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About High Sheriff George Corwin, Salem Witch Trials
George Corwin (February 26, 1666 – April 12, 1696) was the High Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials.
George Corwin/Lydia Gedney Family
Father: John Corwin
Born: 1638 Marr: 1665 Died: 1683, possibly Salem
Mother: Margaret Winthrop
Born: 1646 Died: 1697, MA
Father: Bartholomew Gedney
Born: 1640 Marr: 1662 Died: 1698
Mother: Hannah Clarke
Born: 1622 Died: 1696
George Corwin
Born: 26 FEB 1665 -
Marr: 23 APR 1688 -
Died: 12 APR 1696 -
Other Spouses: Susannah Gedney Lydia Gedney
Born: 9 MAR 1663 -
Died: BEF 1693 -
Other Spouses: Lydia Gedney
1. Bartholomew Corwin
Born: 21 JUN 1693 - MA
Marr: 1707 - Esther Burt
Died: MAY 1747 - Hunterdon Co., NJ
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George CORWIN [1666-1696] m1. Susanna GEDNEY [1663-1793] m2.1696 Lydia GEDNEY [1669-1700]
George; s/o John Corwin & Margaret Winthrop; b. 26 Feb, 1655-6; captain in Sir William Phips War of 1690 against Quebec; sheriff of Essex County, Mass,; married first Susanna and second, 7 May, 1696 Lydia Gedney; criticized for carrying out his orders during the witchcraft trials of Salem, 1692; died 12 Apr, 1696 in Salem
Susannah; d/o John
Lydia; d/o Hon. Bartholomew Gedney (sheriff of Essex Co, Mass) & Hannah Clark; born 9 Mar, 1663; died 1763 in Salem Note: the was a Bartholomew Gedney who was a magistrate during and participated in the Salem Witch Trials
Sources: - Corwin Genealogy (Curwin, Curwen, Corwine) in the United States - from The Early Germans for New Jersey/Corwin/Hunterdon And Warren Counties: George, 2nd son of John, persecuted until his death by the relatives of those put to death by him for witchcraft; had one child
http://www.paulturner.ca/Phillips/Harris/Corwin/corwin-dossiers.htm
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High Sheriff George Corwin, Salem Witch Trials's Timeline
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February 26, 1665
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Essex, Massachusetts
George Corwin Curwen in the Family Data Collection - Births
http://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/genepoolb/1143498/pri... http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=11434... ------------------------------------------------------------------- George Curwen in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
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June 21, 1693
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Essex, Massachusetts
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April 12, 1696
Age 31
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Massachusetts, United States
George Corwin Curwen in the Family Data Collection - Deaths
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April 12, 1696
Age 31
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Cellar of the Joshua Ward House, Salem, MA, United States
Birth: Feb. 26, 1666
Colonial figure. He was the High Sheriff of Essex County in the Massachusetts Bay colony during the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria and carried out the arrests of the accused and the executions of the condemned. He also presided at the fatal interrogation, under torture, of accused Giles Cory, who was crushed to death with stones over a period of three days. Only in his mid twenties when he held the post, anecdotal history portrays the sheriff as particularly sadistic and corrupt. But official documents that survive indicate he carried out his duties according to the accepted practices and mores of the time. Reviled after the hysteria, when he died a man who was among the accused successfully put a lien on Corwin's corpse delaying its burial until his executors recompensed him for property seized by the sheriff. Later, Corwin's family buried him in the cellar of his house fearing his body might be seized by others seeking revenge or reimbursement. Years later, his remains were exhumed and quietly re-interred in the Corwin family tomb. Surviving evidence shows property seized by Corwin was used to maintain prisoners. Corwin was awarded the High Sheriff's post by Gov. William Phips after he distinguished himself in Phips' expedition against French Quebec in 1690. (bio by: Bob on Gallows Hill)
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1696
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Salem, Massachusetts
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