List of people executed in Massachusetts explained

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

1630–1699

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

1630-1699: 102 executions!#!Name!Age!Race!Gender!Occupation!Crime!Date of execution!Method of execution!County

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

1700–1799

1700-1799: 107 executions!#!Name!Age!Race!Gender!Occupation!Crime!Date of execution!Method of execution!County

1	Esther Rodgers	21	White	Female	Servant	Murder	1701-07-15	Hanging	Suffolk
2	Finch		Native American	Male	?	?	1704	Hanging	Suffolk
3	John Lambert		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Essex
4	John Miller		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Nantucket
5	Erastus Petersen		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Suffolk
6	John Quelch		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Suffolk
7	Peter Roach		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Suffolk
8	Christopher Scudamore		White	Male	Pirate	Piracy	1704-06-30	Hanging	Suffolk
9	Josias [?]		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1709-01-12	Hanging	Suffolk
10	Joseph [?]		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1709-01-12	Hanging	Suffolk
11	Betty [?]		Black	Female	?	?	1712	Hanging	Suffolk
12	David Wallis		White	Male	Sailor	Murder	1713-09	Hanging	Suffolk
13	Margaret Callahan		?	Female	?	Murder	1715-06-04	Hanging	?
14	Jeremiah Fenwick		White	Male	?	Murder	1717	Hanging	Suffolk
15	Thomas Baker		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
16	Peter Hoof		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
17	John Brown		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
18	John Shuan		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
19	Simon Van Vorst		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
20	Hendrick Quintos		White	Male	?	Piracy	1715-11-15	Hanging	Suffolk
21	Joseph Hanno		Black	Male	?	Murder	1721-05-25	Hanging	Suffolk
22	[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Arson	1723	Hanging	Suffolk
23	John Archer	27	White	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1724-06-02	Hanging	Suffolk
24	William White	22	White	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1724-06-02	Hanging	Suffolk
25	Samuel Cole		?	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1726	Hanging	Suffolk
26	William Fly		White	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1726	Hanging	Suffolk
27	Henry Grenvil		?	Male	Seaman	Piracy	1726	Hanging	Suffolk
28	[Unknown]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	1729	Hanging	Suffolk
29	Richard Wilson		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1732-01-13	Hanging	Suffolk
30	Quincy Julian		Native American	Male	Slave	Murder	1733-03-22	Hanging	Middlesex
31	Rebecca Chamblett	27	White	Female	?	Concealment of birth	1733-09-27	Hanging	Suffolk
32	Amaziah Harding		White	Male	?	Murder	1734-06	Hanging	Suffolk
33	Matthew Cushing	22	?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1734-10-17	Hanging	Suffolk
34	John Ormsby		?	Male	?	Murder	1734-10-17	Hanging	Barnstable
35	Sabo J. Nobby		Native American	Male	?	?	1736	Hanging	Suffolk
36	Hugh Henderson	30	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1737-11-26	Hanging	Suffolk
37	Philip Kennison		?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1738-09-13	Hanging	Nantucket
38	Heppy Comfort		Native American	Male	?	?	1739	Hanging	Worcester
39	[Garnier]		Black	Male	Slave	Arson	1741-01	Hanging	Middlesex
40	Jeffrey [?]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	1745	Hanging	Nantucket
41	[Unknown]		Black	?	Slave	?	1749	Hanging	Suffolk
42	[Unknown]		Black	?	Slave	?	1749	Burning	Worcester
43	Henry Jude		Native American	Male	?	?	1750	Hanging	?
44	David [?]		Black	Male	Servant	Murder	1751-05-16	Hanging	?
45	William Welch		?	Male	?	Murder	1754-04-11	Hanging	Nantucket
46	William Weir		?	Male	?	Murder	1754-11-19	Hanging	Suffolk
47	Mark Codman		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	1755-09-18	Hanging	Suffolk
48	Phillis Codman		Black	Female	Slave	Murder	1755-09-18	Burning	Suffolk
49	John Harrington		White	Male	?	Murder	1757-03-17	Hanging	Middlesex
50	Bristol [?]	16	Black	Male	?	Murder	1763-12-01	Hanging	Middlesex
51	Joseph Lightley		?	Male	?	Murder	1765-11-21	Hanging	Middlesex
52	Nathan Quibby		Native American	Male	?	Murder	1768-05-26	Hanging	Bristol
53	Arthur [?]	21	Black	Male	Slave	Rape	1767-10-20	Hanging	Middlesex
54	Richard Ames		White	Male	Soldier	Desertion	1768-01-31	Shooting	Nantucket
55	Tom Ichabod		Native American	Male	?	?	1769	Hanging	Worcester
56	Joel Elisa		Native American	Male	?	?	1769	Hanging	Suffolk
57	Simon Hews		Native American	Male	?	?	1769	Hanging	Nantucket
58	William Lindsay		?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1770-01-25	Hanging	Nantucket
59	William Shaw		White	Male	?	Murder	1770-12-13	Hanging	Nantucket
60	Bryan Sheehan	39	White	Male	?	Rape	1772-01-16	Hanging	Worcester
61	Levi Ames		White	Male	?	Murder	1773-01-21	Hanging	Hampden
62	Valentine Ducat		White	Male	Soldier	Desertion	1774-09-01	Shooting	Essex
63	William Ferguson		White	Male	Soldier	Desertion	1774-12-24	Shooting	Suffolk
64	Elijah Woodward		White	Male	Soldier	Desertion	1777-01-05	Shooting	Suffolk
65	William Brooks		White	Male	Soldier	Murder	1778-07-02	Hanging	Suffolk
66	James Buchanan	30	White	Male	Soldier	Murder	1778-07-02	Hanging	Suffolk
67	Ezra Ross	16	White	Male	Soldier	Murder	1778-07-02	Hanging	Worcester
68	Bathsheba Spooner	32	White	Female	Housewife	Murder	1778-07-02	Hanging	Worcester
69	Robert Young	29	White	Male	Soldier	Rape	1779-11-11	Hanging	Worcester
70	William Huggins		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1783-06-19	Hanging	Worcester
71	John Mansfield		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1783-06-19	Hanging	Worcester
72	Cassumo Garcelli	23	White	Male	?	Murder	1784-01-15	Hanging	Worcester
73	Dirick Grout (or Dirach Grout)^[11]	36	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1784-01-28	Hanging	Worcester
74	Francis Coven (or Francis Couvin)	22	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1784-01-28	Hanging	Suffolk
75	John Dixson (or John Dixon)		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)		?	Female	?	Concealment of birth	1785-07-21	Hanging	Hampshire
82	Johnson Greene (or Johnson Green)	29	Black	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1786-08-17	Hanging	Suffolk
83	Isaac Combs (or Isaac Coombs)	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)	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, or Abiah Converse)	32^[12]	White	Female	?	Murder of her illegitimate child^[13]	1788-07-06	Hanging	Suffolk
92	John O'Neil		?	Male	?	Murder	1788-09-04	Hanging	Bristol
93	William Danesse (or William Denossee)		?	Male	?	Robbery	1789-10-08	Hanging	Suffolk
94	William Smith		?	Male	?	Robbery	1789-10-08	Hanging	Hampshire
95	Rachel Wall		?	Female	?	Robbery	1789-10-08	Hanging	Suffolk
96	Edward Vail Brown		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)		?	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)	Hanging	Suffolk
104	Henry Blackburn (or Henry Blackbourne)		White	Male	Chimney Sweep	Murder-Robbery	1796-01-14	Hanging	Suffolk
105	John Stewart		White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1797-04-06	Hanging	Essex
106	Stephen Smith^[14]	28	Black	Male	Escaped Slave	Housebreaking/Burglary	1797-10-12	Hanging	Essex
107	Samuel Smith		?	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	1799-12-26	Hanging	Middlesex

1800–1899

1800-1899: 80 executions!#!Name!Age!Race!Gender!Occupation!Crime!Date of execution!Method of execution!County

1	Jason Fairbanks	21	White	Male	?	Murder	1801-09-10	Hanging	Suffolk
2	Ebenezer Mason		White	Male	Laborer	Murder	1802-01-07	Hanging	Suffolk
3	John Battles (or John Battes, or John Battis)	19	Black	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1804-11-08	Hanging	Norfolk
4	Ephiram Wheeler (or Ephraim Wheeler)		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	Thomas Barrett		White	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1845-01-03	Hanging	Suffolk
48	Washington Goode		?	Male	Seaman	Murder	1849-05-25	Hanging	Middlesex
49	Daniel H. Pearson^[15]	41	White	Male	?	Murder	1850-07-20	Hanging	Worcester
50	John Webster		White	Male	Medical professional	Murder	1850-08-30	Hanging	Suffolk
51	James Clough	29	White	Male	?	Murder	1854-04-28	Hanging	Suffolk
52	Thomas Casey	22	White	Male	?	Murder	1854-09-29	Hanging	Suffolk
53	James McGee		?	Male	Convict	Murder	1858-06-25	Hanging	Bristol
54	Alexander Desmarteau		White	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1861-04-26	Hanging	Middlesex
55	George Hersey	29	White	Male	Cobbler	Murder	1862-08-08	Hanging	Suffolk
56	James Callender		Black	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1863-11-06	Hanging	Norfolk
57	Edward Green	33	White	Male	Postmaster	Murder-Robbery	1866-04-13	Hanging	Norfolk
58	Silas James	31	White	Male	Gambler	Murder-Robbery	1868-09-25	Hanging	Berkshire
59	Charles James	22	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1868-09-25	Hanging	Middlesex
60	James McElhaney		White	Male	?	Murder	1873-03-21	Hanging	Worcester
61	Albert Smith		White	Male	?	Murder	1873-06-27	Hanging	Worcester
62	William Sturtevant		White	Male	Factory Worker	Murder-Robbery	1875-05-02	Hanging	Suffolk
63	James Costley		White	Male	Innkeeper	Murder	1875-06-25	Hanging	Hampden
64	George Pemberton		?	Male	?	Murder	1875-01-08	Hanging	Plymouth
65	Thomas W. Piper	27	White	Male	Church janitor	Murder-Rape	1876-05-26	Hanging	Norfolk
66	Samuel Frost		White	Male	?	Murder	1876-05-26	Hanging	Suffolk
67	John Ten Eyck	46	Black	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	1878-08-16	Hanging	Suffolk
68	William Devlin		White	Male	Mill foreman	Murder	1879-03-13	Hanging	Worcester
69	Alan Adams	44	White	Male	Whaler	Murder	1881-04-16	Hanging	Berkshire
70	Joseph Loomis		?	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1883-03-08	Hanging	Middlesex
71	Charles Williams		Black	Male	?	Rape	1886-01-08	Hanging	Hampshire
72	Samuel Besse		?	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1887-03-10	Hanging	Hampden
73	James Nowlin	18	White	Male	Milkman	Murder-Robbery	1888-01-20	Hanging	Middlesex
74	Walter Holmes		?	Male	?	Murder	1893-02-03	Hanging	Plymouth
75	William Coy		White	Male	Wood chopper	Murder	1893-03-03	Hanging	Middlesex
76	Daniel Robertson	49	White	Male	Carpenter	Murder	1894-12-04	Hanging	Hampden
77	Angus Gilbert		White	Male	?	Murder-Rape	1896-02-21	Hanging	Berkshire
78	Jack O'Neill		White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	1898-01-07	Hanging	Bristol
79	Lorenz Barnes		?	Male	?	Murder-Burglary	1898-03-04	Hanging	Suffolk
80	Dominique Krathofski	29	White	Male	?	Murder	1898-12-30	Hanging	Franklin

1900–1947

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

1900-1947: 65 executions!#!Name!Age!Race!Gender!Occupation!Crime!Date of execution!Method of execution!County

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

Notes

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

Notes and References

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3. Web site: Massachusetts . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230605022656/https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/massachusetts . 2023-06-05 . 2023-06-04 . Death Penalty Information Center.
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5. Web site: Crime and Punishment in Plymouth Colony . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230728181924/http://mayflowerhistory.com/crime . 2023-07-28 . 2023-07-28 . Mayflower History . 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..
6. Book: Hanson, Robert Brand . Dedham, Massachusetts: 1635–1890 . Dedham Historical Society . 1976 . Dedham, Massachusetts . 90 . en-US.
7. Ronda . James P. . Ronda . Jeanne . Summer 1974 . The Death of John Sassamon: An Exploration in Writing New England Indian History . American Indian Quarterly . 1 . 2 . 91–102 . 10.2307/1183890 . 1183890 . JSTOR.
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12. March 2002 . The Hanging of Abiel Converse . live . Chester Historical Society . 1 . 1 . 2–3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230715222029/https://chestermass.com/newsletters/2002_March.pdf . 2023-07-15.
13. Book: Bascom, Aaron . A sermon, preached at the execution of Abiel Converse, who was executed at Northampton for the murder of her infant bastard child, July 6th, 1788. / By Aaron Bascom, A.M. Pastor of the church in Chester. . William Butler . 1788 . . en-US.
14. Book: Rogers, Alan . Murder and the Death Penalty in Massachusetts . . 2008 . 9781558496330 . Amherst . 39–63 . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20230621004634/https://moglen.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/AmLegalHist/AngelaProject/Rogers_chapter_2_Part_1.pdf . 2023-06-21.
15. News: 1850-07-26 . Execution of D.H. Pearson for the Murder of His Wife and Twin Children . 2 . . live . 2023-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230620235615/https://www.newspapers.com/article/boston-evening-transcript-execution-of-d/126819180/ . 2023-06-20.
16. News: 1942-11-14 . Gray Appeals Sentence to Electric Chair . 16 . . live . 2023-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716161453/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-robert-hayward-gray-a/128320905/ . 2023-07-16.
17. News: 1943-06-25 . Three Executed at Bridgewater; 'Letter' Probe Looms . 2 . . live . 2023-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716151916/https://www.newspapers.com/article/athol-daily-news-3-executed-at-bridgewat/128317895/ . 2023-07-16.
18. Web site: 1943-05-28 . COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT HAYWARD GRAY . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230717005815/https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/314/314mass96.html . 2023-07-17 . 2023-07-16 . Justia.
19. News: 1837-07-04 . JUDICIAL CRUELTY . 2 . . live . 2023-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230613020048/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-picayune-report-of-13-year-old/126317083/ . 2023-06-13 . Newspapers.com.
20. News: 1837-06-19 . Judicial Vengeance . 2 . . live . 2023-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230613020431/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-judicial-vengeance/126317318/ . 2023-06-13 . Newspapers.com.
21. News: 1837-06-27 . On Judicial Vengeance . 2 . . live . 2023-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230613021217/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-on-judicial-vengeance/126317745/ . 2023-06-13 . Newspapers.com.
22. News: 1837-07-14 . We understand that Michael Monohan, the lad who was recently sentenced to be hung... . 2 . . live . 2023-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230613022728/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-michael-monohans-sent/126318556/ . 2023-06-13 . Newspapers.com.