Sutton, Massachusetts
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Sutton, officially the Town of Sutton, is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,357 in the 2020 United States census. Located in the Blackstone Valley, the tow
Partial view of the Sutton Center Historic District in 2007.
Blackstone Canal Historic District (1995)
First Baptist Church of Sutton (2001)
Freegrace Marble Farm Historic District (1989)
Rufus Putnam
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Rufus Putnam was an American military officer who fought during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. As an organizer of the Ohio Company of Associates, he was instrumental in
Sutton, Massachusetts
…became Millbury. In 1737, the Edward Putnam House, one of the oldest homes in Sutton, was built by its namesake and cousin of the military officer Rufus Putnam. The house is featured on the town seal. On September 26, 1777, Holman's Regiment of Militia was called up in Sutton during the American Revolutionary…
Portrait miniature by John Trumbull, c. 1790
Gen. Rufus Putnam at center-rear
View of the West Point area from Fort Putnam.
Putnam's house in Rutland, Massachusetts, still stands and is now a B&B.