Early New Hampshire Executions
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# NAME AGE RACE SEX OCCUPATION CRIME METHOD DATE COUNTY
1 SIMPSON, SARAH WHITE FEMALE WIDOW MURDER HANGING DEC 27 1739 ROCKINGHAM
2 HENRY, PENELOPE WHITE FEMALE DOMESTIC SERVANT MURDER HANGING DEC 27 1739 ROCKINGHAM
3 DOW, ELIPHAS WHITE MALE unknown MURDER HANGING MAY 8 1755 ROCKINGHAM
4 BLAY, RUTH WHITE FEMALE TEACHER CONCEALING BABY HANGING DEC 30 1768 ROCKINGHAM
5 THOMAS, ELISHA WHITE MALE EX SOLDIER MURDER HANGING JUN 3 1788 STRAFFORD
6 POWERS, THOMAS BLACK MALE unknown RAPE HANGING JUL 28 1796 GRAFTON
7 BURNHAM, JOSIAH 63 WHITE MALE JAIL PRISONER MURDER HANGING AUG 12 1806 GRAFTON
8 FARMER, DANIEL 28 WHITE MALE FARMER MURDER HANGING DEC 22 1821 HILLSBOROUGH
9 PRESCOTT, ABRAHAM 18 WHITE MALE FARM HAND MURDER-RAPE HANGING JAN 6 1836 MERRIMACK
10 HOWARD, ANDREW WHITE MALE unknown MURDER-ROBBERY HANGING JUL 8 1846 STRAFFORD
11 DUDLEY, ENOS WHITE MALE CLERGY MURDER HANGING MAY 23 1849 GRAFTON
12 MILLS, SAMUEL 28 WHITE MALE MINER MURDER-ROBBERY HANGING MAY 6 1868 GRAFTON
13 PIKE, JOSIAH 31 WHITE MALE LABORER MURDER-ROBBERY HANGING NOV 9 1869 ROCKINGHAM
14 EVANS, FRANKLIN 67 WHITE MALE UNLICENSED PHYSICN MURDER-RAPE HANGING FEB 17 1874 ROCKINGHAM
15 MAJOR, ELWIN 29 WHITE MALE FARM LABORER MURDER HANGING JAN 5 1877 HILLSBOROUGH
16 LEPAGE, JOSEPH WHITE MALE WOOD CHOPPER MURDER-RAPE HANGING MAR 15 1878 MERRIMACK
17 PINKHAM, JOHN WHITE MALE FARM LABORER MURDER HANGING MAR 14 1879 STRAFFORD
18 BUZZELL, JOSEPH 42 WHITE MALE STONE MASON MURDER HANGING JUL 10 1879 CARROLL
19 SAMON, THOMAS 36 WHITE MALE COOK MURDER HANGING APR 17 1885 BELKNAP
20 PALMER, JAMES unk MALE unknown MURDER HANGING MAY 1 1890 ROCKINGHAM
21 ALMY, FRANK WHITE MALE ESCAPED CONVICT MURDER-RAPE HANGING MAY 16 1893 GRAFTON
22 COMERY, OSCAR 34 WHITE MALE CHAUFFEUR MURDER HANGING FEB 18 1916 HILLSBOROUGH
23 SMALL, FREDERICK 50 WHITE MALE RETIRED GROCER MURDER HANGING JAN 15 1918 CARROLL
24 LONG, HOWARD 32 WHITE MALE STORE KEEPER MURDER HANGING JUL 14 1939 MERRIMACK