Province of New York

E18227

British colony former colony province of British America

The Province of New York was a British colonial territory in North America that emerged in the late 17th century and later became the U.S. state of New York after the American Revolution.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Province of New York canonical	132
New York State	5
British Province of New York	1
English Province of New York	1
Government of the Province of New York	1
Province of New York (at some periods via claimed boundaries)	1
Province of New York (briefly)	1
Province of New York period	1
United States (then Province of New York)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T84639 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Province of New York
Context triple: [New Netherland, successorState, Province of New York]

A. Province of New Jersey
The Province of New Jersey was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of New Jersey.
B. Province of New Hampshire
The Province of New Hampshire was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of New Hampshire and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
C. Capital District of New York
The Capital District of New York is a metropolitan region centered around Albany that serves as the political and administrative hub of the state and a key part of the upper Hudson River corridor.
D. Upstate New York (broad sense)
Upstate New York (in the broad sense) is the large, predominantly non-urban region of New York State lying north and west of the New York City metropolitan area, encompassing diverse landscapes from the Hudson Valley and Catskills to the Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, and beyond.
E. Government of the State of New York
The Government of the State of New York is the state-level governing authority of New York, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer and enforce state laws and policies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Province of New York
Target entity description: The Province of New York was a British colonial territory in North America that emerged in the late 17th century and later became the U.S. state of New York after the American Revolution.

A. Province of New Jersey
The Province of New Jersey was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of New Jersey.
B. Province of New Hampshire
The Province of New Hampshire was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of New Hampshire and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
C. Capital District of New York
The Capital District of New York is a metropolitan region centered around Albany that serves as the political and administrative hub of the state and a key part of the upper Hudson River corridor.
D. Upstate New York (broad sense)
Upstate New York (in the broad sense) is the large, predominantly non-urban region of New York State lying north and west of the New York City metropolitan area, encompassing diverse landscapes from the Hudson Valley and Catskills to the Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, and beyond.
E. Government of the State of New York
The Government of the State of New York is the state-level governing authority of New York, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer and enforce state laws and policies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ province of British America ⓘ
borderedBy	Connecticut Colony ⓘ Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ Province of New Hampshire ⓘ Province of New Jersey ⓘ Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ Province of Quebec ⓘ
capital	New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ
contains	Albany ⓘ Hudson River ⓘ New York City ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currency	pound sterling ⓘ
demographics	included Dutch settlers ⓘ included English colonists ⓘ included Indigenous peoples ⓘ included enslaved Africans ⓘ
endTime	1776 ⓘ American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution
establishedBy	England ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ
flag	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy ⓘ royal colony ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of New York ⓘ
headOfState	British monarch ⓘ
historicalRegion	Middle Colonies ⓘ
legislature	Governor’s Council of New York ⓘ surface form: New York General Assembly
locatedIn	British America ⓘ North America ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
namedAfter	Duke of York ⓘ Duke of York ⓘ surface form: James, Duke of York
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
predecessor	Dutch colony of New Netherland ⓘ New Netherland ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Battle of Long Island ⓘ occupation of New York City by British forces ⓘ
startTime	1664 ⓘ late 17th century ⓘ
successor	U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York United States of America ⓘ

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Referenced by (144)

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

Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont → deathPlace → Province of New York ⓘ

Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont → governorOf → Province of New York ⓘ

Philipse → activeIn → Province of New York ⓘ

subject surface form: Philipse family

Philipse → residence → Province of New York ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick Philipse I

Lord of Philipsburg Manor → country → Province of New York ⓘ

Philipse family → country → Province of New York ⓘ

Frederick Philipse II → country of citizenship → Province of New York ⓘ

Frederick Philipse II → region of activity → Province of New York ⓘ

John Lamb → placeOfActivity → Province of New York ⓘ

Livingston → associatedWithColony → Province of New York ⓘ

subject surface form: Livingston family

Livingston family → originatedIn → Province of New York ⓘ

Raid on Saratoga (1745) → country → Province of New York ⓘ

Raid on Saratoga (1745) → opposingSide → Province of New York ⓘ

Mary Van Cortlandt Jay → placeOfBirth → Province of New York ⓘ

Mary Van Cortlandt Jay → placeOfDeath → Province of New York ⓘ

Mary Van Cortlandt Jay → regionAssociatedWith → Province of New York ⓘ

John Peter Zenger → countryOfDeath → Province of New York ⓘ

Peter Jay → placeOfActivity → Province of New York ⓘ

Philip Livingston → politicalTerritoryRepresented → Province of New York ⓘ

New York Committee of Correspondence → location → Province of New York ⓘ

Stamp Act Congress → hasLocation → Province of New York ⓘ

Francis Lewis → represented → Province of New York ⓘ

John Bowne → residence → Province of New York ⓘ

John Bowne → colony → Province of New York ⓘ

British colonial authorities in New York → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of New York ⓘ

Crown Colony of New Jersey → borderedBy → Province of New York ⓘ

Samuel Ellis → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Province of New York ⓘ

Johann Jost Herkimer → residence → Province of New York ⓘ

Johann Jost Herkimer → immigrationDestination → Province of New York ⓘ

King's College → locatedIn → Province of New York ⓘ

St. Agnes Cathedral → hasEcclesiasticalProvince → Province of New York ⓘ

St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church (Kings Park) → ecclesiasticalProvince → Province of New York ⓘ

Nicholas Herkimer → placeOfActivity → Province of New York ⓘ

Little Britain, Province of New York → locatedIn → Province of New York ⓘ

Battle of Fort Anne → location → Province of New York ⓘ

Little Britain, Province of New York, British America → locatedIn → Province of New York ⓘ

Little Britain, Province of New York, British America → historicalJurisdiction → Province of New York ⓘ

Nathan Hale → deathPlace → Province of New York ⓘ

Ann Lee → immigratedTo → Province of New York ⓘ

Great Fire of New York (1776) → locatedIn → Province of New York ⓘ

New York frontier → locatedIn → Province of New York ⓘ

Lieutenant Colonel John Butler → allegiance → Province of New York ⓘ

subject surface form: John Butler

Pennsylvania frontier → borderWith → Province of New York ⓘ

Catherine Van Rensselaer → residence → Province of New York ⓘ

John Schuyler Jr. → countryOfCitizenship → Province of New York ⓘ

Cornelia Van Cortlandt → residence → Province of New York ⓘ

New York militia → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of New York ⓘ

Margarita “Peggy” Schuyler → placeOfOrigin → Province of New York ⓘ

subject surface form: Margarita Schuyler

Francis Nicholson → placeOfActivity → Province of New York ⓘ

New York Restraining Act 1767 → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of New York ⓘ

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