Joseph Meacham
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Joseph Meacham was an early American Shaker leader who helped organize and expand the Shaker religious communities in the late 18th century.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph Meacham canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American religious figure
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Shaker leader ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndTime | 1790s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartTime | 1780s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1742 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1796 ⓘ |
| denomination | United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Meacham ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| helpedExpand | Shaker settlements in the northeastern United States ⓘ |
| helpedOrganize | Shaker religious communities in late 18th-century America ⓘ |
| implemented |
Shaker system of communal families
ⓘ
formal Shaker covenant for members ⓘ |
| influenced |
Lucy Wright
ⓘ
New Lebanon Shaker community ⓘ Shaker ⓘ
surface form:
Shaker communal organization
|
| influencedBy | Ann Lee ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-leadership with Lucy Wright
ⓘ
establishing Shaker communal property system ⓘ expanding Shaker settlements in New England and New York ⓘ organizing Shaker communities into communal families ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement |
American communalism
ⓘ
Shaker ⓘ
surface form:
Shakers
|
| notableWork |
development of Shaker covenant and communal rules
ⓘ
organization of Shaker communal order at New Lebanon ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
ⓘ
communal leader ⓘ religious organizer ⓘ |
| partnerInLeadershipWith | Lucy Wright ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Enfield, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
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New England ⓘ New Lebanon, New York ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Enfield, Connecticut Colony ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Lebanon, New York ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief elder of Shakers in America
ⓘ
leader of Shaker community at New Lebanon ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Shaker ⓘ
surface form:
Shakerism
|
| residence |
Enfield, Connecticut Colony
ⓘ
New Lebanon Shaker community ⓘ
surface form:
New Lebanon Shaker Village
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spiritualRole |
Shaker elder
ⓘ
Shaker spiritual father ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shakers