Martha Corey

E10647

Salem witch trials victim historical figure person

Martha Corey was a devout, outspoken resident of Salem Village whose 1692 execution for witchcraft became one of the most infamous injustices of the Salem witch trials.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Martha Corey canonical	6
interacts with Bertram Cates	1

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Salem witch trials victim ⓘ historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ
allegedCrime	witchcraft ⓘ
associatedWith	Giles Corey ⓘ Salem Village church community ⓘ
characteristic	devout ⓘ outspoken ⓘ
country	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
deathCause	execution by hanging ⓘ
deathDate	1692-09-22 ⓘ
deathPlace	Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
era	17th century ⓘ
familyName	Cory ⓘ surface form: Corey
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Martha ⓘ
historicalReputation	victim of judicial injustice ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatusAtDeath	executed ⓘ
locatedIn	New England ⓘ
name	Martha Corey self-link ⓘ
notableFor	being accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials ⓘ execution for witchcraft in 1692 ⓘ
opposed	early witchcraft accusations in Salem Village ⓘ
partOfEvent	Salem witch trials ⓘ
portrayedAs	a skeptical, outspoken woman critical of the witchcraft hysteria ⓘ
portrayedIn	The Crucible ⓘ
regionOfActivity	New England Colonies ⓘ surface form: Colonial Massachusetts
religion	Puritanism ⓘ
residence	Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ surface form: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony
spouse	Giles Corey ⓘ
trialLocation	Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salem witch trials → notableVictim → Martha Corey ⓘ

Court of Oyer and Terminer → triedPerson → Martha Corey ⓘ

Giles Corey → spouse → Martha Corey ⓘ

Giles Corey → relative → Martha Corey ⓘ

Ann Putnam Jr. → testifiedAgainst → Martha Corey ⓘ

Martha Corey → name → Martha Corey self-link ⓘ

Meeker → relationshipToOtherCharacters → Martha Corey ⓘ

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