List of people executed in Connecticut

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This is a list of people executed in Connecticut, prior to the abolition of capital punishment in the state on April 25, 2012. [1]

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NumberNameAgeRaceSexOccupationCrimeDateMethodCountyNotes
1Nepauduck Native American Male Murder January 30, 1639 Beheading New Haven
2 Spencer, George White MaleServant Sodomy April 1, 1642HangingNew HavenNote 5
Plaine, William56WhiteMaleSodomy1646HangingNew HavenNote 4
3['Alse' Young, Alice Young]White Female Witchcraft May 26, 1647Hanging Hartford
4Johnson, MaryWhiteFemale Servant Witchcraft1649Hanging
5Carrington, Sr, John37WhiteMale Carpenter WitchcraftMarch 1651Hanging Hartford
5Carrington, JoanWhiteFemaleHousewifeWitchcraftMarch 1651HangingHartford
5Bassett (Holland), Margery "Goody"WhiteFemale Housewife Witchcraft1651Hanging Fairfield
6Knapp, ElizabethWhiteFemaleHousewifeWitchcraft1653HangingFairfield
7Walter Robinson15WhiteMaleSodomyMarch 1655HangingNew Haven
8John KnightWhiteMaleSodomyJune 1655HangingNew Haven
9Greensmith, NathanielWhiteMaleWitchcraftJanuary 1663HangingHartfordNote 1
10Greensmith, RebeccaWhiteFemaleHousewifeWitchcraftJanuary 1663HangingHartfordNote 1
11Barnes, Mary36WhiteFemaleHousewifeWitchcraft (exonerated 2023) [2] February 24, 1663HangingHartford
12Potter, WilliamWhiteMaleSodomyJune 6, 1662HangingNew Haven
13Native AmericanMaleMurder1700HangingNew HavenNote 2
14Native AmericanMaleMurder1700HangingNew HavenNote 2
15Native AmericanMaleMurder1700HangingNew HavenNote 2
16Garrett, Catherine27Native AmericanFemaleServantMurderMay 3, 1738Hanging New London
17Bramble, SarahWhiteFemaleMurderNovember 21, 1753HangingNew London
18Frazier, IsaacMale Burglary September 1768HangingNew Haven
19Jacobs, JohnNative AmericanMaleMurderNovember 2, 1768Hanging Litchfield
20Paul, MosesNative AmericanMale Drifter MurderSeptember 2, 1772HangingNew Haven
21Dunbar, Moses30WhiteMale Farmer Treason March 19, 1777HangingHartford
22GriswoldWhiteMaleTreason1778HangingNew Haven
23Davenport, Barnet20WhiteMaleServant Murder May 8, 1780HangingLitchfield
24 Ocuish, Hannah 12Native AmericanFemaleMurderDecember 20, 1786HangingNew London
25Mountain, Joseph33 Black Male Rape January 20, 1790HangingNew Haven
26Doane, RichardWhiteMaleMurderJune 10, 1797HangingHartford
27Starr, ThomasWhiteMaleMurderJune 14, 1797Hanging Middlesex
28AnthonyBlackMale Freedman RapeNovember 8, 1798HangingFairfield
29Adams, Caleb18WhiteMale Laborer MurderNovember 29, 1803Hanging Windham
30Freeman, Samuel25BlackMaleMurderNovember 6, 1805HangingWindham
31Niles, HenryNative AmericanMaleMurderNovember 4, 1807HangingNew London
32Babcock, MinerWhiteMaleMurderJune 6, 1816HangingNew London
33Lung, PeterWhiteMaleMurderJune 20, 1816HangingMiddlesex
34Adams, Amos28BlackMaleRapeNovember 30, 1817HangingFairfield
**Bailey, Adonijah79MaleMurder1824HangingWindhamNote 3
35Washington, GeorgeNative AmericanMaleMurderJune 1, 1824Hanging Tolland
36Watkins, OliverWhiteMaleMurderAugust 2, 1831HangingWindham
37Teller, William28WhiteMale Convict MurderSeptember 6, 1833HangingHartfordNote 1
38Reynolds, Caesar30WhiteMaleConvictMurderSeptember 6, 1833HangingHartfordNote 1
39ShermanMaleMurderJune 13, 1834HangingNew London
40Potter, AndrewWhiteMaleMurderJuly 20, 1846HangingNew Haven
41Foote, HenryWhiteMaleMurderJanuary 2, 1850HangingNew HavenNote 1
42McCaffrey, JamesWhiteMaleMurderJanuary 2, 1850HangingNew HavenNote 1
43Jennings, Michael18WhiteMaleMurderJuly 11, 1854HangingNew Haven
44Toole, GeraldMaleConvictMurder1862HangingHartford
45Starkweather, Albert25WhiteMaleFarmerMurderAugust 17, 1866HangingHartford
46Wilson, James47WhiteMaleConvictMurderJanuary 13, 1871HangingHartford
47Hamlin, HenryWhiteMaleConvictMurderMay 28, 1880HangingHartford
48Smith, James "Chip"WhiteMaleMurderSeptember 1, 1882HangingNew Haven
49Palladoni, PhillipWhiteMaleMurderJanuary 5, 1888HangingFairfield
50Swift, JohnWhiteMale Piano player MurderApril 18, 1889HangingHartford
51Scheele, JacobWhiteMale Saloon keeper MurderJune 18, 1891HangingFairfield
52Borjensen, AndrewWhiteMaleLaborerMurderJanuary 29, 1892HangingLitchfield
53Petrillo, AngeloWhiteMaleMurderNovember 14, 1892HangingNew Haven
54Cronin, John38WhiteMaleMurderDecember 18, 1894HangingHartford
55Hartlein, Kaspar40WhiteMaleMurderDecember 13, 1896HangingHartford
56Kippie, Thomas F.42WhiteMaleMurderJuly 14, 1897HangingNew Haven
57Fuda, Giuseppe31WhiteMaleLaborerMurderDecember 3, 1897HangingFairfield
58Imposino, Nicodemo22WhiteMaleLaborerMurderDecember 17, 1897HangingFairfield
59Boinay, Charles A.34WhiteMale Wire weaver MurderApril 14, 1898HangingFairfield
59Willis, Benjamin R.21WhiteMaleMurderDecember 30, 1898HangingFairfield
60Brockhaus, Frederick M.21WhiteMale Criminal MurderSeptember 6, 1899HangingFairfield
61Cross, Charles B.18WhiteMale Farmhand MurderJuly 20, 1900HangingFairfield
62Misik, Paul34WhiteMaleMurderFebruary 11, 1904HangingHartford
63Watson, Joseph18BlackMale Valet MurderNovember 17, 1904HangingHartford
64Marx, Gershon73WhiteMaleFarmerMurderMay 18, 1905HangingNew London
65Sherouk, Ephriam24WhiteMaleLaborerMurderJanuary 9, 1906HangingTolland
66Bailey, Henry G.40WhiteMaleFarmhandMurderApril 16, 1907HangingMiddlesex
67Herman, Alexander26WhiteMaleMurderMay 10, 1907HangingFairfield
68Washelesky, John32WhiteMaleMurderJuly 1, 1908HangingNew Haven
69Rossi, Lorenzo31WhiteMaleMurderJuly 24, 1908HangingHartford
70Zett, John48WhiteMaleMurderDecember 21, 1908HangingTolland
71Campagnolo, Giuseppe28WhiteMaleMurderFebruary 24, 1909HangingNew HavenNote 1
72Carfaro, Raffaele19WhiteMaleMurderFebruary 24, 1909HangingNew HavenNote 1
73Zawedzianczek, John28WhiteMaleMurderFebruary 9, 1910HangingHartford
74Tanganelli, Andrea26WhiteMaleMurderMarch 29, 1912HangingNew Haven
75Redding, George, Jr.21WhiteMale Produce clerk MurderNovember 1, 1912HangingNew Haven
76Saxon, Louis29WhiteMaleMurderJuly 27, 1913HangingHartford
77Plew, James48WhiteMaleFarmhandMurderMarch 4, 1914HangingNew Haven
78Rikteraitis, Matijins29WhiteMaleMurderMay 8, 1914HangingNew Haven
79Buonomo, Joseph24WhiteMaleCriminalMurderJune 30, 1914HangingFairfield
80Bergeron, Joseph40WhiteMaleMurderAugust 11, 1914HangingNew Haven
81Montvid, Bernard23WhiteMaleMurderAugust 6, 1915HangingHartford
82Grela, Frank41WhiteMaleMurderAugust 13, 1915HangingHartford
83Roe, Harry22WhiteMaleMurderMarch 3, 1916HangingHartford [3] Note 1
84Williams, Isaac30WhiteMaleMurderMarch 3, 1916HangingHartford [3] Note 1
85Zuppa, Pasquale28WhiteMaleMurderMarch 10, 1916HangingNew Haven
86Vetere, Francisco25WhiteMale Entertainer MurderOctober 5, 1917HangingNew HavenNote 1
87Castelli, Joseph24WhiteMaleMurderOctober 5, 1917HangingNew HavenNote 1
88Buglione, Stephen20WhiteMaleMurderNovember 16, 1917HangingHartfordNote 1
89Donvanso, Giovanni21WhiteMaleMurderNovember 16, 1917HangingHartfordNote 1
90Wise, William23WhiteMaleMurderDecember 14, 1917HangingHartford
91Dusso, Frank25WhiteMale Longshoreman MurderJune 17, 1918HangingNew HavenNote 2
92Pisaniello, Carmine21WhiteMaleMurderJune 17, 1918HangingNew HavenNote 2
93Lanzillo, Carmine24WhiteMaleLaborerMurderJune 17, 1918HangingNew HavenNote 2
94Perretta, Erasmo28WhiteMaleMurderJune 27, 1919HangingHartfordNote 1
95Perretta, Joseph33WhiteMaleMurderJune 27, 1919HangingHartfordNote 1
96Nechesnook, Nikifor28WhiteMaleMurderDecember 3, 1919HangingNew Haven
97Cerrone, Daniel31WhiteMaleMurderMarch 5, 1920HangingNew Haven
98Wade, Elwood24WhiteMaleMurderMay 20, 1921HangingFairfield
99Kaurawskas, John36WhiteMaleLaborerMurderMay 27, 1921HangingNew Haven
100Schutte, Emil55WhiteMale Merchant MurderOctober 24, 1922HangingMiddlesex
101 Chapman, Gerald 35WhiteMale Gangster MurderApril 6, 1926HangingHartford
102Wing, Soo Hoo19 Asian MaleMurderNovember 8, 1927HangingHartfordNote 1
103Lung, Chin33AsianMaleMurderNovember 8, 1927HangingHartfordNote 1
104Feltovic, John19WhiteMaleMurderDecember 10, 1929HangingFairfield
105Dibattista, Frank26WhiteMaleMurderFebruary 21, 1930HangingHartford
106Lorenzo, Henry26WhiteMaleMurderAugust 12, 1930HangingHartford
107Simborski, John30WhiteMaleMurderApril 7, 1936HangingNew Haven
108McElroy, James45WhiteMale Steamfitter MurderFebruary 10, 1937 Electrocution New Haven
109Palka, Frank26WhiteMale[mechanic]MurderApril 12, 1938ElectrocutionFairfield
110Weaver, Ira36WhiteMale Handyman MurderApril 29, 1940ElectrocutionMiddlesexNote 1
111Cots, Vincent32WhiteMale Mechanic MurderApril 29, 1940ElectrocutionMiddlesexNote 1
112Gurski, Peter28WhiteMaleMurderFebruary 23, 1943ElectrocutionLitchfield
113Funderburk, Wilson38BlackMaleMurderApril 20, 1943ElectrocutionHartford
114Decaro, Carlo20WhiteMale Factory worker MurderMay 3, 1944ElectrocutionHartford
115Rossi, Nicholas33WhiteMaleMurderJune 18, 1945ElectrocutionHartford
116Lewie, Raymond19WhiteMaleConvictMurderOctober 1, 1946ElectrocutionHartfordNote 2
117Tommaselli, Arthur25WhiteMaleConvictMurderOctober 1, 1946ElectrocutionHartfordNote 2
118McCarthy, James21WhiteMaleConvictMurderOctober 1, 1946ElectrocutionHartfordNote 2
119Bradley, Robert38BlackMale Trash collector MurderApril 12, 1948ElectrocutionNew Haven
120Lorain, William34WhiteMaleMurderJuly 11, 1955ElectrocutionHartford
121Malm, Robert32WhiteMale Dishwasher MurderJuly 18, 1955ElectrocutionHartfordNote 1
122Donahue, John22WhiteMale Parolee MurderJuly 18, 1955ElectrocutionFairfieldNote 1
123Davies, George41WhiteMale Machine tool operator MurderSeptember 20, 1959ElectrocutionNew Haven
124Wojculewicz, Frank42WhiteMaleGangsterMurderOctober 26, 1959ElectrocutionHartford
125 Taborsky, Joseph L. 36WhiteMaleGangsterMurderMay 17, 1960ElectrocutionHartford
126 Ross, Michael B. 45WhiteMale Insurance salesman MurderMay 13, 2005 Lethal injection Tolland
Average Age:30.44

Notes:

  1. On this occasion, two executions took place.
  2. On this occasion, three executions took place.
  3. This is what the chart claimed in 2005, but contrary to popular belief, Adonijah Bailey was not the oldest person executed at age 79 in 1824; instead, he was tried and sentenced to death at age 80 in January 1825 for the murder of Jeremiah W. Pollock, and hanged himself on May 24, over 2 weeks before he was to be executed. [4] [5] The title of the oldest person executed goes instead to Gershon Marx, hanged on May 18, 1905, for murder at age 73. [6]
  4. James Savage, ed., John Winthrop, The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, Vol. 2, (Boston:Little, Brown, 1853), page 324. See also Goodheart, where there are 158 death penalty victims identified for Connecticut. [7]
  5. Posthumously pardoned.

Summary

AgeFrequencyPercent
19 and below97%
20 to 293931%
30 to 392520%
40 to 491210%
50 and above22%
Unknown3931%
RaceFrequencyPercent
White10483%
Native American108%
Black76%
Asian22%
Unknown32%
SexFrequencyPercent
Male11793%
Female [8] 97%
CrimeFrequencyPercent
Murder10987%
Witchcraft76%
Sodomy43%
Rape32%
Treason22%
Burglary11%
DateFrequencyPercent
1600 to 16991210%
1700 to 17991613%
1800 to 18993225%
1900 to 19996552%
2000 to present11%
MethodFrequencyPercent
Hanging10785%
Electrocution1814%
Lethal injection11%
CountyFrequencyPercent
Hartford4233%
New Haven3931%
Fairfield1814%
New London86%
Litchfield65%
Middlesex65%
Windham32%
Tolland32%
Unknown11%
Total:126 Executions

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