Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)

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colonial New England community former village historic settlement

Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) is the colonial New England community historically known as the epicenter of the 1692 Salem witch trials.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form Occurrences
Salem Village 11
Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony 17
Salem Village community 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial New England community ⓘ
former village ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ
approximateEstablishmentDate 17th century ⓘ
associatedEvent Salem witch trials ⓘ
surface form: Salem witch trials of 1692
associatedWith judicial injustice in the Salem witch trials ⓘ
mass hysteria during witchcraft accusations ⓘ
religious extremism in colonial New England ⓘ
associatedYear 1692 ⓘ
commemoratedBy historic sites in Danvers, Massachusetts ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalContext Puritan New England society ⓘ
distanceFrom a few miles inland from Salem Town ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ
foundedBy English colonists ⓘ
governedBy Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts colonial government
hadChurch Salem Village church ⓘ
hadConflictWith Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Salem Town
hadMeetingHouse Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Salem Village meetinghouse
hadStatus parish of Salem ⓘ
hasHistoricalMarker sites related to the Salem witch trials in Danvers ⓘ
historicalPeriod Colonial America ⓘ
jurisdiction parish of Salem Village ⓘ
knownFor Salem witch trials ⓘ
legacy symbol of the dangers of mass hysteria and false accusations ⓘ
legalSystem English colonial law ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New England ⓘ
North America ⓘ
modernName Danvers, Massachusetts ⓘ
neighboringSettlement Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Salem Town
notableResident Abigail Williams ⓘ
Ann Putnam Jr. ⓘ
Elizabeth (Betty) Parris ⓘ
Samuel Parris ⓘ
surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris

Thomas Putnam ⓘ
Tituba ⓘ
nowPartOf Danvers, Massachusetts ⓘ
partOf Essex County ⓘ
surface form: Essex County, Massachusetts (historical region)

town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) ⓘ
presentIn Danvers, Massachusetts historic districts ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
religion Puritanism ⓘ
roleInEvent epicenter of the 1692 Salem witch trials ⓘ
siteOf examinations of accused witches ⓘ
initial accusations in the Salem witch trials ⓘ
typeOfConflict religious and political disputes with Salem Town ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Bartholomew Gedney → associatedWith → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village
Howe family of Ipswich and Topsfield → associatedWith → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village and surrounding communities
Putnam → associatedWithPlace → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
subject surface form: Putnam family
this entity surface form: Salem Village
Ann Putnam Jr. → burialPlace → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Samuel Parris → employer → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village church
John Hathorne → familyName → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hathorne
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) → hadMeetingHouse → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Salem Village
this entity surface form: Salem Village meetinghouse
town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) → hasPart → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village (historical)
Town of Danvers → historicalName → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village
Samuel Parris → influenced → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village congregation
Putnam family faction in Salem Village → locatedIn → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village
Salem Village meetinghouse → locatedIn → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village
Elizabeth (Betty) Parris → location → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth Parris
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Elizabeth Eldridge → location → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
subject surface form: Salem witch trials
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Salem witch trials → mainLocationWithinSalem → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
Bartholomew Gedney → memberOf → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan community of Salem
Salem witch trials → memorial → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rebecca Nurse Homestead memorial in Danvers, Massachusetts
Elizabeth (Betty) Parris → partOf → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth Parris
this entity surface form: Puritan community of Salem Village
Putnam family faction in Salem Village → partOf → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village community
Samuel Parris → partOf → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village community
Francis Nurse → placeOfActivity → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village
John Proctor → placeOfActivity → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village (present-day Danvers, Massachusetts)
Ann Putnam Jr. → placeOfBirth → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Old Put → placeOfBirth → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
subject surface form: Israel Putnam
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ann Putnam Jr. → placeOfDeath → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Elizabeth (Betty) Parris → placeOfResidence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth Parris
this entity surface form: Salem Village
Elizabeth Parris → placeOfResidence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village
Giles Corey → placeOfResidence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Sarah Cloyce → placeOfResidence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Sarah Osborne → placeOfResidence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Thomas Putnam → placeOfResidence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Tituba → placeOfResidence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village
Ann Putnam Jr. → residence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Elizabeth Eldridge → residence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Francis Nurse → residence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village
George Burroughs → residence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Giles Corey → residence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Martha Corey → residence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mary Easty → residence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Rebecca Nurse → residence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Samuel Parris → residence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
William Good → residence → Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem Village