Governor William Phips

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colonial governor human military officer politician

Governor William Phips was the colonial governor of Massachusetts best known for overseeing and ultimately halting the Salem witch trials in 1692.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sir William Phips	7
William Phips	5
Governor William Phips canonical	4
Governor of Massachusetts Bay	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial governor ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ
action	dissolved Court of Oyer and Terminer in October 1692 ⓘ established Court of Oyer and Terminer for Salem witch trials ⓘ
appointedBy	Mary II of England ⓘ William III of England ⓘ
burialPlace	London, England ⓘ
commanded	expedition against Port Royal (Acadia) in 1690 ⓘ failed naval expedition against Quebec in 1690 ⓘ
conflict	King William's War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1651-02-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1695-02-18 ⓘ
educatedIn	self-educated in shipbuilding and navigation ⓘ
era	Colonial America ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English American ⓘ
familyName	Phips ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
governedTerritory	Maine District of Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Maine (as part of Massachusetts Bay) Plymouth Colony ⓘ surface form: Plymouth Colony (as part of Massachusetts Bay) Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
knownFor	first royally appointed governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ halting the Salem witch trials ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableAchievement	recovery of Spanish treasure from a sunken galleon near Hispaniola ⓘ
notableWork	oversight and later suspension of the Salem witch trials ⓘ
occupation	colonial governor ⓘ shipbuilder ⓘ treasure hunter ⓘ
officeEndTime	1694-11-18 ⓘ
officeStartTime	1692-05-14 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	English Massachusetts (Maine district) ⓘ Woolwich, Maine ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ
positionHeld	Captain in the Royal Navy ⓘ Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay sheriff of Maine (de facto local authority) ⓘ
receivedTitle	knighthood from King James II ⓘ
religion	Puritanism ⓘ
residence	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
significantEvent	Salem witch trials ⓘ
spouse	Mary Spencer Hull ⓘ

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Salem witch trials → keyFigure → Governor William Phips ⓘ

Court of Oyer and Terminer → appointedBy → Governor William Phips ⓘ

Court of Oyer and Terminer → establishedBy → Governor William Phips ⓘ

Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft → hasActor → Governor William Phips ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Phips

town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) → associatedWith → Governor William Phips ⓘ

William Stoughton → precededBy → Governor William Phips ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Phips

Province of Massachusetts Bay → executiveHead → Governor William Phips ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor of Massachusetts Bay

Province of Massachusetts Bay → notableGovernor → Governor William Phips ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Phips

King William's War → commander → Governor William Phips ⓘ