Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Judge
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
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| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Salem_Witch_Trials
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| gptkbp:birth_date |
1631
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| gptkbp:burial_place |
gptkb:Old_Burying_Ground,_Cambridge
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:William_Stoughton_Jr.
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| gptkbp:civic_engagement |
gptkb:government_officials
gptkb:military_officer gptkb:Justice gptkb:Commissioner_of_the_United_Colonies gptkb:lawyer Colonial legislator Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Colonial councilor Town selectman Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer Judge of the Superior Court Judge of the Court of Sessions of the Superior Court Judge of the Court of Appeals Judge of the Court of Assistants Judge of the Court of General Sessions Judge of the Court of Probate Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions Judge of the Court of Sessions Judge of the Court of Sessions of the Appeals Judge of the Court of Sessions of the Common Pleas Judge of the Court of Sessions of the Peace Judge of the Court of Sessions of the Probate Judge of the Court of Special Sessions Judge of the Inferior Court Member of the General Court Judge of the Court of Sessions of the General Sessions Judge of the Court of Sessions of the Quarter Sessions Judge of the Court of Sessions of the Oyer and Terminer Judge of the Court of Sessions of the Special Sessions Judge of the Court of Sessions of the Inferior Court |
| gptkbp:contribution |
Legal precedents in colonial America
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| gptkbp:death_date |
1701
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| gptkbp:descendant |
Stoughton family
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Harvard_College
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| gptkbp:ethnicity |
English
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| gptkbp:historical_significance |
Influence on American legal system
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Judge William Stoughton
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| gptkbp:influence |
Colonial Massachusetts Law
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| gptkbp:known_for |
Judicial decisions during the witch trials
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
Controversial figure in American history
Controversial role in witch trials |
| gptkbp:legal_framework |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
Chief Justice of the Superior Court |
| gptkbp:notable_event |
gptkb:Witchcraft_Trials_of_1692
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| gptkbp:notable_work |
Stoughton Court
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| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:Politician
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| gptkbp:place_of_birth |
gptkb:England
|
| gptkbp:place_of_death |
gptkb:Massachusetts
|
| gptkbp:political_party |
gptkb:Puritanism
|
| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:Simon_Bradstreet
|
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:role |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
Mary Stoughton
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| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Thomas_Danforth
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| gptkbp:term_end |
1692
|
| gptkbp:term_start |
1680
|
| gptkbp:title |
gptkb:Governor
|
| gptkbp:years_active |
1670-1701
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Rebecca_Nurse_Jr.
gptkb:town_of_Salem gptkb:Salem,_MA gptkb:Witch_Trials_in_Salem |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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