Thomas Putnam

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Salem witch trials participant person

Thomas Putnam was a prominent and influential accuser during the Salem witch trials, known for aggressively pursuing witchcraft charges against many of his neighbors.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Thomas Putnam canonical 7
Thomas Putnam Jr. 4
Ann Putnam Sr. 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Salem witch trials participant ⓘ
person ⓘ
accused many residents of Salem Village of witchcraft ⓘ
associatedWith Putnam family faction in Salem Village ⓘ
child Ann Putnam Jr. ⓘ
country Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
familyName Putnam ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
involvedIn property and boundary disputes in Salem Village ⓘ
knownFor aggressively pursuing witchcraft charges against neighbors ⓘ
filing numerous formal complaints of witchcraft ⓘ
influencing the course of the Salem witch trials ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor role as an accuser in the Salem witch trials ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
participatedIn Salem witch trials ⓘ
placeOfResidence Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
politicalAlignment supporter of Reverend Samuel Parris ⓘ
religion Puritanism ⓘ
role accuser in witchcraft cases ⓘ
socialStatus prominent landowner in Salem Village ⓘ
spouse Ann Putnam Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Ann Putnam Sr.
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ
usedLegalProcess to advance accusations of witchcraft ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Salem witch trials → keyFigure → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) → notableResident → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
subject surface form: Salem Village
Ann Putnam Jr. → father → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
Ann Putnam Jr. → mother → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ann Putnam Sr.
Ann Putnam Jr. → sibling → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Putnam Jr.
Ann Putnam Jr. → memberOf → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Putnam family of Salem Village
Putnam → hasNotableMember → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
subject surface form: Putnam family
Putnam → hasParticipant → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
subject surface form: Salem witch trials
Putnam family faction in Salem Village → hasMember → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Putnam Jr.
Putnam family faction in Salem Village → hasKeyAccuser → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Putnam Jr.
George Jacobs (character in The Crucible) → conflictWith → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
subject surface form: George Jacobs
Putnam family → hasNotableMember → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Putnam Sr.
Putnam family → hasNotableMember → Thomas Putnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Putnam Jr.
Ann Putnam Sr. → spouse → Thomas Putnam ⓘ