Joseph Meacham
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Joseph Meacham was an early American Shaker leader who helped organize and expand the Shaker religious communities in the late 18th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph Meacham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1683139 — 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: Joseph Meacham Context triple: [Shakers, hasKeyFigure, Joseph Meacham]
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A.
George F. Meacham
George F. Meacham was a 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing Boston’s Public Garden.
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B.
Ralph Waite
Ralph Waite was an American actor best known for his role as family patriarch John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
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C.
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick was an American composer and musicologist known for his work in Native American music and contributions to ethnomusicology.
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D.
John Flournoy Montgomery
John Flournoy Montgomery was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary in the years leading up to and during the early part of World War II.
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E.
Roger Sherman Loomis
Roger Sherman Loomis was an American medievalist and literary scholar best known for his influential research on Arthurian legend and its Celtic origins.
- 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: Joseph Meacham Target entity description: Joseph Meacham was an early American Shaker leader who helped organize and expand the Shaker religious communities in the late 18th century.
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A.
George F. Meacham
George F. Meacham was a 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing Boston’s Public Garden.
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B.
Ralph Waite
Ralph Waite was an American actor best known for his role as family patriarch John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
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C.
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick was an American composer and musicologist known for his work in Native American music and contributions to ethnomusicology.
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D.
John Flournoy Montgomery
John Flournoy Montgomery was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary in the years leading up to and during the early part of World War II.
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E.
Roger Sherman Loomis
Roger Sherman Loomis was an American medievalist and literary scholar best known for his influential research on Arthurian legend and its Celtic origins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American religious figure
ⓘ
Shaker leader ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndTime | 1790s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartTime | 1780s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1742 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1796 ⓘ |
| denomination | United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Meacham ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| helpedExpand | Shaker settlements in the northeastern United States ⓘ |
| helpedOrganize | Shaker religious communities in late 18th-century America ⓘ |
| implemented |
Shaker system of communal families
ⓘ
formal Shaker covenant for members ⓘ |
| influenced |
Lucy Wright
ⓘ
New Lebanon Shaker community ⓘ Shaker communal organization ⓘ
linked to:
Shaker
|
| influencedBy | Ann Lee ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-leadership with Lucy Wright
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establishing Shaker communal property system ⓘ expanding Shaker settlements in New England and New York ⓘ organizing Shaker communities into communal families ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement |
American communalism
ⓘ
Shakers ⓘ
linked to:
Shaker
|
| notableWork |
development of Shaker covenant and communal rules
ⓘ
organization of Shaker communal order at New Lebanon ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
ⓘ
communal leader ⓘ religious organizer ⓘ |
| partnerInLeadershipWith | Lucy Wright ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Enfield, Connecticut
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New England ⓘ New Lebanon, New York ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Enfield, Connecticut Colony ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Lebanon, New York ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief elder of Shakers in America
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leader of Shaker community at New Lebanon ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Shakerism ⓘ
linked to:
Shaker
|
| residence |
Enfield, Connecticut Colony
ⓘ
New Lebanon Shaker Village ⓘ
linked to:
New Lebanon Shaker community
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spiritualRole |
Shaker elder
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Shaker spiritual father ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joseph Meacham Description of subject: Joseph Meacham was an early American Shaker leader who helped organize and expand the Shaker religious communities in the late 18th century.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Shaker