List of people executed in Massachusetts

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This is a list of at least 351 people executed in Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite web |date=2002 |title=The Espy Files |url=http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/ESPYstate.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605022352/https://dpic-cdn.org/production/legacy/ESPYstate.pdf |archive-date=2023-06-05 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Death Penalty Information Center}}{{Cite book |url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/820251/ocm39986872-1831-HB-0004.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=Report of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives |date=1831-01-06 |publisher=Massachusetts House of Representatives |location=Boston, Massachusetts |pages=91–93 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613004054/https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/820251/ocm39986872-1831-HB-0004.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |archive-date=2023-06-13 |url-status=live}} Capital punishment in Massachusetts was ruled unconstitutional and effectively abolished in 1984.{{Cite web |title=Massachusetts |url=https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/massachusetts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605022656/https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/massachusetts |archive-date=2023-06-05 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Death Penalty Information Center}}

{{incomplete list|date=June 2023}}

1630–1699

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

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

|+1630-1699: 103 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{{Cite journal |title=From Thanksgiving to War: Native Americans in Criminal Cases of Plymouth Colony, 1630-1675 |url=http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/wampanoag.html |url-status=live |journal=University of Virginia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130002344/http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/wampanoag.html |archive-date=2021-11-30 |via=University of Illinois}}

|Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang)

|1638-09-04

|Hanging

|Plymouth{{Cite web |title=Crime and Punishment in Plymouth Colony |url=http://mayflowerhistory.com/crime |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728181924/http://mayflowerhistory.com/crime |archive-date=2023-07-28 |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Mayflower History |quote=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.}}

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 Talbye

|

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Murder

|1638-12-06

|Hanging

|Plymouth

8

|William Hackett

|18

|White

|Male

|Servant

|Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality

|1641-12-10

|Hanging

|Plymouth

9

|Thomas Granger

|17

|White

|Male

|Servant

|Sodomy/Buggery/Bestiality

|1642-09-08

|Hanging

|Suffolk

10

|James Britton

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Adultery

|1643-03-21

|Hanging

|Suffolk

11

|Mary Latham

|18

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Adultery

|1643-03-21

|Hanging

|Plymouth

12

|William Franklin

|

|White

|Male

|Farmer

|Murder

|1644-04-08

|Hanging

|Suffolk

13

|Mary Martin

|22

|White

|Female

|Servant

|Murder

|1646

|Hanging

|Suffolk

14

|Alice Bishop

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Murder

|1648

|Hanging

|Suffolk

15

|Margaret Jones

|

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Witchcraft

|1648-06-15

|Hanging

|Suffolk

16

|[?] Kendall

|

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Witchcraft

|1651

|Hanging

|Plymouth

17

|Mary Parsons

|

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Witchcraft

|1651-05-29

|Hanging

|Suffolk

18

|Ann Hibbens

|

|White

|Female

|Widow

|Witchcraft

|1656-06-19

|Hanging

|Middlesex

19

|William Robinson

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr

|1659-01-22

|Hanging

|Suffolk

20

|Marmaduke Stevenson

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr

|1659-01-22

|Hanging

|Suffolk

21

|Mary Dyer

|

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr

|1660-06-01

|Hanging

|Suffolk

22

|William Leddra

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Being a Quaker/Boston Martyr

|1661-03-14

|Hanging

|Suffolk

23

|Samuel Bellamy

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1661

|Hanging

|Suffolk

24

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1661

|Hanging

|Suffolk

25

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1661

|Hanging

|Suffolk

26

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1661

|Hanging

|Suffolk

27

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1661

|Hanging

|Suffolk

28

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1661

|Hanging

|Suffolk

29

|[Unknown]

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1670

|Hanging

|Suffolk

30

|[Unknown] (son of Matoonas){{Cite book |last=Hanson |first=Robert Brand |title=Dedham, Massachusetts: 1635–1890 |publisher=Dedham Historical Society |year=1976 |location=Dedham, Massachusetts |pages=90 |language=en-US}}

|

|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{{Cite journal |last1=Ronda |first1=James P. |last2=Ronda |first2=Jeanne |date=Summer 1974 |title=The Death of John Sassamon: An Exploration in Writing New England Indian History |url=http://www.jstor.com/stable/1183890 |journal=American Indian Quarterly |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=91–102 |doi=10.2307/1183890 |jstor=1183890 }}

|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

|Samuel Guile, Jr.{{Cite book |last=Noble |first=John |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012951698&seq=66 |title=Records of the Court of assistants of the colony of the Massachusetts bay, 1630-1692, Vol. 1 |publisher=County of Suffolk |year=1901 |location=Boston |pages=50 |language=en}}

|32

|White

|Male

|?

|Rape

|1675-10-16

|Hanging

|Suffolk

46

|Basto (Cox)

|

|Black

|Male

|Slave

|Rape

|1676

|Hanging

|Suffolk

47

|Matoonas

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1676-07-27

|Shooting

|Suffolk

48

|[Unknown]

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1676

|Shooting

|Suffolk

49

|[Unknown]

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1676

|Shooting

|Suffolk

50

|[Unknown]

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1676

|Shooting

|Suffolk

51

|[Unknown]

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1676

|Shooting

|Suffolk

52

|[Unknown]

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1676

|Shooting

|Suffolk

53

|[Unknown]

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1676

|Shooting

|Suffolk

54

|[Unknown]

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1676

|Shooting

|Suffolk

55

|[Unknown]

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1676

|Shooting

|Suffolk

56

|Daniel Goble

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1676

|Hanging

|Suffolk

57

|Stephen Goble

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1676

|Hanging

|Suffolk

58

|Daniel Hoare

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1676

|Hanging

|Suffolk

59

|Nathaniel Wilder

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1676

|Hanging

|Suffolk

60

|Marja (Lamb)

|

|Black

|Female

|Slave

|Arson

|1681-09-22

|Burning

|Suffolk

61

|Jack (Wolcott)

|

|Black

|Male

|Slave

|Arson

|1681-09-22

|Hanging

|Suffolk

62

|William Cheney

|

|White

|Male

|Planter

|Rape

|1681-09-22

|Hanging

|Suffolk

63

|Mrs. Henry Lake

|

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Witchcraft

|1684

|Hanging

|Suffolk

64

|James Morgan

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1685-03-11

|Hanging

|Suffolk

65

|Ann Glover

|

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Witchcraft

|1688-11-16

|Hanging

|?

66

|Samuel Watts

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Murder

|1689

|Hanging

|Suffolk

67

|William Coward

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1689-01-17

|Hanging

|Suffolk

68

|Thomas Johnson

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1689-01-17

|Hanging

|Suffolk

69

|James Hawkins

|

|White

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1689-01-27

|Hanging

|Suffolk

70

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1689-01-27

|Hanging

|Suffolk

71

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1689-01-27

|Hanging

|Suffolk

72

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1689-01-27

|Hanging

|Suffolk

73

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1689-01-27

|Hanging

|Suffolk

74

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1689-01-27

|Hanging

|Suffolk

75

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1689-01-27

|Hanging

|Suffolk

76

|[Unknown]

|

|?

|Male

|Pirate

|Piracy

|1689-01-27

|Hanging

|Suffolk

77

|Pammatoock

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1689-09-26

|Hanging

|Suffolk

78

|Hugh Stone

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1690

|Hanging

|Suffolk

79

|Rebecca Nurse

|71

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-07-19

|Hanging

|Dukes

80

|Susannah Martin

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-07-19

|Hanging

|Essex

81

|Elizabeth Howe

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-07-19

|Hanging

|Essex

82

|Sarah Wildes

|

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-07-19

|Hanging

|Essex

83

|George Jacobs, Sr.

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-08-19

|Hanging

|Essex

84

|John Willard

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-08-19

|Hanging

|Essex

85

|John Proctor

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-08-19

|Hanging

|Essex

86

|Martha Carrier

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-08-19

|Hanging

|Essex

87

|George Burroughs

|

|White

|Male

|Clergyman

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-08-19

|Hanging

|Essex

88

|Giles Corey

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-16

|Pressing

|Essex

89

|Mary Parker

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-22

|Hanging

|Essex

90

|Alice Parker

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-22

|Hanging

|Essex

91

|Mary Eastey

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-22

|Hanging

|Essex

92

|Martha Corey

|

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-22

|Hanging

|Essex

93

|Ann Pudeator

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-22

|Hanging

|Essex

94

|Wilmot Redd

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-22

|Hanging

|Essex

95

|Margaret Scott

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-22

|Hanging

|Essex

96

|Samuel Wardwell

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-22

|Hanging

|Essex

97

|Bridget Bishop

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-22

|Hanging

|Essex

98

|Sarah Good

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Witchcraft/Salem witch trials

|1692-09-22

|Hanging

|Essex

99

|Elizabeth Emmerson

|28

|White

|Female

|?

|Murder (Infanticide){{Cite web |title=Puritan Child Killers: Hannah Duston and Her Sister |url=https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/colonial-child-killers-hannah-duston-and-her-sister/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814142213/https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/colonial-child-killers-hannah-duston-and-her-sister/ |archive-date=2023-08-14 |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=New England Historical Society}}

|1693-06-08

|Hanging

|Essex

100

|Grace [?]

|

|Black

|Female

|Indentured Servant

|Murder (Infanticide){{Cite book |last=Roach |first=Marilynne K. |title=The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community under Siege |publisher=The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group |year=2002 |isbn=1589791320 |edition=1st Taylor Trade Publishing |location=Lanham, Maryland |pages=398–406 |language=en-US}}

|1693-06-08

|Hanging

|Essex

101

|Susanna Andrews

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Concealment of birth

|1696

|Hanging

|Suffolk

102

|Sarah Threeneedles{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Ann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yKd9DwAAQBAJ |title=Women Who Kill |publisher=The Feminist Press at CUNY |year=2009 |isbn=9781558616523 |location=New York |language=en-US}}

|

|?

|Female

|?

|Murder

|1698-11-17

|Hanging

|Suffolk

103

|Sarah Smith

|

|White

|Female

|?

|Murder

|1699

|Hanging

|Plymouth

1700–1799

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

|+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

|Rebekah Chamblit

|27

|White

|Female

|?

|Infanticide

|1733-09-27

|Hanging

|Suffolk

32

|Amaziah Harding

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1734-06

|Hanging

|Suffolk

33

|Matthew Cushing

|22

|?

|Male

|?

|Housebreaking/Burglary

|1734-10-17

|Hanging

|Suffolk

34

|John Ormsby

|

|?

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1734-10-17

|Hanging

|Barnstable

35

|Sabo J. Nobby

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1736

|Hanging

|Suffolk

36

|Hugh Henderson

|30

|White

|Male

|?

|Housebreaking/Burglary

|1737-11-26

|Hanging

|Suffolk

37

|Philip Kennison

|

|?

|Male

|?

|Housebreaking/Burglary

|1738-09-13

|Hanging

|Nantucket

38

|Heppy Comfort

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1739

|Hanging

|Worcester

39

|[Garnier]

|

|Black

|Male

|Slave

|Arson

|1741-01

|Hanging

|Middlesex

40

|Jeffrey [?]

|

|Black

|Male

|Slave

|Murder

|1745

|Hanging

|Nantucket

41

|[Unknown]

|

|Black

|?

|Slave

|?

|1749

|Hanging

|Suffolk

42

|[Unknown]

|

|Black

|?

|Slave

|?

|1749

|Burning

|Worcester

43

|Henry Jude

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1750

|Hanging

|?

44

|David [?]

|

|Black

|Male

|Servant

|Murder

|1751-05-16

|Hanging

|?

45

|William Welch

|

|?

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1754-04-11

|Hanging

|Nantucket

46

|William Weir

|

|?

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1754-11-19

|Hanging

|Suffolk

47

|Mark Codman

|

|Black

|Male

|Slave

|Murder

|1755-09-18

|Hanging

|Suffolk

48

|Phillis Codman

|

|Black

|Female

|Slave

|Murder

|1755-09-18

|Burning

|Suffolk

49

|John Harrington

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1757-03-17

|Hanging

|Middlesex

50

|Bristol [?]

|16

|Black

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1763-12-01

|Hanging

|Middlesex

51

|Joseph Lightley

|

|?

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1765-11-21

|Hanging

|Middlesex

52

|Nathan Quibby

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1768-05-26

|Hanging

|Bristol

53

|Arthur [?]

|21

|Black

|Male

|Slave

|Rape

|1767-10-20

|Hanging

|Middlesex

54

|Richard Ames

|

|White

|Male

|Soldier

|Desertion

|1768-01-31

|Shooting

|Nantucket

55

|Tom Ichabod

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1769

|Hanging

|Worcester

56

|Joel Elisa

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1769

|Hanging

|Suffolk

57

|Simon Hews

|

|Native American

|Male

|?

|?

|1769

|Hanging

|Nantucket

58

|William Lindsay

|

|?

|Male

|?

|Housebreaking/Burglary

|1770-01-25

|Hanging

|Nantucket

59

|William Shaw

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1770-12-13

|Hanging

|Nantucket

60

|Bryan Sheehan

|39

|White

|Male

|?

|Rape

|1772-01-16

|Hanging

|Worcester

61

|Levi Ames

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1773-01-21

|Hanging

|Hampden

62

|Valentine Ducat

|

|White

|Male

|Soldier

|Desertion

|1774-09-01

|Shooting

|Essex

63

|William Ferguson

|

|White

|Male

|Soldier

|Desertion

|1774-12-24

|Shooting

|Suffolk

64

|Elijah Woodward

|

|White

|Male

|Soldier

|Desertion

|1777-01-05

|Shooting

|Suffolk

65

|William Brooks

|

|White

|Male

|Soldier

|Murder

|1778-07-02

|Hanging

|Suffolk

66

|James Buchanan

|30

|White

|Male

|Soldier

|Murder

|1778-07-02

|Hanging

|Suffolk

67

|Ezra Ross

|16

|White

|Male

|Soldier

|Murder

|1778-07-02

|Hanging

|Worcester

68

|Bathsheba Spooner

|32

|White

|Female

|Housewife

|Murder

|1778-07-02

|Hanging

|Worcester

69

|Robert Young

|29

|White

|Male

|Soldier

|Rape

|1779-11-11

|Hanging

|Worcester

70

|William Huggins

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Housebreaking/Burglary

|1783-06-19

|Hanging

|Worcester

71

|John Mansfield

|

|White

|Male

|?

|Housebreaking/Burglary

|1783-06-19

|Hanging

|Worcester

72

|Cassumo Garcelli

|23

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1784-01-15

|Hanging

|Worcester

73

|Dirick Grout (or Dirach Grout){{Cite book |last=Smith |first=J.S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BVy1jHV1wAgC |title=Lend a Hand: A Record of Progress |publisher=J. Stilman Smith & Co. |year=1890 |editor-last=Hale |editor-first=Edward Everett |volume=5 |location=Boston |pages=67 |language=en-US}}

|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{{Cite journal |date=March 2002 |title=The Hanging of Abiel Converse |url=https://chestermass.com/newsletters/2002_March.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Chester Historical Society |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=2–3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715222029/https://chestermass.com/newsletters/2002_March.pdf |archive-date=2023-07-15}}

|White{{Efn|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.}}

|Female

|?

|Murder of her illegitimate child{{Cite book |last=Bascom |first=Aaron |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N16330.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext |title=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. |publisher=William Butler |year=1788 |location=Northampton, Massachusetts |language=en-US}}

|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

|

|29

|Female

|Pirate

|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{{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=Alan |url=https://moglen.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/AmLegalHist/AngelaProject/Rogers_chapter_2_Part_1.pdf |title=Murder and the Death Penalty in Massachusetts |publisher=University of Massachusetts Press |year=2008 |isbn=9781558496330 |location=Amherst |pages=39–63 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621004634/https://moglen.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/AmLegalHist/AngelaProject/Rogers_chapter_2_Part_1.pdf |archive-date=2023-06-21}}

|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

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!#

!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{{Efn|The Espy Files list a 13-year-old boy as having been hanged for arson in Suffolk County on an unknown day in 1837. M. Watt Espy's notes state that this boy was an "Irish orphan" who was executed by hanging in Suffolk County according to the Times-Picayune located out of Louisiana. Further digging shows this boy's name was Michael Monohon (or Michael Monohan). Some reports say Michael was hanged in Lowell, Massachusetts, on either 06/10/1837, or 06/17/1837. Other reports state that his sentence was commuted to a lifetime of hard labor very shortly before he was scheduled to be executed. Due to the uncertainty around this case, he will not be included in this table or in the final count of Massachusetts executions.}}

|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{{Cite news |date=1850-07-26 |title=Execution of D.H. Pearson for the Murder of His Wife and Twin Children |pages=2 |work=Boston Evening Transcript |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/boston-evening-transcript-execution-of-d/126819180/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620235615/https://www.newspapers.com/article/boston-evening-transcript-execution-of-d/126819180/ |archive-date=2023-06-20}}{{Efn|The Espy Files list his name as just "Pierson," without providing a first name, age, or race.}}

|41

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1850-07-20

|Hanging

|Worcester

50

|John White Webster

|

|White

|Male

|Medical professional

|Murder

|1850-08-30

|Hanging

|Suffolk

51

|James Clough

|29

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1854-04-28

|Hanging

|Suffolk

52

|Thomas Casey

|22

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1854-09-29

|Hanging

|Suffolk

53

|James McGee

|

|?

|Male

|Convict

|Murder

|1858-06-25

|Hanging

|Bristol

54

|Alexander Desmarteau

|

|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.

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|+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

|Essex

5

|Charles Tucker

|25

|White

|Male

|Handyman

|Murder-Robbery

|1906-06-12

|Electric chair

|Hampden

6

|John Schidlofski

|29

|White

|Male

|Barber

|Murder

|1906-07-09

|Electric chair

|Essex

7

|Woon Hom

|37

|Asian

|Male

|Tong member

|Murder

|1909-01-12

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

8

|Sing Min

|31

|Asian

|Male

|Tong member

|Murder

|1909-01-12

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

9

|Gong Leong

|19

|Asian

|Male

|Tong member

|Murder

|1909-01-12

|Electric chair

|Suffolk

10

|Napoleon Rivet

|32

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1910-07-28

|Electric chair

|Suffolk

11

|Wassili Ivankowski

|22

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1911-03-07

|Electric chair

|Suffolk

12

|Andrei Ipson

|19

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1911-03-07

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

13

|Silas Phelps

|39

|White

|Male

|Paper worker

|Murder

|1912-01-26

|Electric chair

|Essex

14

|Clarence Richeson

|36

|White

|Male

|Clergyman

|Murder

|1912-05-21

|Electric chair

|Essex

15

|Harry Marshall

|25

|White

|Male

|Fireman

|Murder

|1912-06-06

|Electric chair

|Franklin

16

|Bertram Spencer

|31

|White

|Male

|Clerk

|Murder-Burglary

|1912-09-17

|Electric chair

|Suffolk

17

|Chester Jordan

|33

|White

|Male

|Vaudeville

|Murder

|1912-09-24

|Electric chair

|Plymouth

18

|Stefan Borasky

|26

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1913-06-24

|Electric chair

|Hampden

19

|William Door

|31

|White

|Male

|Businessman

|Murder

|1914-03-24

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

20

|Biago Falzone

|23

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1915-05-11

|Electric chair

|Hampden

21

|Anton Retkovitz

|37

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1916-03-16

|Electric chair

|Essex

22

|Francis Ducharme

|27

|White

|Male

|Laborer

|Murder-Rape

|1917-09-11

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

23

|Francisco Feci

|37

|White

|Male

|Laborer

|Murder

|1920-08-16

|Electric chair

|Bristol

24

|Paul Dascalakis

|30

|White

|Male

|Waiter

|Murder

|1923-07-14

|Electric chair

|Hampden

25

|Cyrille Vandenhecke

|51

|White

|Male

|Loom fixer

|Murder

|1924-07-30

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

26

|Richard Stewart

|32

|Black

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1926-05-05

|Electric chair

|Suffolk

27

|John McLaughlin

|30

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1927-01-06

|Electric chair

|Essex

28

|John Devereaux

|25

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1927-01-06

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

29

|Edward Heinlein

|26

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1927-01-06

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

32

|Nicola Sacco

|36

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1927-08-23

|Electric chair

|Norfolk

30

|Bartolomeo Vanzetti

|33

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1927-08-23

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

31

|Celestino Madeiros

|24

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1927-08-23

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

33

|Jerry Gedzium

|23

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1928-02-28

|Electric chair

|Norfolk

34

|Herbert Gleason

|21

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1928-03-13

|Electric chair

|Norfolk

35

|Nathan DeSatnick

|25

|White

|Male

|Fruit peddler

|Murder

|1928-07-17

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

36

|George Taylor

|47

|White

|Male

|Barber

|Murder-Rape

|1929-03-06

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

37

|Frederick Knowlton, Jr.

|37

|White

|Male

|Businessman

|Murder

|1929-05-14

|Electric chair

|Worcester

38

|Charles Trippi

|22

|White

|Male

|Convict

|Murder

|1929-12-03

|Electric chair

|Essex

39

|Paul Hurley

|20

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1931-09-15

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

40

|Joseph Belenski

|38

|White

|Male

|Farmhand

|Murder

|1931-01-21

|Electric chair

|Worcester

41

|Sylvester Fernandes

|24

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1932-08-12

|Electric chair

|Norfolk

42

|Ahmed Osman

|37

|Other

|Male

|?

|Murder-Rape

|1934-01-23

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

43

|Henry Bull

|22

|?

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1934-02-22

|Electric chair

|Barnstable

44

|Herman Snyder

|21

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1934-02-22

|Electric chair

|Norfolk

45

|John Donnellon

|24

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1934-02-22

|Electric chair

|Franklin

46

|Alexander Kaminski

|25

|White

|Male

|Jail prisoner

|Murder

|1935-02-19

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

47

|Abraham Faber

|25

|White

|Male

|Businessman

|Murder-Robbery

|1935-06-07

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

48

|Irving Millen

|22

|White

|Male

|Criminal

|Murder-Robbery

|1935-06-07

|Electric chair

|Hampden

49

|Murton Millen

|25

|White

|Male

|Criminal

|Murder-Robbery

|1935-06-07

|Electric chair

|Norfolk

50

|Miller Clark

|44

|White

|Male

|Truck driver

|Murder-Rape

|1936-01-14

|Electric chair

|Norfolk

51

|Newell Sherman

|27

|White

|Male

|Machinist

|Murder

|1936-08-04

|Electric chair

|Norfolk

52

|Anthony Distasio

|25

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1938-01-18

|Electric chair

|Suffolk

53

|Frank Distasio

|52

|White

|Male

|Candy dealer

|Murder

|1938-01-18

|Electric chair

|Worcester

54

|Edward Simpson

|43

|White

|Male

|Ex-convict

|Murder

|1938-05-13

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

55

|Walter St. Saveur

|22

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1939-08-02

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

56

|Wallace Green

|22

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder-Robbery

|1939-08-02

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

57

|Joseph Rousseau

|29

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1941-04-22

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

58

|Paul Giacomazza

|19

|White

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1942-06-30

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

59

|James Nickerson

|22

|?

|Male

|?

|Murder

|1942-06-30

|Electric chair

|Norfolk

60

|Joseph E. Sheppard

|25

|White

|Male

|Mental patient

|Murder

|1943-06-25

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

61

|Donald Millard

|19

|White

|Male

|Mental patient

|Murder

|1943-06-25

|Electric chair

|Middlesex

62

|Robert Hayward Gray{{Cite news |date=1942-11-14 |title=Gray Appeals Sentence to Electric Chair |pages=16 |work=Boston Globe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-robert-hayward-gray-a/128320905/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716161453/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-robert-hayward-gray-a/128320905/ |archive-date=2023-07-16}}

|34

|Black{{Cite news |date=1943-06-25 |title=Three Executed at Bridgewater; 'Letter' Probe Looms |pages=2 |work=Athol Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/athol-daily-news-3-executed-at-bridgewat/128317895/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716151916/https://www.newspapers.com/article/athol-daily-news-3-executed-at-bridgewat/128317895/ |archive-date=2023-07-16}}

|Male

|Handyman

|Murder-Robbery{{Cite web |date=1943-05-28 |title=COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT HAYWARD GRAY |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/314/314mass96.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717005815/https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/314/314mass96.html |archive-date=2023-07-17 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Justia}}

|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

{{Notelist}}

References regarding Michael Monohon{{Cite news |date=1837-07-04 |title=JUDICIAL CRUELTY |pages=2 |work=The Times-Picayune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-picayune-report-of-13-year-old/126317083/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613020048/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-picayune-report-of-13-year-old/126317083/ |archive-date=2023-06-13 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=1837-06-19 |title=Judicial Vengeance |pages=2 |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-judicial-vengeance/126317318/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613020431/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-judicial-vengeance/126317318/ |archive-date=2023-06-13 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=1837-06-27 |title=On Judicial Vengeance |pages=2 |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-on-judicial-vengeance/126317745/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613021217/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-on-judicial-vengeance/126317745/ |archive-date=2023-06-13 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=1837-07-14 |title=We understand that Michael Monohan, the lad who was recently sentenced to be hung... |pages=2 |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-michael-monohans-sent/126318556/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613022728/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-michael-monohans-sent/126318556/ |archive-date=2023-06-13 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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