PUTMAN FAMILY GENEALOGY

Carmichael Family OnLine would like to thank William "Bill" Putman for sharing his Putman family information with us and all other Putman descendants.

In addition to our German Putman/Putnam families, there are two other large groups of Putmans in America; one English and one Dutch. This is a brief early history of the German Putman Family in America.

As with our family, many early settlers in America could not read nor write and their names were recorded the way the sounded to county court clerks who wrote up the early deeds and other papers. It seems that the German Putmans descend from a family in the German Palatinate originally spelled BOUTEMONT which was French and then 'Germanized' to BUTTMAN, and then 'Anglicized' in America to PUTMAN as the German B sounds like the English P.

The earliest member of the family we can trace was Phillip Boudemont.

PHILLIP BOUDEMONT (BUTTMAN)

Phillip Buttman (Linda’s 7x Great Grandfather) was born in the German Palatinates around 1685 to 1690. His father was probably another Phillip as the eldest sons were named Phillip for three generations. Phillip was married to a Mary Magdalene whose last name may have been Pouchet or Pusset. They lived in Rohrbach, Kreis Berggzabern, Germany. Phillip died in Rohrbach in 1762. Phillip and Mary Magdelene Boutemont had at least two children: Phillip Jacob and Andreas (Andrew) (Linda’s 6x Great Grandfather). There were possibly other sons and a few daughters as well.

PHILIP JACOB PUTMAN of Maryland Linda is a descendant of Andrew. We do have information on his brother Phillip's descendants which currently is offline. If you wish a lookup, just let us know.

Philip Jacob Buttman (Putman) Junior was the eldest son and would have been born in about 1711 in Rohrbach, Germany. He was christened on December 25, 1711. According to Rupp's book, it seems he immigrated to America on the ship St. Andrew and landed in Philadelphia on October 7, 1743 and after landing in Philadelphia, moved to Maryland.

According to Dick Heller's research, Philip was married in Germany on June 10, 1749 to Anna Catharina Gebaur. This doesn't make sense as it would seem he was in Maryland by then. There was a Philip Poutmant (quite close to the original Boutemont) that arrived on the ship Phoenix in Philadelphia on September 25, 1751. If this was the proper listing, then he could, of course, have been married back in Germany in 1749.

The family lean towards the arrival on the ship St. Andrew in 1743, as that ship contained the Brunner and Schneider families who intermarried with his brother Andrew's family in Pennsylvania.

He settled in the Middletown Valley of Frederick County, Maryland. We have no little other information on him. The following is a list of who appear to be his children. Many researchers feel that the Peter Putman in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia now) was also a son.

However, Peter Putman of Hampshire County was born on January 12, 1740, and as such could not be a son of Philip and Anna. Of course, Anna could be a second wife. If Philip were born in 1711, he would have been 38 or so when he married Anna. In those days, folks tended to marry much earlier than that, so he very likely was married to someone else in the 1730s. If that was the case, Peter could easily be a child of the first marriage. Wish I could be of more help here.

A book of Maryland Wills lists a will of Philip Putman in Washington County on February 10, 1790. However, when I wrote the clerk in Washington County, Maryland, they said there was no such will. I'm still searching. It would hold some answers. The abstract lists his wife Anna Mary or Maria, sons Peter and John and daughter Magdelena. But, I know he had a Philip junior, but maybe he wasn't listed as he had already taken over the family farm.

Linda is a descendant of Andrew. We do have information on his brother Phillip's descendants which currently is offline. If you wish a lookup, just let us know.

ANDREW PUTMAN of Maryland & Pennsylvania (Linda’s 6x Great Grandfather)

Much of what we have on this family, which is well documented comes from an early family history of the ANDREW PUTMAN, CHRISTIAN WYANDT & ADAM SNYDER FAMILIES by the Reverend E. C. Wyand written around 1915, and from a later GENEALOGY OF THE PUTMANS written in 1949 by Charles Ross Shultz.

Recent work by Dick Heller has added much to this information base.

Andrew Buttman was born in Rohrbach in the German Palatinate region near the French border on June 10, 1716 as Andreas Boudemont.

We have the following from Mrs. Della Shafer of Haysville, Kansas written in the PUTMAN FAMILY NEWSLETTER published by Warren Putman:

"Our ancestor ANDREW PUTMAN was born in Rohrbach in the Bavarian Palatinate on June 10, 1716, the son of Philip and Maria Magdalene BOUDEMONT. On January 10, 1747, at the Reformed Church in Rohrbach, he was married to Catherine Barbara BOURGEY, daughter of Nicholas BOURGEY, a resident of nearby Mohrfelden.

These villages are in southwestern Germany, halfway between Kaiserslautern and Karlsrhue not far from the French border. You will note that these two names seem to be French. Large numbers of French Huguenots had fled to Germany in the late 1600s when the French Protestants were being persecuted for their beliefs."

After landing in Philadelphia, Andrew Buttman and other Germans made their way southwest to new lands in Maryland. Andrew was baptized on September 5th, 1762 by the Reverend Otterbein at the German Reformed Church of Frederick Town. He was naturalized later that month on September 24th in Frederick and began farming in the Middletown Valley, Frederick County.

Andrew's brother, Philip, had settled in this area several years earlier.

The family moved to Washington County in 1770 settling on a 50 acre tract of land called Root's Hill which he bought from Joseph Chapline on December 18th, 1769. He also purchased an additional tract referred to as Partnership which was part of the resurvey of Root's Hill and was included in the original deed. The area is near Eakles Mills, Maryland.

Not much more is known about Andrew Putman except for the will he left in 1777 which named his wife and children. He apparently was ill when he wrote his will on February 4, 1777 and it was probated on June 14, 1777 after his death in Washington County, Maryland. His wife Catherine was to have the use of the farm until her death. The farm was later sold by the heirs to Christian Wyandt who farmed the land and cared for Catherine Putman, his mother in law. This original wooden farm house was still standing in the 1920s and was occupied by the Snyder family, Andrew's descendants.

After Andrew Putman's death, most of the children moved north into Somerset County in Pennsylvania just above the Maryland line. Later many members of the family moved westward to Ohio and then spread out all across America.

The following is what we know about the children of Andrew and Catherine Putman.

John Putman - John appears to be the eldest son. He served in the Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was born about 1748 in Germany and died in 1799. His wife was Sarah Schneider and she was still living in 1810. John Putman was the first of Andrew's children to settle in Somerset County. He owned lands in both Somerset and Milford townships. He was both a farmer and a distiller. His farm was some 160 acres, and after the estate was settled, it was acquired by his son Henry. The distillery went to his son John.

Peter Putman - Peter Putman was born in Germany about 1750 and died in February 1809. He married Maria Snyder (Schneider) in the early 1770s. Peter Putman served in the Revolution in the Third Battalion of the Cumberland Militia. After he died, his estate was settled by his widow, Mary, and Adam Snyder. Mary left her will in 1814. Their farm was on the road between Somerset and New Centerville.

Elizabeth Putman - Elizabeth was born on December 22, 1751 and she died on October 22, 1843. She married John Dull, one of the first settlers in the mid 1780s in Somerset County. He was originally a trapper and a trader in furs. He served in the Revolution. They remained in Somerset County until John Dull died November 20, 1835, and then I believe Elizabeth moved westward to Ohio with her children.

Magdalena Putman - Magdalena, or Mary Magdalena, was born about 1753 and died around 1812. She was married to Henry Brunner. He was a pioneer, having come to Somerset County in 1777. Henry was a Ranger in the Revolution from 1778 to 1783. Around 1800 the family moved to Jessamine County, Kentucky and began a lumber operation. Henry was killed by a falling tree in 1813.

Mary Anne (Amelia) Putman - Amelia, as she was called, was born in about 1755. She died November 6, 1853. She married Christian Wyandt on March 12, 1778 in Washington County, Maryland. They lived on the old Homestead of Andrew Putman Senior near Eakles Mills, Maryland. Christian died in 1812.

Catherine Putman - Catherine Putman married Adam Schneider who was born in Germany. They were married on November 1, 1775. Adam was a soldier in the American Revolution. He drew a pension from 1820 to 1825 for service as a private in the Pennsylvania Line. They lived in Eakles Mills, Maryland, and had fourteen children.

Susan Putman - Susan or Suzanne married Henry Baker who was a glass maker in Baltimore. They seem to have lived in Baltimore up to about 1800, and then may have moved to Somerset County, Pennsylvania as the name appears there in the early 1800s. I have no other information on Susan Putman Baker. She died and Henry married Charity Ault and they moved to Knoxville, Tennessee.

 Andrew Putman II (Linda’s 5x Great Grandfather) - Andrew junior was the youngest, being born in 1767. He married Anna Elizabeth Lenhart in Somerset County on April 5, 1790. Elizabeth was born in York County, Pennsylvania October 12, 1766. She was a daughter of George Lenhart and Anna Catherine Schell. They lived on a farm near New Centerville, later known as the Hanna Farm. They later sold the farm and moved to the vicinity of Barron's Church. Here the parents and several children are buried. Elizabeth died on August 12, 1832 and Andrew on February 21, 1834.