John Cotton

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John Cotton was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian in colonial New England, influential in shaping early American religious thought.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Puritan minister
clergyman
person
theologian
activeIn colonial New England
associatedWith Anne Hutchinson
buriedAt King's Chapel Burying Ground
child John Cotton
surface form: "John Cotton Jr."

Seaborn Cotton
citizenshipAfterMigration Massachusetts Bay Colony
clergyType Congregational minister
conflict Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1585-12-04
dateOfDeath 1652-12-23
describedBySource early New England church records
educatedAt Emmanuel College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
emigratedTo Massachusetts Bay Colony
era 17th century
familyName Cotton
givenName John
influenced John Davenport
Congregationalism
surface form: "New England Congregational churches"

Thomas Hooker
early American religious thought
knownFor influence on New England Congregationalism
shaping early American Puritan theology
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf New England clergy
surface form: "Massachusetts Bay clergy"
movement Puritanism
surface form: "Puritan movement"
notableWork Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes
The Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven
The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England
occupation minister
theologian
placeOfBirth Derby
surface form: "Derby, Derbyshire, England"
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: "Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony"
placeOfResidence Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: "Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony"
positionHeld vicar of St. Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire
religion Christianity
Puritanism
sexOrGender male
spouse Sarah Hawkred
Sarah Story
theologicalOrientation Congregationalism
Reformed theology

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John Cotton child John Cotton
this entity surface form: "John Cotton Jr."
Thomas Hooker contemporaryOf John Cotton
Cotton Mather grandfather John Cotton
William Perkins influenced John Cotton
Anne Hutchinson influencedBy John Cotton
Cotton Mather influencedBy John Cotton

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