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]
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Bracketed question marks ( [?] ) denote that only part of a person's name is known.
# | Name | Age | Race | Gender | Occupation | Crime | Date of execution | Method of execution | County |
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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 Talbye | 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 | Samuel Guile, Jr. [8] | 32 | White | Male | ? | Rape | 1675-10-16 | Hanging | Suffolk |
46 | Basto (Cox) | Black | Male | Slave | Rape | 1676 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
47 | Matoonas | Native American | Male | ? | Murder | 1676-07-27 | 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 | [Unknown] | Native American | Male | ? | ? | 1676 | Shooting | Suffolk | |
56 | Daniel Goble | White | Male | ? | Murder | 1676 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
57 | Stephen Goble | White | Male | ? | Murder | 1676 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
58 | Daniel Hoare | White | Male | ? | Murder | 1676 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
59 | Nathaniel Wilder | White | Male | ? | Murder | 1676 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
60 | Marja (Lamb) | Black | Female | Slave | Arson | 1681-09-22 | Burning | Suffolk | |
61 | Jack (Wolcott) | Black | Male | Slave | Arson | 1681-09-22 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
62 | William Cheney | White | Male | Planter | Rape | 1681-09-22 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
63 | Mrs. Henry Lake | White | Female | Housewife | Witchcraft | 1684 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
64 | James Morgan | White | Male | ? | Murder | 1685-03-11 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
65 | Ann Glover | White | Female | Housewife | Witchcraft | 1688-11-16 | Hanging | ? | |
66 | Samuel Watts | ? | Male | Pirate | Murder | 1689 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
67 | William Coward | ? | Male | Pirate | Piracy | 1689-01-17 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
68 | Thomas Johnson | ? | Male | Pirate | Piracy | 1689-01-17 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
69 | James Hawkins | White | 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 | [Unknown] | ? | Male | Pirate | Piracy | 1689-01-27 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
77 | Pammatoock | Native American | Male | ? | Murder | 1689-09-26 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
78 | Hugh Stone | White | Male | ? | Murder | 1690 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
79 | Rebecca Nurse | 71 | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-07-19 | Hanging | Dukes |
80 | Susannah Martin | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-07-19 | Hanging | Essex | |
81 | Elizabeth Howe | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-07-19 | Hanging | Essex | |
82 | Sarah Wildes | White | Female | Housewife | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-07-19 | Hanging | Essex | |
83 | George Jacobs, Sr. | White | Male | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-08-19 | Hanging | Essex | |
84 | John Willard | White | Male | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-08-19 | Hanging | Essex | |
85 | John Proctor | White | Male | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-08-19 | Hanging | Essex | |
86 | Martha Carrier | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-08-19 | Hanging | Essex | |
87 | George Burroughs | White | Male | Clergyman | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-08-19 | Hanging | Essex | |
88 | Giles Corey | White | Male | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-16 | Pressing | Essex | |
89 | Mary Parker | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-22 | Hanging | Essex | |
90 | Alice Parker | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-22 | Hanging | Essex | |
91 | Mary Eastey | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-22 | Hanging | Essex | |
92 | Martha Corey | White | Female | Housewife | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-22 | Hanging | Essex | |
93 | Ann Pudeator | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-22 | Hanging | Essex | |
94 | Wilmot Redd | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-22 | Hanging | Essex | |
95 | Margaret Scott | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-22 | Hanging | Essex | |
96 | Samuel Wardwell | White | Male | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-22 | Hanging | Essex | |
97 | Bridget Bishop | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-22 | Hanging | Essex | |
98 | Sarah Good | White | Female | ? | Witchcraft/Salem witch trials | 1692-09-22 | Hanging | Essex | |
99 | Elizabeth Emmerson | 28 | White | Female | ? | Murder (Infanticide) [9] | 1693-06-08 | Hanging | Essex |
100 | Grace [?] [9] | Black | Female | Indentured Servant [9] | Murder (Infanticide) [10] | 1693-06-08 | Hanging | Essex | |
101 | Susanna Andrews | White | Female | ? | Concealment of birth | 1696 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
102 | Sarah Threeneedles [11] | ? | Female | ? | Murder | 1698-11-17 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
103 | Sarah Smith | White | Female | ? | Murder | 1699 | Hanging | Plymouth |
# | Name | Age | Race | Gender | Occupation | Crime | Date of execution | Method of execution | County |
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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 | Rebekah Chamblit | 27 | White | Female | ? | Infanticide | 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) [12] | 36 | White | Male | ? | Housebreaking/Burglary | 1784-01-28 | Hanging | Worcester |
74 | Francis Coven (or Francis Couvin) [12] | 22 | White | Male | ? | Housebreaking/Burglary | 1784-01-28 | Hanging | Suffolk |
75 | John Dixson (or John Dixon) [12] | 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) [11] | ? | Female | ? | Concealment of birth | 1785-07-21 [12] | Hanging | Hampshire | |
82 | Johnson Greene (or Johnson Green) [12] | 29 | Black | Male | ? | Housebreaking/Burglary | 1786-08-17 | Hanging | Suffolk |
83 | Isaac Combs (or Isaac Coombs) [12] | 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) [12] | 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, [11] or Abiah Converse) [12] | 32 [13] | White [13] [a] | Female | ? | Murder of her illegitimate child [14] | 1788-07-06 | Hanging | Suffolk |
92 [12] | John O'Neil | ? | Male | ? | Murder | 1788-09-04 | Hanging | Bristol | |
93 | William Danesse (or William Denossee) [12] | ? | Male | ? | Robbery | 1789-10-08 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
94 | William Smith | ? | Male | ? | Robbery | 1789-10-08 | Hanging | Hampshire | |
95 | Rachel Wall | 29 | Female | Pirate | Robbery | 1789-10-08 | Hanging | Suffolk | |
96 | Edward Vail Brown [12] | 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) [12] | ? | 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) [12] | Hanging | Suffolk | |
104 | Henry Blackburn (or Henry Blackbourne) [12] | 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 [15] | 28 | Black | Male | Escaped Slave | Housebreaking/Burglary | 1797-10-12 | Hanging | Essex |
107 | Samuel Smith | ? | Male | ? | Housebreaking/Burglary | 1799-12-26 | Hanging | Middlesex |
# | Name | Age | Race | Gender | Occupation | Crime | Date of execution | Method of execution | County |
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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) [12] | 19 | Black | Male | ? | Murder-Rape | 1804-11-08 | Hanging | Norfolk |
4 | Ephiram Wheeler (or Ephraim Wheeler) [12] | 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 [b] | 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 [16] [c] | 41 | White | Male | ? | Murder | 1850-07-20 | Hanging | Worcester |
50 | John White 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 | 24 | White | Male | ? | Murder-Rape | 1861-04-26 | Hanging | Hampden |
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 |
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]
# | Name | Age | Race | Gender | Occupation | Crime | Date of execution | Method of execution | County |
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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 | Essex |
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 [17] | 34 | Black [18] | Male | Handyman [17] | Murder-Robbery [19] | 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 |
Arthur Peach, Thomas Jackson, Richard Stinnings and Daniel Cross were convicted of murdering an Indian named Penowanyanquis in 1638: the motive was robbery. Daniel Cross escaped custody, but the others were executed by hanging. The triple-hanging sent a strong message that Plymouth Colony would treat the murder of Native Americans equally.