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Giles Corey was a prosperous farmer and full member of the church.
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He lived in the southwest corner of Salem village. In April of , he was accused by Ann Putnam, Jr., Mercy Lewis, and Abigail Williams of witchcraft. Ann Putnam claimed that on April 13 the specter of Giles Corey visited her and asked her to write in the Devil's book.
Later, Putnam was to claim that a ghost appeared before her to announce that it had been murdered by Corey. Other girls were to describe Corey as "a dreadful wizard" and recount stories of assaults by his specter.
Why Corey was named as a witch (male witches were generally called "wizards" at the time) is a matter of speculation, but Corey and his wife Martha were closely associated with the Porter faction of the village church that had been opposing the Putnam faction.
Corey, eighty years old, was also a hard, stubborn man who may have expressed criticism of the witchcraft proceedings.
Corey was examined by magistrates on A
