Putnam family faction in Salem Village

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The Putnam family faction in Salem Village was a powerful and influential kinship group that played a leading role in instigating and sustaining the Salem witch trials of 1692.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf faction
kinship group
social group
activeInPeriod late 17th century
associatedWith accusing girls in Salem witch trials
testimony against alleged witches
conflictWith more commercially oriented interests near Salem Town
contributedTo scale of witchcraft accusations in Salem Village
country Colonial America
eventLocationContext present-day Danvers, Massachusetts
hasKeyAccuser Ann Putnam Jr.
Thomas Putnam
surface form: Thomas Putnam Jr.
hasMember Ann Putnam Jr.
Ann Putnam Sr.
Edward Putnam
Thomas Putnam
surface form: Thomas Putnam Jr.

other Putnam relatives
hasTypeOfPower economic influence
political influence
religious influence
historicalRegion New England
historicalReputation major instigators of the Salem witch trials
impact contributed to executions of accused witches
shaped historical memory of Salem witch trials
influencedBy local religious tensions in Salem Village
property and boundary disputes in Salem Village
village-versus-town political conflicts
language English
locatedIn Massachusetts Bay Colony
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
surface form: Salem Village
notableFor leading role in the Salem witch trials of 1692
opposedTo Porter family faction in Salem Village
participatedIn Salem witch trials
partOf Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
surface form: Salem Village community
politicalAlignment pro-Parris faction in Salem Village
power significant local influence in Salem Village affairs
relatedTo Putnam family
religion Puritanism
roleInEvent instigated accusations of witchcraft
sustained prosecutions during the Salem witch trials
socialStatus prominent farming family
supported Samuel Parris
surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris
usedInstrument court testimony
spectral evidence
year 1692

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Thomas Putnam associatedWith Putnam family faction in Salem Village
Sarah Osborne conflictWith Putnam family faction in Salem Village
this entity surface form: Putnam family of Salem Village
Putnam family hasBranch Putnam family faction in Salem Village
this entity surface form: Putnam family of Salem Village
Ann Putnam Sr. partOf Putnam family faction in Salem Village
this entity surface form: Putnam family of Salem Village
Edward Putnam associatedWith Putnam family faction in Salem Village
Porter family faction in Salem Village contrastedWith Putnam family faction in Salem Village
Porter family faction in Salem Village hasOpposingFaction Putnam family faction in Salem Village