Samuel Gorton
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Samuel Gorton was a 17th-century English-born religious dissenter and political leader in colonial New England, best known for founding the settlement that became Warwick, Rhode Island and advocating for religious liberty and separation from Puritan authority.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samuel Gorton canonical | 2 |
| Samuel Gorton Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1969858 — 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: Samuel Gorton Context triple: [Warwick, Rhode Island, foundedBy, Samuel Gorton]
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A.
Josiah Winslow
Josiah Winslow was a 17th-century colonial governor of Plymouth Colony who served as a leading English military commander during King Philip's War.
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B.
Richard Mather
Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
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C.
Samuel Blatchford
Samuel Blatchford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the late 19th century, known for his expertise in admiralty and patent law.
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D.
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader and theologian, best known as a founder of the Connecticut Colony and an early advocate of representative government and religious freedom in New England.
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E.
Increase Mather
Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
- 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: Samuel Gorton Target entity description: Samuel Gorton was a 17th-century English-born religious dissenter and political leader in colonial New England, best known for founding the settlement that became Warwick, Rhode Island and advocating for religious liberty and separation from Puritan authority.
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A.
Josiah Winslow
Josiah Winslow was a 17th-century colonial governor of Plymouth Colony who served as a leading English military commander during King Philip's War.
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B.
Richard Mather
Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
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C.
Samuel Blatchford
Samuel Blatchford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the late 19th century, known for his expertise in admiralty and patent law.
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D.
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader and theologian, best known as a founder of the Connecticut Colony and an early advocate of representative government and religious freedom in New England.
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E.
Increase Mather
Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial political leader
ⓘ
person ⓘ religious dissenter ⓘ settler ⓘ |
| advocated |
broad religious toleration
ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
John Winthrop
ⓘ
Roger Williams ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1592 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Manchester, United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Manchester, Lancashire, England
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| burialPlace | Warwick, Rhode Island ⓘ |
| century | 17th century ⓘ |
| conflict |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
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surface form:
Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities
Plymouth General Court ⓘ
surface form:
Plymouth Colony authorities
mainstream Puritan clergy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| criticized | New England clergy ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1677-12-10 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Warwick, Rhode Island
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surface form:
Warwick, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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| founded | Warwick, Rhode Island ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy | Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| influenced | development of religious liberty in Rhode Island ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of religious liberty
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founding Warwick, Rhode Island ⓘ legal and theological writings ⓘ opposition to Puritan theocracy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | radical Protestantism ⓘ |
| notableWork | Simplicity’s Defence Against Seven-Headed Policy ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 9 ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial magistrate
ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| petitioned |
Earl of Warwick
ⓘ
Parliament of England ⓘ
surface form:
English Parliament
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| politicalAlignment | supporter of parliamentary cause in English Civil War ⓘ |
| purchasedLandFrom |
Miantonomi
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Narragansett people ⓘ
surface form:
Narragansett sachems
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Plymouth Colony
ⓘ
Portsmouth, Rhode Island ⓘ Providence, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Providence, Rhode Island
Warwick, Rhode Island ⓘ
surface form:
Shawomet (later Warwick), Rhode Island
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| secured | Parliamentary charter for Warwick ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Maplett ⓘ |
| subjectOf | trial in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
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Subject: Samuel Gorton Description of subject: Samuel Gorton was a 17th-century English-born religious dissenter and political leader in colonial New England, best known for founding the settlement that became Warwick, Rhode Island and advocating for religious liberty and separation from Puritan authority.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Samuel Gorton Jr.