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Thomas Putnam was born on March 8, 1615 in Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England to John Putnam and Priscilla Gould. He was born to John Putnam and Priscilla Gould. He married Ann Holyoke on October 17, 1643 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. Ann died in 1665 and so Thomas remarried to Mary Vern (Veren?) on October 14, 1666 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Putnam has 9 children total; 8 from Ann and one from Mary.
Although Thomas Putnam's role in initiating legal proceedings has been generally recognized as important to the escalation of the witchcraft crisis in Salem in 1692, the immense influence Putnam had on the shape of the trials has not been widely recognized.Putnam was the father of Ann Putnam Jr., the most prolific accuser in the entire proceedings. Putnam’s importance is generally seen in the fact that he, along with other adults, gave his daughter’s accusations legal weight in first seeking warrants against the accused witches in February, 1692. Through his work in writing down the depositions of many of the "afflicted" girls in Salem village and his letters of encouragement to the judges, Putnam was one of the major advocates of the trials and sought to exert influence on the proceedings as one of the most prosperous residents and influential church members in Salem Village.
Mr. Putnam is greedy man that urges Reverend Parris to be strong and face up to the witchcraft in their midst. he used his daughter to accuse people whose property he covets. Miller, and the most historians, believed that many of the accusations of witchcraft were based in these sorts greedy, selfish desires. Perhaps, Miller intended audiences to see parallels between Putnam and individuals in Miller's own time who were accusing people of being communist for equally selfish and petty reasons.