Person:Giles Corey (1)

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Giles Corey
b.abt 1611
d.19 Sep 1692 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Giles Coreyabt 1611 - 1692
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  1. Elizabeth Coreyabt 1660 -
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  • H.  Giles Coreyabt 1611 - 1692
  • W.  Mary Brightabt 1621 - 1684
m. 11 Apr 1664
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Name Giles Corey
Alt Name Giles Coree
Gender Male
Birth[1] abt 1611
Marriage 11 Apr 1664 to Mary Bright
Death[1] 19 Sep 1692 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesPressed to death for refusing to plead to charges of witchcraft


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Giles Corey (also spelled Cory or Coree, c. 1611 – September 19, 1692) was a farmer in early colonial America who died under judicial torture during the Salem witch trials. Corey refused to enter a plea, and was crushed to death by stone weights in an attempt to force him to do so. In April 1692, he was accused of witchcraft by Ann Putnam, Jr., Mercy Lewis and Abigail Williams. Ann Putnam, Jr. claimed that on April 13, the specter of Giles Corey visited her and asked her to write in the Devil's book. Later, Putnam also claimed that a ghost appeared before her to announce that it had been murdered by Corey. Other girls were to describe Corey as "a dreadful wizard" and recount stories of assaults by his specter. Corey's reported last words were "More rocks" or "More weight".

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Giles Corey, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
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