Background
Putnam was born in Salem, Massachusetts, was educated at Harvard University and studied law with chief justice Edmund Trowbridge.
Putnam was born in Salem, Massachusetts, was educated at Harvard University and studied law with chief justice Edmund Trowbridge.
Harvard University.
In 1749, he set up practice in Worcester, Massachusetts. Putnam succeeded Trowbridge as Attorney General for Massachusetts. John Adams studied law with Putnam.
At the start of the American Revolution, Putnam left with the British army for New York and later went to Halifax, finally settling in Saint John, New Brunswick.
He was proscribed in the Massachusetts Banishment Acting of 1778. He was named to the province"s Council in 1783 and served as a judge in the Supreme Court of New Brunswick until his death at the age of 64.
He served as a member of New Brunswick"s first Council.