town of Salem (historical jurisdiction)

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colonial town former municipality

The town of Salem was a colonial-era Massachusetts jurisdiction best known as the setting of the 1692 Salem witch trials and the broader Puritan community from which they arose.

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Label	Occurrences
town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial town ⓘ former municipality ⓘ
adjacentTo	Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
associatedWith	Governor William Phips ⓘ John Hathorne ⓘ surface form: Magistrate John Hathorne Magistrate Jonathan Corwin ⓘ Samuel Parris ⓘ surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris accused person Giles Corey ⓘ Rebecca Nurse ⓘ surface form: accused person Rebecca Nurse Sarah Good ⓘ surface form: accused person Sarah Good accused person Tituba ⓘ
colonyCapitalOf	none ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
demography	Native American presence in surrounding region ⓘ predominantly English settlers ⓘ
economy	fishing ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ
eventLocation	Salem witch trials ⓘ surface form: Salem witch trials of 1692–1693
foundedBy	English colonists ⓘ
foundingPopulation	Puritan settlers ⓘ
governmentType	Puritan theocratic-influenced town government ⓘ
hasCourt	Court of Oyer and Terminer ⓘ surface form: Court of Oyer and Terminer (for Salem witch trials)
hasPart	Town of Danvers ⓘ surface form: Salem Town (historical) Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ surface form: Salem Village (historical) present-day city of Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ present-day town of Beverly, Massachusetts ⓘ present-day town of Danvers, Massachusetts ⓘ present-day town of Middleton, Massachusetts ⓘ present-day town of Peabody, Massachusetts ⓘ present-day town of Wenham, Massachusetts ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	English colonial law ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony legal code ⓘ
locatedIn	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
notableFor	Puritan religious community ⓘ Salem witch trials ⓘ colonial New England port ⓘ
partOf	New England ⓘ
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ Puritanism ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit	Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: city of Salem, Massachusetts town of Danvers, Massachusetts ⓘ town of Peabody, Massachusetts ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ colonial era ⓘ

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Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) → partOf → town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) ⓘ

subject surface form: Salem Village