Amos Porter, born in Danvers, February 20, 1769, was one of those who landed at Marietta on the 7th of April, 1788.  His name is found on the list of share-holders of the Ohio Company.  After two years residence in the Territory, he returned on foot to his eastern home, and in 1795 came back with his father's family.  He married Sabra Tolman, and his was the first family that settled in Salem township, where he became a prosperous farmer.  Mr. Porter was a man of much energy, benevolence, and integrity.  He was for many years an elder in the Presbyterian church.  The last survivor of the pioneer band, he died November 28, 1861, aged ninety-two years.  *

Allen Putnam, from Danvers, Massachusetts, was also one of the pioneer party, and a share-holder in the Ohio Company.  He married Anna Porter, the sister of his friend Amos Porter.  He owned a farm near Stanleyville, in Fearing township, where he settled about 1797.  Mr. Putnam was a ship-carpenter by trade, and met his death by falling through a hatchway, while at work at Marietta.  *

Captain Jethro Putnam, of Danvers, had performed meritorious services in the Revolutionary army, and endured the hardships and losses incident to the war, and now turned his attention to the new west.  He owned a share in the Ohio Company, and came on with the first party of emigrants.  "Captain Putnam and Captain William Gray furnished a pair of oxen and two horses for the use of the Company, for which service they were to be paid in lands, if agreeable to the Directors, or the teams to be appraised and purchased."  When that party started, Captain Putnam had charge of the wagons and men.  He is mentioned as one of the grand jurors at the court held at Marietta, September 9, 1788, after which we have been unable to trace him.  *