Porter family faction in Salem Village
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The Porter family faction in Salem Village was a prominent, more commercially oriented and outward-looking group whose political and economic interests clashed with those of the conservative, agrarian Putnam faction during the late 17th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Porter family faction in Salem Village canonical | 1 |
| Porter family of Salem Village | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family faction
ⓘ
political faction ⓘ social group ⓘ |
| activeIn | late 17th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| conflictType |
economic conflict
ⓘ
political conflict ⓘ social conflict ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Putnam family faction in Salem Village ⓘ |
| country | Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ |
| demographicBase |
families with commercial ties to Salem Town
ⓘ
landowners engaged in trade ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
commerce
ⓘ
land speculation ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| economicOrientation | commercial ⓘ |
| governedBy | male household heads of the Porter kin network ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
less supportive of strict village autonomy
ⓘ
supportive of commercial expansion ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Porter ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | local judicial and political alignments during Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| hasOpposingFaction | Putnam family faction in Salem Village ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
cosmopolitan relative to Putnam faction
ⓘ
progressive relative to Putnam faction ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Puritan New England society
ⓘ
pre-Revolutionary colonial Massachusetts ⓘ |
| inConflictOver |
land use and property rights
ⓘ
local taxation ⓘ ministerial appointments ⓘ parish governance ⓘ |
| influencedBy | emerging market economy in New England ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
ⓘ
surface form:
Salem Village
|
| opposedInterest | conservative agrarian interests ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Putnam family faction in Salem Village ⓘ |
| partOf |
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
ⓘ
surface form:
Salem Village community
|
| politicalGoal |
alignment with Salem Town interests
ⓘ
greater integration with regional markets ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | commercially oriented ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | escalation of tensions preceding Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Congregationalist Puritanism ⓘ |
| roleIn | local church and parish disputes ⓘ |
| socialBase | more prosperous villagers ⓘ |
| socialOrientation | outward-looking ⓘ |
| supports | closer ties with Salem Town ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1690s ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Porter family of Salem Village