Israel Putnam's First Home

. In 1739, he bought 514 ½ acres of the adjacent land from Governor Belcher at £5.0.0 per acre. In 1740, here he came from Salem Village, Massachusetts, with his wife and first child, Israel Putnam, who later went with General Rufus Putnam to Ohio. In 1742, the famous wolf was run to Earth. In 1755, Putnam began his military career at The Battle of Lake George. In August he was made 2nd Lieutenant. In 1756, he was a “Ranger” with Captain Rogers. In 1758, Putnam was with Lord Howe when Howe was killed at Lake George. In August he was a prisoner in Quebec. In 1759, as Lieutenant Colonel, he was as the capture of Ticonderoga and Montreal. In 1762, he was in Cuba and at Detroit in 1764.

From all these absences, here he came back to the joys of home. Here his children grew up. Here, his devoted wife, the Mother of all his children, Hannah, Pope Putnam, died in 1765.

In 1767, after his second marriage, Putnam moved to his new home, The General Wolfe Tavern, near Brooklyn Green, because the number of his visitors was too great for a private house.

But here was the scene of many joyous reunions of old Comrades, after the Indian and Colonial Wars and before The Revolutionary Period.