Ann Putnam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Witness in the Salem Witch Trials (1679â1715)
Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1679
Place of Birth: Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1716
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Ann Putnam
- Ann Putnam (October 18, 1679 â 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 Bay Colony, she was the eldest child of Thomas (1652â1699) and Ann (nÊe Carr) Putnam (1661â1699).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.
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