His exact grave location in the cemetery is unmarked and unknown.
Because Corey refused to enter a plea, his estate passed on to his sons instead of being seized by the local government.Ĭorey 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. He was subjected to pressing in an effort to force him to plead-the only example of such a sanction in American history-and died after three days of this torture.
After being arrested, Corey refused to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. August 1611 – September 19, 1692) was an English farmer who was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem witch trials.
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