List of people executed in Massachusetts

This is a list of at least 354 people executed in Massachusetts, United States. ^{[1] [2]} Capital punishment in Massachusetts was ruled unconstitutional in 1984 and effectively abolished in 2014. ^[3]

1630–1699

Bracketed question marks ( [?] ) denote that only part of a person's name is known.

1630-1699: 102 executions

Name	Race	Age	Gender	Occupation	Date of execution	Crime	Method of execution	County
John Billington	White	40	Male	?	1630-09-30	Murder of John Newcomen	Hanging	Bristol
John Williams	White		Male	Carpenter	1637	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Worcester
William Schooler	White		Male	Guide	1637-09-23	Murder	Hanging	Plymouth
Thomas Jackson	White		Male	Indentured Servant [4]	1638-09-04	Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang)	Hanging	Plymouth [5]
Arthur Peach	White	18-20	Male	Indentured Servant [4]	1638-09-04	Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang)	Hanging	Plymouth [5]
Richard Stinnings	White		Male	Indentured Servant [4]	1638-09-04	Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang)	Hanging	Plymouth [5]
Dorothy Talbye	White		Female	Housewife	1638-12-06	Murder	Hanging	Plymouth
William Hackett	White	18	Male	Servant	1641-12-10	Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality	Hanging	Plymouth
Thomas Granger	White	17	Male	Servant	1642-09-08	Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality	Hanging	Suffolk
James Britton	White		Male	?	1643-03-21	Adultery	Hanging	Suffolk
Mary Latham	White	18	Female	Housewife	1643-03-21	Adultery	Hanging	Plymouth
William Franklin	White		Male	Farmer	1644-04-08	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Mary Martin	White	22	Female	Servant	1646	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Alice Bishop	White		Female	?	1648	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Margaret Jones	White		Female	Housewife	1648-06-15	Witchcraft	Hanging	Suffolk
[?] Kendall	White		Female	Housewife	1651	Witchcraft	Hanging	Plymouth
Mary Parsons	White		Female	Housewife	1651-05-29	Witchcraft	Hanging	Suffolk
Ann Hibbens	White		Female	Widow	1656-06-19	Witchcraft	Hanging	Middlesex
William Robinson	White		Male	?	1659-01-22	Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr	Hanging	Suffolk
Marmaduke Stevenson	White		Male	?	1659-01-22	Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr	Hanging	Suffolk
Mary Dyer	White	49	Female	Housewife	1660-06-01	Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr	Hanging	Suffolk
William Leddra	White		Male	?	1661-03-14	Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr	Hanging	Suffolk
Samuel Bellamy	?		Male	Pirate	1661	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1661	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1661	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1661	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1661	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1661	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	Native American		Male	?	1670	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown] (son of Matoonas) [6]	Native American		Male	?	1671	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
William Forrest	?		Male	Pirate	1672	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Alexander Wilson	?		Male	Pirate	1672	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
John Smith	?		Male	Pirate	1672	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Tom	Native American		Male	?	1674	Rape	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	?	1674-01-18	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	?	1674-01-18	Murder	Hanging	?
Benjamin Gourd	White	17	Male	?	1674-04-02	Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality	Hanging	Suffolk
Samuel Guile	White		Male	?	1675-01-16	Rape	Hanging	Suffolk
Nicholas Feavor	White		Male	Servant	1675-03-18	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Robert Driver	White		Male	Servant	1675-03-18	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Tobias	Native American		Male	?	1675-06-08	Murder	Hanging	Plymouth
Mattashunnamo	Native American		Male	?	1675-06-08	Murder	Hanging	Plymouth
Wampapaquan	Native American		Male	?	1675-06 (after June 8)	Murder	Shooting	Plymouth
John Littlejohn	Native American		Male	?	1675-09-22	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Samuel Guile, Jr. [7]	White	32	Male	?	1675-10-16	Rape	Hanging	Suffolk
Basto (Cox)	Black		Male	Slave	1676	Rape	Hanging	Suffolk
Matoonas	Native American		Male	?	1676-07-27	Murder	Shooting	Suffolk
[Unknown]	Native American		Male	?	1676	?	Shooting	Suffolk
[Unknown]	Native American		Male	?	1676	?	Shooting	Suffolk
[Unknown]	Native American		Male	?	1676	?	Shooting	Suffolk
[Unknown]	Native American		Male	?	1676	?	Shooting	Suffolk
[Unknown]	Native American		Male	?	1676	?	Shooting	Suffolk
[Unknown]	Native American		Male	?	1676	?	Shooting	Suffolk
[Unknown]	Native American		Male	?	1676	?	Shooting	Suffolk
[Unknown]	Native American		Male	?	1676	?	Shooting	Suffolk
Daniel Goble	White		Male	?	1676	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Stephen Goble	White		Male	?	1676	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Daniel Hoare	White		Male	?	1676	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Nathaniel Wilder	White		Male	?	1676	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Marja (Lamb)	Black		Female	Slave	1681-09-22	Arson	Burning	Suffolk
Jack (Wolcott)	Black		Male	Slave	1681-09-22	Arson	Hanging	Suffolk
William Cheney	White		Male	Planter	1681-09-22	Rape	Hanging	Suffolk
Mrs. Henry Lake	White		Female	Housewife	1684	Witchcraft	Hanging	Suffolk
James Morgan	White		Male	?	1685-03-11	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Ann Glover	White		Female	Housewife	1688-11-16	Witchcraft	Hanging	?
Samuel Watts	?		Male	Pirate	1689	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
William Coward	?		Male	Pirate	1689-01-17	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Thomas Johnson	?		Male	Pirate	1689-01-17	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
James Hawkins	White		Male	Pirate	1689-01-27	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1689-01-27	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1689-01-27	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1689-01-27	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1689-01-27	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1689-01-27	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1689-01-27	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]	?		Male	Pirate	1689-01-27	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Pammatoock	Native American		Male	?	1689-09-26	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Hugh Stone	White		Male	?	1690	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Bridget Bishop	White	60	Female	?	1692-06-10	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	Hanging	Essex
Sarah Good	White	39	Female	?	1692-07-19	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	Hanging	Essex
Elizabeth Howe	White	57	Female	?			Hanging	Essex
Susannah Martin	White	71	Female	?			Hanging	Essex
Rebecca Nurse	White	71	Female	?			Hanging	Dukes
Sarah Wildes	White	65	Female	Housewife			Hanging	Essex
George Burroughs	White	40-42	Male	Clergyman	1692-08-19	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	Hanging	Essex
Martha Carrier	White	42-49	Female	?			Hanging	Essex
George Jacobs, Sr.	White	83	Male	?			Hanging	Essex
John Proctor	White	60	Male	?			Hanging	Essex
John Willard	White	35	Male	?			Hanging	Essex
Martha Corey	White	72	Female	Housewife	1692-09-22	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	Hanging	Essex
Mary Eastey	White	58	Female	?			Hanging	Essex
Alice Parker	White		Female	?			Hanging	Essex
Mary Parker	White	55	Female	?			Hanging	Essex
Ann Pudeator	White	70	Female	?			Hanging	Essex
Wilmot Redd	White		Female	?			Hanging	Essex
Margaret Scott	White	76	Female	?			Hanging	Essex
Samuel Wardwell	White	49	Male	?			Hanging	Essex
Elizabeth Emmerson	White	28	Female	?	1693-06-08	Murder (Infanticide) [8]	Hanging	Essex
Grace [?] [8]	Black		Female	Indentured Servant [8]	1693-06-08	Murder (Infanticide) [9]	Hanging	Essex
Susanna Andrews	White		Female	?	1696	Concealment of birth	Hanging	Suffolk
Sarah Threeneedles [10]	?		Female	?	1698-11-17	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Sarah Smith	White		Female	?	1699	Murder	Hanging	Plymouth

1700–1799

1700-1799: 107 executions

Name	Age	Race	Gender	Occupation	Date of execution	Crime	Method of execution	County
Esther Rodgers	21	White	Female	Servant	1701-07-15	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Finch		Native American	Male	?	1704	?	Hanging	Suffolk
John Lambert		White	Male	Pirate	1704-06-30	Piracy	Hanging	Essex
John Miller		White	Male	Pirate	1704-06-30	Piracy	Hanging	Nantucket
Erastus Petersen		White	Male	Pirate	1704-06-30	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
John Quelch		White	Male	Pirate	1704-06-30	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Peter Roach		White	Male	Pirate	1704-06-30	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Christopher Scudamore		White	Male	Pirate	1704-06-30	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Josias [?]		Native American	Male	?	1709-01-12	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Joseph [?]		Native American	Male	?	1709-01-12	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Betty [?]		Black	Female	?	1712	?	Hanging	Suffolk
David Wallis		White	Male	Sailor	1713-09	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Margaret Callahan		?	Female	?	1715-06-04	Murder	Hanging	?
Jeremiah Fenwick		White	Male	?	1717	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Thomas Baker		White	Male	?	1715-11-15	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Peter Hoof		White	Male	?	1715-11-15	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
John Brown		White	Male	?	1715-11-15	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
John Shuan		White	Male	?	1715-11-15	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Simon Van Vorst		White	Male	?	1715-11-15	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Hendrick Quintos		White	Male	?	1715-11-15	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Joseph Hanno		Black	Male	?	1721-05-25	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	1723	Arson	Hanging	Suffolk
John Archer	27	White	Male	Seaman	1724-06-02	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
William White	22	White	Male	Seaman	1724-06-02	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Samuel Cole		?	Male	Seaman	1726	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
William Fly		White	Male	Seaman	1726	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Henry Grenvil		?	Male	Seaman	1726	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]		Black	Male	Slave	1729	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Richard Wilson		White	Male	?	1732-01-13	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Suffolk
Quincy Julian		Native American	Male	Slave	1733-03-22	Murder	Hanging	Middlesex
Rebekah Chamblit	27	White	Female	?	1733-09-27	Infanticide	Hanging	Suffolk
Amaziah Harding		White	Male	?	1734-06	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Matthew Cushing	22	?	Male	?	1734-10-17	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Suffolk
John Ormsby		?	Male	?	1734-10-17	Murder	Hanging	Barnstable
Sabo J. Nobby		Native American	Male	?	1736	?	Hanging	Suffolk
Hugh Henderson	30	White	Male	?	1737-11-26	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Suffolk
Philip Kennison		?	Male	?	1738-09-13	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Nantucket
Heppy Comfort		Native American	Male	?	1739	?	Hanging	Worcester
[Garnier]		Black	Male	Slave	1741-01	Arson	Hanging	Middlesex
Jeffrey [?]		Black	Male	Slave	1745	Murder	Hanging	Nantucket
[Unknown]		Black	?	Slave	1749	?	Hanging	Suffolk
[Unknown]		Black	?	Slave	1749	?	Burning	Worcester
Henry Jude		Native American	Male	?	1750	?	Hanging	?
David [?]		Black	Male	Servant	1751-05-16	Murder	Hanging	?
William Welch		?	Male	?	1754-04-11	Murder	Hanging	Nantucket
William Weir		?	Male	?	1754-11-19	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Mark Codman		Black	Male	Slave	1755-09-18	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Phillis Codman		Black	Female	Slave	1755-09-18	Murder	Burning	Suffolk
John Harrington		White	Male	?	1757-03-17	Murder	Hanging	Middlesex
Bristol [?]	16	Black	Male	?	1763-12-01	Murder	Hanging	Middlesex
Joseph Lightley		?	Male	?	1765-11-21	Murder	Hanging	Middlesex
Nathan Quibby		Native American	Male	?	1768-05-26	Murder	Hanging	Bristol
Arthur [?]	21	Black	Male	Slave	1767-10-20	Rape	Hanging	Middlesex
Richard Ames		White	Male	Soldier	1768-01-31	Desertion	Shooting	Nantucket
Tom Ichabod		Native American	Male	?	1769	?	Hanging	Worcester
Joel Elisa		Native American	Male	?	1769	?	Hanging	Suffolk
Simon Hews		Native American	Male	?	1769	?	Hanging	Nantucket
William Lindsay		?	Male	?	1770-01-25	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Nantucket
William Shaw		White	Male	?	1770-12-13	Murder	Hanging	Nantucket
Bryan Sheehan	39	White	Male	?	1772-01-16	Rape	Hanging	Worcester
Levi Ames		White	Male	?	1773-01-21	Murder	Hanging	Hampden
Valentine Ducat		White	Male	Soldier	1774-09-01	Desertion	Shooting	Essex
William Ferguson		White	Male	Soldier	1774-12-24	Desertion	Shooting	Suffolk
Elijah Woodward		White	Male	Soldier	1777-01-05	Desertion	Shooting	Suffolk
William Brooks		White	Male	Soldier	1778-07-02	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
James Buchanan	30	White	Male	Soldier	1778-07-02	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Ezra Ross	16	White	Male	Soldier	1778-07-02	Murder	Hanging	Worcester
Bathsheba Spooner	32	White	Female	Housewife	1778-07-02	Murder	Hanging	Worcester
Robert Young	29	White	Male	Soldier	1779-11-11	Rape	Hanging	Worcester
William Huggins		White	Male	?	1783-06-19	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Worcester
John Mansfield		White	Male	?	1783-06-19	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Worcester
Cassumo Garcelli	23	White	Male	?	1784-01-15	Murder	Hanging	Worcester
Dirick Grout (or Dirach Grout) [11]	36	White	Male	?	1784-01-28	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Worcester
Francis Coven (or Francis Couvin) [11]	22	White	Male	?	1784-01-28	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Suffolk
John Dixson (or John Dixon) [11]		White	Male	?	1784-11-11	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Suffolk
Alexander White	22	White	Male	Seaman	1784-11-18	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Suffolk
Richard Barrick		?	Male	?	1784-11-18	Robbery	Hanging	Bristol
John Sullivan		?	Male	?	1784-11-18	Robbery	Hanging	Middlesex
Thomas Archibald		?	Male	?	1785-05-05	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Middlesex
William Scott		?	Male	?	1785-05-05	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Hampshire
Hannah Piggen (or Hannah Piggin, or Hannah Pigeon) [10]		Native American	Female	?	1785-07-21 [11]	Concealment of birth	Hanging	Hampshire
Johnson Greene (or Johnson Green) [11]	29	Black	Male	?	1786-08-17	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Suffolk
Isaac Combs (or Isaac Coombs) [11]	39	Native American	Male	Peddler	1786-12-21	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Peter Wilcox, Jr.		?	Male	?	?	Murder	Hanging	Berkshire
John Sheehan (or John Shean) [11]	24	White	Male	?	1787-11-22	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Worcester
John Bly		White	Male	?	1787-12-06	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Essex
Charles Rose		White	Male	?	1787-12-06	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Suffolk
William Clarke		?	Male	?	1787-12-06	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Hampshire
Joseph Taylor		?	Male	?	1788-05-08	Robbery	Hanging	Berkshire
Archibald Taylor		?	Male	?	1788-05-08	Robbery	Hanging	Berkshire
Abigail Converse (or Abiel Converse, [10] or Abiah Converse) [11]	32 [12]	White [12] [a]	Female	?	1788-07-06	Murder of her illegitimate child [13]	Hanging	Suffolk
John O'Neil		?	Male	?	1788-09-04	Murder	Hanging	Bristol
William Danesse (or William Denossee) [11]		?	Male	?	1789-10-08	Robbery	Hanging	Suffolk
William Smith		?	Male	?	1789-10-08	Robbery	Hanging	Hampshire
Rachel Wall		29	Female	Pirate	1789-10-08	Robbery	Hanging	Suffolk
Edward Vail Brown [11]		White	Male	?	1790-10-14	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Suffolk
John Bailey		Black	Male	?	1790-10-14	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Suffolk
Samuel Hadlock		?	Male	?	1790-10-28	Murder	Hanging	Lincoln
Samuel Frost	29	White	Male	Farmhand	1793-10-31	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
John Baptiste Collins		?	Male	Pirate	1794-07-30	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	Hanging	Suffolk
Emanuel Furtado (or Manuel Furtado, or Edmund Fortis) [11]		?	Male	Pirate	1794-07-30	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	Hanging	Worcester
Augustus Palacha (or Augustus Poleski)		?	Male	Pirate	1794-07-30	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	Hanging	Suffolk
Pomp [Furbish]		Black	Male	Slave	1795-08-06 (or 1795-08-10) [11]	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Henry Blackburn (or Henry Blackbourne) [11]		White	Male	Chimney Sweep	1796-01-14	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Suffolk
John Stewart		White	Male	?	1797-04-06	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Essex
Stephen Smith [14]	28	Black	Male	Escaped Slave	1797-10-12	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Essex
Samuel Smith		?	Male	?	1799-12-26	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	Middlesex

1800–1899

1800-1899: 79 executions

Name	Race	Age	Gender	Occupation	Date of execution	Crime	Method of execution	County
Jason Fairbanks	White	21	Male	?	1801-09-10	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Ebenezer Mason	White		Male	Laborer	1802-01-07	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
John Battles (or John Battes, or John Battis) [11]	Black	19	Male	?	1804-11-08	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Norfolk
Ephiram Wheeler (or Ephraim Wheeler) [11]	White		Male	?	1806-02-06	Rape	Hanging	Hampshire
Dominic Daley	White	36	Male	?	1806-06-05	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Norfolk
James Halligan	White	28	Male	?	1806-06-05	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Norfolk
Joseph Drew	?		Male	?	1808-07-21	Murder	Hanging	?
Ebenezer Ball	?		Male	?	1811-10-31	Murder	Hanging	?
Samuel Tully	White	42	Male	Pirate	1812-12-10	Piracy	Hanging	Hampshire
Henry Pyner	Black		Male	?	1813-11-05	Rape	Hanging	Suffolk
Ezra Hutchinson	?		Male	?	1813-11-18	Rape	Hanging	Berkshire
Henry Phillips	White		Male	Seaman	1817-03-13	Murder	Hanging	Berkshire
John Williams	White	30	Male	Seaman	1819-02-18	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	Hanging	Hampshire
Francis Frederick	White		Male	Seaman	1819-02-18	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	Hanging	Suffolk
John P. Rog	White	30	Male	Seaman	1819-02-18	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	Hanging	Suffolk
Peter Peterson (or Nils Peterson)	White	20	Male	Seaman	1819-02-18	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	Hanging	Suffolk
Peter Johnson	Black		Male	?	1819-11-25	Rape	Hanging	Suffolk
Michael Powers	White	51	Male	Laborer	1820-05-25	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Warren Fawsett (or Thomas Warrington)	?		Male	Pirate	1820-06-15	Murder on the High Seas	Hanging	Berkshire
William Holmes	?		Male	Pirate	1820-06-15	Murder on the High Seas	Hanging	Suffolk
Edward Rosewaine	?		Male	Pirate	1820-06-15	Murder on the High Seas	Hanging	Suffolk
Stephen Clarke (or Stephen M. Clark)	White	16	Male	?	1821-05-10	Arson	Hanging	Suffolk
Michael Martin	White	46	Male	Highwayman	1821-12-20	Robbery	Hanging	Suffolk
Samuel Clisby	?		Male	?	1822-03-07	Robbery	Hanging	Essex
Gilbert Close	?		Male	?	1822-03-07	Robbery	Hanging	Middlesex
Samuel Green	White	26	Male	Convict	1822-04-25	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Perez Anthony (or Perry Anthony)	Black		Male	Seaman	1824-12-21	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Horace Carter	White		Male	?	1825-12-07 (or 1825-12-08)	Rape	Hanging	Suffolk
John Holloran	White		Male	?	1826-03-03	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Samuel Chase (or Samuel P. Charles)	Native American		Male	?	1826-11-22 (or 1826-11-26)	Murder	Hanging	Worcester
Duncan White	White		Male	Seaman	1827-02-01	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Winslow Curtis	White		Male	Seaman	1827-02-01	Piracy	Hanging	Berkshire
John Boies	White		Male	?	1829-07-07	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
John F. Knapp	White	20	Male	Shipmaster	1830-09-28	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Joseph J. Knapp, Jr.	White		Male	Shipmaster	1830-12-31	Murder	Hanging	Norfolk
Joseph Gadett	Black		Male	Pirate	1831-07-01	Piracy	Hanging	Essex
Thomas Collinet	Black		Male	Pirate	1831-07-01	Piracy	Hanging	Essex
Henry Joseph	Black		Male	Seaman	1834-12-02	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Pedro Gibbert	Hispanic		Male	Seaman	1835-06-09	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Manuel Boyga	Hispanic		Male	Seaman	1835-06-09	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Manuel Castello	Hispanic		Male	Seaman	1835-06-09	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Angel Garcia	Hispanic		Male	Seaman	1835-06-09	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Juan Montenegro	Hispanic		Male	Seaman	1835-06-09	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Francisco Ruiz	Hispanic		Male	Seaman	1835-09-12	Piracy	Hanging	Suffolk
Simeon Crockett	White	27	Male	Carpenter	1836-03-16	Arson	Hanging	Suffolk
Stephen Russell	White		Male	Carpenter	1836-03-16	Arson	Hanging	Suffolk
Thomas Barrett	White		Male	?	1845-01-03	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Suffolk
Washington Goode	?		Male	Seaman	1849-05-25	Murder	Hanging	Middlesex
Daniel H. Pearson [15] [b]	White	41	Male	?	1850-07-20	Murder	Hanging	Worcester
John White Webster	White		Male	Medical professional	1850-08-30	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
James Clough	White	29	Male	?	1854-04-28	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
Thomas Casey	White	22	Male	?	1854-09-29	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
James McGee	?		Male	Convict	1858-06-25	Murder	Hanging	Bristol
Alexander Desmarteau	White	24	Male	?	1861-04-26	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Hampden
George Hersey	White	29	Male	Cobbler	1862-08-08	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
James Callender	Black		Male	?	1863-11-06	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Norfolk
Edward Green	White	33	Male	Postmaster	1866-04-13	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Norfolk
Silas James	White	31	Male	Gambler	1868-09-25	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Berkshire
Charles James	White	22	Male	?	1868-09-25	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Middlesex
James McElhaney	White		Male	?	1873-03-21	Murder	Hanging	Worcester
Albert Smith	White		Male	?	1873-06-27	Murder	Hanging	Worcester
William Sturtevant	White		Male	Factory Worker	1875-05-02	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Suffolk
James Costley	White		Male	Innkeeper	1875-06-25	Murder	Hanging	Hampden
George Pemberton	?		Male	?	1875-01-08	Murder	Hanging	Plymouth
Thomas W. Piper	White	27	Male	Church janitor	1876-05-26	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Norfolk
Samuel Frost	White		Male	?	1876-05-26	Murder	Hanging	Suffolk
John Ten Eyck	Black	46	Male	Laborer	1878-08-16	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Suffolk
William Devlin	White		Male	Mill foreman	1879-03-13	Murder	Hanging	Worcester
Alan Adams	White	44	Male	Whaler	1881-04-16	Murder	Hanging	Berkshire
Joseph Loomis	?		Male	?	1883-03-08	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Middlesex
Samuel Besse	?		Male	?	1887-03-10	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Hampden
James Nowlin	White	18	Male	Milkman	1888-01-20	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Middlesex
Walter Holmes	?		Male	?	1893-02-03	Murder	Hanging	Plymouth
William Coy	White		Male	Wood chopper	1893-03-03	Murder	Hanging	Middlesex
Daniel Robertson	White	49	Male	Carpenter	1894-12-04	Murder	Hanging	Hampden
Angus Gilbert	White		Male	?	1896-02-21	Murder-Rape	Hanging	Berkshire
Jack O'Neill	White		Male	?	1898-01-07	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	Bristol
Lorenz Barnes	?		Male	?	1898-03-04	Murder-Burglary	Hanging	Suffolk
Dominique Krathofski	White	29	Male	?	1898-12-30	Murder	Hanging	Franklin

1900–1947

In 1900, Massachusetts installed an electric chair in the Charlestown State Prison; all Massachusetts executions in the 20th century, and the remainder of Massachusetts' executions prior to abolition, were carried out by electrocution. ^[3]

1900-1947: 65 executions

Name	Race	Age	Gender	Occupation	Date of execution	Crime	Method of execution	County
Luigi Storti	White	26	Male	?	1901-12-17	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Franciszek Umilian	White	34	Male	Farmhand	1901-12-24	Murder	Electric chair	Hampden
John Cassels	White	34	Male	Bike repairman	1902-05-06	Murder	Electric chair	Suffolk
John Courtney Best	White	37	Male	Farm laborer	1902-09-09	Murder	Electric chair	Essex
Charles Tucker	White	25	Male	Handyman	1906-06-12	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Hampden
John Schidlofski	White	29	Male	Barber	1906-07-09	Murder	Electric chair	Essex
Hom Woon [16]	Asian	37	Male	Tong member	1909-10-12 [16]	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Min Sing [16]	Asian	31	Male	Tong member	1909-10-12 [16]	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Leong Gong [16]	Asian	19	Male	Tong member	1909-10-12 [16]	Murder	Electric chair	Suffolk
Napoleon Rivet	White	32	Male	?	1910-07-28	Murder	Electric chair	Suffolk
Wassili Ivankowski	White	22	Male	?	1911-03-07	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Suffolk
Andrei Ipson	White	19	Male	?	1911-03-07	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Middlesex
Silas Phelps	White	39	Male	Paper worker	1912-01-26	Murder	Electric chair	Essex
Clarence Richeson	White	36	Male	Clergyman	1912-05-21	Murder	Electric chair	Essex
Harry Marshall	White	25	Male	Fireman	1912-06-06	Murder	Electric chair	Franklin
Bertram Spencer	White	31	Male	Clerk	1912-09-17	Murder-Burglary	Electric chair	Suffolk
Chester Jordan	White	33	Male	Vaudeville	1912-09-24	Murder	Electric chair	Plymouth
Stefan Borasky	White	26	Male	?	1913-06-24	Murder	Electric chair	Hampden
William Door	White	31	Male	Businessman	1914-03-24	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Biago Falzone	White	23	Male	?	1915-05-11	Murder	Electric chair	Hampden
Anton Retkovitz	White	37	Male	?	1916-03-16	Murder	Electric chair	Essex
Francis Ducharme	White	27	Male	Laborer	1917-09-11	Murder-Rape	Electric chair	Middlesex
Francisco Feci	White	37	Male	Laborer	1920-08-16	Murder	Electric chair	Bristol
Paul Dascalakis	White	30	Male	Waiter	1923-07-14	Murder	Electric chair	Hampden
Cyrille Vandenhecke	White	51	Male	Loom fixer	1924-07-30	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Richard Stewart	Black	32	Male	?	1926-05-05	Murder	Electric chair	Suffolk
John McLaughlin	White	30	Male	?	1927-01-06	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Essex
John Devereaux	White	25	Male	?	1927-01-06	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Middlesex
Edward Heinlein	White	26	Male	?	1927-01-06	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Middlesex
Nicola Sacco	White	36	Male	?	1927-08-23	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Norfolk
Bartolomeo Vanzetti	White	33	Male	?	1927-08-23	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Middlesex
Celestino Madeiros	White	24	Male	?	1927-08-23	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Middlesex
Jerry Gedzium	White	23	Male	?	1928-02-28	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Norfolk
Herbert Gleason	White	21	Male	?	1928-03-13	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Norfolk
Nathan DeSatnick	White	25	Male	Fruit peddler	1928-07-17	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
George Taylor	White	47	Male	Barber	1929-03-06	Murder-Rape	Electric chair	Middlesex
Frederick Knowlton, Jr.	White	37	Male	Businessman	1929-05-14	Murder	Electric chair	Worcester
Charles Trippi	White	22	Male	Convict	1929-12-03	Murder	Electric chair	Essex
Paul Hurley	White	20	Male	?	1931-09-15	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Joseph Belenski (or Belanski)	White	38	Male	Farmhand	1931-01-21	Murder	Electric chair	Worcester
Sylvester Fernandes	White	24	Male	?	1932-08-12	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Norfolk
Ahmed Osman	Asian	37	Male	?	1934-01-23	Murder-Rape	Electric chair	Middlesex
Henry "Harry" Clay Bull	White	22	Male	?	1934-02-22	Murder	Electric chair	Barnstable
Herman "Red" Snyder	White	21	Male	?	1934-02-22	Murder	Electric chair	Norfolk
John A. Donnellon	White	24	Male	?	1934-02-22	Murder	Electric chair	Franklin
Alexander Kaminski	White	25	Male	Jail prisoner	1935-02-19	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Abraham Faber	White	25	Male	Businessman	1935-06-07	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Middlesex
Irving Millen	White	22	Male	Criminal	1935-06-07	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Hampden
Murton Millen	White	25	Male	Criminal	1935-06-07	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Norfolk
Miller Clark	White	44	Male	Truck driver	1936-01-14	Murder-Rape	Electric chair	Norfolk
Newell Sherman	White	27	Male	Machinist	1936-08-04	Murder	Electric chair	Norfolk
Anthony Distasio	White	25	Male	?	1938-01-18	Murder	Electric chair	Suffolk
Frank Distasio	White	52	Male	Candy dealer	1938-01-18	Murder	Electric chair	Worcester
Edward Simpson	White	43	Male	Ex-convict	1938-05-13	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Walter St. Saveur	White	22	Male	?	1939-08-02	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Middlesex
Wallace Green	White	22	Male	?	1939-08-02	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Middlesex
Joseph Leo Rousseau	White	29	Male	?	1941-04-22	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Paul Giacomazza	White	19	Male	?	1942-06-30	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
James Nickerson	White	22	Male	?	1942-06-30	Murder	Electric chair	Norfolk
Joseph E. Sheppard	White	25	Male	Mental patient	1943-06-25	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Donald Millard	White	19	Male	Mental patient	1943-06-25	Murder	Electric chair	Middlesex
Robert Hayward Gray [17]	Black [18]	34	Male	Handyman [17]	1943-06-25	Murder-Robbery [19]	Electric chair	Suffolk
Raphael Skopp	White	36	Male	?	1946-08-16	Murder-Robbery	Electric chair	Plymouth
Philip Bellino	White	32	Male	Gangster	1947-05-09	Murder	Electric chair	Suffolk
Edward Gertsen	White	35	Male	Gangster	1947-05-09	Murder	Electric chair	Suffolk

Notes

1. The source states that Abigail/Abiel Converse's family lineage can be traced back to Edward Convers, one of the earliest settlers of the Plymouth Colony in 1630, making it highly likely Abigail/Abiel Converse was white.
2. The Espy Files list his name as just "Pierson," without providing a first name, age, or race.

References regarding Michael Monohon ^{[20] [21] [22] [23]}

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