Ann Trask

Ann Putnam was born 25: 6 mo: 1645 (25 August 1645) in Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts.2 She was the daughter of Lieutenant Thomas Putnam and Ann Holyoke.1 She married William Trask, son of Captain William Trask and Sarah (—?—), on 18 January 1666/67 in Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts.1 She died 14: 9 mo: 1676 (14 November 1676) at age 31.3

She died 11 days after the birth of her last child; complications of childbirth.

Ancestor of Pres Taft thru John / Samuel / Anna / Susanna

Marriage & Family

She married William Trask, son of William and Sarah Trask on January 18, 1666 at Salem.

Children:

1. Hannah / Ann Birth: 7 JUN 1668, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts m Isaac Brooks
2. Elizabeth Birth: MAR 1669, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts died young
3. Sara Birth: 14 JUN 1672, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
4. William Birth: 7 JUL 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts m 1) Ann White 2) Sarah Hayden
5. Susannah Birth: 3 SEP 1676, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts m Jonathan Fuller

By about 1678 her widowed husband married (2nd) a woman by the name of Hannah (unknown surname)[3]and had four additional children: John, Elizabeth, Mary, and George.

Notes

The Putnam family was involved in the Salem witch affair. This Ann was not the Ann that made the accusation. As best I can tell, that Ann was the niece, that is, the daughter of the brother Thomas of this Ann.

One of the laws in England, during the 1500 - 1600's, stated that Witchcraft was a capital offense, punishable by death. In New England prior to "the penomenon" 79 persons were accused, 33 tried and 15 hung for witchcraft between 1647 and 1663.

The problems that occurred in Salem Village (now Danvers, MA) during the years 1692 and 1693 all seemed to have begun at the home of Reverend Samuel Parris in Salem Village. They involved his servant, Tituba, and a small group of young girls under the age of twenty. Tituba was from Barbados where voodoo and the belief in the occult was part of the culture there.

Reverend Parris's daughter Betty and niece Abigail Williams, later joined by Susannah Sheldon, Elizabeth and Alice Booth, Mary Walcott, Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Warren, Sarah Churchill, Mercy Lewis (Putnam's servant) and Ann Putnam were fascinated with the stories, magic tricks and fortune telling by Tituba.

Ann Putnam, born in Salem Village on October 18, 1679, was the daughter of Sergent Thomas Putnam and Ann Carr. She has been confused with Ann Putnam the first wife of William Trask, son of Captain William Trask. William's wife, Ann Putnam, born in Salem Village on June 7, 1668, was the daughter of Lieutenant Thomas Putnam and his first wife Ann Holyoke. Lieutenant Thomas Putnam was Sergent Thomas Putnam's father. According to the "Putnam Lineage," by E. Putnam, The Putnam Family was very involved with the Witchcraft Trials - in one instance putting brother against brother.

During months of January and February of 1692, nine of the girls started acting very bizarre and were taken before Dr. Griggs for an examination. Dr. Griggs could not medically determine why they were all acting so strangely and believed they were all under the influence of the supernatural.

In March 1692, Magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin and Reverend Parris intensely pressured, tricked and questioned the girls, at Lt. Ingersoll's Ordinary in Salem Village, into naming the persons responsible for their fits. By May of 1692 some 200 people were publicly accused by the afflicted girls and hysterical people from the surrounding area.

Governor William Phips, enroute to Salem after James the II was overthrown by William of Orange, arrived in Salem, MA on May 14th, 1692. The Governor set up a special "Court of Oyer and Terminer" composed of seven judges to try the witchcraft cases. The appointed judges were; Lieutenant Governor William Stoughon, Nathaniel Saltonstall, Bartholomew Gedney, Peter Sergeant, Samuel Sewall, Wait Still Winthrop, John Richards, John Hathorne, and Jonathan Corwin.

There were at least 160 people confined in the Essex and Middlesex County jails. Most of which were in chains to prevent the "spectres" from leaving their bodies while they awaited trial. Attorney General Thomas Newton began the first trial on June 2nd, 1692.

References

• Trask, William Blake. "Captain William Traske and Some of his Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 55:324-7. Boston: NEHGS, 1901 link
• Eben Putnam, A History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Volume I, Recording the Ancestry and Descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N.Y., Thomas Putnam of Har Hartford, Conn. (Salem: The Salem Press, 1891), 7, 37
• http://www.brazoriaroots.com/p9910.htm

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Ann Trask formerly Putnam aka Traske

Born 25 Aug 1645 in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of Thomas Putnam Sr. and Ann (Holyoke) Putnam

Sister of Elizabeth Putnam, Sarah Putnam, Mary Putnam, Thomas Putnam Jr., Edward Putnam, Deliverance (Putnam) Walcott, Elizabeth (Putman) Bailey, Prudence (Putnam) Wyman and Joseph Putnam [half]

Wife of William Trask Jr. — married 18 Jan 1666 (to 14 Nov 1676) in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Mother of Hannah Traske, Elizabeth (Traske) Trask, Sarah (Trask) Thompson, William Trask and Susanna (Trask) Fuller

Died 14 Nov 1676 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Profile last modified 3 Dec 2019 | Created 14 Apr 2010

Biography

Ann Putnam, was born August 25, 1645, in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts;[1] the daughter of Thomas Putnam and his wife Ann (Holyoke) Putnam.[2]

Marriage & Family

She married William Trask, son of William and Sarah Trask on January 18, 1666 at Salem.[2][3] Their children were:[2]

Hannah who was born June 7, 1668. She married Isaac Brooks. Elizabeth who was born in March 1669-70 and died while a young child. Sarah was born June 14, 1672. William was born September 7, 1674. Susanna was born November 3, 1676. She married Jonathan Fuller on January 3, 1694. Death

Ann (Putnam) Trask died November 14, 1676 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts,[2] From complications from childbirth. She died only 11 days after the birth of her last child.[4]

By about 1678 her widowed husband married (2nd) a woman by the name of Hannah (unknown surname)[3]and had four additional children: John, Elizabeth, Mary, and George.[2]

Sources

↑ A history of the Putnam family in England and America. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Descendants of Capt. William Traske" Vol. 55, pp. 324 - 327. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Sketch of William Trask. p. 1836. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Salem - V6, Page(s): 279 Ann (Putnam), w. William, 14.9 m: 1676. CT. R. A history of the Putnam family in England and America. Recording ..., Volume 1, By Eben Putnam.[1] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Sketch of William Trask. p. 1836.[ https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-... for subscribers$] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Descendants of Capt. William Traske" Vol. 55, pp. 324 - 327.link for suscribers Lechner Family History, compiled by Michael Lechner, with my father Ted Harrold Lechner.