Sarah Towne Cloyce
E186525
Sarah Towne Cloyce was a woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, known for surviving the ordeal and later helping to restore the reputations of the condemned.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarah Towne Cloyce canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1504808 — 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: Sarah Towne Cloyce Context triple: [Sarah Cloyce, alsoKnownAs, Sarah Towne Cloyce]
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A.
Elizabeth Hartwell
Elizabeth Hartwell was the wife of American Founding Father and statesman Roger Sherman.
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B.
Annis Fuller
Annis Fuller is the child of Crystal Eastman, the prominent American lawyer, feminist, and civil liberties advocate.
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C.
Phebe Lickley Warren
Phebe Lickley Warren was the mother of Emily Warren Roebling, the pioneering woman who played a key role in the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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D.
Elizabeth C. Ware
Elizabeth C. Ware was a benefactor whose financial support helped make possible the creation or acquisition of the renowned Blaschka Glass Models of Plants.
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E.
Mary Baker Williams
Mary Baker Williams was the wife of American planter and politician Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in colonial and early United States history.
- 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: Sarah Towne Cloyce Target entity description: Sarah Towne Cloyce was a woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, known for surviving the ordeal and later helping to restore the reputations of the condemned.
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A.
Elizabeth Hartwell
Elizabeth Hartwell was the wife of American Founding Father and statesman Roger Sherman.
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B.
Annis Fuller
Annis Fuller is the child of Crystal Eastman, the prominent American lawyer, feminist, and civil liberties advocate.
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C.
Phebe Lickley Warren
Phebe Lickley Warren was the mother of Emily Warren Roebling, the pioneering woman who played a key role in the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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D.
Elizabeth C. Ware
Elizabeth C. Ware was a benefactor whose financial support helped make possible the creation or acquisition of the renowned Blaschka Glass Models of Plants.
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E.
Mary Baker Williams
Mary Baker Williams was the wife of American planter and politician Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in colonial and early United States history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Salem witch trials figure
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historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ |
| accusation | witchcraft ⓘ |
| advocacy | petitioning authorities to review Salem witchcraft convictions ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | role as a survivor and later petitioner after the Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| citizenship | Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1638-09-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1703-08-28 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English colonist ⓘ |
| eventParticipatedIn | Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| familyName |
Cloyce
ⓘ
Towne ⓘ |
| father | William Towne ⓘ |
| givenName | Sarah ⓘ |
| historicalEventContext |
Salem witch trials
ⓘ
surface form:
Salem witch trials of 1692–1693
|
| historicalPeriod | Colonial America ⓘ |
| laterResidence |
Framingham
ⓘ
surface form:
Framingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
|
| legalStatusDuringTrials | accused witch ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| mother | Joan Towne ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials
ⓘ
efforts to clear the names of the condemned in the Salem witch trials ⓘ surviving imprisonment on witchcraft charges ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
ⓘ
surface form:
Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
|
| placeOfDeath |
Framingham
ⓘ
surface form:
Framingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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| placeOfImprisonment | Salem jail ⓘ |
| relativeExecutedForWitchcraft |
Mary Easty
ⓘ
Rebecca Nurse ⓘ |
| religion | Puritanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
ⓘ
surface form:
Salem Village, Province of Massachusetts Bay
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Mary Easty
ⓘ
Rebecca Nurse ⓘ |
| spouse | Peter Cloyce ⓘ |
| trialOutcome | case dismissed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sarah Towne Cloyce Description of subject: Sarah Towne Cloyce was a woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, known for surviving the ordeal and later helping to restore the reputations of the condemned.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.