PUTT Family of Devon - Looking for knowledgeable contact.

[Framesmiths1816]

Hi,

I have reached a dead end with my Northamptonshire line of my Putt ancestors with William Putt circa 1570 who place of birth is unknown.  If there is a knowledgeable person with regards to the Devon Putts perhaps we can compare notes and see if there is a Devon connections.

Many thanks - Mark

[DOB7]

Congratulations on getting as far back as 1570! Parish record keeping began in 1538 (give or take a year or so) and while many registers have survived from that period, they are not all legible or in good order (due to damp, mice and other mishaps). Devon registers have, by and large, been deposited with the Devon Record Office. However, only about 60% of them have some form of transcribed coverage on the IGI and that is by no means comprehensive across all years. There are over 500 ancient parishes in Devon, and the name PUTT (and variants) is quite common. Consequently, you would need to search through each and every register to determine all of the William PUTT baptisms, and without further information - how would you know which one is yours?

[Framesmiths1816]

Hi DOB7,

Thanks for the information on Devon Pr's. You are quite right that it is by no means certain that the right William Putt could be either identified or proven however I am aware that some branches of the Devon Putt's tree have been taken further back into the 1400's and there might just be a knowledgeable person who has some knowledge of the Devon Putts tree structure that I do not and, as they say, if you don't try you can't succeed.

ATB - Mark

[David Hutchins]

Possibly you have found what you were looking for by now but this might prove of interest: Putt is in my family history as well as the following shows:

Follow > Margaret Hutchins (Born D'Oyley) > Susanna Susan D'Oyley (Born Putt) > Sir (Twin) Thomas Putt 1644 - 1686  and check his history by clicking on one of the little rosettes on the right of his name you get to the Coombe Estate
A Brief History of Combe Estate and the Markers

Combe Estate was gifted to Odo (Bishop of Bayeaux) by his half-brother, William of Normandy (William the Conqueror) at the time of the Norman Conquest. Bishop Odo was thought to be responsible for the creation of the Bayeux Tapestry. Combe Estate features in the Doomsday Book where it is spelled ‘Cwm’ in the Welsh way. A Combe is defined as a wooded valley and the estate certainly lives up to its name.

The stewardship of the estate passed through several family ownerships through inheritance, marriage and sale through the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries.

In 1615 Nicholas Putt purchased Combe Estate. He was a very wealthy man and prominent in society. A staunch royalist he was arrested by Cromwell’s men in 1644. The Putts owned the Estate for 232 years and it was during this time that Beech Walk was planted as well as many of the other wooded areas on the Estate. ‘Black’ Tom Putt was a famous horticulturalist and many believe it was he who gave his name to the ‘Tom Putt’ apple tree.

The Markers married into the Putt family in the 19th century and have continued as custodians of the estate until today. Richard Marker inherited Combe Estate at the age of eight and the estate was held in trust for him until he reached the age of 21. Richard moved from his childhood home on the west coast of Canada in 1982 with his wife Petronela and eldest daughter Karissa. Richard remains custodian of the Estate and has set about expanding and enhancing the assets of the estate over the past thirty or so years.

Combe House was occupied as the family home until the late 1960s. Since then it has been let as a very successful country house hotel with an enviable international reputation. The Pig at Combe