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Author: MarkRPutnam
Surnames: Putman, Pottman, Hazlett, Castner, Vought, Auten
Classification: queries
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Hi,
My ancestor Victor Davidse Potman, or Putman, about 1760 was in the Changewater area,
probably just north of Changewater near Beattystown and Pleasant Grove, NJ, and near the
Musconetcong River.
The name Victor was used by the Castner and the Hazlett families who appear to have been
closely allied, and since my Victor Putman was in the area earlier I wonder if Victor
Hazlet and Victor Castner might not descend from Victor Putman.
Victor's sister Cornelia Putman married Christopher Vought and lived near Clinton, NJ,
while it seems Victor Putman's assumed brother Johannes Putman lived near Pleasant
Grove, NJ, which are all in the general area just north and east of Changewater. Johannes
Putman seems to have had a daughter Elizabeth Putnam who married Samuel Swayze and lived
in Pleasant Grove, NJ, before moving to MS.
Cornelia [1711-], Johannes [1714-], and Victor [1721-] Pottman/Putman were children of
David Pottman, Potman, of Potterstown, NJ, who died there in 1761. I think the town was
named for David Potman.
Another daughter of David's was Sophia Putman [1713-] who married Thomas Auten.
Can you think of a link to David Potman and his son Victor and the Castner and Hazlett
families.
Incidentially, this Putman family [David Pottman family] lived just east of what is now
Hazlett, NJ, in Monmouth County about 1710-1722.
Mark
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