John Cotton

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Puritan minister clergyman person theologian

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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Label Occurrences
John Cotton canonical 18
John Cotton (Hampton minister) 1
John Cotton Jr. 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Puritan minister ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
person ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
activeIn colonial New England ⓘ
associatedWith Anne Hutchinson ⓘ
buriedAt King's Chapel Burying Ground ⓘ
child John Cotton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Cotton Mather → grandfather → John Cotton ⓘ
Cotton Mather → influencedBy → John Cotton ⓘ
Great Migration of Puritans → significantFigure → John Cotton ⓘ
Magnalia Christi Americana → notablePersonDescribed → John Cotton ⓘ
William Perkins → influenced → John Cotton ⓘ
John Cotton → child → John Cotton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Cotton Jr.
Anne Hutchinson → influencedBy → John Cotton ⓘ
Thomas Hooker → contemporaryOf → John Cotton ⓘ
King's Chapel Burying Ground → burialPlaceOf → John Cotton ⓘ
The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England → author → John Cotton ⓘ
The Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven → author → John Cotton ⓘ
The Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven → workOf → John Cotton ⓘ
Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes → author → John Cotton ⓘ
Seaborn Cotton → father → John Cotton ⓘ
Seaborn Cotton → child → John Cotton ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Cotton (Hampton minister)
Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts → hasKeyFigure → John Cotton ⓘ
Sarah Hawkred → spouse → John Cotton ⓘ
Sarah Story → spouse → John Cotton ⓘ
Sarah Story → associatedWith → John Cotton ⓘ
Anne Marbury → influencedBy → John Cotton ⓘ