John Williams

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John Williams was a colonial New England Puritan minister best known for his captivity narrative recounting his abduction during the 1704 Deerfield raid.

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instanceOf Puritan minister
captivity narrative author
person
capturedBy French and allied Native American forces NERFINISHED
child Eunice Williams NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Colonial America NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1664
dateOfDeath 1729
dateOfGraduation 1683
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College
ethnicGroup English colonists in North America
familyName Williams
father Samuel Williams NERFINISHED
genre captivity narrative
givenName John NERFINISHED
hasPublicationYear 1707
heldInCaptivityIn New France NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Theoda Park NERFINISHED
movement New England Puritanism NERFINISHED
notableEvent Deerfield raid NERFINISHED
notableFact best known for his captivity narrative recounting his abduction during the 1704 Deerfield raid
notableWork The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion NERFINISHED
occupation minister
participantIn Queen Anne's War NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED
placeOfWork Deerfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
positionHeld minister of the church in Deerfield, Massachusetts
religion Congregationalism
Puritanism
residence Deerfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
spouse Eunice Mather NERFINISHED
victimOf abduction during the 1704 Deerfield raid
workLocation frontier community of Deerfield in the Connecticut River Valley
wroteAbout relations between English colonists, French, and Native Americans in early 18th-century North America
religious interpretation of suffering and captivity

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