Martha Carrier

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Salem witch trials victim historical figure person

Martha Carrier was a woman accused of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials and ultimately executed after being condemned as a witch.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Martha Carrier canonical	8
Sarah Carrier	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T355134 — 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: Martha Carrier
Context triple: [Ann Putnam Jr., testifiedAgainst, Martha Carrier]

A. Bridget Bishop
Bridget Bishop was the first person executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
B. Martha Corey
Martha Corey was a devout, outspoken resident of Salem Village whose 1692 execution for witchcraft became one of the most infamous injustices of the Salem witch trials.
C. Giles Corey
Giles Corey was an elderly farmer in colonial Massachusetts who became infamous for being pressed to death after refusing to enter a plea during the Salem witch trials.
D. Rebecca Nurse
Rebecca Nurse was a respected elderly Puritan woman in colonial Massachusetts who became one of the most famous individuals executed during the Salem witch trials.
E. Sarah Good
Sarah Good was one of the first women accused and executed for witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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: Martha Carrier
Target entity description: Martha Carrier was a woman accused of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials and ultimately executed after being condemned as a witch.

A. Bridget Bishop
Bridget Bishop was the first person executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
B. Martha Corey
Martha Corey was a devout, outspoken resident of Salem Village whose 1692 execution for witchcraft became one of the most infamous injustices of the Salem witch trials.
C. Giles Corey
Giles Corey was an elderly farmer in colonial Massachusetts who became infamous for being pressed to death after refusing to enter a plea during the Salem witch trials.
D. Rebecca Nurse
Rebecca Nurse was a respected elderly Puritan woman in colonial Massachusetts who became one of the most famous individuals executed during the Salem witch trials.
E. Sarah Good
Sarah Good was one of the first women accused and executed for witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Salem witch trials victim ⓘ historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ
accusedOf	afflicting others by witchcraft ⓘ covenanting with the Devil ⓘ
burialPlace	unmarked grave near Gallows Hill, Salem (probable) ⓘ
causeOfDeath	execution ⓘ
charge	witchcraft ⓘ
child	Andrew Carrier ⓘ Richard Carrier ⓘ Martha Carrier self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sarah Carrier Thomas Carrier ⓘ surface form: Thomas Carrier Jr.
countryOfCitizenship	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
court	Court of Oyer and Terminer ⓘ surface form: Court of Oyer and Terminer, Salem
dateOfArrest	May 1692 ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 1643 ⓘ
dateOfConviction	August 1692 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	19 August 1692 ⓘ
describedAs	Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils ⓘ surface form: "Queen of Hell" by Cotton Mather
describedBySource	Cotton Mather ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English colonist ⓘ
fullName	Martha Carrier self-link ⓘ
hasOccupation	farmer ⓘ housewife ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th-century colonial America ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
legalStatus	condemned witch ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	execution by hanging ⓘ
movement	colonial New England Puritan community ⓘ
notableFor	being accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials ⓘ execution for alleged witchcraft in 1692 ⓘ
numberOfChildren	4 ⓘ
participantIn	Salem witch trials ⓘ
placeOfArrest	Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
portrayedIn	The Crucible (as inspiration for composite characters) ⓘ
posthumousRecognition	recognized as wrongfully executed victim of the Salem witch trials ⓘ
relative	Phebe Toothaker ⓘ Roger Toothaker ⓘ
religion	Puritanism ⓘ
residence	Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
significantEvent	outbreak of smallpox in Andover associated with her family by contemporaries ⓘ
spouse	Thomas Carrier ⓘ
subjectOf	nonfiction book "The Heretic's Daughter" (fictionalized account based on her life) ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ann Putnam Jr. → testifiedAgainst → Martha Carrier ⓘ

Martha Carrier → fullName → Martha Carrier self-link ⓘ

Martha Carrier → child → Martha Carrier self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sarah Carrier

Thomas Carrier → spouse → Martha Carrier ⓘ

Richard Carrier → mother → Martha Carrier ⓘ

Andrew Carrier → mother → Martha Carrier ⓘ

Andrew Carrier → relative → Martha Carrier ⓘ

nonfiction book "The Heretic's Daughter" (fictionalized account based on her life) → mainCharacter → Martha Carrier ⓘ

subject surface form: The Heretic's Daughter

nonfiction book "The Heretic's Daughter" (fictionalized account based on her life) → featuresHistoricalFigure → Martha Carrier ⓘ