esquire of the Second Precinct of Brookfield (now North Brookfield), Massachusetts. Elizabeth died in 1762, possibly in childbirth.
On January 10, 1765 Putnam married again, to Persis Rice, the daughter of Zebulon Rice of Westborough, Massachusetts.
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