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Legal Executions in New England by
Between 1623 and 1960 (the date of the last execution as of 1999), Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont legally put to death more than 700 men and women for a wide variety of capital crimes ranging from army desertion to murder. This companion volume to the previously released Legal Executions in New York State (McFarland,1997) is comprised of chronologically arranged biographical entries for the executed persons. Each entry gives personal data on the executed person, including age, ethnicity, and gender, as well as a detailed account of the crime for which he or she was sentenced to death and information on the place and method of execution. Fully indexed.
| Name | Date | Cause | Method |
| Nepaupack | October 30, 1639 | Murder | Beheading |
| George Spencer | April 8, 1642 | Bestiality | Hanging |
| Busheage | August 1644 | Murder | Beheading |
| William Plaine | June 1646 | Blasphemy and Pederasty | Hanging |
| Alse Young | May 26, 1647 | Witchcraft | Hanging |
| Mary Johnson | December 1648 | Witchcraft | Hanging |
| Thomas Newton | May 27, 1650 | Adultery | Hanging |
| John Carrington | April 1, 1651 | Witchcraft | Unknown |
| Joan Carrington | April 1, 1651 | Witchcraft | Unknown |
| Goodwife Bassett | June 1651 | Witchcraft | Hanging |
| Goodwife Knapp | November 1653 | Witchcraft | Hanging |
| Lydia Gilbert | December 15, 1654 | Murder and Witchcraft | Unknown |
| Walter Robinson | March 4, 1655 | Bestiality | Hanging |
| John Knight | June 1655 | Pederasty | Hanging |
| William Potter | June 6, 1662 | Bestiality | Hanging |
| Mary Sanford | June 25, 1662 | Witchcraft | Hanging |
| Rebecca Greensmith | January 25, 1663 | Witchcraft | Hanging |
| Nathaniel Greensmith | January 25, 1663 | Witchcraft | Hanging |
| Mary Barnes | January 1663 | Witchcraft | Hanging |
| Peter Abbott | October 16, 1667 | Murder | Hanging |
| Ruth Briggs | June 1668 | Murder | Hanging |
| Thomas Rood | October 18, 1672 | Incest | Hanging |
| Henry Green | June 1, 1675 | Murder | Hanging |
| Negro Cloyes | June 1, 1675 | Murder | Hanging |
| Canonchet | April 4, 1676 | Murder and Sedition | Firing Squad |
| Choos | September 1676 | Murder and Sedition | Unknown |
| Benjamin Tuttle | June 13, 1677 | Murder | Hanging |
| John Stoddard | October 9, 1678 | Murder | Hanging |
| Squampam | March 2, 1686 | Murder | Hanging |
| Daniel Matthews | November 1, 1694 | Rape | Hanging |
| Name | Date | Cause | Method |
| Abigail Thompson | May 27, 1708 | Murder | Hanging |
| Waisoiusksquaw | May 15, 1711 | Murder | Hanging |
| Negro Coffee | March 15, 1720 | Murder | Hanging |
| Negress Hannah | September 15, 1731 | Murder | Hanging |
| Katharine Garrett | May 3, 1738 | Murder | Hanging |
| Negro Jack | November 16, 1743 | Rape | Hanging |
| Negress Kate | November 16, 1743 | Murder | Hanging |
| Negro Barney | November 16, 1743 | Malicious Maiming | Maiming |
| Elizabeth Shaw | December 18, 1745 | Murder | Hanging |
| Negro Cuff | May 15, 1749 | Rape | Hanging |
| Sarah Bramble | November 21, 1753 | Murder | Hanging |
| Isaac Frasier | September 7, 1768 | Habitual Criminal | Hanging |
| John Jacob | November 2, 1768 | Murder | Hanging |
| Moses Paul | September 2, 1772 | Murder | Hanging |
| Moses Dunbar | March 19, 1777 | Treason | Hanging |
| Daniel Griswold | May 5, 1777 | Espionage and Treason | Hanging |
| William Stone | May 28, 1777 | Espionage, Treason, and Sedition | Hanging |
| Robert Thompson | June 9, 1777 | Espionage, Treason, and Sedition | Hanging |
| John Dennis | August 6, 1777 | Murder | Hanging |
| Elisha Smith | October 1778 | Army Desertion and Treason | Hanging |
| John Blair | November 3, 1778 | Espionage and Sedition | Hanging |
| David Farnsworth | November 3, 1778 | Espionage and Sedition | Hanging |
| Edward Jones | February 8, 1779 | Espionage | Firing Squad |
| John Smith | February 8, 1779 | Army Desertion | Firing Squad |
| Barnett Davenport | May 8, 1780 | Murder | Hanging |
| Alexander McDowell | March 21, 1780 | Army Desertion | Unknown |
| Thomas Goss | November 7, 1785 | Murder | Hanging |
| Hannah Occuish | December 20, 1786 | Murder | Hanging |
| Joseph Mountain | October 20, 1790 | Rape | Hanging |
| Richard Doane | June 10, 1797 | Murder | Hanging |
| Thomas Starr | June 14, 1797 | Murder | Hanging |
| Negro Anthony | November 8, 1798 | Rape | Hanging |
| Name | Date | Cause | Method |
| Caleb Adams | November 29, 1803 | Murder | Hanging |
| Samuel Freeman | November 5, 1805 | Murder | Hanging |
| Harry Niles | November 4, 1807 | Murder | Hanging |
| Miner Babcock | June 6, 1816 | Murder | Hanging |
| Peter Lung | June 20, 1816 | Murder | Hanging |
| Amos Adams | November 13, 1817 | Rape | Hanging |
| George Henry Washington | June 1, 1824 | Murder | Hanging |
| Oliver Watkins | August 2, 1831 | Murder | Hanging |
| William Teller | September 6, 1833 | Murder | Hanging |
| Caesar Reynolds | September 6, 1833 | Murder | Hanging |
| David Sherman | June 17, 1834 | Murder | Hanging |
| Lucien Hall | June 20, 1844 | Murder | Hanging |
| Andrew Potter | July 20, 1846 | Murder | Hanging |
| Henry Leander Foote | October 2, 1850 | Murder | Hanging |
| James McCaffrey | October 2, 1850 | Murder | Hanging |
| Michael Jennings | July 11, 1854 | Murder | Hanging |
| Gerald Toole | September 19, 1862 | Murder | Hanging |
| Albert Starkweather | August 17, 1866 | Murder | Hanging |
| James Wilson | October 13, 1871 | Murder | Hanging |
| Edwin Hoyt | May 30, 1880 | Murder | Hanging |
| Henry Hamlin | May 28, 1880 | Murder | Hanging |
| Philip Pallidona | October 5, 1888 | Murder | Hanging |
| John Swift | April 18, 1889 | Murder | Hanging |
| Jacob Scheele | June 18, 1891 | Murder | Hanging |
| Angelo Petrillo | November 14, 1892 | Murder | Hanging |
| John Cronin | December 18, 1894 | Murder | Hanging |
| Kaspar Hartlein | December 3, 1896 | Murder | Hanging |
| Thomas Kippie | July 14, 1897 | Murder | Hanging |
| Giuseppe Fuda | December 3, 1897 | Murder | Hanging |
| Nicodemo Imposino | December 17, 1897 | Murder | Hanging |
| Charles Boinay | April 14, 1898 | Murder | Hanging |
| Benjamin Willis | December 30, 1898 | Murder | Hanging |
| Frederick Brockhaus | September 6, 1899 | Murder | Hanging |
| Name | Date | Cause | Method |
| Charles Cross | July 20, 1900 | Murder | Hanging |
| Paul Misik | September 22, 1903 | Murder | Hanging |
| Joseph Watson | November 17, 1904 | Murder | Hanging |
| Gershon Marx | May 18, 1905 | Murder | Hanging |
| Ephraim Sherouk | January 9, 1906 | Murder | Hanging |
| Henry Bailey | April 16, 1907 | Murder | Hanging |
| Alexander Herman | May 10, 1907 | Murder | Hanging |
| John Washelesky | July 1, 1908 | Murder | Hanging |
| Lorenzo Rossi | July 24, 1908 | Murder | Hanging |
| John Zett | December 21, 1908 | Murder | Hanging |
| Giuseppe Campagnolo | February 24, 1909 | Murder | Hanging |
| Raffaele Carafaro | February 24, 1909 | Murder | Hanging |
| John Zawedzianczek | February 9, 1910 | Murder | Hanging |
| Andrea Tanganelli | March 29, 2012 | Murder | Hanging |
| George Redding | November 1, 1912 | Murder | Hanging |
| Louis Saxon | June 27, 1913 | Murder | Hanging |
| James Plew | March 4, 1914 | Murder | Hanging |
| Matijius Rikteraitis | May 8, 1914 | Murder | Hanging |
| Joseph Buonomo | June 30, 1914 | Murder | Hanging |
| Joseph Bergeron | August 11, 1914 | Murder | Hanging |
| Bernard Montvid | August 13, 1915 | Murder | Hanging |
| Frank Grela | August 13, 1915 | Murder | Hanging |
| Isaac Williams | March 3, 1916 | Murder | Hanging |
| Harry Roe | March 3, 1916 | Murder | Hanging |
| Pasquale Zuppa | March 10, 1916 | Murder | Hanging |
| Joseph Castelli | October 5, 1917 | Murder | Hanging |
| Francesco Vetere | October 5, 1917 | Murder | Hanging |
| Giovanni Don Vanso | November 16, 1917 | Murder | Hanging |
| Stephen Buglione | November 16, 1917 | Murder | Hanging |
| William Wise | December 14, 1917 | Murder | Hanging |
| Carmine Lanzillo | June 17, 1918 | Murder | Hanging |
| Carmine Pisaniello | June 17, 1918 | Murder | Hanging |
| Francesco Dusso | June 17, 1918 | Murder | Hanging |
| Erasmo Peretta | June 27, 1918 | Murder | Hanging |
| Joseph Peretta | June 27, 1918 | Murder | Hanging |
| Nikifor Nechesnook | December 3, 1919 | Murder | Hanging |
| Daniel Cerrone | March 5, 1920 | Murder | Hanging |
| Elwood Wade | May 20, 1921 | Murder | Hanging |
| John Kausarauskas | May 27, 1921 | Murder | Hanging |
| Emil Schutte | October 24, 1922 | Murder | Hanging |
| Gerald Chapman | April 6, 1926 | Murder | Hanging |
| Chin Lung | November 8, 1927 | Murder | Hanging |
| Soo Hoo Wing | November 8, 1927 | Murder | Hanging |
| John Feltovic | December 10, 1929 | Murder | Hanging |
| Frank DiBattista | February 21, 1930 | Murder | Hanging |
| Henry Oswald Lorenz | August 12, 1930 | Murder | Hanging |
| John Simborski | April 7, 1930 | Murder | Hanging |
| Joseph James McElroy | February 10, 1937 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Frank Palka | April 12, 1938 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Vincent Cotts | April 29, 1940 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Ira Allen Weaver | April 29, 1940 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Peter Gurski | February 23, 1943 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Wilson Funderburk | April 20, 1943 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Carlo James DeCaro | May 3, 1944 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Nicholas Rossi | June 18, 1945 | Murder | Electrocution |
| James McCarthy | October 1, 1946 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Arthur Tommeselli | October 1, 1946 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Raymond Lewie | October 1, 1946 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Robert Bradley | July 11, 1955 | Murder | Electrocution |
| John Donahue | July 18, 1955 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Robert Malm | July 18, 1955 | Murder | Electrocution |
| George Davies | October 20, 1959 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Frank Wojculewicz | October 26, 1959 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Joseph Taborsky | May 17, 1960 | Murder | Electrocution |
| Name | Date | Cause | Method |
| Michael Ross | May 13, 2005 | Murder | Lethal Injection |
| Name | Date of Crime | Date of Sentence | Cause |
| Robert Breton | Decmber 13, 1987 | October 27, 1989 | Murder |
| Sedrick Cobb | December 16, 1989 | August 13, 1991 | Murder |
| Daniel Webb | August 24, 1989 | September 12, 1991 | Murder |
| Richard Reynolds | December 18, 1992 | April 13, 1995 | Murder |
| Todd Rizzo | September 1997 | June 23, 2005 | Murder |
| Jessie Campbell, III | August 26, 2000 | August 16, 2007 | Murder |
| Russell Peeler, Jr. | January 7, 1999 | December 10, 2007 | Murder |
| Lazale Ashby | December 2, 2002 | March 28, 2008 | Murder |
| Steven Hayes | July 23, 2007 | December 2, 2010 | Murder |
| Joshua Komisarjevsky | July 23, 2007 | January 27, 2012 | Murder |
| Richard Roszkowski | September 2006 | May 22, 2014 | Murder |
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