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Giles Corey (September 11, 1611 – September 19, 1692) was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem Witch Trials (1692-1693). After being arrested for witchcraft, Corey refused to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. He was subjected to pressing in an effort to force him to plead — the only example of such a sanction in American history — but instead died after two days of torture. ==Pre-trial history== Giles Corey was born in Northampton, England, before 16 August 1611, the date on which he was baptized in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Northampton was one of the few Norman round churches in Britain. Giles was the son of Giles and Elizabeth Corey. His birth is recorded in the parish records of St. Sepulchre.〔http://coryfamsoc.com/genealogies/harpole/giles/giles/b70.htm〕 It is not certain when exactly he arrived in the Americas, but there is evidence he was in Salem in 1640.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~corey/ )〕 There are quite a few entries in the court documents as to his behavior, which was not completely good, but in those times any accusation was an offense against the state.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://archive.org/stream/salemwitchcrafti00mago/salemwitchcrafti00mago_djvu.txt )〕 His name is quite often spelled Corey, but the baptismal record is Cory. Giles Corey was a prosperous land-owning farmer in Salem, and married three times.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.geni.com/people/Giles-Corey/6000000013172703092 )〕 He is believed to have married his first wife, Margaret, in England.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.geni.com/profile/6000000013172703092/events/6000000010667560147 )〕 Margaret was the mother of his daughter, Deliverance.〔http://coryfamsoc.com/genealogies/harpole/giles/giles/b70.htm〕 His second wife was Mary Bright; they were married on April 11, 1664, when Corey was 43. In 1676, at the age of 65, Corey was brought to trial in Essex and accused of beating to death one of his indentured farm workers, Jacob Goodale, son of Robert Goodale and Catherine Kilham Goodale originally from Dennington, Suffolk, England. Jacob's brother was Isaac Goodale. Corey had severely beaten Goodale with a stick after Jacob was allegedly caught stealing apples from Corey's brother-in-law, and though Corey eventually sent him to receive medical attention 10 days later, Goodale died shortly thereafter. "Jacob was employed by Giles Corey, and in a quarrel with the latter was so badly beaten that he died, according to a coroner's jury, of blood clots about the heart caused by the blows. Corey was fined for the offense. Longfellow, in New England Tragedies, takes advantage of poetic license to substitute Robert' in his account." (Bowen: "Goodell Memorial Tablets"). Since corporal punishment was permitted against indentured servants, Corey was exempt from the charge of murder, and instead charged with using "unreasonable" force. Numerous witnesses and eyewitnesses testified against Corey, as well as the local coroner, and he was found guilty and fined.〔''Records of the Essex Quarterly Courts'', Vol. 6, pp.190–1. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/Essex/vol6/images/essex190.html〕 Mary Bright died at age 63 on August 27, 1684, according to her gravestone in Salem Graveyard. Corey later married his third wife, a woman referred to as "Lady Martha Perkins". Martha was admitted to the church at Salem Village (now Danvers), where Giles lived. At the time of the witch trials, Corey was 80 years old and living with Martha in the southwest corner of Salem village, what is now Peabody.〔(Biography of Giles Corey )〕 Martha had a son from a previous marriage named Thomas; he showed up as a petitioner for loss and damages resulting from his mother being hanged illegally during the witch trials. He was awarded £50 on June 29, 1723. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giles Corey (Salem witch trials)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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