Ann Putnam, Jr.
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October 18, 1679 Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Died | 1716 (aged 36–37) |
| Known for | Accuser in the Salem witch trials |
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Ann Putnam (October 18, 1679 – 1716), known as Ann Putnam, Jr., along with Elizabeth Parris, Mary Walcott, Mercy Lewis and Abigail Williams, was an important witness at the Salem Witch Trials of Massachusetts during the later portion of 17th century Colonial America. Born 1679 in Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts, she was the eldest child of Thomas (1652–1699) and Ann (née Carr) Putnam (1661–1699). She was friends with some of the girls who claimed to be afflicted by witchcraft and, in March 1692, proclaimed to be afflicted herself. She is responsible for the accusations of 62 people, which, along with the accusations of others, resulted in the executions of twenty people, as well as the deaths of several others in prison.
She was a first cousin once removed of Generals Israel and Rufus Putnam.
Ann was born October 18, 1679 to Thomas Putnam (of the Putnam family) and Ann (née Carr) Putnam, who had twelve children in total. Ann was the eldest. Fellow accuser Mercy Lewis was a servant in the Putnam household, and Mary Walcott was, perhaps, Ann's best friend. These three girls would become the first afflicted girls outside of the Parris household.
Ann was one of the "afflicted girls", the primary accusers during the trials.
According to Upham, and implied by her own will, Ann was chronically ill in the years after the trials, and that lead to her death at a young age.
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