Pressing day

See update 09/21/2021, below, as we reflect on this theme which is recurrent. 

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This post is timely in that Giles Corey died on the 19th of September in 1692. Three days later, his wife (Martha Corey) was hanged with others. Two of these are ancestors of Dr. Frank (Wikipedia -- Samuel Wardwell and Mary Ayers Parker) -- (WikiTree -- Samuel Wardwell and Mary Ayers Parker) through his grandmother, Lucy Foster (Wilson) Gardner.

Now, the title? Giles was pressed for a couple of days before he succumbed. His friend, John Gardner son of Thomas and Margaret, was there.

The topic of 1692 events will come up for discussion in the near future. To facilitate this discussion, here are related posts for reference:

• Great Salem Fire of 1914 (4 Jun 2014) -- Started on upper Boston Street and ran down to the shore. 
• Andover ordeal (28 Apr 2014) -- While researching Samuel and Mary, we were following the Wilson line of Lucy. There were two generations that married and doubled down on the witch connections. Samuel's granddaughter lost twelve of fourteen of her children in their childhood. 
• Essex recollections (3 Sep 2013) -- About the extended family and friends of Francis Dane who were impacted by the Salem madness.   
• Meeting, again (10 Feb 2013) -- More background. 
• Imagine a meeting (28 Oct 2012) -- Provides some background and builds a table of participant who were not victims and who are related to Dr. Frank. 
• Gardner's Beacon, Vol. II, No. 5 (27 Oct 2012) -- John Goff, Salem antiquarian, wrote of the Witch House. The theme of this post was a continuation. 
• 1692 theme, again (24 Oct 2012) -- Comments while getting Gardner's Beacon Vol. II, No. 5. ready for release. 
• Salem's madness (19 Nov 2011) -- The English had been mad before. 
• Gardner's Beacon, Vol. I, No. 4 (21 Oct 2011) -- Got into the theme early. First look at how the incident related to the Gardner family. 
• Ruth Gardner (18 Sep 2011) -- Daughter of George Gardner, wife of John Hathorne. 

The next issue of Gardner's Beacon will go into this subject a little more. Namely, the commercially exploited look at the witches who were not while 150 graves were disturbed from which event we need to know how many were just stone moves with the remains moved without due notice. One thing to do would be to get a list of people, as best we can, who were buried on Gardner Hill. 

Remarks: Modified: 09/21/2021

10/10/2018 -- Added Essex recollections, and others. Now that we have Dr. Frank's pedigree in WikiTree, we can use it for articles.

09/21/2021 --  Tomorrow is the day of remembrance for several persons, including Samuel Wardwell and Mary Ayers Parker. This article in The Essex Genealogist was motivated, in part, by an article that they produce with regard to Rev. Francis Dane and his association with several persons on the various sides of this event. The first effort was the post titled "Imagine a meeting" with a similar table showing some of parties who were there in various roles.  

Trials of the Wilson Family, TEG 34:3, by J. M. Switlik