Anne Hutchinson
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Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan spiritual leader in colonial New England whose religious dissent and trial for heresy made her a symbol of early American challenges to clerical authority and a pioneer of religious liberty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anne Hutchinson canonical | 23 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T79507 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anne Hutchinson Context triple: [Great Migration of Puritans, significantFigure, Anne Hutchinson]
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A.
Bridget Bishop
Bridget Bishop was the first person executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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B.
Martha Corey
Martha Corey was a devout, outspoken resident of Salem Village whose 1692 execution for witchcraft became one of the most infamous injustices of the Salem witch trials.
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C.
Maria Cotton Mather
Maria Cotton Mather was the mother of the influential New England Puritan minister and writer Cotton Mather.
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D.
Sarah Good
Sarah Good was one of the first women accused and executed for witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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E.
Elizabeth Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor is a central character in Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible," portrayed as a morally upright but emotionally reserved wife whose integrity and strained marriage to John Proctor are tested amid the Salem witch trials.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anne Hutchinson Target entity description: Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan spiritual leader in colonial New England whose religious dissent and trial for heresy made her a symbol of early American challenges to clerical authority and a pioneer of religious liberty.
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A.
Bridget Bishop
Bridget Bishop was the first person executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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B.
Martha Corey
Martha Corey was a devout, outspoken resident of Salem Village whose 1692 execution for witchcraft became one of the most infamous injustices of the Salem witch trials.
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C.
Maria Cotton Mather
Maria Cotton Mather was the mother of the influential New England Puritan minister and writer Cotton Mather.
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D.
Sarah Good
Sarah Good was one of the first women accused and executed for witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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E.
Elizabeth Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor is a central character in Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible," portrayed as a morally upright but emotionally reserved wife whose integrity and strained marriage to John Proctor are tested amid the Salem witch trials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Puritan spiritual leader
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colonial American figure ⓘ person ⓘ religious dissenter ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhode Island Colony
|
| birthName | Anne Marbury ⓘ |
| chargedWith |
heresy
ⓘ
sedition ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Anne Hutchinson Memorial in New York ⓘ |
| conflict |
John Winthrop
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Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities
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| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1591 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1643 ⓘ |
| era | colonial New England ⓘ |
| exiledTo | Rhode Island ⓘ |
| father | Francis Marbury ⓘ |
| fullName | Anne Hutchinson self-link ⓘ |
| heldPosition | midwife ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roger Williams
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traditions of religious liberty in America ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Cotton
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Puritanism ⓘ
surface form:
Puritan covenant theology
|
| knownFor |
Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts
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surface form:
Antinomian Controversy in New England
advocacy of religious liberty and freedom of conscience ⓘ challenging Puritan clerical authority in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ holding mixed-gender religious meetings in her home ⓘ |
| laterMovedTo | New Netherland ⓘ |
| legacy |
early advocate of women’s role in religious life
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pioneer of freedom of conscience in the American colonies ⓘ symbol of early American religious freedom ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in an attack by Native Americans ⓘ |
| memorial | statue at the Massachusetts State House in Boston ⓘ |
| mother | Bridget Dryden ⓘ |
| movement | Antinomianism ⓘ |
| nameGivenTo |
Hutchinson River Parkway
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surface form:
Hutchinson River Parkway in New York
|
| numberOfChildren | 15 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Alford, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Netherland ⓘ |
| punishment | banishment from Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| religion | Puritanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
near present-day Pelham Bay, Bronx, New York ⓘ |
| settledIn | Portsmouth, Rhode Island ⓘ |
| spouse | William Hutchinson ⓘ |
| trial |
church trial in Boston in 1638
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civil trial in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 ⓘ |
| yearOfImmigration | 1634 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anne Hutchinson Description of subject: Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan spiritual leader in colonial New England whose religious dissent and trial for heresy made her a symbol of early American challenges to clerical authority and a pioneer of religious liberty.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Portsmouth, Rhode Island