List of people executed in Massachusetts
This is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At least 354 people were executed in Massachusetts.[1][2] Capital punishment in Massachusetts was ruled unconstitutional in 1984 and effectively abolished in 2014.[3]
1630–1699
Slave executions
Executions by firing squad
| Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Crime | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Billington | White | 40 | M | September 30, 1630 | Plymouth | Murder | John Newcomen, white | William Bradford |
| John Williams | White | M | September 28, 1637 | Suffolk | Murder-Robbery | Male, white[4] | John Winthrop | |
| William Schooler | White | M | Murder | Female, white[5] | ||||
| Thomas Jackson | White | M | September 4, 1638 | Plymouth | Murder-Robbery | Penowanyanquis, Native American | Thomas Prence | |
| Arthur Peach | White | 18 | M | |||||
| Richard Stinnings | White | M | ||||||
| Dorothy Talbye | White | F | December 6, 1638 | Suffolk | Murder | Difficulty Talbye, 3, white (daughter) | John Winthrop | |
| William Hackett | White | 18 | M | December 10, 1641 | Suffolk | Bestiality | [6] | Richard Bellingham |
| Thomas Graunger | White | 17 | M | September 8, 1642 | Plymouth | Bestiality | Several animals[a] | John Winthrop |
| James Britton | White | M | March 21, 1644 | Suffolk | Adultery | N/A[7] | ||
| Mary Latham | White | 18 | F | |||||
| William Franklin | White | M | April 8, 1644 | Suffolk | Murder | Samuel Sewell, white[8] | ||
| Mary Martin | White | 22 | F | March 18, 1647 | Suffolk | Murder | Unknown, infant, white (illegitimate child)[9] | John Winthrop |
| Margaret Jones | White | 35 | F | June 15, 1648 | Suffolk | Witchcraft | N/A | |
| Alice Bishop | White | F | October 4, 1648 | Plymouth | Murder | Martha Clarke, 4, white (daughter)[10] | William Bradford | |
| Alice Lake | White | F | 1650 | Suffolk | Witchcraft | N/A[11] | John Endecott or Thomas Dudley | |
| Elizabeth Kendall | White | F | 1651 | Middlesex | Witchcraft | N/A[12] | ||
| Mary Parsons | White | F | May 29, 1651 | Suffolk | Witchcraft | N/A[13][b] | John Endecott | |
| Ann Hibbens | White | F | June 19, 1656 | Suffolk | Witchcraft | N/A[14] | John Endecott | |
| William Robinson | White | M | January 22, 1659 | Suffolk | Quaker beliefs | N/A | ||
| Marmaduke Stevenson | White | M | ||||||
| Mary Dyer | White | 49 | F | June 1, 1660 | Suffolk | Quaker beliefs | N/A | |
| William Leddra | White | M | March 14, 1661 | Suffolk | Quaker beliefs | N/A | ||
| Samuel Bellamy | White | M | 1661 | Suffolk | Piracy | [15] | ||
| Unknown | White | M | 1670 | Suffolk | Theft | [16] | Richard Bellingham | |
| Matoonas | Native American | M | October 1670 | Suffolk | Murder | Zachariah Smith, white[17][18] | ||
| William Forrest | White | M | 1672 | Suffolk | Piracy | [19][20][21] | Bellingham or Leverett | |
| Alexander Wilson | White | M | ||||||
| John Smith | White | M | ||||||
| Tom | Native American | M | 1674 | Rape | Female, Native American[22] | John Leverett | ||
| Unknown | White | M | January 18, 1674 | Suffolk | Murder | [23] | ||
| Unknown | White | M | ||||||
| Benjamin Gourd | White | 17 | M | April 2, 1674 | Suffolk | Bestiality | [24] | |
| Nicholas Feavor | White | M | March 18, 1675 | Suffolk | Murder | Male, white[25] | ||
| Robert Driver | White | M | ||||||
| Tobias | Native American | M | June 8, 1675 | Plymouth | Murder | John Sassamon, 55, Native American | Josiah Winslow | |
| Mattashunnamo | Native American | M | ||||||
| Wampapaquan | Native American | M | ||||||
| John Littlejohn | Native American | M | September 22, 1675 | Suffolk | Murder | Several people, white[26] | John Leverett | |
| Samuel Guile | White | M | October 16, 1675 | Suffolk | Rape | Mary Nash, white[27] | ||
| Captain Tom | Native American | M | June 22, 1676 | Suffolk | Sedition | [28] | ||
| Unknown | Native American | M | ||||||
| Three unknowns | Native American | M | July 9, 1676 | Plymouth | Sedition | [29] | Josiah Winslow | |
| Old Matoonas | Native American | M | July 27, 1676 | Suffolk | Murder | Several people, white | John Leverett | |
| Three unknowns | Native American | M | September 1, 1676 | Suffolk | Sedition | [30] | ||
| Eight unknowns | Native American | M | September 13, 1676 | Suffolk | [31] | |||
| Stephen Goble | White | M | September 21, 1676 | Suffolk | Murder | Three women and three children, Native American[32] | ||
| Daniel Goble | White | M | September 26, 1676 | Suffolk | ||||
| Jethro | Native American | M | [33][34] | |||||
| One-Eyed John | Native American | M | ||||||
| Maliompe | Native American | M | ||||||
| Sagamore Sam | Native American | M | ||||||
| Caleb | Native American | M | October 12, 1676 | Suffolk | Sedition | [35] | ||
| Columbine | Native American | M | ||||||
| Six unknowns | Native American | M | October 12, 1676 | Plymouth | Sedition | [36] | Josiah Winslow | |
| Marja[c] | Black | F | September 22, 1681 | Suffolk | Arson | Joshua Lambe (owner) and Thomas Swann, white[37] | Simon Bradstreet | |
| Jack | Black | M | Arson | Lt. William Clark, white[38] | ||||
| William Cheney | White | M | Rape | Experience Holdbrooke, white[39] | ||||
| Mrs. Henry Lake | White | F | 1684 | Suffolk | Witchcraft | N/A[40] | ||
| James Morgan | White | M | March 11, 1685 | Suffolk | Murder | Male, white[41] | ||
| John Neponet | Native American | M | November 18, 1686 | Suffolk | Murder | Old Aquitto and his wife, Native American[42] | Dominion of New England | |
| Ann Glover | White | F | November 16, 1688 | Suffolk | Witchcraft | N/A | ||
| Samuel Watts | White | M | January 27, 1689 | Suffolk | Murder-Piracy | Samuel Pease, white[43] | ||
| Thomas Johnson | White | M | Piracy | [44] | ||||
| Pammatoock | Native American | M | September 26, 1689 | Dukes[d] | Murder | Female, Native American[45] | Francis Nicholson | |
| Hugh Stone | White | M | January 2, 1690 | Essex | Murder | Hannah Stone, white (wife)[46] | Simon Bradstreet | |
| John de la Forest | White | M | July 31, 1690 | Plymouth[e] | Murder | Male, white[47] | ||
| Bridget Bishop | White | 60 | F | June 10, 1692 | Essex | Witchcraft | N/A | |
| Rebecca Nurse | White | 71 | F | July 19, 1692 | Essex | Witchcraft | N/A | |
| Susannah Martin | White | 71 | F | |||||
| Elizabeth Howe | White | 57 | F | |||||
| Sarah Wildes | White | 65 | F | |||||
| Sarah Good | White | 39 | F | |||||
| George Jacobs Sr. | White | 83 | M | August 19, 1692 | Essex | Witchcraft | N/A | |
| John Willard | White | 35 | M | |||||
| John Proctor | White | 60 | M | |||||
| Martha Carrier | White | 42 | F | |||||
| George Burroughs | White | 40 | M | |||||
| Giles Corey | White | 81 | M | September 16, 1692[f] | Essex | Witchcraft | N/A | |
| Mary Parker | White | 55 | F | September 22, 1692 | Essex | Witchcraft | N/A | |
| Alice Parker | White | F | ||||||
| Mary Eastey | White | 58 | F | |||||
| Martha Corey | White | 72 | F | |||||
| Ann Pudeator | White | 70 | F | |||||
| Wilmot Redd | White | F | ||||||
| Margaret Scott | White | 76 | F | |||||
| Samuel Wardwell | White | 49 | M | |||||
| Elizabeth Emmerson | White | 28 | F | June 8, 1693 | Suffolk | Murder | Two unknown, infants, white (illegitimate children)[48] | |
| Grace | Black | F | Murder | Unknown, infant, black (child)[48] | ||||
| Zachary | Native American | M | 1694 | Suffolk | Murder | [49] | Phips or Stoughton | |
| Susanna Andrews | White | F | March 31, 1696 | Plymouth | Concealing birth | Male and female, infants, white (Susanna's children)[50] | William Stoughton | |
| Esther Andrews | White | F | ||||||
| John Andrews | White | M | ||||||
| Mowenas | Native American | M | October 23, 1696 | Hampshire | Murder | [51] | ||
| Moquolas | Native American | M | ||||||
| Sarah Smith | White | F | August 25, 1698 | Hampden | Murder | [52] | ||
| Sarah Threeneedles | White | F | November 17, 1698 | Suffolk | Murder | Her children, white[53] |
1700–1799
| Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Crime | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esther Rodgers | White | 21 | F | July 15, 1701 | Essex | Murder | Female, newborn, white (illegitimate daughter)[54] | Governor's Council |
| Finch | Native American | M | 1704 | Nantucket | Murder | Female, Native American (wife)[55] | Joseph Dudley | |
| John Lambert | White | M | June 30, 1704 | Suffolk | Piracy | Capt. Daniel Plowman, white | ||
| John Miller | White | M | ||||||
| Erastus Petersen | White | M | ||||||
| John Quelch | White | M | ||||||
| Peter Roach | White | M | ||||||
| Christopher Scudamore | White | M | ||||||
| Rochester | Black | M | November 23, 1705 | Suffolk | Arson | Elizabeth Savage, white[56] | ||
| Mingo | Black | M | February 12, 1712 | Middlesex | Rape | Abigail Hawse, 13, white[57] | ||
| Betty | Black | F | May 7, 1712 | Plymouth | Murder | Unknown, infant, black (child)[58] | ||
| David Wallis | White | M | September 24, 1713 | Suffolk | Murder | Benjamin Stoddard, white[59] | ||
| Margaret Callahan | White | F | June 4, 1715 | Suffolk | Murder | Female, newborn, white (illegitimate daughter)[60] | Joseph Dudley | |
| Welcome | Black | M | May 18, 1716 | Suffolk | Burglary | Ruth Everton, white[61] | William Tailer | |
| Jeremiah Fenwick | White | M | June 13, 1717 | Suffolk | Murder | Ralph Mottershed, white[62] | Samuel Shute | |
| Thomas Baker | White | M | November 15, 1717 | Suffolk | Piracy | [63] | ||
| Peter Hoof | White | M | ||||||
| John Brown | White | M | ||||||
| John Shuan | White | M | ||||||
| Simon Van Vorst | White | M | ||||||
| Hendrick Quintos | White | M | ||||||
| Joseph Pease Jr. | Native American | M | May 18, 1720 | Barnstable | Burglary | Rebecca Sturgis, white[64] | ||
| Elizabeth Atwood | White | F | August 25, 1720 | Essex | Murder | Unknown, infant, white (child)[65] | ||
| Joseph Hanno | Black | M | May 25, 1721 | Suffolk | Murder | Female, black (wife)[66] | ||
| Joseph Ewitt | Native American | M | May 13, 1723 | Barnstable | Murder | Hosea Pilate, white[67] | William Dummer | |
| Diego | Black | M | July 4, 1723 | Suffolk | Arson | John Powell, white (owner)[68] | ||
| John Archer | White | 27 | M | June 2, 1724 | Suffolk | Piracy | [69] | |
| William White | White | 22 | M | |||||
| Jonah Challenge | Native American | M | May 25, 1725 | Dukes | Murder | Isaac Monoquit, Native American[70] | ||
| Samuel Cole | White | M | July 12, 1726 | Suffolk | Piracy | Capt. John Green, white | ||
| William Fly | White | M | ||||||
| Henry Grenvil | White | M | ||||||
| John Battles | White | M | October 4, 1726 | Suffolk | Piracy | [71] | ||
| John Battles Jr. | White | M | ||||||
| John Michaels | Native American | M | ||||||
| James Muse | Native American | M | ||||||
| Philip Muse | Native American | M | ||||||
| Elizabeth Colson | Mixed[g] | F | May 25, 1727 | Plymouth | Murder | Unknown, infant, mixed (child)[72] | ||
| Unknown | Black | M | 1729 | Middlesex | Murder | William Burnet or Dummer | ||
| Joseph Fuller | White | M | May 20, 1730 | Barnstable | Murder | Female, white (wife)[73] | William Dummer | |
| Tom | Black | M | February 10, 1731 | Middlesex | Arson | John Hutchinson, white[74] | Jonathan Belcher | |
| Richard Wilson | White | M | October 13, 1732 | Suffolk | Burglary | [75] | ||
| Simon | Black | M | November 2, 1732 | Suffolk | Rape | Female, 18, white[76] | ||
| Julian | Black | M | March 22, 1733 | Suffolk | Murder | John Rogers, white[77] | ||
| Rebecca Chamblett | White | 27 | F | September 27, 1733 | Suffolk | Concealing birth | Male, newborn, white (illegitimate son)[h] | |
| John Stoicks | White | 19 | M | March 21, 1734 | Middlesex | Burglary | John Varnum, white[78] | |
| Amaziah Harding | White | 70 | M | June 5, 1734 | Barnstable | Murder | Hannah Rogers Harding, white (wife)[79] | |
| Matthew Cushing | White | 22 | M | October 17, 1734 | Suffolk | Burglary | [80] | |
| John Ormsby | White | M | Murder | [80] | ||||
| London | Black | M | November 11, 1734 | Suffolk | Rape | Sarah Clark, white[81] | ||
| Robin Nasson | Native American | M | July 14, 1736 | Nantucket | Murder | Female, Native American (wife)[82] | ||
| Hugh Henderson | White | 30 | M | November 26, 1737 | Worcester | Burglary | [83] | |
| Philip Kennison | White | 30 | M | September 13, 1738 | Middlesex | Burglary | James Hayes, white[84] | |
| John Comfort | Native American | M | August 22, 1739 | Nantucket | Murder | Joel Elisha, Native American[85] | ||
| Hepsibahand Comfort | Native American | F | August 31, 1739 | Nantucket | Murder | Unknown, infant, Native American (child)[86] | ||
| Unknown | Black | M | January 1741 | Suffolk | Arson | |||
| Henry Jude | Native American | M | 1742 | Nantucket | Murder | Mercy Moab, Native American[87] | William Shirley | |
| Jabez Green | White | M | October 21, 1742 | Worcester | Murder | Thomas McCluer, white[88] | ||
| Morgan Fennison | White | F | April 14, 1743 | Middlesex | Murder | Unknown, newborn, white (child)[89] | ||
| Simon Howsean | Native American | M | August 31, 1743 | Nantucket | Murder | Unknown[90][i] | ||
| Edward Fitzpatrick | White | M | October 18, 1744 | Worcester | Murder | Daniel Campbell, white[91] | ||
| Jeffrey | Black | M | October 21, 1745 | Worcester | Murder | Mrs. Sandford, white (owner)[92] | ||
| James Cattee | White | M | July 24, 1746 | Suffolk | [93] | |||
| Thomas Rigby | White | M | ||||||
| Peter Ferry | White | M | ||||||
| Elizabeth Wakefield | White | F | October 8, 1747 | Middlesex | Murder | Unknown, newborn, white (illegitimate child)[94] | ||
| William | Black | 17 | M | October 15, 1747 | Suffolk | Murder | Cato, black[95] | |
| Unknown | Black | M | 1749 | Middlesex | Murder | Unknown, white (owner)[96] | Shirley or Phips | |
| Unknown[c] | Black | F | ||||||
| Old Tenor | ? | M | March 31, 1750 | Suffolk | Murder | [97] | Spencer Phips | |
| Phyllis | Black | 17 | F | May 16, 1751 | Suffolk | Murder | Unknown, infant, white[98] | |
| William Welch | White | M | April 11, 1754 | Suffolk | Murder | [99] | William Shirley | |
| William Weir | White | M | November 19, 1754 | Suffolk | Murder | [100] | ||
| Mark | Black | M | September 18, 1755 | Middlesex | Murder | Capt. John Codman, white (owner) | ||
| Phillis[c] | Black | F | ||||||
| John Harrington | White | M | March 17, 1757 | Middlesex | Murder | Paul Learned, white[101] | Spencer Phips | |
| Bristol | Black | 16 | M | December 1, 1763 | Bristol | Murder | Elizabeth McKinstray, white[102] | Sir Francis Bernard |
| Joseph Lightley | White | 26 | M | November 21, 1765 | Middlesex | Murder | Elizabeth Post, white (wife)[103] | |
| Nathan Quibby | Native American | M | May 26, 1768 | Nantucket | Murder | Three people, Native American[104][j] | ||
| Arthur | Black | 21 | M | October 20, 1768 | Worcester | Rape | Deborah Metcalfe, white[105] | |
| Richard Ames | White | M | October 31, 1768 | Suffolk | Desertion | N/A[106] | ||
| Tom Ichabod | Native American | M | 1769 | Nantucket | [107] | Bernard or Hutchinson | ||
| Joel Elisa | Native American | M | ||||||
| William Lindsay | White | M | October 25, 1770 | Worcester | Burglary | [108] | Thomas Hutchinson | |
| William Shaw | White | M | December 13, 1770 | Hampden | Murder | Edward East, white[109] | ||
| Bryan Sheehan | White | 39 | M | January 16, 1772 | Essex | Rape | Abial Hallowell, white[110] | |
| Levi Ames | White | 21 | M | October 21, 1773 | Suffolk | Burglary | [111] | |
| Valentine Ducat | White | 21 | M | September 1, 1774 | Suffolk | Desertion | N/A[112] | Thomas Gage |
| William Ferguson | White | 28 | M | December 24, 1774 | Suffolk | Desertion | N/A[113] | |
| Elijah Woodward | White | M | October 5, 1777 | Suffolk (Military) | Desertion | N/A[114] | N/A | |
| William Brooks | White | M | July 2, 1778 | Worcester | Murder | Joshua Spooner, white (Bathsheba's husband) | ||
| James Buchanan | White | 30 | M | |||||
| Ezra Ross | White | 16 | M | |||||
| Bathsheba Spooner | White | 32 | F | |||||
| Thomas Steele | White | M | July 7, 1778 | Suffolk (Military) | Desertion | N/A[115] | ||
| Robert Young | White | 29 | M | November 11, 1779 | Worcester | Rape | Ms. Green, 11, white[116] | |
| Michael Lobidal | White | M | November 8, 1781 | Hampshire | Murder | James McMullen, white[117] | John Hancock | |
| William Huggins | White | M | June 19, 1783 | Worcester | Burglary | [118] | ||
| John Mansfield | White | M | ||||||
| Cassumo Garcelli | White | 23 | M | January 15, 1784 | Suffolk | Murder | John Johnson, white[119] | |
| Dirick Grout | White | 36 | M | October 28, 1784 | Suffolk | Burglary | Mrs. Eliott, white[120] | |
| Francis Coven | White | 22 | M | Burglary | Samuel Sellon, white[120] | |||
| John Dixson | White | M | November 11, 1784 | Bristol | Burglary | Capt. James Dagget, white[121] | ||
| Alexander White | White | 22 | M | November 18, 1784 | Middlesex | Murder-Robbery | Male, white[122] | |
| Richard Barrick | White | M | Robbery | Cyrus Baldwin, white[123] | ||||
| John Sullivan | White | M | ||||||
| Thomas Archibald | White | M | May 5, 1785 | Suffolk | Burglary | [124] | Thomas Cushing | |
| William Scott | White | M | ||||||
| Hannah Piggen | Native American | F | July 21, 1785 | Hampshire | Concealing birth | Unknown, infant, Native American (illegitimate child)[125] | James Bowdoin | |
| Johnson Greene | White | 29 | M | August 17, 1786 | Worcester | Burglary | [126] | |
| Isaac Combs | Native American | 39 | M | December 21, 1786 | Essex | Murder | Female, Native American (wife)[127] | |
| John Sheehan | White | 24 | M | November 22, 1787 | Suffolk | Burglary | T. Elliot, white[128] | John Hancock |
| John Bly | White | M | December 6, 1787 | Berkshire | Burglary | [129] | ||
| Charles Rose | White | M | ||||||
| William Clark | White | M | December 6, 1787 | Hampshire | [130] | |||
| Joseph Taylor | White | M | May 8, 1788 | Suffolk | Robbery | Mr. Cunningham, white[131] | ||
| Archibald Taylor | White | M | ||||||
| Abigail Converse | Mixed[k] | 32 | F | July 6, 1788 | Hampshire | Murder | Unknown, infant, mixed (illegitimate child)[132][133][134] | |
| William Danesse | White | M | January 8, 1789 | Suffolk | Robbery | [135] | ||
| William Smith | White | M | ||||||
| Rachel Wall | White | 29 | F | Robbery | Margaret Bender, white | |||
| Edward V. Brown | White | M | October 14, 1790 | Suffolk | Burglary | [136] | ||
| John Bailey | Black | 19 | M | |||||
| Samuel Frost | White | 29 | M | October 31, 1793 | Worcester | Murder | Capt. Elisha Allen, white | Samuel Adams |
| John B. Collins | White | M | July 30, 1794 | Suffolk (Federal) | Murder-Piracy | [137] | ||
| Emanuel Furtado | White | M | ||||||
| Augustus Palacha | White | M | ||||||
| Pomp | Black | M | August 6, 1795 | Essex | Murder | Capt. Charles Furbush, white (owner)[138] | ||
| Henry Blackburn | White | M | January 14, 1796 | Essex | Murder-Robbery | George Wilkins, elderly, white[139] | ||
| John Stewart | White | M | April 6, 1797 | Suffolk | Burglary | Capt. Rust, white[140] | ||
| Stephen Smith | Black | M | October 12, 1797 | Suffolk | Burglary | [141] | Increase Sumner | |
| Samuel Smith | Black | 54 | M | December 26, 1799 | Middlesex | Burglary | [142] | Moses Gill |
1800–1899
| Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Crime | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Fairbanks | White | 21 | M | September 10, 1801 | Norfolk | Murder | Elizabeth Fales, 18, white (girlfriend) | Caleb Strong |
| Ebenezer Mason | White | M | October 7, 1802 | Norfolk | Murder | William Pitt Allen, white (brother-in-law)[143] | ||
| John Battles | Mixed[l] | 19 | M | November 8, 1804 | Norfolk | Murder-Rape | Salome Talbott, 14, white[144] | |
| Dominic Daley | White | 36 | M | June 5, 1806 | Hampshire | Murder-Robbery | Marcus Lyon, white | |
| James Halligan | White | 28 | M | |||||
| Ephraim Wheeler | White | M | December 6, 1806 | Berkshire | Rape | Female, white (daughter)[145] | ||
| Samuel Tully | White | 42 | M | December 10, 1812 | Suffolk (Federal) | Piracy | [146] | Caleb Strong |
| Peter Pyner | Black | M | October 5, 1813 | Hampshire | Rape | Female, white[147] | ||
| Ezra Hutchinson | White | M | November 18, 1813 | Berkshire | Rape | Sally Bates, white[148] | ||
| John Goodenough | White | M | November 10, 1814 | Suffolk (Military) | Desertion | N/A[149][150] | ||
| Adam Wilson | White | M | ||||||
| Henry Phillips | White | M | March 13, 1817 | Suffolk | Murder | Gaspard Denegri, white[151] | John Brooks | |
| John Williams | White | 30 | M | February 10, 1819 | Suffolk (Federal) | Murder-Piracy | [152] | |
| Francis Fredrick | White | M | ||||||
| John Rog | White | 30 | M | |||||
| Peter Peterson | White | 20 | M | |||||
| Peter Johnson | Black | M | November 25, 1819 | Berkshire | Rape | Charity Booth, white[153] | ||
| Michael Powers | White | 51 | M | May 25, 1820 | Suffolk | Murder | Thomas Kennedy, white[154] | |
| Warren Fawsett | White | M | June 15, 1820 | Suffolk (Federal) | Piracy | [155] | ||
| William Holmes | White | M | ||||||
| Edward Rosewaine | White | M | ||||||
| Stephen Clarke | White | 16 | M | May 10, 1821 | Essex | Arson | Phebe Cross, white[156][m] | |
| Michael Martin | White | 46 | M | December 20, 1821 | Middlesex | Robbery | Major John Bray, white[157] | |
| Samuel Clisby | White | M | March 7, 1822 | Suffolk | Robbery | Ezra Haynes, white[158] | ||
| Gilbert Close | White | M | ||||||
| Samuel Green | White | 26 | M | April 25, 1822 | Suffolk | Murder | Billy Williams, black (inmate) | |
| Perry Anthony | Black | M | December 21, 1824 | Suffolk (Federal)[n] | Murder | Mr. Stoddard, white[159][160] | William Eustis | |
| Horace Carter | White | M | December 7, 1825 | Worcester | Rape | Ruth Ainsworth, elderly, white[161][162] | Levi Lincoln Jr. | |
| John Holloran | White | M | March 3, 1826 | Suffolk | Murder | Jonathan Houghton, white (watchman)[163] | ||
| Samuel Chase | Native American | M | November 26, 1826 | Berkshire | Murder | Joel Freeman, black[164] | ||
| Duncan White | White | M | February 1, 1827 | Suffolk (Federal) | Piracy | [165] | ||
| Winslow Curtis | White | M | ||||||
| John Boies | White | M | July 7, 1829 | Norfolk | Murder | Jane Boies, white (wife)[166] | ||
| John Knapp | White | 20 | M | September 28, 1830 | Essex | Murder | Capt. Joseph White, white[167][168] | |
| Joseph Knapp Jr. | White | M | December 31, 1830 | Accessory to murder | ||||
| Joseph Gadett | Black | M | July 1, 1831 | Suffolk (Federal) | Piracy | [169] | ||
| Thomas Collinet | Black | M | ||||||
| Henry Joseph | Black | M | December 2, 1834 | Suffolk (Federal) | Piracy | [170] | John Davis | |
| Pedro Gibbert | White | M | June 9, 1835 | Suffolk (Federal) | Piracy | [171] | Samuel Turell Armstrong | |
| Manuel Boyga | White | M | ||||||
| Manuel Castello | White | M | ||||||
| Angel Garcia | White | M | ||||||
| Juan Montenegro | White | M | ||||||
| Francisco Ruiz | White | M | September 12, 1835 | Suffolk (Federal) | Piracy | [172] | ||
| Simeon Crockett | White | 27 | M | March 16, 1836 | Suffolk | Arson | N/A[173] | Edward Everett |
| Stephen Russell | White | M | ||||||
| James Williams | White | M | May 19, 1837 | Suffolk (Federal) | Murder | [174] | ||
| Benjamin Cummings | White | M | August 7, 1839 | Bristol | Murder | Asa Clark Jr., white[175] | ||
| Thomas Barrett | White | M | January 3, 1845 | Worcester | Murder-Rape | Ruth Houghton, 70, white[176] | George N. Briggs | |
| Washington Goode | Black | 29 | M | May 25, 1849 | Suffolk | Murder | Thomas Harding, black[177] | |
| Daniel Pearson | White | 41 | M | July 20, 1850 | Suffolk | Murder | Three people, white[178][179][180][o] | |
| John Webster | White | 57 | M | August 30, 1850 | Suffolk | Murder | George Parkman, 59, white | |
| James Clough | White | 29 | M | April 28, 1854 | Bristol | Murder | Gideon Manchester, white[181] | Emory Washburn |
| Thomas Casey | White | 22 | M | September 29, 1854 | Middlesex | Murder | Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, white[182] | |
| James McGee | White | M | June 25, 1858 | Suffolk | Murder | Mr. Walker, white (deputy warden)[183] | Nathaniel P. Banks | |
| Alexander Desmarteau | White | 25 | M | April 26, 1861 | Norfolk | Murder-Rape | Augustine Lucas, 8, white[184][185] | John Albion Andrew |
| George Hersey | White | 29 | M | August 8, 1862 | Norfolk | Murder | Betsy Frances Tirrell, 25, white (love interest)[186][p] | |
| William Lynch | White | M | June 26, 1863 | Suffolk (Military) | Mutiny | [187] | ||
| James Callender | Mixed[q] | M | November 6, 1863 | Berkshire | Murder-Rape | Emily Jones and her two daughters, white[188] | ||
| Charles Carpenter | White | M | April 22, 1864 | Suffolk (Military) | Desertion | N/A[189] | ||
| Matthew Riley | White | M | ||||||
| Edward Green | White | 33 | M | April 13, 1866 | Middlesex | Murder-Robbery | Frank E. Converse, 17, white[190] | Alexander Bullock |
| Silas James | White | 31 | M | September 25, 1868 | Worcester | Murder-Robbery | Joseph G. Clark, white[191] | |
| Charles James | White | 22 | M | |||||
| James McElhaney | White | M | March 21, 1873 | Suffolk | Murder | Mrs. Roberts, white (mother-in-law)[192] | William B. Washburn | |
| Albert Smith | White | M | June 27, 1873 | Hampden | Murder | Charles D. Sackett, white[193] | ||
| William Sturtevant | White | M | May 2, 1875 | Plymouth | Murder-Burglary | Simeon Sturtevant (uncle) and Mary Buckley, white[194] | William Gaston | |
| James Costley | White | M | June 25, 1875 | Norfolk | Murder | Julia Hawkes, white[195][r] | ||
| George Pemberton | White | M | October 8, 1875 | Suffolk | Murder | Margaret Bingham, white[196] | ||
| Thomas Piper | White | 27 | M | May 26, 1876 | Suffolk | Murder-Rape | Mabel Hood Young, 5, white[s] | Alexander H. Rice |
| Samuel Frost | White | M | May 26, 1876 | Worcester | Murder | Franklin P. Towne, white (brother-in-law)[197] | ||
| John Ten Eyck | Mixed[t] | 46 | M | August 16, 1878 | Berkshire | Murder-Burglary | Mr. and Mrs. David Stillman, 80 and 70, white[198] | |
| William Devlin | White | M | March 13, 1879 | Middlesex | Murder | Female, white (wife)[199] | Thomas Talbot | |
| Alan Adams | White | 44 | M | April 16, 1881 | Hampshire | Murder | Moses B. Dickinson, white[200] | John Davis Long |
| Joseph Loomis | White | M | March 8, 1883 | Hampden | Murder-Robbery | David Levitt, white[201] | Benjamin Butler | |
| Charles Williams | Mixed[u] | M | January 8, 1886 | Middlesex | Rape | Eliza J. Keene, white[202] | George D. Robinson | |
| Samuel Besse | White | M | March 10, 1887 | Plymouth | Murder-Robbery | Richard N. Lawton, white[203] | Oliver Ames | |
| James Nowlin | White | 18 | M | January 20, 1888 | Middlesex | Murder-Robbery | George A. Codman, 50, white[204] | |
| Walter Holmes | White | M | February 3, 1893 | Hampden | Murder | Female, white (wife)[205] | William E. Russell | |
| William Coy | White | M | March 3, 1893 | Berkshire | Murder | John Whalen, white[206] | ||
| Daniel Robertson | White | 49 | M | December 4, 1894 | Bristol | Murder | Female, white (wife)[207] | Frederic T. Greenhalge |
| Angus Gilbert | White | M | February 21, 1896 | Suffolk | Murder-Rape | Alice Sterling, child, white[208] | ||
| Jack O'Neill | White | M | January 7, 1898 | Franklin | Murder-Robbery | Mattie McCloud, white[209] | Roger Wolcott | |
| Lorenz Barnes | White | M | March 4, 1898 | Middlesex | Murder-Burglary | John Dean, 75, white[210] | ||
| Alfred Williams | White | 24 | M | October 7, 1898 | Essex | Murder-Robbery | John Gallo, white[211] | |
| Dominique Krathofski | White | 29 | M | December 30, 1898 | Hampden | Murder | Victoria Pinkos, 16, white (stepdaughter)[212] |
1900–1947
In April 1898, Massachusetts officially replaced local hangings with centralized electrocution at Charlestown State Prison, with the replacement being completed in March 1899.[213][214]
| Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Crime | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi Storti | White | 26 | M | December 17, 1901 | Suffolk | Murder | Michele Calucci, 30, white[215][216] | Winthrop M. Crane |
| Franciszek Umilian | White | 34 | M | December 24, 1901 | Hampshire | Murder | Casimer Jedrusik, white[217] | |
| John Cassels | White | 34 | M | May 6, 1902 | Hampden | Murder | Mary J. Lane, white (girlfriend)[218][219] | |
| John Best | White | 37 | M | September 9, 1902 | Essex | Murder | George E. Bailey, white | |
| Charles Tucker | White | 25 | M | June 12, 1906 | Middlesex | Murder-Burglary | Mabel Page, 41, white[220] | Curtis Guild Jr. |
| John Schidlofski | White | 29 | M | July 9, 1906 | Middlesex | Murder | Marciana Spirgis, 40, white (wife)[221][v] | |
| Hom Woon | Asian | 37 | M | October 12, 1909 | Suffolk | Murder | Four people, Asian[222][223][w] | Eben Sumner Draper |
| Min Sing | Asian | 31 | M | |||||
| Leong Gong | Asian | 19 | M | |||||
| Napoleon Rivet | White | 32 | M | July 28, 1910 | Middlesex | Murder | Joseph J. Gailloux, 37, white[224][225] | |
| Wassili Ivankowski | White | 22 | M | March 7, 1911 | Essex | Murder-Robbery | Thomas A. Langren and James H. Carroll (police officer), white[226] | Eugene Foss |
| Andrei Ipson | White | 19 | M | |||||
| Silas Phelps | White | 39 | M | January 26, 1912 | Franklin | Murder | Emmett F. Haskins, white (deputy sheriff)[227] | |
| Clarence Richeson | White | 36 | M | May 21, 1912 | Suffolk | Murder | Avis Willard Linnell, 17, white (fiancée) | |
| Enrico Mascioli | White | 25 | M | June 6, 1912 | Plymouth | Murder | Frank Cusumano, white (girlfriend's husband)[228] | |
| Bertram Spencer | White | 31 | M | September 17, 1912 | Hampden | Murder-Burglary | Martha B. Blackstone, 39, white[229] | |
| Chester Jordan | White | 33 | M | September 24, 1912 | Middlesex | Murder | Irene Shannon, white (wife)[230] | |
| Stefan Borasky | White | 26 | M | June 24, 1913 | Hampden | Murder | Rose Amansky, white[231] | |
| William Dorr | White | 31 | M | March 24, 1914 | Essex | Murder | Orpha Marsh, white (aunt)[232] | David I. Walsh |
| Biago Falzone | White | 23 | M | May 11, 1915 | Middlesex | Murder-Robbery | Maurice Albertson, white[233] | |
| Anton Retkovitz | White | 37 | M | March 16, 1916 | Bristol | Murder | Domba Peremebida, white[234] | Samuel W. McCall |
| Francis Ducharme | White | 27 | M | September 11, 1917 | Hampden | Murder-Rape | Leona Kaczar, 3, white[235] | |
| Francisco Feci | White | 37 | M | August 16, 1920 | Middlesex | Murder | Louis Fred Soulia, white[236] | Calvin Coolidge |
| Paul Dascalakis | White | 30 | M | July 14, 1923 | Suffolk | Murder | Alice Arseneault, white (girlfriend)[237] | Channing H. Cox |
| Cyrille Vandenhecke | White | 51 | M | July 30, 1924 | Essex | Murder | Gislain and Sophie Shureman (girlfriend), white[238] | |
| Richard Stewart | Black | 32 | M | May 5, 1926 | Middlesex | Murder | William James, black[239][240] | Alvan T. Fuller |
| John McLaughlin | White | 30 | M | January 6, 1927 | Middlesex | Murder-Robbery | James H. Ferneaux, elderly, white[241] | |
| John Devereaux | White | 25 | M | |||||
| Edward Heinlein | White | 26 | M | |||||
| Bartolomeo Vanzetti | White | 33 | M | August 23, 1927 | Norfolk | Murder-Robbery | Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, white | |
| Celestino Madeiros | White | 24 | M | |||||
| Nicola Sacco | White | 36 | M | |||||
| Jerry Gedzium | White | 23 | M | February 28, 1928 | Middlesex | Murder-Robbery | Edward C. Ross, white[242] | |
| Herbert Gleason | White | 21 | M | March 13, 1928 | Middlesex | Murder-Robbery | John Monagle, white[243] | |
| Nathan Desatnick | White | 25 | M | July 17, 1928 | Worcester | Murder | Stella Desatnick, infant, white (illegitimate daughter)[244] | |
| George Taylor | White | 47 | M | March 6, 1929 | Essex | Murder-Rape | Stella Kale, white[245] | Frank G. Allen |
| Frederick Knowlton Jr. | White | 37 | M | May 14, 1929 | Middlesex | Murder | Marguerite Stewart, white (girlfriend)[246] | |
| Charles Trippi | White | 22 | M | December 3, 1929 | Worcester | Murder | Frederick Pfluger, white (reformatory guard)[247] | |
| Paul Hurley | White | 20 | M | September 15, 1931 | Norfolk | Murder | Joseph B. O'Brien, white (patrolman)[248] | Joseph B. Ely |
| Joseph Belenski | White | 38 | M | October 21, 1931 | Middlesex | Murder | Wincenty and Stanislawa Stefanowicz, white[249] | |
| Sylvester Fernandes | White | 24 | M | August 12, 1932 | Barnstable | Murder-Burglary | John Alvez, white[250] | |
| Ahmed Osman | Middle Eastern | 37 | M | January 23, 1934 | Norfolk | Murder-Rape | Nellie Keras, 9, white[251] | |
| Henry Bull | White | 22 | M | February 22, 1934 | Franklin | Murder | Albert C. Jordan, white (patrolman)[252] | |
| Herman Snyder | White | 21 | M | Middlesex | Murder | James M. Kiley, white[253] | ||
| John Donnellon | White | 24 | M | |||||
| Alexander Kaminski | White | 25 | M | February 19, 1935 | Hampden | Murder | Merritt W. Hayden, white (prison guard)[254] | James Michael Curley |
| Abraham Faber | White | 25 | M | June 7, 1935 | Norfolk | Murder-Robbery | Forbes McLeod and Frank Haddock, white (police officers)[255][x] | |
| Irving Millen | White | 22 | M | |||||
| Murton Millen | White | 25 | M | |||||
| Miller Clark | White | 44 | M | January 14, 1936 | Suffolk | Murder-Rape | Ethel Zuckerman, white[256] | |
| Newell Sherman | White | 27 | M | August 4, 1936 | Worcester | Murder | Alice Dudley Sherman, white (wife)[257] | |
| Anthony DiStasio | White | 25 | M | January 18, 1938 | Middlesex | Murder | Daniel Crowley, white[258] | Charles F. Hurley |
| Frank DiStasio | White | 52 | M | |||||
| Edward Simpson | White | 43 | M | May 13, 1938 | Middlesex | Murder | Henry G. Bell and Lawrence E. Murphy, white (patrolman and motorcycle officer)[259] | |
| Walter St. Saveur | White | 22 | M | August 2, 1939 | Middlesex | Murder-Robbery | William Phillips, white[260][261] | Leverett Saltonstall |
| Wallace Green | White | 22 | M | |||||
| Leo Rousseau | White | 29 | M | April 22, 1941 | Norfolk | Murder | Edward D. Lee, white (patrolman)[262] | |
| Paul Giacomazza | White | 19 | M | June 30, 1942 | Middlesex | Murder | Oscar E. Thomas, 74, white[263][264] | |
| James Nickerson | White | 22 | M | |||||
| Joseph Sheppard | White | 25 | M | June 25, 1943 | Plymouth | Murder | George Landry, 64, white (guard)[265][266][y] | |
| Donald Millard | White | 19 | M | |||||
| Robert Gray | Black | 34 | M | Suffolk | Murder-Burglary | Zelda Karchmer, 26, white[267][266] | ||
| Raphael Skopp | White | 36 | M | August 16, 1946 | Suffolk | Murder-Robbery | Bronislaw Pertrusevitz, 53, white[268][269] | Maurice J. Tobin |
| Phillip Bellino | White | 32 | M | May 9, 1947 | Essex | Murder | Robert Williams, 19, white | Robert F. Bradford |
| Edward Gertson | White | 35 | M |
Notes
- ↑ A mare, a cow, two goats, several sheep, two calves, and a turkey.
- ↑ Also confessed to murdering her child.
- 1 2 3 Executed by burning.
- ↑ Then part of the Province of New York.
- ↑ Tried and convicted in Bristol, now part of Rhode Island.
- ↑ Executed by crushing.
- ↑ Mulatta.
- ↑ Stillborn or died shortly after birth.
- ↑ Previously convicted of manslaughter for beating another Native, Jethro Quonset, in 1732.
- ↑ Peleg Titus, Isaac Jeffrey, and John Charles. Charles was an accomplice to the first two murders, but was then murdered by Quibby while awaiting trial.
- ↑ White and Native American, reported to be a descendant of Edward Convers.
- ↑ Mulatto.
- ↑ Serial arsonist, burned nine other buildings during this crime and suspected in several previous fires.
- ↑ Crime committed in the Bay of Honduras.
- ↑ His wife Martha B. Pearson and their twin daughters, Sarah and Lydia.
- ↑ Also suspected of murdering his wife Emeline and Mary Tirrell, but denied both.
- ↑ Mulatto.
- ↑ Also believed to have murdered another woman, 24-year-old Love Congdon.
- ↑ Suspected serial killer, also previously murdered Bridget Landregan and attempted to murder Mary Tyner.
- ↑ Son of a runaway slave and a woman of mixed white and native ancestry.
- ↑ Mulatto.
- ↑ One of his former wives also drowned under suspicious circumstances.
- ↑ Lee Kai Nom, Chin Leet, Chin Mon Quin, and Wong Shu Chung.
- ↑ Serial killers, also previously murdered Edmund Leary and an elderly theater employee.
- ↑ Also murdered two other guards, 63-year-old Franklin Weston and 42-year-old Howard V. Murphy, during the crime.
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