List of people executed in New Hampshire
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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of New Hampshire from 1739 to 1939.
Capital punishment was abolished in New Hampshire on May 30, 2019; however the abolition was not retroactive and one inmate remains on the state's death row.
# | Name | Age | Date of execution | Location | Crime |
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1 | Sarah Simpson | December 27, 1739 | Portsmouth | feloniously concealing death of infant bastard child | |
2 | Penelope Kenny | December 27, 1739 | Portsmouth | feloniously concealing death of infant bastard child | |
3 | Eliphaz Dow | 50 | May 8, 1755 | Portsmouth | murder |
4 | Ruth Blay | 31 | December 30, 1768 | Portsmouth | concealing the death of newborn |
5 | Elisha Thomas | June 3, 1788 | murder | ||
6 | Thomas Powers | July 28, 1796 | rape | ||
7 | Josiah Burnham | 63 | August 12, 1806 | murder | |
8 | Daniel Farmer | 28 | January 3, 1822 | Amherst[1] | murder |
9 | Abraham Prescott | 18 | January 6, 1836 | rape/murder | |
10 | Andrew Howard | July 8, 1846 | robbery/murder | ||
11 | Rev. Enos Dudley | May 23, 1859 | Grafton | murder | |
12 | Samuel Mills | 28 | May 6, 1868 | Haverhill Corner | robbery/murder |
13 | Josiah Pike | 31 | November 9, 1869 | Concord | murder |
14 | Franklin B. Evans | 67 | February 17, 1874 | Concord | murder |
15 | Elwin Major | 29 | January 5, 1877 | Concord | murder |
16 | Joseph LaPage | March 15, 1878 | Concord | murder | |
17 | John Pinkham | March 14, 1879 | Concord | murder | |
18 | Joseph Buzzell | 42 | July 10, 1879 | Concord | accessory to murder |
19 | Thomas Samon | 36 | April 17, 1885 | Concord | murder |
20 | James Palmer | May 1, 1890 | Concord | murder | |
21 | Frank Almy | May 16, 1893 | Concord | murder | |
22 | Oscar Comery | 34 | February 18, 1916 | Concord | murder |
23 | Frederick Small | 50 | January 15, 1918 | Concord | murder |
24 | Howard Long | 33 | July 14, 1939 | Concord | rape/murder |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ George Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1820 (Rumford Press, 1924)