<p>The episode of Salem Witch Trials Daily profiles the influential Putnam family of Salem Village and their mixed roles during the 1692 witchcraft crisis. It traces the family’s origins and three main branches, highlighting that some Putnams were major accusers while others supported the accused, including signing a petition for Rebecca Nurse. The hosts also note a prominent Putnam opponent of the trials and concludes that people in Salem often played shifting and contradictory roles over time.</p><p>00:00 Welcome + Why the Putnams Matter in 1692</p><p>00:48 Origins of the Putnam Dynasty &amp; the Three Branches</p><p>01:03 Branch 1: Captain John Putnam Sr. &amp; Lt. Nathaniel—Accusations and the Rebecca Nurse Petition</p><p>01:54 Aftermath Connections: Benjamin Putnam Takes in Dorothy Good</p><p>02:26 Branch 2: The Thomas Putnam Line—The Accusation Powerhouse</p><p>03:13 Ann Putnam Jr. in Court &amp; Her 1706 Public Apology</p><p>03:39 Family Crosscurrents: Supporters, Step-Relations, and the Afflicted Circle</p><p>04:16 The Dissenter: Joseph Putnam Opposes the Trials (and Israel Putnam’s Legacy)</p><p>04:54 Wrap-Up: Salem’s Complexity—Accusers, Defenders, and Changing Minds</p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780486157856"><u>George Francis Dow: </u><em>Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony</em></a></p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/historyofsalemma01perl/page/n7/mode/2up"><u>Sidney Perley: </u><em>The History of Salem, Massachusetts</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781107689619"><u>⁠Bernard Rosenthal, ed., </u><em>Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCliis4vjMIUgg3wcA0pXeYQ/"><em>The Thing About Witch Hunts / About Salem</em><u> YouTube channel</u></a></p><p><a href="https://aboutsalem.com/salem-witch-trials-daily/"><u>⁠Salem Witch Trials Daily Hub</u></a></p><p><a href="https://aboutsalem.com/week-5-blog-the-framework-of-death/"><u>Salem Witch Trials Daily Course Week 5: The Framework of Death</u></a><u></u></p><p><a href="https://aboutsalem.com/salem-witch-trials-daily-course-week-2-salem-village-divided/"><u>⁠</u></a><a href="https://aboutsalem.com"><em>The Thing About Salem</em></a></p><p><a href="https://aboutwitchhunts.com"><em>⁠The Thing About Witch Hunts</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780190627805"><u>⁠Emerson W. Baker, </u><em>A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781589791329"><u>⁠Marilynne K. Roach, </u><em>The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780375706905"><u>⁠Mary Beth Norton, </u><em>In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781603095600"><u>Ben Wickey, </u><em>More Weight: A Salem Story</em></a></p><p><a href="https://pem.quartexcollections.com/collections/salem-witch-trials-collection"><u>Peabody Essex Museum Salem Witch Trials Collection</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/1188"><u>The Sermon Notebook of Samuel Parris, 1689–1694 - Colonial Society of Massachusetts</u></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781594164378"><u>Richard Hite, </u><em>In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692</em></a></p>