Giles Corey (1611-1692) - Find a Grave Memorial
A contemporary report stated, "About noon, at Salem, Giles Corey was press'd to death for standing mute." Judge Jonathan Corwin ordered the body buried in an unmarked grave on Gallows Hill, where two days later his wife was hanged. In 1957, the state of Massachusetts formally apologized for the witch trials. Oops, something didn't work.
Giles Corey - Wikipedia
Corey is believed to have died in the field adjacent to the prison that had held him, in what later became the Howard Street Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts, which opened in 1801. His exact grave location in the cemetery is unmarked and unknown. There is a memorial plaque to him in the nearby Charter Street Cemetery.
Giles and Martha Corey Memorial - Salem Witch Museum
At the edge of Crystal Lake on Lowell Street in West Peabody stand two memorial stones honoring Giles and Martha Corey, the only couple executed during the Salem Witchcraft Trials. The area was part of the 150 acres that Giles Corey owned before his death.
Giles Corey Jr (bef.1611-1692) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree
Jun 8, 2024 · Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 9 Apr 2019, memorial page for Giles Corey (11 Sep 1611–19 Sep 1692), Find A Grave: Memorial #8299 and Find A Grave: Memorial #171256367, citing Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem, Essex Co., MA, USA: headstone and memorial photo.
Giles Corey (1611–1692) - FamilySearch.org
Corey is believed to have died in the field adjacent to the prison that had held him, in what later became the Howard Street Cemetery in Salem, which opened in 1801. His exact grave location in the cemetery is unmarked and unknown.
Historic Burying Grounds - Destination Salem
Apr 6, 2016 · Salem has three cemeteries that are significant to the Witch Trials of 1692. The Howard Street Cemetery is said to be where Giles Corey was taken to be pressed to death, a torture chosen because he refused to stand trial.
Giles Corey (1611-1692) – Memorial Find a Grave
Salem Witch Trial Defendant. Born in Northampton, England, he emigrated prior to 1644, and became a prosperous farmer in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1659, he settled in Salem Farms, just south of Salem Village. He had developed a reputation as a hard uncompromising man, and had appeared in court on several...
Giles Corey (1611-1692) - Find a Grave Memorial
Giles Corey was an English-born American farmer who was accused of witchcraft along with his wife, Martha Corey, during the Salem witch trials. After being arrested, Corey refused to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.
Old Burying Point/Charter Street Cemetery - Salem Witch Museum
Toward the back of the cemetery, on the left side, is a small gravestone marking the grave of Mary Corey (alternate spelling Corry). Mary, the second wife of Giles Corey, died eight years before the witchcraft trials.
Giles Corey Memorial - 101bananas.com
Giles Corey Salem Witch Trials Memorial Salem, Massachusetts (Giles Corey's actual gravesite is unmarked and unknown, though it is thought he is probably buried somewhere in or near the Howard Street Cemetery, very close to the present-day site of the Salem Witch Trials Memorial.)