List of people executed in Massachusetts

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

1630–1699

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

1630-1699: 102 executions
Name Race Age Gender Occupation Date of execution Crime Method of execution County
John Billington White 40 Male ? 1630-09-30 Murder of John Newcomen Hanging Bristol
John Williams White Male Carpenter 1637 Murder-Robbery Hanging Worcester
William Schooler White Male Guide 1637-09-23 Murder Hanging Plymouth
Thomas Jackson White Male Indentured Servant[4] 1638-09-04 Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang) Hanging Plymouth[5]
Arthur Peach White 18-20 Male Indentured Servant[4] 1638-09-04 Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang) Hanging Plymouth[5]
Richard Stinnings White Male Indentured Servant[4] 1638-09-04 Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang) Hanging Plymouth[5]
Dorothy Talbye White Female Housewife 1638-12-06 Murder Hanging Plymouth
William Hackett White 18 Male Servant 1641-12-10 Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality Hanging Plymouth
Thomas Granger White 17 Male Servant 1642-09-08 Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality Hanging Suffolk
James Britton White Male ? 1643-03-21 Adultery Hanging Suffolk
Mary Latham White 18 Female Housewife 1643-03-21 Adultery Hanging Plymouth
William Franklin White Male Farmer 1644-04-08 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Mary Martin White 22 Female Servant 1646 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Alice Bishop White Female ? 1648 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Margaret Jones White Female Housewife 1648-06-15 Witchcraft Hanging Suffolk
[?] Kendall White Female Housewife 1651 Witchcraft Hanging Plymouth
Mary Parsons White Female Housewife 1651-05-29 Witchcraft Hanging Suffolk
Ann Hibbens White Female Widow 1656-06-19 Witchcraft Hanging Middlesex
William Robinson White Male ? 1659-01-22 Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr Hanging Suffolk
Marmaduke Stevenson White Male ? 1659-01-22 Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr Hanging Suffolk
Mary Dyer White 49 Female Housewife 1660-06-01 Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr Hanging Suffolk
William Leddra White Male ? 1661-03-14 Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr Hanging Suffolk
Samuel Bellamy ? Male Pirate 1661 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1661 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1661 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1661 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1661 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1661 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] Native American Male ? 1670 Murder Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] (son of Matoonas)[6] Native American Male ? 1671 Murder Hanging Suffolk
William Forrest ? Male Pirate 1672 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Alexander Wilson ? Male Pirate 1672 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
John Smith ? Male Pirate 1672 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Tom Native American Male ? 1674 Rape Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male ? 1674-01-18 Murder Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male ? 1674-01-18 Murder Hanging ?
Benjamin Gourd White 17 Male ? 1674-04-02 Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality Hanging Suffolk
Samuel Guile White Male ? 1675-01-16 Rape Hanging Suffolk
Nicholas Feavor White Male Servant 1675-03-18 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Robert Driver White Male Servant 1675-03-18 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Tobias Native American Male ? 1675-06-08 Murder Hanging Plymouth
Mattashunnamo Native American Male ? 1675-06-08 Murder Hanging Plymouth
Wampapaquan Native American Male ? 1675-06 (after June 8) Murder Shooting Plymouth
John Littlejohn Native American Male ? 1675-09-22 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Samuel Guile, Jr.[7] White 32 Male ? 1675-10-16 Rape Hanging Suffolk
Basto (Cox) Black Male Slave 1676 Rape Hanging Suffolk
Matoonas Native American Male ? 1676-07-27 Murder Shooting Suffolk
[Unknown] Native American Male ? 1676 ? Shooting Suffolk
[Unknown] Native American Male ? 1676 ? Shooting Suffolk
[Unknown] Native American Male ? 1676 ? Shooting Suffolk
[Unknown] Native American Male ? 1676 ? Shooting Suffolk
[Unknown] Native American Male ? 1676 ? Shooting Suffolk
[Unknown] Native American Male ? 1676 ? Shooting Suffolk
[Unknown] Native American Male ? 1676 ? Shooting Suffolk
[Unknown] Native American Male ? 1676 ? Shooting Suffolk
Daniel Goble White Male ? 1676 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Stephen Goble White Male ? 1676 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Daniel Hoare White Male ? 1676 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Nathaniel Wilder White Male ? 1676 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Marja (Lamb) Black Female Slave 1681-09-22 Arson Burning Suffolk
Jack (Wolcott) Black Male Slave 1681-09-22 Arson Hanging Suffolk
William Cheney White Male Planter 1681-09-22 Rape Hanging Suffolk
Mrs. Henry Lake White Female Housewife 1684 Witchcraft Hanging Suffolk
James Morgan White Male ? 1685-03-11 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Ann Glover White Female Housewife 1688-11-16 Witchcraft Hanging ?
Samuel Watts ? Male Pirate 1689 Murder Hanging Suffolk
William Coward ? Male Pirate 1689-01-17 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Thomas Johnson ? Male Pirate 1689-01-17 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
James Hawkins White Male Pirate 1689-01-27 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1689-01-27 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1689-01-27 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1689-01-27 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1689-01-27 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1689-01-27 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1689-01-27 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] ? Male Pirate 1689-01-27 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Pammatoock Native American Male ? 1689-09-26 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Hugh Stone White Male ? 1690 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Bridget Bishop White 60 Female ? 1692-06-10 Witchcraft/Salem witch trials Hanging Essex
Sarah Good White 39 Female ? 1692-07-19 Witchcraft/Salem witch trials Hanging Essex
Elizabeth Howe White 57 Female ? Hanging Essex
Susannah Martin White 71 Female ? Hanging Essex
Rebecca Nurse White 71 Female ? Hanging Dukes
Sarah Wildes White 65 Female Housewife Hanging Essex
George Burroughs White 40-42 Male Clergyman 1692-08-19 Witchcraft/Salem witch trials Hanging Essex
Martha Carrier White 42-49 Female ? Hanging Essex
George Jacobs, Sr. White 83 Male ? Hanging Essex
John Proctor White 60 Male ? Hanging Essex
John Willard White 35 Male ? Hanging Essex
Martha Corey White 72 Female Housewife 1692-09-22 Witchcraft/Salem witch trials Hanging Essex
Mary Eastey White 58 Female ? Hanging Essex
Alice Parker White Female ? Hanging Essex
Mary Parker White 55 Female ? Hanging Essex
Ann Pudeator White 70 Female ? Hanging Essex
Wilmot Redd White Female ? Hanging Essex
Margaret Scott White 76 Female ? Hanging Essex
Samuel Wardwell White 49 Male ? Hanging Essex
Elizabeth Emmerson White 28 Female ? 1693-06-08 Murder (Infanticide)[8] Hanging Essex
Grace [?][8] Black Female Indentured Servant[8] 1693-06-08 Murder (Infanticide)[9] Hanging Essex
Susanna Andrews White Female ? 1696 Concealment of birth Hanging Suffolk
Sarah Threeneedles[10] ? Female ? 1698-11-17 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Sarah Smith White Female ? 1699 Murder Hanging Plymouth

1700–1799

1700-1799: 107 executions
Name Age Race Gender Occupation Date of execution Crime Method of execution County
Esther Rodgers 21 White Female Servant 1701-07-15 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Finch Native American Male ? 1704 ? Hanging Suffolk
John Lambert White Male Pirate 1704-06-30 Piracy Hanging Essex
John Miller White Male Pirate 1704-06-30 Piracy Hanging Nantucket
Erastus Petersen White Male Pirate 1704-06-30 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
John Quelch White Male Pirate 1704-06-30 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Peter Roach White Male Pirate 1704-06-30 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Christopher Scudamore White Male Pirate 1704-06-30 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Josias [?] Native American Male ? 1709-01-12 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Joseph [?] Native American Male ? 1709-01-12 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Betty [?] Black Female ? 1712 ? Hanging Suffolk
David Wallis White Male Sailor 1713-09 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Margaret Callahan ? Female ? 1715-06-04 Murder Hanging ?
Jeremiah Fenwick White Male ? 1717 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Thomas Baker White Male ? 1715-11-15 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Peter Hoof White Male ? 1715-11-15 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
John Brown White Male ? 1715-11-15 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
John Shuan White Male ? 1715-11-15 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Simon Van Vorst White Male ? 1715-11-15 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Hendrick Quintos White Male ? 1715-11-15 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Joseph Hanno Black Male ? 1721-05-25 Murder Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] Black Male ? 1723 Arson Hanging Suffolk
John Archer 27 White Male Seaman 1724-06-02 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
William White 22 White Male Seaman 1724-06-02 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Samuel Cole ? Male Seaman 1726 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
William Fly White Male Seaman 1726 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Henry Grenvil ? Male Seaman 1726 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] Black Male Slave 1729 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Richard Wilson White Male ? 1732-01-13 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Suffolk
Quincy Julian Native American Male Slave 1733-03-22 Murder Hanging Middlesex
Rebekah Chamblit 27 White Female ? 1733-09-27 Infanticide Hanging Suffolk
Amaziah Harding White Male ? 1734-06 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Matthew Cushing 22 ? Male ? 1734-10-17 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Suffolk
John Ormsby ? Male ? 1734-10-17 Murder Hanging Barnstable
Sabo J. Nobby Native American Male ? 1736 ? Hanging Suffolk
Hugh Henderson 30 White Male ? 1737-11-26 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Suffolk
Philip Kennison ? Male ? 1738-09-13 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Nantucket
Heppy Comfort Native American Male ? 1739 ? Hanging Worcester
[Garnier] Black Male Slave 1741-01 Arson Hanging Middlesex
Jeffrey [?] Black Male Slave 1745 Murder Hanging Nantucket
[Unknown] Black ? Slave 1749 ? Hanging Suffolk
[Unknown] Black ? Slave 1749 ? Burning Worcester
Henry Jude Native American Male ? 1750 ? Hanging ?
David [?] Black Male Servant 1751-05-16 Murder Hanging ?
William Welch ? Male ? 1754-04-11 Murder Hanging Nantucket
William Weir ? Male ? 1754-11-19 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Mark Codman Black Male Slave 1755-09-18 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Phillis Codman Black Female Slave 1755-09-18 Murder Burning Suffolk
John Harrington White Male ? 1757-03-17 Murder Hanging Middlesex
Bristol [?] 16 Black Male ? 1763-12-01 Murder Hanging Middlesex
Joseph Lightley ? Male ? 1765-11-21 Murder Hanging Middlesex
Nathan Quibby Native American Male ? 1768-05-26 Murder Hanging Bristol
Arthur [?] 21 Black Male Slave 1767-10-20 Rape Hanging Middlesex
Richard Ames White Male Soldier 1768-01-31 Desertion Shooting Nantucket
Tom Ichabod Native American Male ? 1769 ? Hanging Worcester
Joel Elisa Native American Male ? 1769 ? Hanging Suffolk
Simon Hews Native American Male ? 1769 ? Hanging Nantucket
William Lindsay ? Male ? 1770-01-25 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Nantucket
William Shaw White Male ? 1770-12-13 Murder Hanging Nantucket
Bryan Sheehan 39 White Male ? 1772-01-16 Rape Hanging Worcester
Levi Ames White Male ? 1773-01-21 Murder Hanging Hampden
Valentine Ducat White Male Soldier 1774-09-01 Desertion Shooting Essex
William Ferguson White Male Soldier 1774-12-24 Desertion Shooting Suffolk
Elijah Woodward White Male Soldier 1777-01-05 Desertion Shooting Suffolk
William Brooks White Male Soldier 1778-07-02 Murder Hanging Suffolk
James Buchanan 30 White Male Soldier 1778-07-02 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Ezra Ross 16 White Male Soldier 1778-07-02 Murder Hanging Worcester
Bathsheba Spooner 32 White Female Housewife 1778-07-02 Murder Hanging Worcester
Robert Young 29 White Male Soldier 1779-11-11 Rape Hanging Worcester
William Huggins White Male ? 1783-06-19 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Worcester
John Mansfield White Male ? 1783-06-19 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Worcester
Cassumo Garcelli 23 White Male ? 1784-01-15 Murder Hanging Worcester
Dirick Grout (or Dirach Grout)[11] 36 White Male ? 1784-01-28 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Worcester
Francis Coven (or Francis Couvin)[11] 22 White Male ? 1784-01-28 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Suffolk
John Dixson (or John Dixon)[11] White Male ? 1784-11-11 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Suffolk
Alexander White 22 White Male Seaman 1784-11-18 Murder-Robbery Hanging Suffolk
Richard Barrick ? Male ? 1784-11-18 Robbery Hanging Bristol
John Sullivan ? Male ? 1784-11-18 Robbery Hanging Middlesex
Thomas Archibald ? Male ? 1785-05-05 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Middlesex
William Scott ? Male ? 1785-05-05 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Hampshire
Hannah Piggen (or Hannah Piggin, or Hannah Pigeon)[10] Native American Female ? 1785-07-21[11] Concealment of birth Hanging Hampshire
Johnson Greene (or Johnson Green)[11] 29 Black Male ? 1786-08-17 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Suffolk
Isaac Combs (or Isaac Coombs)[11] 39 Native American Male Peddler 1786-12-21 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Peter Wilcox, Jr. ? Male ? ? Murder Hanging Berkshire
John Sheehan (or John Shean)[11] 24 White Male ? 1787-11-22 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Worcester
John Bly White Male ? 1787-12-06 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Essex
Charles Rose White Male ? 1787-12-06 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Suffolk
William Clarke ? Male ? 1787-12-06 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Hampshire
Joseph Taylor ? Male ? 1788-05-08 Robbery Hanging Berkshire
Archibald Taylor ? Male ? 1788-05-08 Robbery Hanging Berkshire
Abigail Converse (or Abiel Converse,[10] or Abiah Converse)[11] 32[12] White[12][a] Female ? 1788-07-06 Murder of her illegitimate child[13] Hanging Suffolk
John O'Neil ? Male ? 1788-09-04 Murder Hanging Bristol
William Danesse (or William Denossee)[11] ? Male ? 1789-10-08 Robbery Hanging Suffolk
William Smith ? Male ? 1789-10-08 Robbery Hanging Hampshire
Rachel Wall 29 Female Pirate 1789-10-08 Robbery Hanging Suffolk
Edward Vail Brown[11] White Male ? 1790-10-14 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Suffolk
John Bailey Black Male ? 1790-10-14 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Suffolk
Samuel Hadlock ? Male ? 1790-10-28 Murder Hanging Lincoln
Samuel Frost 29 White Male Farmhand 1793-10-31 Murder Hanging Suffolk
John Baptiste Collins ? Male Pirate 1794-07-30 Piracy and Murder on the High Seas Hanging Suffolk
Emanuel Furtado (or Manuel Furtado, or Edmund Fortis)[11] ? Male Pirate 1794-07-30 Piracy and Murder on the High Seas Hanging Worcester
Augustus Palacha (or Augustus Poleski) ? Male Pirate 1794-07-30 Piracy and Murder on the High Seas Hanging Suffolk
Pomp [Furbish] Black Male Slave 1795-08-06 (or 1795-08-10)[11] Murder Hanging Suffolk
Henry Blackburn (or Henry Blackbourne)[11] White Male Chimney Sweep 1796-01-14 Murder-Robbery Hanging Suffolk
John Stewart White Male ? 1797-04-06 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Essex
Stephen Smith[14] 28 Black Male Escaped Slave 1797-10-12 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Essex
Samuel Smith ? Male ? 1799-12-26 Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging Middlesex

1800–1899

1800-1899: 79 executions
Name Race Age Gender Occupation Date of execution Crime Method of execution County
Jason Fairbanks White 21 Male ? 1801-09-10 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Ebenezer Mason White Male Laborer 1802-01-07 Murder Hanging Suffolk
John Battles (or John Battes, or John Battis)[11] Black 19 Male ? 1804-11-08 Murder-Rape Hanging Norfolk
Ephiram Wheeler (or Ephraim Wheeler)[11] White Male ? 1806-02-06 Rape Hanging Hampshire
Dominic Daley White 36 Male ? 1806-06-05 Murder-Robbery Hanging Norfolk
James Halligan White 28 Male ? 1806-06-05 Murder-Robbery Hanging Norfolk
Joseph Drew ? Male ? 1808-07-21 Murder Hanging ?
Ebenezer Ball ? Male ? 1811-10-31 Murder Hanging ?
Samuel Tully White 42 Male Pirate 1812-12-10 Piracy Hanging Hampshire
Henry Pyner Black Male ? 1813-11-05 Rape Hanging Suffolk
Ezra Hutchinson ? Male ? 1813-11-18 Rape Hanging Berkshire
Henry Phillips White Male Seaman 1817-03-13 Murder Hanging Berkshire
John Williams White 30 Male Seaman 1819-02-18 Piracy and Murder on the High Seas Hanging Hampshire
Francis Frederick White Male Seaman 1819-02-18 Piracy and Murder on the High Seas Hanging Suffolk
John P. Rog White 30 Male Seaman 1819-02-18 Piracy and Murder on the High Seas Hanging Suffolk
Peter Peterson (or Nils Peterson) White 20 Male Seaman 1819-02-18 Piracy and Murder on the High Seas Hanging Suffolk
Peter Johnson Black Male ? 1819-11-25 Rape Hanging Suffolk
Michael Powers White 51 Male Laborer 1820-05-25 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Warren Fawsett (or Thomas Warrington) ? Male Pirate 1820-06-15 Murder on the High Seas Hanging Berkshire
William Holmes ? Male Pirate 1820-06-15 Murder on the High Seas Hanging Suffolk
Edward Rosewaine ? Male Pirate 1820-06-15 Murder on the High Seas Hanging Suffolk
Stephen Clarke (or Stephen M. Clark) White 16 Male ? 1821-05-10 Arson Hanging Suffolk
Michael Martin White 46 Male Highwayman 1821-12-20 Robbery Hanging Suffolk
Samuel Clisby ? Male ? 1822-03-07 Robbery Hanging Essex
Gilbert Close ? Male ? 1822-03-07 Robbery Hanging Middlesex
Samuel Green White 26 Male Convict 1822-04-25 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Perez Anthony (or Perry Anthony) Black Male Seaman 1824-12-21 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Horace Carter White Male ? 1825-12-07 (or 1825-12-08) Rape Hanging Suffolk
John Holloran White Male ? 1826-03-03 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Samuel Chase (or Samuel P. Charles) Native American Male ? 1826-11-22 (or 1826-11-26) Murder Hanging Worcester
Duncan White White Male Seaman 1827-02-01 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Winslow Curtis White Male Seaman 1827-02-01 Piracy Hanging Berkshire
John Boies White Male ? 1829-07-07 Murder Hanging Suffolk
John F. Knapp White 20 Male Shipmaster 1830-09-28 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Joseph J. Knapp, Jr. White Male Shipmaster 1830-12-31 Murder Hanging Norfolk
Joseph Gadett Black Male Pirate 1831-07-01 Piracy Hanging Essex
Thomas Collinet Black Male Pirate 1831-07-01 Piracy Hanging Essex
Henry Joseph Black Male Seaman 1834-12-02 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Pedro Gibbert Hispanic Male Seaman 1835-06-09 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Manuel Boyga Hispanic Male Seaman 1835-06-09 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Manuel Castello Hispanic Male Seaman 1835-06-09 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Angel Garcia Hispanic Male Seaman 1835-06-09 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Juan Montenegro Hispanic Male Seaman 1835-06-09 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Francisco Ruiz Hispanic Male Seaman 1835-09-12 Piracy Hanging Suffolk
Simeon Crockett White 27 Male Carpenter 1836-03-16 Arson Hanging Suffolk
Stephen Russell White Male Carpenter 1836-03-16 Arson Hanging Suffolk
Thomas Barrett White Male ? 1845-01-03 Murder-Rape Hanging Suffolk
Washington Goode ? Male Seaman 1849-05-25 Murder Hanging Middlesex
Daniel H. Pearson[15][b] White 41 Male ? 1850-07-20 Murder Hanging Worcester
John White Webster White Male Medical professional 1850-08-30 Murder Hanging Suffolk
James Clough White 29 Male ? 1854-04-28 Murder Hanging Suffolk
Thomas Casey White 22 Male ? 1854-09-29 Murder Hanging Suffolk
James McGee ? Male Convict 1858-06-25 Murder Hanging Bristol
Alexander Desmarteau White 24 Male ? 1861-04-26 Murder-Rape Hanging Hampden
George Hersey White 29 Male Cobbler 1862-08-08 Murder Hanging Suffolk
James Callender Black Male ? 1863-11-06 Murder-Rape Hanging Norfolk
Edward Green White 33 Male Postmaster 1866-04-13 Murder-Robbery Hanging Norfolk
Silas James White 31 Male Gambler 1868-09-25 Murder-Robbery Hanging Berkshire
Charles James White 22 Male ? 1868-09-25 Murder-Robbery Hanging Middlesex
James McElhaney White Male ? 1873-03-21 Murder Hanging Worcester
Albert Smith White Male ? 1873-06-27 Murder Hanging Worcester
William Sturtevant White Male Factory Worker 1875-05-02 Murder-Robbery Hanging Suffolk
James Costley White Male Innkeeper 1875-06-25 Murder Hanging Hampden
George Pemberton ? Male ? 1875-01-08 Murder Hanging Plymouth
Thomas W. Piper White 27 Male Church janitor 1876-05-26 Murder-Rape Hanging Norfolk
Samuel Frost White Male ? 1876-05-26 Murder Hanging Suffolk
John Ten Eyck Black 46 Male Laborer 1878-08-16 Murder-Robbery Hanging Berkshire[16]
William Devlin White Male Mill foreman 1879-03-13 Murder Hanging Worcester
Alan Adams White 44 Male Whaler 1881-04-16 Murder Hanging Berkshire
Joseph Loomis ? Male ? 1883-03-08 Murder-Robbery Hanging Middlesex
Samuel Besse ? Male ? 1887-03-10 Murder-Robbery Hanging Hampden
James Nowlin White 18 Male Milkman 1888-01-20 Murder-Robbery Hanging Middlesex
Walter Holmes ? Male ? 1893-02-03 Murder Hanging Plymouth
William Coy White Male Wood chopper 1893-03-03 Murder Hanging Berkshire[17]
Daniel Robertson White 49 Male Carpenter 1894-12-04 Murder Hanging Hampden
Angus Gilbert White Male ? 1896-02-21 Murder-Rape Hanging Berkshire
Jack O'Neill White Male ? 1898-01-07 Murder-Robbery Hanging Bristol
Lorenz Barnes ? Male ? 1898-03-04 Murder-Burglary Hanging Suffolk
Dominique Krathofski White 29 Male ? 1898-12-30 Murder Hanging Franklin

1900–1947

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

1900-1947: 65 executions
Name Race Age Gender Occupation Date of execution Crime Method of execution County
Luigi Storti White 26 Male ? 1901-12-17 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Franciszek Umilian White 34 Male Farmhand 1901-12-24 Murder Electric chair Hampden
John Cassels White 34 Male Bike repairman 1902-05-06 Murder Electric chair Suffolk
John Courtney Best White 37 Male Farm laborer 1902-09-09 Murder Electric chair Essex
Charles Tucker White 25 Male Handyman 1906-06-12 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Hampden
John Schidlofski White 29 Male Barber 1906-07-09 Murder Electric chair Essex
Hom Woon[18] Asian 37 Male Tong member 1909-10-12[18] Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Min Sing[18] Asian 31 Male Tong member 1909-10-12[18] Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Leong Gong[18] Asian 19 Male Tong member 1909-10-12[18] Murder Electric chair Suffolk
Napoleon Rivet White 32 Male ? 1910-07-28 Murder Electric chair Suffolk
Wassili Ivankowski White 22 Male ? 1911-03-07 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Suffolk
Andrei Ipson White 19 Male ? 1911-03-07 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Middlesex
Silas Phelps White 39 Male Paper worker 1912-01-26 Murder Electric chair Essex
Clarence Richeson White 36 Male Clergyman 1912-05-21 Murder Electric chair Essex
Harry Marshall White 25 Male Fireman 1912-06-06 Murder Electric chair Franklin
Bertram Spencer White 31 Male Clerk 1912-09-17 Murder-Burglary Electric chair Suffolk
Chester Jordan White 33 Male Vaudeville 1912-09-24 Murder Electric chair Plymouth
Stefan Borasky White 26 Male ? 1913-06-24 Murder Electric chair Hampden
William Door White 31 Male Businessman 1914-03-24 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Biago Falzone White 23 Male ? 1915-05-11 Murder Electric chair Hampden
Anton Retkovitz White 37 Male ? 1916-03-16 Murder Electric chair Essex
Francis Ducharme White 27 Male Laborer 1917-09-11 Murder-Rape Electric chair Middlesex
Francisco Feci White 37 Male Laborer 1920-08-16 Murder Electric chair Bristol
Paul Dascalakis White 30 Male Waiter 1923-07-14 Murder Electric chair Hampden
Cyrille Vandenhecke White 51 Male Loom fixer 1924-07-30 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Richard Stewart Black 32 Male ? 1926-05-05 Murder Electric chair Suffolk
John McLaughlin White 30 Male ? 1927-01-06 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Essex
John Devereaux White 25 Male ? 1927-01-06 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Middlesex
Edward Heinlein White 26 Male ? 1927-01-06 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Middlesex
Nicola Sacco White 36 Male ? 1927-08-23 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Norfolk
Bartolomeo Vanzetti White 33 Male ? 1927-08-23 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Middlesex
Celestino Madeiros White 24 Male ? 1927-08-23 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Middlesex
Jerry Gedzium White 23 Male ? 1928-02-28 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Norfolk
Herbert Gleason White 21 Male ? 1928-03-13 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Norfolk
Nathan DeSatnick White 25 Male Fruit peddler 1928-07-17 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
George Taylor White 47 Male Barber 1929-03-06 Murder-Rape Electric chair Middlesex
Frederick Knowlton, Jr. White 37 Male Businessman 1929-05-14 Murder Electric chair Worcester
Charles Trippi White 22 Male Convict 1929-12-03 Murder Electric chair Essex
Paul Hurley White 20 Male ? 1931-09-15 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Joseph Belenski (or Belanski) White 38 Male Farmhand 1931-01-21 Murder Electric chair Worcester
Sylvester Fernandes White 24 Male ? 1932-08-12 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Norfolk
Ahmed Osman Asian 37 Male ? 1934-01-23 Murder-Rape Electric chair Middlesex
Henry "Harry" Clay Bull White 22 Male ? 1934-02-22 Murder Electric chair Barnstable
Herman "Red" Snyder White 21 Male ? 1934-02-22 Murder Electric chair Norfolk
John A. Donnellon White 24 Male ? 1934-02-22 Murder Electric chair Franklin
Alexander Kaminski White 25 Male Jail prisoner 1935-02-19 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Abraham Faber White 25 Male Businessman 1935-06-07 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Middlesex
Irving Millen White 22 Male Criminal 1935-06-07 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Hampden
Murton Millen White 25 Male Criminal 1935-06-07 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Norfolk
Miller Clark White 44 Male Truck driver 1936-01-14 Murder-Rape Electric chair Norfolk
Newell Sherman White 27 Male Machinist 1936-08-04 Murder Electric chair Norfolk
Anthony Distasio White 25 Male ? 1938-01-18 Murder Electric chair Suffolk
Frank Distasio White 52 Male Candy dealer 1938-01-18 Murder Electric chair Worcester
Edward Simpson White 43 Male Ex-convict 1938-05-13 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Walter St. Saveur White 22 Male ? 1939-08-02 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Middlesex
Wallace Green White 22 Male ? 1939-08-02 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Middlesex
Joseph Leo Rousseau White 29 Male ? 1941-04-22 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Paul Giacomazza White 19 Male ? 1942-06-30 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
James Nickerson White 22 Male ? 1942-06-30 Murder Electric chair Norfolk
Joseph E. Sheppard White 25 Male Mental patient 1943-06-25 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Donald Millard White 21 Male Mental patient 1943-06-25 Murder Electric chair Middlesex
Robert Hayward Gray[19] Black[20] 34 Male Handyman[19] 1943-06-25 Murder-Robbery[21] Electric chair Suffolk
Raphael Skopp White 36 Male ? 1946-08-16 Murder-Robbery Electric chair Plymouth
Philip Bellino White 32 Male Gangster 1947-05-09 Murder Electric chair Suffolk
Edward Gertsen White 35 Male Gangster 1947-05-09 Murder Electric chair Suffolk

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "The Espy Files" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center. 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
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