Samuel Parris

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Puritan minister historical figure person

Samuel Parris was the Puritan minister of Salem Village whose accusations and sermons helped ignite and intensify the Salem witch trials of 1692.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Reverend Samuel Parris 7
Parris 2
interacts with Reverend Parris 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Puritan minister ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWith Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Salem Village meetinghouse ⓘ
birthDate 1653 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
burialPlace Sudbury, Massachusetts ⓘ
causeOfNotoriety support for spectral evidence in witchcraft cases ⓘ
child Elizabeth (Betty) Parris ⓘ
surface form: Betty Parris
citizenship England ⓘ
conflict disputes with Salem Village parishioners ⓘ
countryOfResidence Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
deathDate 1720 ⓘ
deathPlace Sudbury, Massachusetts ⓘ
education Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College (did not graduate)
employer Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
surface form: Salem Village church
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Samuel Parris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parris
givenName Samuel ⓘ
hasServant Tituba ⓘ
historicalReputation controversial figure in American religious history ⓘ
influenced Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
surface form: Salem Village congregation

local magistrates in Salem Village ⓘ
knownFor accusatory sermons during the Salem witch trials ⓘ
encouraging witchcraft accusations in Salem Village ⓘ
role in the Salem witch trials ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
movement Puritanism ⓘ
surface form: New England Puritanism
notableEvent Salem witch trials ⓘ
notableYear 1692 ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
minister ⓘ
partOf Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
surface form: Salem Village community
positionHeld minister of Salem Village ⓘ
region Colonial America ⓘ
surface form: Colonial New England
relative Nancy ⓘ
surface form: Nabby Parris
religion Puritanism ⓘ
residence Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
roleInEvent accuser in the Salem witch trials ⓘ
central religious authority during the Salem witch trials ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Eldridge ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Calvinism ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

this entity surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris
this entity surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris
Tituba → employedBy → Samuel Parris ⓘ
Tituba → enslavedBy → Samuel Parris ⓘ
Elizabeth (Betty) Parris → familyName → Samuel Parris ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth Parris
this entity surface form: Parris
Samuel Parris → familyName → Samuel Parris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parris
Elizabeth (Betty) Parris → father → Samuel Parris ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth Parris
Elizabeth Parris → father → Samuel Parris ⓘ
The Crucible → hasCharacter → Samuel Parris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris
Salem witch trials → keyFigure → Samuel Parris ⓘ
Abigail Williams → livesWith → Samuel Parris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris
subject surface form: Salem Village
this entity surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris
Reverend John Hale → relationship → Samuel Parris ⓘ
this entity surface form: interacts with Reverend Parris
Abigail Williams → relative → Samuel Parris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris
Elizabeth Eldridge → spouse → Samuel Parris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris