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Martha Corey (née Panon; died September 22, 1692) was accused and convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, on September 9, 1692, and was hanged on September 22, 1692. Her second husband, Giles Corey , was also accused and killed.
Aug 31, 2015 · Martha Corey was a controversial and brave woman who was accused of witchcraft in 1692. She attended the trials, mocked the accusers, and refused to plead guilty, despite her troubled past and illegitimate son.
Martha Corey (c. 1618–September 22, 1692) was a woman in her seventies living in Salem, Massachusetts when she was hanged as a witch. She was one of the last women to be executed for this "crime" and was featured prominently in playwright Arthur Miller's allegorical drama about the McCarthy era called "The Crucible."
Sep 2, 2021 · Martha Corey was one of the accused and executed victims of the Salem Witch Trials. She was the wife of Giles Corey, who was pressed to death three days prior to her hanging. She was known for her piety and church attendance.
Giles Corey, Martha’s 71-year-old husband, was pressed to death in September 1692 with heavy stones after refusing to submit himself to a trial. At least five of the accused died in...
Nov 4, 2011 · Learn about the Salem witch trials of 1692, when a group of young girls accused several local women of witchcraft and sparked a wave of hysteria in colonial Massachusetts. Martha Corey was one of the accused witches who was hanged in September 1692.
Martha Corey was a Puritan woman accused of witchcraft in 1692 by the afflicted girls of Salem Village. She denied the charges and was hanged, along with 19 other victims of the hysteria that swept the colony.
