List of people executed in Massachusetts

This is a list of at least 351 people executed in Massachusetts, United States. ^{[1] [2]} Capital punishment in Massachusetts was ruled unconstitutional and effectively abolished in 1984. ^[3]

1630–1699

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

1630-1699: 102 executions

#	Name	Age	Race	Gender	Occupation	Crime	Date of execution	Method of execution	County
1	John Billington	40	White	Male	?	Murder of John Newcomen	1630-09-30	Hanging	Bristol
2	John Williams		White	Male	Carpenter	Murder-Robbery	1637	Hanging	Worcester
3	William Schooler		White	Male	Guide	Murder	1637-09-23	Hanging	Plymouth
4	Thomas Jackson		White	Male	Indentured Servant [4]	Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang)	1638-09-04	Hanging	Plymouth [5]
5	Arthur Peach	18-20	White	Male	Indentured Servant [4]	Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang)	1638-09-04	Hanging	Plymouth [5]
6	Richard Stinnings		White	Male	Indentured Servant [4]	Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang)	1638-09-04	Hanging	Plymouth [5]
7	Dorothy Talby		White	Female	Housewife	Murder	1638-12-06	Hanging	Plymouth
8	William Hackett	18	White	Male	Servant	Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality	1641-12-10	Hanging	Plymouth
9	Thomas Granger	17	White	Male	Servant	Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality	1642-09-08	Hanging	Suffolk
10	James Britton		White	Male	?	Adultery	1643-03-21	Hanging	Suffolk
11	Mary Latham	18	White	Female	Housewife	Adultery	1643-03-21	Hanging	Plymouth
12	William Franklin		White	Male	Farmer	Murder	1644-04-08	Hanging	Suffolk
13	Mary Martin	22	White	Female	Servant	Murder	1646	Hanging	Suffolk
14	Alice Bishop		White	Female	?	Murder	1648	Hanging	Suffolk
15	Margaret Jones		White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft	1648-06-15	Hanging	Suffolk
16	[?] Kendall		White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft	1651	Hanging	Plymouth
17	Mary Parsons		White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft	1651-05-29	Hanging	Suffolk
18	Ann Hibbens		White	Female	Widow	Witchcraft	1656-06-19	Hanging	Middlesex
19	William Robinson		White	Male	?	Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr	1659-01-22	Hanging	Suffolk
20	Marmaduke Stevenson		White	Male	?	Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr	1659-01-22	Hanging	Suffolk
21	Mary Dyer		White	Female	Housewife	Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr	1660-06-01	Hanging	Suffolk
22	William Leddra		White	Male	?	Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr	1661-03-14	Hanging	Suffolk
23	Samuel Bellamy		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1661	Hanging	Suffolk
24	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1661	Hanging	Suffolk
25	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1661	Hanging	Suffolk
26	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1661	Hanging	Suffolk
27	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1661	Hanging	Suffolk
28	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1661	Hanging	Suffolk
29	[Unknown]		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1670	Hanging	Suffolk
30	[Unknown] (son of Matoonas) [6]		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1671	Hanging	Suffolk
31	William Forrest		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1672	Hanging	Suffolk
32	Alexander Wilson		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1672	Hanging	Suffolk
33	John Smith		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1672	Hanging	Suffolk
34	Tom		Native American	Male	?	Rape	1674	Hanging	Suffolk
35	[Unknown]		?	Male	?	Murder	1674-01-18	Hanging	Suffolk
36	[Unknown]		?	Male	?	Murder	1674-01-18	Hanging	?
37	Benjamin Gourd	17	White	Male	?	Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality	1674-04-02	Hanging	Suffolk
38	Samuel Guile		White	Male	?	Rape	1675-01-16	Hanging	Suffolk
39	Nicholas Feavor		White	Male	Servant	Murder	1675-03-18	Hanging	Suffolk
40	Robert Driver		White	Male	Servant	Murder	1675-03-18	Hanging	Suffolk
41 [7]	Tobias		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1675-06-08	Hanging	Plymouth
42 [7]	Mattashunnamo		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1675-06-08	Hanging	Plymouth
43 [7]	Wampapaquan		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1675-06 (after June 8)	Shooting	Plymouth
44	John Littlejohn		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1675-09-22	Hanging	Suffolk
45	Basto (Cox)		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	1676	Hanging	Suffolk
46	Matoonas		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1676-07-27	Shooting	Suffolk
47	[Unknown]		Native American	Male	?	?	1676	Shooting	Suffolk
48	[Unknown]		Native American	Male	?	?	1676	Shooting	Suffolk
49	[Unknown]		Native American	Male	?	?	1676	Shooting	Suffolk
50	[Unknown]		Native American	Male	?	?	1676	Shooting	Suffolk
51	[Unknown]		Native American	Male	?	?	1676	Shooting	Suffolk
52	[Unknown]		Native American	Male	?	?	1676	Shooting	Suffolk
53	[Unknown]		Native American	Male	?	?	1676	Shooting	Suffolk
54	[Unknown]		Native American	Male	?	?	1676	Shooting	Suffolk
55	Daniel Goble		White	Male	?	Murder	1676	Hanging	Suffolk
56	Stephen Goble		White	Male	?	Murder	1676	Hanging	Suffolk
57	Daniel Hoare		White	Male	?	Murder	1676	Hanging	Suffolk
58	Nathaniel Wilder		White	Male	?	Murder	1676	Hanging	Suffolk
59	Marja (Lamb)		Black	Female	Slave	Arson	1681-09-22	Burning	Suffolk
60	Jack (Wolcott)		Black	Male	Slave	Arson	1681-09-22	Hanging	Suffolk
61	William Cheney		White	Male	Planter	Rape	1681-09-22	Hanging	Suffolk
62	Mrs. Henry Lake		White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft	1684	Hanging	Suffolk
63	James Morgan		White	Male	?	Murder	1685-03-11	Hanging	Suffolk
64	Ann Glover		White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft	1688-11-16	Hanging	?
65	Samuel Watts		?	Male	Pirate	Murder	1689	Hanging	Suffolk
66	William Coward		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1689-01-17	Hanging	Suffolk
67	Thomas Johnson		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1689-01-17	Hanging	Suffolk
68	James Hawkins		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1689-01-27	Hanging	Suffolk
69	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1689-01-27	Hanging	Suffolk
70	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1689-01-27	Hanging	Suffolk
71	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1689-01-27	Hanging	Suffolk
72	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1689-01-27	Hanging	Suffolk
73	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1689-01-27	Hanging	Suffolk
74	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1689-01-27	Hanging	Suffolk
75	[Unknown]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1689-01-27	Hanging	Suffolk
76	Pammatoock		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1689-09-26	Hanging	Suffolk
77	Hugh Stone		White	Male	?	Murder	1690	Hanging	Suffolk
78	Rebecca Nurse	71	White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-07-19	Hanging	Dukes
79	Susannah Martin		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-07-19	Hanging	Essex
80	Elizabeth Howe		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-07-19	Hanging	Essex
81	Sarah Wildes		White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-07-19	Hanging	Essex
82	George Jacobs, Sr.		White	Male	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-08-19	Hanging	Essex
83	John Willard		White	Male	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-08-19	Hanging	Essex
84	John Proctor		White	Male	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-08-19	Hanging	Essex
85	Martha Carrier		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-08-19	Hanging	Essex
86	George Burroughs		White	Male	Clergyman	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-08-19	Hanging	Essex
87	Giles Corey		White	Male	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-16	Pressing	Essex
88	Mary Parker		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-22	Hanging	Essex
89	Alice Parker		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-22	Hanging	Essex
90	Mary Eastey		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-22	Hanging	Essex
91	Martha Corey		White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-22	Hanging	Essex
92	Ann Pudeator		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-22	Hanging	Essex
93	Wilmot Redd		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-22	Hanging	Essex
94	Margaret Scott		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-22	Hanging	Essex
95	Samuel Wardwell		White	Male	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-22	Hanging	Essex
96	Bridget Bishop		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-22	Hanging	Essex
97	Sarah Good		White	Female	?	Witchcraft/Salem witch trials	1692-09-22	Hanging	Essex
98	Elizabeth Emmerson	28	White	Female	?	Murder (Infanticide) [8]	1693-06-08	Hanging	Essex
99	Grace [?] [8]		Black	Female	Indentured Servant [8]	Murder (Infanticide) [9]	1693-06-08	Hanging	Essex
100	Susanna Andrews		White	Female	?	Concealment of birth	1696	Hanging	Suffolk
101	Sarah Threeneedles [10]		?	Female	?	Murder	1698-11-17	Hanging	Suffolk
102	Sarah Smith		White	Female	?	Murder	1699	Hanging	Plymouth

1700–1799

1700-1799: 107 executions

#	Name	Age	Race	Gender	Occupation	Crime	Date of execution	Method of execution	County
1	Esther Rodgers	21	White	Female	Servant	Murder	1701-07-15	Hanging	Suffolk
2	Finch		Native American	Male	?	?	1704	Hanging	Suffolk
3	John Lambert		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Essex
4	John Miller		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Nantucket
5	Erastus Petersen		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Suffolk
6	John Quelch		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Suffolk
7	Peter Roach		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Suffolk
8	Christopher Scudamore		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Suffolk
9	Josias [?]		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1709-01-12	Hanging	Suffolk
10	Joseph [?]		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1709-01-12	Hanging	Suffolk
11	Betty [?]		Black	Female	?	?	1712	Hanging	Suffolk
12	David Wallis		White	Male	Sailor	Murder	1713-09	Hanging	Suffolk
13	Margaret Callahan		?	Female	?	Murder	1715-06-04	Hanging	?
14	Jeremiah Fenwick		White	Male	?	Murder	1717	Hanging	Suffolk
15	Thomas Baker		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
16	Peter Hoof		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
17	John Brown		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
18	John Shuan		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
19	Simon Van Vorst		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
20	Hendrick Quintos		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
21	Joseph Hanno		Black	Male	?	Murder	1721-05-25	Hanging	Suffolk
22	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Arson	1723	Hanging	Suffolk
23	John Archer	27	White	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1724-06-02	Hanging	Suffolk
24	William White	22	White	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1724-06-02	Hanging	Suffolk
25	Samuel Cole		?	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1726	Hanging	Suffolk
26	William Fly		White	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1726	Hanging	Suffolk
27	Henry Grenvil		?	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1726	Hanging	Suffolk
28	[Unknown]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	1729	Hanging	Suffolk
29	Richard Wilson		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1732-01-13	Hanging	Suffolk
30	Quincy Julian		Native American	Male	Slave	Murder	1733-03-22	Hanging	Middlesex
31	Rebecca Chamblett	27	White	Female	?	Concealment of birth	1733-09-27	Hanging	Suffolk
32	Amaziah Harding		White	Male	?	Murder	1734-06	Hanging	Suffolk
33	Matthew Cushing	22	?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1734-10-17	Hanging	Suffolk
34	John Ormsby		?	Male	?	Murder	1734-10-17	Hanging	Barnstable
35	Sabo J. Nobby		Native American	Male	?	?	1736	Hanging	Suffolk
36	Hugh Henderson	30	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1737-11-26	Hanging	Suffolk
37	Philip Kennison		?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1738-09-13	Hanging	Nantucket
38	Heppy Comfort		Native American	Male	?	?	1739	Hanging	Worcester
39	[Garnier]		Black	Male	Slave	Arson	1741-01	Hanging	Middlesex
40	Jeffrey [?]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	1745	Hanging	Nantucket
41	[Unknown]		Black	?	Slave	?	1749	Hanging	Suffolk
42	[Unknown]		Black	?	Slave	?	1749	Burning	Worcester
43	Henry Jude		Native American	Male	?	?	1750	Hanging	?
44	David [?]		Black	Male	Servant	Murder	1751-05-16	Hanging	?
45	William Welch		?	Male	?	Murder	1754-04-11	Hanging	Nantucket
46	William Weir		?	Male	?	Murder	1754-11-19	Hanging	Suffolk
47	Mark Codman		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	1755-09-18	Hanging	Suffolk
48	Phillis Codman		Black	Female	Slave	Murder	1755-09-18	Burning	Suffolk
49	John Harrington		White	Male	?	Murder	1757-03-17	Hanging	Middlesex
50	Bristol [?]	16	Black	Male	?	Murder	1763-12-01	Hanging	Middlesex
51	Joseph Lightley		?	Male	?	Murder	1765-11-21	Hanging	Middlesex
52	Nathan Quibby		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1768-05-26	Hanging	Bristol
53	Arthur [?]	21	Black	Male	Slave	Rape	1767-10-20	Hanging	Middlesex
54	Richard Ames		White	Male	Soldier	Desertion	1768-01-31	Shooting	Nantucket
55	Tom Ichabod		Native American	Male	?	?	1769	Hanging	Worcester
56	Joel Elisa		Native American	Male	?	?	1769	Hanging	Suffolk
57	Simon Hews		Native American	Male	?	?	1769	Hanging	Nantucket
58	William Lindsay		?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1770-01-25	Hanging	Nantucket
59	William Shaw		White	Male	?	Murder	1770-12-13	Hanging	Nantucket
60	Bryan Sheehan	39	White	Male	?	Rape	1772-01-16	Hanging	Worcester
61	Levi Ames		White	Male	?	Murder	1773-01-21	Hanging	Hampden
62	Valentine Ducat		White	Male	Soldier	Desertion	1774-09-01	Shooting	Essex
63	William Ferguson		White	Male	Soldier	Desertion	1774-12-24	Shooting	Suffolk
64	Elijah Woodward		White	Male	Soldier	Desertion	1777-01-05	Shooting	Suffolk
65	William Brooks		White	Male	Soldier	Murder	1778-07-02	Hanging	Suffolk
66	James Buchanan	30	White	Male	Soldier	Murder	1778-07-02	Hanging	Suffolk
67	Ezra Ross	16	White	Male	Soldier	Murder	1778-07-02	Hanging	Worcester
68	Bathsheba Spooner	32	White	Female	Housewife	Murder	1778-07-02	Hanging	Worcester
69	Robert Young	29	White	Male	Soldier	Rape	1779-11-11	Hanging	Worcester
70	William Huggins		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1783-06-19	Hanging	Worcester
71	John Mansfield		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1783-06-19	Hanging	Worcester
72	Cassumo Garcelli	23	White	Male	?	Murder	1784-01-15	Hanging	Worcester
73	Dirick Grout (or Dirach Grout) [11]	36	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1784-01-28	Hanging	Worcester
74	Francis Coven (or Francis Couvin) [11]	22	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1784-01-28	Hanging	Suffolk
75	John Dixson (or John Dixon) [11]		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1784-11-11	Hanging	Suffolk
76	Alexander White	22	White	Male	Seaman	Murder-Robbery	1784-11-18	Hanging	Suffolk
77	Richard Barrick		?	Male	?	Robbery	1784-11-18	Hanging	Bristol
78	John Sullivan		?	Male	?	Robbery	1784-11-18	Hanging	Middlesex
79	Thomas Archibald		?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1785-05-05	Hanging	Middlesex
80	William Scott		?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1785-05-05	Hanging	Hampshire
81	Hannah Piggen (or Hannah Piggin, or Hannah Pigeon) [10]		?	Female	?	Concealment of birth	1785-07-21 [11]	Hanging	Hampshire
82	Johnson Greene (or Johnson Green) [11]	29	Black	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1786-08-17	Hanging	Suffolk
83	Isaac Combs (or Isaac Coombs) [11]	39	Native American	Male	Peddler	Murder	1786-12-21	Hanging	Suffolk
84	Peter Wilcox, Jr.		?	Male	?	Murder	?	Hanging	Berkshire
85	John Sheehan (or John Shean) [11]	24	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1787-11-22	Hanging	Worcester
86	John Bly		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1787-12-06	Hanging	Essex
87	Charles Rose		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1787-12-06	Hanging	Suffolk
88	William Clarke		?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1787-12-06	Hanging	Hampshire
89	Joseph Taylor		?	Male	?	Robbery	1788-05-08	Hanging	Berkshire
90	Archibald Taylor		?	Male	?	Robbery	1788-05-08	Hanging	Berkshire
91	Abigail Converse (or Abiel Converse, [10] or Abiah Converse) [11]	32 [12]	White [12] [lower-alpha 1]	Female	?	Murder of her illegitimate child [13]	1788-07-06	Hanging	Suffolk
92 [11]	John O'Neil		?	Male	?	Murder	1788-09-04	Hanging	Bristol
93	William Danesse (or William Denossee) [11]		?	Male	?	Robbery	1789-10-08	Hanging	Suffolk
94	William Smith		?	Male	?	Robbery	1789-10-08	Hanging	Hampshire
95	Rachel Wall		?	Female	?	Robbery	1789-10-08	Hanging	Suffolk
96	Edward Vail Brown [11]		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1790-10-14	Hanging	Suffolk
97	John Bailey		Black	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1790-10-14	Hanging	Suffolk
98	Samuel Hadlock		?	Male	?	Murder	1790-10-28	Hanging	Lincoln
99	Samuel Frost	29	White	Male	Farmhand	Murder	1793-10-31	Hanging	Suffolk
100	John Baptiste Collins		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	1794-07-30	Hanging	Suffolk
101	Emanuel Furtado (or Manuel Furtado, or Edmund Fortis) [11]		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	1794-07-30	Hanging	Worcester
102	Augustus Palacha (or Augustus Poleski)		?	Male	Pirate	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	1794-07-30	Hanging	Suffolk
103	Pomp [Furbish]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	1795-08-06 (or 1795-08-10) [11]	Hanging	Suffolk
104	Henry Blackburn (or Henry Blackbourne) [11]		White	Male	Chimney Sweep	Murder-Robbery	1796-01-14	Hanging	Suffolk
105	John Stewart		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1797-04-06	Hanging	Essex
106	Stephen Smith [14]	28	Black	Male	Escaped Slave	Housebreaking/Burglary	1797-10-12	Hanging	Essex
107	Samuel Smith		?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1799-12-26	Hanging	Middlesex

1800–1899

1800-1899: 80 executions

#	Name	Age	Race	Gender	Occupation	Crime	Date of execution	Method of execution	County
1	Jason Fairbanks	21	White	Male	?	Murder	1801-09-10	Hanging	Suffolk
2	Ebenezer Mason		White	Male	Laborer	Murder	1802-01-07	Hanging	Suffolk
3	John Battles (or John Battes, or John Battis) [11]	19	Black	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1804-11-08	Hanging	Norfolk
4	Ephiram Wheeler (or Ephraim Wheeler) [11]		White	Male	?	Rape	1806-02-06	Hanging	Hampshire
5	Dominic Daley	36	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1806-06-05	Hanging	Norfolk
6	James Halligan	28	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1806-06-05	Hanging	Norfolk
7	Joseph Drew		?	Male	?	Murder	1808-07-21	Hanging	?
8	Ebenezer Ball		?	Male	?	Murder	1811-10-31	Hanging	?
9	Samuel Tully	42	White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1812-12-10	Hanging	Hampshire
10	Henry Pyner		Black	Male	?	Rape	1813-11-05	Hanging	Suffolk
11	Ezra Hutchinson		?	Male	?	Rape	1813-11-18	Hanging	Berkshire
12	Henry Phillips		White	Male	Seaman	Murder	1817-03-13	Hanging	Berkshire
13	John Williams	30	White	Male	Seaman	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	1819-02-18	Hanging	Hampshire
14	Francis Frederick		White	Male	Seaman	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	1819-02-18	Hanging	Suffolk
15	John P. Rog	30	White	Male	Seaman	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	1819-02-18	Hanging	Suffolk
16	Peter Peterson (or Nils Peterson)	20	White	Male	Seaman	Piracy and Murder on the High Seas	1819-02-18	Hanging	Suffolk
17	Peter Johnson		Black	Male	?	Rape	1819-11-25	Hanging	Suffolk
18	Michael Powers	51	White	Male	Laborer	Murder	1820-05-25	Hanging	Suffolk
19	Warren Fawsett (or Thomas Warrington)		?	Male	Pirate	Murder on the High Seas	1820-06-15	Hanging	Berkshire
20	William Holmes		?	Male	Pirate	Murder on the High Seas	1820-06-15	Hanging	Suffolk
21	Edward Rosewaine		?	Male	Pirate	Murder on the High Seas	1820-06-15	Hanging	Suffolk
22	Stephen Clarke (or Stephen M. Clark)	16	White	Male	?	Arson	1821-05-10	Hanging	Suffolk
23	Michael Martin	46	White	Male	Highwayman	Robbery	1821-12-20	Hanging	Suffolk
24	Samuel Clisby		?	Male	?	Robbery	1822-03-07	Hanging	Essex
25	Gilbert Close		?	Male	?	Robbery	1822-03-07	Hanging	Middlesex
26	Samuel Green	26	White	Male	Convict	Murder	1822-04-25	Hanging	Suffolk
27	Perez Anthony (or Perry Anthony)		Black	Male	Seaman	Murder	1824-12-21	Hanging	Suffolk
28	Horace Carter		White	Male	?	Rape	1825-12-07 (or 1825-12-08)	Hanging	Suffolk
29	John Holloran		White	Male	?	Murder	1826-03-03	Hanging	Suffolk
30	Samuel Chase (or Samuel P. Charles)		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1826-11-22 (or 1826-11-26)	Hanging	Worcester
31	Duncan White		White	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1827-02-01	Hanging	Suffolk
32	Winslow Curtis		White	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1827-02-01	Hanging	Berkshire
33	John Boies		White	Male	?	Murder	1829-07-07	Hanging	Suffolk
34	John F. Knapp	20	White	Male	Shipmaster	Murder	1830-09-28	Hanging	Suffolk
35	Joseph J. Knapp, Jr.		White	Male	Shipmaster	Murder	1830-12-31	Hanging	Norfolk
36	Joseph Gadett		Black	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1831-07-01	Hanging	Essex
37	Thomas Collinet		Black	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1831-07-01	Hanging	Essex
38	Henry Joseph		Black	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1834-12-02	Hanging	Suffolk
39	Pedro Gibbert		Hispanic	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1835-06-09	Hanging	Suffolk
40	Manuel Boyga		Hispanic	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1835-06-09	Hanging	Suffolk
41	Manuel Castello		Hispanic	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1835-06-09	Hanging	Suffolk
42	Angel Garcia		Hispanic	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1835-06-09	Hanging	Suffolk
43	Juan Montenegro		Hispanic	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1835-06-09	Hanging	Suffolk
44	Francisco Ruiz		Hispanic	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1835-09-12	Hanging	Suffolk
45	Simeon Crockett	27	White	Male	Carpenter	Arson	1836-03-16	Hanging	Suffolk
46	Stephen Russell		White	Male	Carpenter	Arson	1836-03-16	Hanging	Suffolk
47 [lower-alpha 2]	Thomas Barrett		White	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1845-01-03	Hanging	Suffolk
48	Washington Goode		?	Male	Seaman	Murder	1849-05-25	Hanging	Middlesex
49	Daniel H. Pearson [15] [lower-alpha 3]	41	White	Male	?	Murder	1850-07-20	Hanging	Worcester
50	John Webster		White	Male	Medical professional	Murder	1850-08-30	Hanging	Suffolk
51	James Clough	29	White	Male	?	Murder	1854-04-28	Hanging	Suffolk
52	Thomas Casey	22	White	Male	?	Murder	1854-09-29	Hanging	Suffolk
53	James McGee		?	Male	Convict	Murder	1858-06-25	Hanging	Bristol
54	Alexander Desmarteau		White	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1861-04-26	Hanging	Middlesex
55	George Hersey	29	White	Male	Cobbler	Murder	1862-08-08	Hanging	Suffolk
56	James Callender		Black	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1863-11-06	Hanging	Norfolk
57	Edward Green	33	White	Male	Postmaster	Murder-Robbery	1866-04-13	Hanging	Norfolk
58	Silas James	31	White	Male	Gambler	Murder-Robbery	1868-09-25	Hanging	Berkshire
59	Charles James	22	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1868-09-25	Hanging	Middlesex
60	James McElhaney		White	Male	?	Murder	1873-03-21	Hanging	Worcester
61	Albert Smith		White	Male	?	Murder	1873-06-27	Hanging	Worcester
62	William Sturtevant		White	Male	Factory Worker	Murder-Robbery	1875-05-02	Hanging	Suffolk
63	James Costley		White	Male	Innkeeper	Murder	1875-06-25	Hanging	Hampden
64	George Pemberton		?	Male	?	Murder	1875-01-08	Hanging	Plymouth
65	Thomas W. Piper	27	White	Male	Church janitor	Murder-Rape	1876-05-26	Hanging	Norfolk
66	Samuel Frost		White	Male	?	Murder	1876-05-26	Hanging	Suffolk
67	John Ten Eyck	46	Black	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	1878-08-16	Hanging	Suffolk
68	William Devlin		White	Male	Mill foreman	Murder	1879-03-13	Hanging	Worcester
69	Alan Adams	44	White	Male	Whaler	Murder	1881-04-16	Hanging	Berkshire
70	Joseph Loomis		?	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1883-03-08	Hanging	Middlesex
71	Charles Williams		Black	Male	?	Rape	1886-01-08	Hanging	Hampshire
72	Samuel Besse		?	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1887-03-10	Hanging	Hampden
73	James Nowlin	18	White	Male	Milkman	Murder-Robbery	1888-01-20	Hanging	Middlesex
74	Walter Holmes		?	Male	?	Murder	1893-02-03	Hanging	Plymouth
75	William Coy		White	Male	Wood chopper	Murder	1893-03-03	Hanging	Middlesex
76	Daniel Robertson	49	White	Male	Carpenter	Murder	1894-12-04	Hanging	Hampden
77	Angus Gilbert		White	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1896-02-21	Hanging	Berkshire
78	Jack O'Neill		White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1898-01-07	Hanging	Bristol
79	Lorenz Barnes		?	Male	?	Murder-Burglary	1898-03-04	Hanging	Suffolk
80	Dominique Krathofski	29	White	Male	?	Murder	1898-12-30	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	Age	Race	Gender	Occupation	Crime	Date of execution	Method of execution	County
1	Luigi Storti	26	White	Male	?	Murder	1901-12-17	Electric chair	Middlesex
2	Franciszek Umilian	34	White	Male	Farmhand	Murder	1901-12-24	Electric chair	Hampden
3	John Cassels	34	White	Male	Bike repairman	Murder	1902-05-06	Electric chair	Suffolk
4	John C. Best	37	White	Male	Farm laborer	Murder	1902-09-09	Electric chair	Hampshire
5	Charles Tucker	25	White	Male	Handyman	Murder-Robbery	1906-06-12	Electric chair	Hampden
6	John Schidlofski	29	White	Male	Barber	Murder	1906-07-09	Electric chair	Essex
7	Woon Hom	37	Asian	Male	Tong member	Murder	1909-01-12	Electric chair	Middlesex
8	Sing Min	31	Asian	Male	Tong member	Murder	1909-01-12	Electric chair	Middlesex
9	Gong Leong	19	Asian	Male	Tong member	Murder	1909-01-12	Electric chair	Suffolk
10	Napoleon Rivet	32	White	Male	?	Murder	1910-07-28	Electric chair	Suffolk
11	Wassili Ivankowski	22	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1911-03-07	Electric chair	Suffolk
12	Andrei Ipson	19	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1911-03-07	Electric chair	Middlesex
13	Silas Phelps	39	White	Male	Paper worker	Murder	1912-01-26	Electric chair	Essex
14	Clarence Richeson	36	White	Male	Clergyman	Murder	1912-05-21	Electric chair	Essex
15	Harry Marshall	25	White	Male	Fireman	Murder	1912-06-06	Electric chair	Franklin
16	Bertram Spencer	31	White	Male	Clerk	Murder-Burglary	1912-09-17	Electric chair	Suffolk
17	Chester Jordan	33	White	Male	Vaudeville	Murder	1912-09-24	Electric chair	Plymouth
18	Stefan Borasky	26	White	Male	?	Murder	1913-06-24	Electric chair	Hampden
19	William Door	31	White	Male	Businessman	Murder	1914-03-24	Electric chair	Middlesex
20	Biago Falzone	23	White	Male	?	Murder	1915-05-11	Electric chair	Hampden
21	Anton Retkovitz	37	White	Male	?	Murder	1916-03-16	Electric chair	Essex
22	Francis Ducharme	27	White	Male	Laborer	Murder-Rape	1917-09-11	Electric chair	Middlesex
23	Francisco Feci	37	White	Male	Laborer	Murder	1920-08-16	Electric chair	Bristol
24	Paul Dascalakis	30	White	Male	Waiter	Murder	1923-07-14	Electric chair	Hampden
25	Cyrille Vandenhecke	51	White	Male	Loom fixer	Murder	1924-07-30	Electric chair	Middlesex
26	Richard Stewart	32	Black	Male	?	Murder	1926-05-05	Electric chair	Suffolk
27	John McLaughlin	30	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1927-01-06	Electric chair	Essex
28	John Devereaux	25	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1927-01-06	Electric chair	Middlesex
29	Edward Heinlein	26	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1927-01-06	Electric chair	Middlesex
32	Nicola Sacco	36	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1927-08-23	Electric chair	Norfolk
30	Bartolomeo Vanzetti	33	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1927-08-23	Electric chair	Middlesex
31	Celestino Madeiros	24	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1927-08-23	Electric chair	Middlesex
33	Jerry Gedzium	23	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1928-02-28	Electric chair	Norfolk
34	Herbert Gleason	21	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1928-03-13	Electric chair	Norfolk
35	Nathan DeSatnick	25	White	Male	Fruit peddler	Murder	1928-07-17	Electric chair	Middlesex
36	George Taylor	47	White	Male	Barber	Murder-Rape	1929-03-06	Electric chair	Middlesex
37	Frederick Knowlton, Jr.	37	White	Male	Businessman	Murder	1929-05-14	Electric chair	Worcester
38	Charles Trippi	22	White	Male	Convict	Murder	1929-12-03	Electric chair	Essex
39	Paul Hurley	20	White	Male	?	Murder	1931-09-15	Electric chair	Middlesex
40	Joseph Belenski	38	White	Male	Farmhand	Murder	1931-01-21	Electric chair	Worcester
41	Sylvester Fernandes	24	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1932-08-12	Electric chair	Norfolk
42	Ahmed Osman	37	Other	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1934-01-23	Electric chair	Middlesex
43	Henry Bull	22	?	Male	?	Murder	1934-02-22	Electric chair	Barnstable
44	Herman Snyder	21	White	Male	?	Murder	1934-02-22	Electric chair	Norfolk
45	John Donnellon	24	White	Male	?	Murder	1934-02-22	Electric chair	Franklin
46	Alexander Kaminski	25	White	Male	Jail prisoner	Murder	1935-02-19	Electric chair	Middlesex
47	Abraham Faber	25	White	Male	Businessman	Murder-Robbery	1935-06-07	Electric chair	Middlesex
48	Irving Millen	22	White	Male	Criminal	Murder-Robbery	1935-06-07	Electric chair	Hampden
49	Murton Millen	25	White	Male	Criminal	Murder-Robbery	1935-06-07	Electric chair	Norfolk
50	Miller Clark	44	White	Male	Truck driver	Murder-Rape	1936-01-14	Electric chair	Norfolk
51	Newell Sherman	27	White	Male	Machinist	Murder	1936-08-04	Electric chair	Norfolk
52	Anthony Distasio	25	White	Male	?	Murder	1938-01-18	Electric chair	Suffolk
53	Frank Distasio	52	White	Male	Candy dealer	Murder	1938-01-18	Electric chair	Worcester
54	Edward Simpson	43	White	Male	Ex-convict	Murder	1938-05-13	Electric chair	Middlesex
55	Walter St. Saveur	22	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1939-08-02	Electric chair	Middlesex
56	Wallace Green	22	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1939-08-02	Electric chair	Middlesex
57	Joseph Rousseau	29	White	Male	?	Murder	1941-04-22	Electric chair	Middlesex
58	Paul Giacomazza	19	White	Male	?	Murder	1942-06-30	Electric chair	Middlesex
59	James Nickerson	22	?	Male	?	Murder	1942-06-30	Electric chair	Norfolk
60	Joseph E. Sheppard	25	White	Male	Mental patient	Murder	1943-06-25	Electric chair	Middlesex
61	Donald Millard	19	White	Male	Mental patient	Murder	1943-06-25	Electric chair	Middlesex
62	Robert Hayward Gray [16]	34	Black [17]	Male	Handyman [16]	Murder-Robbery [18]	1943-06-25	Electric chair	Suffolk
63	Raphael Skopp	36	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1946-08-16	Electric chair	Plymouth
64	Philip Bellino	32	White	Male	Gangster	Murder	1947-05-09	Electric chair	Suffolk
65	Edward Gertsen	35	White	Male	Gangster	Murder	1947-05-09	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 a 13-year-old boy as having been hanged for arson in Suffolk County on an unknown day in 1837. M. Watt Espy's notes state that this boy was an "Irish orphan" who was executed by hanging in Suffolk County according to the Times-Picayune located out of Louisiana. Further digging shows this boy's name was Michael Monohon (or Michael Monohan). Some reports say Michael was hanged in Lowell, Massachusetts, on either 06/10/1837, or 06/17/1837. Other reports state that his sentence was commuted to a lifetime of hard labor very shortly before he was scheduled to be executed. Due to the uncertainty around this case, he will not be included in this table or in the final count of Massachusetts executions.
3. The Espy Files list his name as just "Pierson," without providing a first name, age, or race.

References regarding Michael Monohon ^{[19] [20] [21] [22]}

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