Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Martha Corey

I would like to point out a major discrepancy in this article. At the end it says that Martha Corey was also known as Mary Corey, and is buried with Giles in the Salem Graveyard. This is not in the least bit true.

1) The mentioned "Salem Graveyard" is actually the Old Burying Point or the Charter Street Cemetery, which is the second oldest graveyard in the United States. Among those buried there is Judge Hathorne aka "the Hanging Judge", as well as various other Salem dignitaries.

2)There is indeed a Mary Corey buried in this graveyard, but it is a previous wife of Giles Corey.

3)Giles Corey and Martha Corey would not have been buried in this graveyard, because as accused witches they would not have been given a "proper Christian Burial". Instead they would have been buried in a secret location, in unmarked graves.

As a sidenote, these secret unmarked graves are still a mystery in Salem.

(Renee and Roger 17:14, 7 September 2007 (UTC))