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    verification] Giles was the son of Giles and Elizabeth Corey. His birth is recorded in the parish records. His name is quite often spelled "Corey," but the...
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    Outside of this, he has released solo work primarily under the names Giles Corey and Black Wing, and has been involved in various short-lived bands. In...
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    wealthy farmer Giles Corey in the year 1690. Benoni lived with Martha and her husband Giles, so town members were aware of him. Giles also had a controversial...
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    were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, died under torture after refusing to enter a plea, and at least five...
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  • respected local woman Rebecca Nurse, and the Putnams' neighbor, farmer Giles Corey. The villagers, who had not heard the argument, assume that the singing...
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  • were killed when bystanders, out of mercy, sat on them. In America, Giles Corey was pressed to death between 17 and 19 September 1692, during the Salem...
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    1830s. Historical figure Cotton Mather makes an appearance in the story. Giles Corey of the Salem Farms (1868), a play by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)...
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  • will Thomas and Ann Putnam's daughter Ruth, who was also conjuring. Giles Corey, who suspects that the children are just acting out, and John Proctor...
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  • The only death by peine forte et dure in American history was that of Giles Corey, who was pressed to death on September 19, 1692, during the Salem witch...
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  • the direct death of 20 Salem residents: 19 were hanged, while another, Giles Corey, was pressed to death. Parris was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November...
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  • Giles Corey of the Salem Farms, Hathorne is shown debating Cotton Mather on the nature of witchcraft and presiding over hearings in which Giles Corey...
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    Sarah Proctor, William Proctor, Benjamin Proctor, Woody Proctor, Giles Corey, Martha Corey, Job Tookey, and Wilmont Redd. Five of these people were executed...
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    during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Nineteen were hanged, and one, Giles Corey, was pressed to death. Altogether, about 200 people were tried. Bridget's...
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    played Anthony Cooper on the ABC television series Lost, as well as Giles Corey in the premiere episode of the original WGN America series Salem. Tighe...
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  • goods. Giles Corey became easily frustrated with his neighbors. At one point, he filed a lawsuit against Proctor who had suggested that Corey was responsible...
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  • Bosse-de-Nage - "All Fours" LP (FR60) Heat Dust - "Heat Dust" LP (FR61) Giles Corey - "Giles Corey" LP (FR62) Sannhet - "Known Flood" LP (FR63) Kayo Dot - "Hubardo"...
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  • accuses Giles Corey of witchcraft and alleges that a man who died at Corey's house also haunts her. April 19: Abigail Hobbs, Bridget Bishop, Giles Corey and...
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    ('We are renaissance children becalmed beneath the Bridge of Sighs'). Giles Corey, an American slowcore band, likewise mentions this bridge in their song...
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  • Oyer and Terminer to preside over the interrogation under torture of Giles Corey, who was pressed to death for refusing to stand trial for witchcraft...
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  • Somerset Maugham's novel The Razor's Edge in 1984. In 1996, he appeared as Giles Corey in The Crucible, and in 1997 he appeared alongside Robert Carlyle and...
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  • Medal four times Giles Corey (1611–1692) and Martha Corey (1620–1692), husband and wife executed in the Salem witch trials Irving Corey (1892–1976), Canadian...
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    late 17th century, three of whom were executed (John Proctor, Giles Corey, and Martha Corey). In 1752, the area was set off from Salem, and incorporated...
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    of the house". Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in his 1868 play entitled Giles Corey of the Salem Farms, describes Tituba as "the daughter of a man all black...
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    Festival on the day before the ensemble was scheduled to perform as Giles Corey. Have a Nice Life released a cover of Low's song "When I Go Deaf" in...
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  • coach Giles Cooper, several people Giles Coren (born 1969), British journalist Giles Corey (1621–1692), victim of the Salem witch trials Giles Daubeney...
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    old when she was arrested for witchcraft on April 18, 1692, along with Giles Corey, Mary Warren, and Bridget Bishop. Prior to living in Salem Village (now...
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    audiences' interests changed. He returned to the stage in 1953 to portray Giles Corey in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. In 1949 he was a regular on the CBS...
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  • Mary Warren, began to have fits, saying she saw the spectre (ghost) of Giles Corey. John Proctor was dismissive of her claims (as he was of all the accusations)...
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    Wardwell Sr. - Died September 22, 1692 (aged 49), execution by hanging. Giles Corey - Died September 19, 1692 (aged 81), pressed to death after he refused...
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    their conversion of Chinese people to the Christian Faith. April 18 – Giles Corey, Mary Warren, Abigail Hobbs and Bridget Bishop, all residents of Salem...
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