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U.S.A. Executions - 1607-1976 |
FEMALE EXECUTIONS - 1632-1800 |
# | Name | Age | Race | Occupation | Crime | Method | Date | Mtpl | County | State | ||
1 | Jane CHAMPION | White | ? | ? | Hanging | ? | 1632 | JAMES CITY | VIRGINIA | |||
2 | Margaret HATCH | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jun | 24 | 1633 | JAMES CITY | VIRGINIA | ||
3 | Dorothy TALBY | White | Housewife | Murder | Hanging | Dec | 6 | 1638 | PLYMOUTH | MASSACHUSETTS | ||
4 | Mary LATHAM | 18 | White | Housewife | Adultery | Hanging | Mar | 21 | 1643 | X | PLYMOUTH | MASSACHUSETTS |
5 | Mrs. CORNISH | White | Housewife | Murder | Hanging | ? | 1644 | ? | MAINE | |||
6 | Mary MARTIN | 22 | White | Servant | Murder | Hanging | ? | 1646 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | ||
7 | Alice BISHOP | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | ? | 1648 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | |||
8 | Margaret JONES | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | Jun | 15 | 1648 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | ||
9 | Mary JOHNSON | White | Servant | Witchcraft | Hanging | ? | 1649 | ? | CONNECTICUT | |||
10 | Goodwife BASSETT | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | ? | 1651 | FAIRFIELD | CONNECTICUT | |||
11 | KENDALL | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | ? | 1651 | PLYMOUTH | MASSACHUSETTS | |||
12 | Mary PARSONS | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | May | 29 | 1651 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | ||
13 | Elizabeth KNAPP | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | ? | 1653 | FAIRFIELD | CONNECTICUT | |||
14 | Ann HIBBENS | White | Widow | Witchcraft | Hanging | Jun | 19 | 1656 | MIDDLESEX | MASSACHUSETTS | ||
15 | Mary DYER | White | Housewife | Other | Hanging | Jun | 1 | 1660 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | ||
16 | Rebecca GREENSMITH | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | Jan | 1662 | X | HARTFORD | CONNECTICUT | ||
17 | Mary BARNES | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Mar | 1662 | HARTFORD | CONNECTICUT | |||
18 | Isabella YOUSLEY | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Apr | 17 | 1671 | ST MARYS | MARYLAND | ||
19 | MARJA, (LAMB) | Black | Slave | Arson | Burned | Sep | 22 | 1681 | X | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | |
20 | LAKE, HENRY, MRS. | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | ? | 1684 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | |||
21 | Rebecca FOWLER | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | Jan | 9 | 1685 | CALVERT | MARYLAND | ||
22 | Judith ROE | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Mar | 15 | 1688 | KENT | DELAWARE | ||
23 | Goody GLOVER | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | Nov | 16 | 1688 | ? | MASSACHUSETTS | ||
24 | Martha CARRIER | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Aug | 19 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
25 | Rebecca NURSE | 71 | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Jul | 19 | 1692 | X | DUKES | MASSACHUSETTS |
26 | Sussanah MARTIN | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Jul | 19 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
27 | Elizabeth HOW | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Jul | 19 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
28 | Sarah WILD | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | Jul | 19 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
29 | Mary PARKER | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Sep | 22 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
30 | Alice PARKER | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Sep | 22 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
31 | Mary EASTLEY | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Sep | 22 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
32 | Martha COREY | White | Housewife | Witchcraft | Hanging | Sep | 22 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
33 | Ann PUDEATER | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Sep | 22 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
34 | Wilmot READ | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Sep | 22 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
35 | Margaret SCOTT | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Sep | 22 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
36 | Bridget BISHOP | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Sep | 22 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
37 | Sarah GOOD | White | ? | Witchcraft | Hanging | Sep | 22 | 1692 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |
38 | Elizabeth EMMERSON | 28 | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jun | 8 | 1693 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS |
39 | Black | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jun | 8 | 1693 | X | ESSEX | MASSACHUSETTS | ||
40 | Susanna ANDREWS | White | ? | Concealing Birth | Hanging | ? | 1696 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | |||
41 | ? | ? | Murder | Hanging | Nov | 17 | 1698 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | |||
42 | Sarah SMITH | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | ? | 1699 | PLYMOUTH | MASSACHUSETTS | |||
43 | Esther RODGERS | 21 | White | Servant | Murder | Hanging | Jul | 15 | 1701 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | |
44 | Ann TANDY | White | ? | Concealing Birth | Hanging | ? | 1702 | ? | VIRGINIA | |||
45 | SARAH, (CUSTIS) | Black | Slave | Arson | Hanging | ? | 1705 | NORTHAMPTON | VIRGINIA | |||
46 | (HALLETT) | Black | Slave | Murder | Burned | Feb | 2 | 1708 | X | QUEENS | NEW YORK | |
47 | BETTY | Black | ? | ? | Hanging | ? | 1712 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | |||
48 | ABIGAIL, (VANINBURGH) | White | Slave | Slave Revolt | Hanging | ? | 1712 | X | NEW YORK | NEW YORK | ||
49 | SARAH, (PELS) | White | Slave | Slave Revolt | Hanging | ? | 1712 | X | NEW YORK | NEW YORK | ||
50 | Elizabeth GORDON | ? | ? | ? | Hanging | ? | 1712 | ? | VIRGINIA | |||
51 | Margaret CALLAHAN | ? | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jun | 4 | 1715 | ? | MASSACHUSETTS | ||
52 | HAGER, (SHERRON) | Black | Slave | Murder | Burned | ? | 1717 | X | SALEM | NEW JERSEY | ||
53 | Black | Slave | Murder | Burned | Jan | 2 | 1717 | X | NEW YORK | NEW YORK | ||
54 | Elizabeth MURPHY | ? | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jul | 13 | 1724 | DELAWARE | PENNSYLVANIA | ||
55 | Black | Slave | Slave Revolt | Hanging | ? | 1730 | X | ORLEANS | LOUISIANA | |||
56 | Catharine BEVAN | 51 | White | Housewife | Murder | Burned | Sep | 1731 | X | NEW CASTLE | DELAWARE | |
57 | Rebecca CHAMBLETT | 27 | White | ? | Concealing Birth | Hanging | Sep | 27 | 1733 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | |
58 | Alice RILEY | White | Indentured Serv. | Murder | Hanging | Jan | 19 | 1735 | CHATHAM | GEORGIA | ||
59 | Patience SAMPSON | 23 | Nat. Amer. | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jul | 31 | 1735 | YORK | MAINE | |
60 | Elizabeth GREENLEY | White | Servant | Murder | Hanging | Nov | 26 | 1736 | X | WILLIAMSBURG CITY | VIRGINIA | |
61 | (PRUDDEN) | Black | Slave | Murder | Burned | Feb | 1737 | NANSEMOND | VIRGINIA | |||
62 | Catharine CONNER | White | ? | Housebrkng-Burgl. | Hanging | Jul | 2 | 1737 | X | PHILADELPHIA | PENNSYLVANIA | |
63 | Sarah CHAMBERLAIN | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | ? | 1738 | CHARLESTON | SOUTH CAROLINA | |||
64 | Catherine GARRETT | 27 | Nat. Amer. | Servant | Murder | Hanging | May | 3 | 1738 | NEW LONDON | CONNECTICUT | |
65 | Sarah SIMPSON | White | Widow | Murder | Hanging | Dec | 27 | 1739 | X | ROCKINGHAM | NEW HAMPSHIRE | |
66 | Penelope HENRY | White | Domestic Servant | Murder | Hanging | Dec | 27 | 1739 | X | ROCKINGHAM | NEW HAMPSHIRE | |
67 | Catherine SULLIVAN | ? | ? | ? | Hanging | Feb | 26 | 1739 | X | ? | NORTH CAROLINA | |
68 | Elizabeth TWOPENCE | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | May | 1739 | WILLIAMSBURG CITY | VIRGINIA | |||
69 | Elizabeth MAZE | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Nov | 23 | 1739 | X | WILLIAMSBURG CITY | VIRGINIA | |
70 | Margaret KERRY | White | Bar Maid | Slave Revolt | Hanging | Jun | 12 | 1741 | X | NEW YORK | NEW YORK | |
71 | Sarah HUGHSON | White | Housewife | Slave Revolt | Hanging | Jun | 12 | 1741 | X | NEW YORK | NEW YORK | |
72 | LUCY, (RANDOLPH) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Jun | 30 | 1742 | X | GOOCHLAND | VIRGINIA | |
73 | EVE, (MONTAGUE) | Black | Slave | Murder | Burned | Jan | 23 | 1745 | ORANGE | VIRGINIA | ||
74 | Esther ANDERSON | White | ? | Murder | Burned | May | 13 | 1746 | KENT | MARYLAND | ||
75 | Elizabeth ROBINSON | White | ? | Housebrkng-Burgl. | Hanging | Feb | 1 | 1750 | X | PHILADELPHIA | PENNSYLVANIA | |
76 | Black | Slave | Unspec Felony | Hanging | ? | 1751 | X | JAMES CITY | VIRGINIA | |||
77 | Margaret SEXTON | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jun | 17 | 1751 | NEW CASTLE | DELAWARE | ||
78 | Martha BASSETT | White | Servant | Murder | Hanging | Jan | 10 | 1752 | X | BALTIMORE | MARYLAND | |
79 | Mary POWELL | White | Servant | Murder | Hanging | Jan | 10 | 1752 | X | BALTIMORE | MARYLAND | |
80 | Sarah BRAMBLE | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Nov | 21 | 1753 | NEW LONDON | CONNECTICUT | ||
81 | (CROFT) | Black | Slave | Arson | Burned | Jun | 24 | 1754 | CHARLESTON | SOUTH CAROLINA | ||
82 | Mary MURRAY | White | ? | ? | Hanging | May | 23 | 1755 | X | WILLIAMSBURG CITY | VIRGINIA | |
83 | PHILLIS, (CODMAN) | Black | Slave | Murder | Burned | Sep | 18 | 1755 | X | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | |
84 | Elizabeth GRAUL | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Mar | 10 | 1759 | BERKS | PENNSYLVANIA | ||
85 | (FICKLING) | Black | Slave | Poisoning | Hanging | Jan | 14 | 1761 | X | CHARLESTON | SOUTH CAROLINA | |
86 | NAN, (SUTTON) | Black | Slave | ? | Hanging | ? | 1763 | X | CAROLINE | VIRGINIA | ||
87 | (CLAPHAM) | Nat. Amer. | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Apr | 1763 | MACKINAC | MICHIGAN | |||
88 | PHOEBE, (RICHARDS) | Black | Slave | Housebrkng-Burgl. | Hanging | ? | 1764 | CHESTER | PENNSYLVANIA | |||
89 | Jane EWING | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jan | 19 | 1765 | DELAWARE | PENNSYLVANIA | ||
90 | Elizabeth ERWIN | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Sep | 26 | 1765 | YORK | PENNSYLVANIA | ||
91 | ROSE, (RABOUR) | Black | Slave $ | Arson | Hanging | Nov | 6 | 1766 | X | HALIFAX | NORTH CAROLINA | |
92 | Catherine KREBS | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Dec | 19 | 1767 | BERKS | PENNSYLVANIA | ||
93 | Martha SHARP | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jun | 1767 | WILLIAMSBURG CITY | VIRGINIA | |||
94 | ESTHER, (WISE) | Black | Slave | Murder | ? | May | 19 | 1767 | ACCOMACK | VIRGINIA | ||
95 | Mary KENNEDY | ? | ? | Murder | Hanging | Dec | 24 | 1768 | X | YORK | PENNSYLVANIA | |
96 | Ruth BLAY | White | Teacher | Concealing Birth | Hanging | Dec | 30 | 1768 | ROCKINGHAM | NEW HAMPSHIRE | ||
97 | WINNY, (KNOX) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Jul | 11 | 1769 | X | STAFFORD | VIRGINIA | |
98 | DOLLY, (SANDS) | Black | Slave | Murder | Burned | Jul | 28 | 1769 | X | JEFFERSON | WEST VIRGINIA | |
99 | (ORMOND) | Black | Slave $ | Murder | Burned | Dec | 11 | 1770 | X | BEAUFORT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
100 | (ORMOND) | Black | Slave $ | Murder | Hanging | Dec | 11 | 1770 | X | BEAUFORT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
101 | (WARD) | Black | Slave $ | Murder | Hanging | Dec | 11 | 1770 | X | ONSLOW | NORTH CAROLINA | |
102 | JUDITH, (HARRISON) | Black | Slave | Poisoning | Hanging | Jun | 26 | 1772 | BRUNSWICK | VIRGINIA | ||
103 | SALL, (LOFTAIN) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Jan | 11 | 1773 | BRUNSWICK | VIRGINIA | ||
104 | ELIZABETH | Black | ? | Murder | Hanging | Apr | 30 | 1774 | X | PHILADELPHIA | PENNSYLVANIA | |
105 | Catherine PEPPERS | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jun | 3 | 1774 | WILLIAMSBURG CITY | VIRGINIA | ||
106 | Susannah BRAZIER | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jan | 13 | 1775 | X | WILLIAMSBURG CITY | VIRGINIA | |
107 | Ann WYLEY | Black | ? | Robbery | Hanging | Mar | 26 | 1777 | X | WAYNE | MICHIGAN | |
108 | Bathsheba SPOONER | 32 | White | Housewife | Murder | Hanging | Jul | 2 | 1778 | X | WORCESTER | MASSACHUSETTS |
109 | ESTHER, (BLOUNT) | Black | Slave | ? | Hanging | Apr | 1779 | ? | NORTH CAROLINA | |||
110 | POLL, (BOBBITT) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Jan | 22 | 1779 | X | SUSSEX | VIRGINIA | |
111 | Catharine FISHER | ? | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jun | 5 | 1779 | X | LANCASTER | PENNSYLVANIA | |
112 | SUCKY | Black | ? | Arson | Hanging | Jul | 7 | 1780 | CUMBERLAND | PENNSYLVANIA | ||
113 | VIOLET, (SAWYER) | Black | Slave | Arson | Hanging | Mar | 4 | 1780 | DICKENSON | VIRGINIA | ||
114 | JENNY | Black | Slave | Murder | Burned | Nov | 18 | 1780 | JOHNSTON | NORTH CAROLINA | ||
115 | PENELOPE, (COPELAND) | Black | Slave | Unspec Felony | Hanging | Apr | 4 | 1781 | CHARLES CITY | VIRGINIA | ||
116 | Molly GLASS | 35 | Black | Fence | Murder | Hanging | Jul | 26 | 1781 | ORLEANS | LOUISIANA | |
117 | MOLL, (CLARK) | Black | Slave | Unspec Felony | ? | ? | 1783 | X | DINWIDDIE | VIRGINIA | ||
118 | ROSE, (TYSON) | Black | Slave | Murder | Burned | ? | 1783 | PITT | NORTH CAROLINA | |||
119 | Barbara STILLWELL | ? | ? | Murder | Hanging | ? | 1784 | X | NEW YORK | NEW YORK | ||
120 | Hannah PIGGEN | ? | ? | Concealing Birth | Hanging | ? | 1785 | MIDDLESEX | MASSACHUSETTS | |||
121 | Hannah OCUISH | 12 | Nat. Amer. | ? | Murder | Hanging | Dec | 20 | 1786 | NEW LONDON | CONNECTICUT | |
122 | Elizabeth WILSON | 27 | White | Waitress | Murder | Hanging | Jan | 3 | 1786 | DELAWARE | PENNSYLVANIA | |
123 | Sarah KIRK | White | ? | Murder | Hanging | ? | 1787 | ? | DELAWARE | |||
124 | Ann CONNOLLY | White | ? | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | ? | 1788 | X | CHARLESTON | SOUTH CAROLINA | ||
125 | DINE | Black | Slave | Arson | Hanging | Jan | 17 | 1788 | X | SOMERSET | NEW JERSEY | |
126 | Abigail CONVERSE | ? | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jul | 6 | 1788 | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | ||
127 | Rachel WALL | ? | ? | Robbery | Hanging | Jan | 8 | 1789 | X | SUFFOLK | MASSACHUSETTS | |
128 | NELLY, (BRAINE) | Black | Slave | Arson | Hanging | Jan | 1789 | QUEENS | NEW YORK | |||
129 | CREESE, (FISHER) | Black | Slave | Arson | ? | Mar | 14 | 1789 | NORTHAMPTON | VIRGINIA | ||
130 | MOLL, (MARSHALL) | Black | Slave | Unspec Felony | Hanging | Jul | 8 | 1791 | FAUQUIER | VIRGINIA | ||
131 | DAPHNE, (FRANCIS) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Aug | 2 | 1793 | JAMES CITY | VIRGINIA | ||
132 | NELLY, (TRAVIS) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Jan | 4 | 1793 | JAMES CITY | VIRGINIA | ||
133 | BET | Black | Slave | Arson | Hanging | Mar | 14 | 1794 | X | ALBANY | NEW YORK | |
134 | DEAN | Black | Slave | Arson | Hanging | Mar | 14 | 1794 | X | ALBANY | NEW YORK | |
135 | LUCY, (KIRBY) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | May | 1794 | X | DINWIDDIE | VIRGINIA | ||
136 | ARDEN | ? | ? | Murder | Hanging | ? | 1795 | ? | SOUTH CAROLINA | |||
137 | CHLOE, (RANDOLPH) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Nov | 27 | 1795 | PRINCE EDWARD | VIRGINIA | ||
138 | MOLL, (STANFIELD) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Nov | 12 | 1796 | HALIFAX | VIRGINIA | ||
139 | POLLY, (MILLES) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Mar | 23 | 1798 | YORK | VIRGINIA | ||
140 | MILLAY, (ROBE) | Black | Slave | Arson | Hanging | Sep | 1 | 1798 | MONONGALIA | WEST VIRGINIA | ||
141 | Sarah CLARK | ? | ? | Murder | Hanging | Jan | 30 | 1799 | CUMBERLAND | PENNSYLVANIA | ||
142 | AMEY, (GRESHAM) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | Jun | 15 | 1799 | KING AND QUEEN | VIRGINIA | ||
143 | CHAINEY, (LAFFERTY) | Black | Slave | Murder | Hanging | ? | 1800 | X | HIGHLAND | VIRGINIA |