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.

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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

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Putnam family faction in Salem Village opposedTo Porter family faction in Salem Village
Putnam family relatedTo Porter family faction in Salem Village
this entity surface form: Porter family of Salem Village