Seth Putnam Boston Tea Party Eyewitness

(September 16, 1756 – September 3, 1827)

Seth Putnam was a farmer in Worcester County, Massachusetts, at the time of the Boston Tea Party.

According to his family history, Putnam participated in the “destruction of the tea” at Griffin’s Wharf on the night of December 16, 1773. However, because this information was provided by his son after 1853 and not by any primary accounts, Seth Putnam is considered an “Eyewitness to History.”

Putnam moved to what is now Ontario, Canada, in the last years of the 18th century. There, he worked to clear the wild country and improve road travel.

Seth Putnam died on September 3, 1827, in Putnam, Ontario, Canada. He is buried in either Nilestown Regular Baptist Cairn Cemetery in Nilestown, Ontario, or Bostwick Cemetery in London, Ontario.

Spouse:
Sarah Harding (Unknown – Unknown)

Children:

Lewis Putnam (Unknown – Unknown)
William Putnam (Unknown – Unknown)
Joshua Putnam (Unknown – 1858)
Fanny Putnam (Unknown – Unknown)

Lewis Putnam (Unknown – Unknown)
Joshua Putnam (Unknown – 1858)

William Putnam (Unknown – Unknown)
Fanny Putnam (Unknown – Unknown)

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