William Stoughton

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colonial magistrate person politician

William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.

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Label	Occurrences
William Stoughton canonical	9

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial magistrate ⓘ person ⓘ politician ⓘ
almaMater	Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College
appointedBy	William III of England ⓘ surface form: King William III of England Mary II of England ⓘ surface form: Queen Mary II of England
birthDate	1631-09-30 ⓘ
birthPlace	Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
built	Stoughton Hall at Harvard College (original benefactor) ⓘ
burialPlace	Dorchester North Burying Ground ⓘ
citizenship	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
countryOfGovernance	Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
deathDate	1701-07-07 ⓘ
deathPlace	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
donatedTo	Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College New College, Oxford ⓘ
era	Colonial America ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English colonists in North America ⓘ
familyName	Stoughton, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Stoughton
givenName	William ⓘ
graduationYear	1650 ⓘ
historicalReputation	controversial figure in American legal history ⓘ
knownFor	role in the Salem witch trials ⓘ signing death warrants for accused witches ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
legalDoctrineSupported	use of spectral evidence in witchcraft trials ⓘ
notableEvent	oversaw executions of convicted witches in 1692 ⓘ
participatedIn	Salem witch trials ⓘ
partOf	Massachusetts colonial legislature ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts colonial government
positionHeld	acting governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ chief justice of the Special Court of Oyer and Terminer ⓘ chief justice of the Superior Court of Judicature of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ lieutenant governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ member of the Governor's Council of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
precededBy	Governor William Phips ⓘ surface form: William Phips
religion	Puritanism ⓘ
residence	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
servedAs	land speculator in New England ⓘ preacher in England ⓘ
succeededBy	Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont ⓘ
termEndAsActingGovernor	1699 ⓘ
termEndAsLieutenantGovernor	1701 ⓘ
termStartAsActingGovernor	1694 ⓘ
termStartAsLieutenantGovernor	1692 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Court of Oyer and Terminer → presidingOfficer → William Stoughton ⓘ

Court of Oyer and Terminer → chiefJudge → William Stoughton ⓘ

Judge Danforth → basedOn → William Stoughton ⓘ

Stoughton Hall at Harvard College (original benefactor) → fundedBy → William Stoughton ⓘ

Stoughton Hall at Harvard College (original benefactor) → namedAfter → William Stoughton ⓘ

Stoughton Hall at Harvard College (original benefactor) → benefactor → William Stoughton ⓘ

Joseph Dudley → predecessor → William Stoughton ⓘ

Stoughton, Province of Massachusetts Bay → namedAfter → William Stoughton ⓘ

Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature → officeHeldBy → William Stoughton ⓘ