It seems she was frequently the subject of sickness, and her bodily powers much weakened. Salem witch trials Īnnie, age 12, was one of the "afflicted girls", the primary accusers during the trials.Īccording to Upham, and implied by her own will, Annie was chronically ill in the years after the trials, and that led to her death at a young age. Shortly after the trials were over, the family built a new house in the general area of what is today Dayton and Maple Streets in Danvers where Annie spent the rest of her life. Images of this house are still routinely misidentified as Annie's home).
(For many years, a house that stands back from Putnam Lane was misidentified as the Putnam House, but this house was likely built circa 1891. The Putnam family lived on the southwest side of Hathorne Hill, approximately in the area of what is today Danielle Drive in Danvers, Massachusetts.
These three girls would become the first afflicted girls outside of the Parris household. Fellow accuser Mercy Lewis was a servant in the Putnam household, and Mary Walcott was, perhaps, Annie's best friend. She was a first cousin once removed of Generals Israel and Rufus Putnam.Īnnie was born on October 18, 1679, to Thomas Putnam (of the Putnam family) and Ann ( née Carr) Putnam, who had twelve children in total. Putnam 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 friends with some of the girls who claimed to be afflicted by witchcraft and, in March 1692, proclaimed to be afflicted herself, along with Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Walcott, Mercy Lewis, Abigail Williams, and Mary Warren. Born 1679 in Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, she was the eldest child of Thomas (1652–1699) and Ann ( Née Carr) Putnam (1661–1699). Annie Putnam (Octo– 1716) was a primary accuser, at age 12, at the Salem Witch Trials of Massachusetts during the later portion of 17th-century Colonial America.
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