List of individuals executed in Connecticut

List

Number	Name	Age	Race	Sex	Occupation	Crime	Method	County	Notes
1	Nepauduck	—	Native American Native Americans in the United States Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...	Male Male Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...	—	Murder Murder Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...	Hanging Hanging Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...	New Haven New Haven County, Connecticut New Haven County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2010 Census, the county population is 862,477 making it the third most populated county in Connecticut. There are 1,340 people per square mile...
2	Spencer, George George Spencer (New Haven) George Spencer was the first non-native person to be executed in Connecticut. Amongst his charges was sodomy after an alleged sexual act with an animal.-Biography:...	—	White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...	Male	—	Sodomy Sodomy law A sodomy law is a law that defines certain sexual acts as crimes. The precise sexual acts meant by the term sodomy are rarely spelled out in the law, but are typically understood by courts to include any sexual act deemed unnatural. It also has a range of similar euphemisms...	Hanging	New Haven
3	Young, Achsah Alse Young Alse Young of Windsor, Connecticut, was the first person in the records executed for witchcraft in the thirteen American colonies.-Background:...	—	White	Female Female Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...	—	Witchcraft Witchcraft Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft...	Hanging	Hartford Hartford County, Connecticut Hartford County is a county located in the north central part of the US state of Connecticut. The 2010 Census records show that the county population is at 894,014 making it the second most populated county in Connecticut....
4	Johnson, Mary	—	White	Female	Servant Domestic worker A domestic worker is a man, woman or child who works within the employer's household. Domestic workers perform a variety of household services for an individual or a family, from providing care for children and elderly dependents to cleaning and household maintenance, known as housekeeping...	Witchcraft	Hanging	—
5	Bassett, Goodwife	—	White	Female	Housewife Housewife Housewife is a term used to describe a married woman with household responsibilities who is not employed outside the home. Merriam Webster describes a housewife as a married woman who is in charge of her household...	Witchcraft	Hanging	Fairfield Fairfield County, Connecticut Fairfield County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The county population is 916,829 according to the 2010 Census. There are currently 1,465 people per square mile in the county. It is the most populous county in the State of Connecticut and contains...
6	Knapp, Elizabeth	—	White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft	Hanging	Fairfield
7	—	—	White	Male	—	Sodomy	Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
8	—	—	White	Male	—	Sodomy	Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
9	Greensmith, Nathaniel	—	White	Male	—	Witchcraft	Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
10	Greensmith, Rebecca	—	White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft	Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
11	Barnes, Mary	—	White	Female	—	Witchcraft	Hanging	Hartford
12	Potter, William	—	White	Male	—	Sodomy	Hanging	New Haven
13	—	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
14	—	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
15	—	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
16	Garrett, Catherine	27	Native American	Female	Servant	Murder	Hanging	New London New London County, Connecticut New London County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of 2010 the population was 274,055. The total area of the county is , including inland and coastal waters....
17	Bramble, Sarah	—	White	Female	—	Murder	Hanging	New London
18	Frazier, Isaac	—	—	Male	—	Burglary Burglary Burglary is a crime, the essence of which is illicit entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offense. Usually that offense will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary...	Hanging	New Haven
19	Jacobs, John	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Litchfield Litchfield County, Connecticut Litchfield County is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Litchfield County has the lowest population density of any county in Connecticut but is geographically the state's largest county. As of 2010 the population was 189,927...
20	Paul, Moses	—	Native American	Male	Drifter Vagabond (person) A vagabond is a drifter and an itinerant wanderer who roams wherever they please, following the whim of the moment. Vagabonds may lack residence, a job, and even citizenship....	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
21	Dunbar, Moses	30	White	Male	Farmer Farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...	Treason Treason In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...	Hanging	Hartford
22	Griswold	—	White	Male	—	Treason	Hanging	New Haven
23	Davenport, Barnet	20	White	Male	Servant	Murder	Hanging	Litchfield
24	Ocuish, Hannah Hannah Ocuish Hannah Ocuish was executed at the age of twelve years and nine months, being hanged on 20 December 1786, in New London, Connecticut. She is believed to be the youngest person legally executed in America....	12	Native American	Female	—	Murder	Hanging	New London
25	Mountain, Joseph	33	Black Black people The term black people is used in systems of racial classification for humans of a dark skinned phenotype, relative to other racial groups.Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and often social variables such as class, socio-economic status also plays a...	Male	—	Rape Rape Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...	Hanging	New Haven
26	Doane, Richard	—	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
27	Starr, Thomas	—	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Middlesex Middlesex County, Connecticut Middlesex County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was created in 1785 from portions of Hartford and New London counties. As of 2010, the population was 165,676....
28	Anthony	—	Black	Male	Freedman Freedman A freedman is a former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, slaves became freedmen either by manumission or emancipation ....	Rape	Hanging	Fairfield
29	Adams, Caleb	18	White	Male	Laborer Laborer A Laborer or labourer - see variation in english spelling - is one of the construction trades, traditionally considered unskilled manual labor, as opposed to skilled labor. In the division of labor, laborers have all blasting, hand tools, power tools, air tools, and small heavy equipment, and act...	Murder	Hanging	Windham Windham County, Connecticut Windham County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of 2010, the population was 118,428.The entire county is within the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, as designated by the National Park Service.-History:Windham...
30	Freeman, Samuel	25	Black	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Windham
31	Niles, Henry	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New London
32	Babcock, Miner	—	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New London
33	Lung, Peter	—	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Middlesex
34	Adams, Amos	28	Black	Male	—	Rape	Hanging	Fairfield
**	Bailey, Adonijah	79	—	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Windham	Note 3
35	Washington, George	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Tolland Tolland County, Connecticut Tolland County is a county located in the northeastern part of Connecticut. As of 2010, the population was 152,691.Counties in Connecticut have no governmental function: all legal power is vested in the state, city, and town governments...
36	Watkins, Oliver	—	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Windham
37	Teller, William	28	White	Male	Convict Convict A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison", sometimes referred to in slang as simply a "con". Convicts are often called prisoners or inmates. Persons convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences often are not termed...	Murder	Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
38	Reynolds, Caesar	30	White	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
39	Sherman	—	—	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New London
40	Potter, Andrew	—	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
41	Foote, Henry	—	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
42	McCaffrey, James	—	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
43	Jennings, Michael	18	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
44	Toole, Gerald	—	—	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
45	Starkweather, Albert	25	White	Male	Farmer	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
46	Wilson, James	47	White	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
47	Hamlin, Henry	—	White	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
48	Palladoni, Phillip	—	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
49	Swift, John	—	White	Male	Piano player Pianist A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
50	Scheele, Jacob	—	White	Male	Saloon keeper Bar (establishment) A bar is a business establishment that serves alcoholic drinks — beer, wine, liquor, and cocktails — for consumption on the premises.Bars provide stools or chairs that are placed at tables or counters for their patrons. Some bars have entertainment on a stage, such as a live band, comedians, go-go...	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
51	Borjensen, Andrew	—	White	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	Litchfield
52	Petrillo, Angelo	—	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
53	Cronin, John	38	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
54	Hartlein, Kaspar	40	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
55	Kippie, Thomas F.	42	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
56	Fuda, Giuseppe	31	White	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
57	Imposino, Nicodemo	22	White	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
58	Boinay, Charles A.	34	White	Male	Wire weaver Weaving Weaving is a method of fabric production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. The other methods are knitting, lace making and felting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft or filling...	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
59	Willis, Benjamin R.	21	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
60	Brockhaus, Frederick M.	21	White	Male	Criminal Crime Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
61	Cross, Charles B.	18	White	Male	Farmhand Farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
62	Misik, Paul	34	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
63	Watson, Joseph	18	Black	Male	Valet Valet Valet and varlet are terms for male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer.- Word origins :In the Middle Ages, the valet de chambre to a ruler was a prestigious appointment for young men...	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
64	Marx, Gershon	73	White	Male	Farmer	Murder	Hanging	New London
65	Sherouk, Ephriam	24	White	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	Tolland
66	Bailey, Henry G.	40	White	Male	Farmhand	Murder	Hanging	Middlesex
67	Herman, Alexander	26	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
68	Washelesky, John	32	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
69	Rossi, Lorenzo	31	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
70	Zett, John	48	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Tolland
71	Campagnolo, Giuseppe	28	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
72	Carfaro, Raffaele	19	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
73	Zawedzianczek, John	28	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
74	Tanganelli, Andrea	26	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
75	Redding, George, Jr.	21	White	Male	Produce Produce Produce is a generalized term for a group of farm-produced goods and, not limited to fruits and vegetables . More specifically, the term "produce" often implies that the products are fresh and generally in the same state as where they were harvested. In supermarkets the term is also used to refer... clerk	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
76	Saxon, Louis	29	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
77	Plew, James	48	White	Male	Farmhand	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
78	Rikteraitis, Matijins	29	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
79	Buonomo, Joseph	24	White	Male	Criminal	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
80	Bergeron, Joseph	40	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
81	Montvid, Bernard	23	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
82	Grela, Frank	41	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
83	Roe, Harry	22	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Litchfield	Note 1
84	Williams, Isaac	30	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Litchfield	Note 1
85	Zuppa, Pasquale	28	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
86	Vetere, Francisco	25	White	Male	Entertainer Entertainment Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
87	Castelli, Joseph	24	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
88	Buglione, Stephen	20	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
89	Donvanso, Giovanni	21	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
90	Wise, William	23	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
91	Dusso, Frank	25	White	Male	Longshoreman Stevedore Stevedore, dockworker, docker, dock labourer, wharfie and longshoreman can have various waterfront-related meanings concerning loading and unloading ships, according to place and country....	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
92	Pisaniello, Carmine	21	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
93	Lanzillo, Carmine	24	White	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
94	Perretta, Erasmo	28	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
95	Perretta, Joseph	33	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
96	Nechesnook, Nikifor	28	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
97	Cerrone, Daniel	31	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
98	Wade, Elwood	24	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
99	Kaurawskas, John	36	White	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
100	Schutte, Emil	55	White	Male	Merchant Merchant A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.Merchants can be one of two types:# A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant...	Murder	Hanging	Middlesex
101	Chapman, Gerald Gerald Chapman Gerald Chapman , called the "Count of Gramercy Park", and "The Gentleman Bandit" was an American criminal who co-led an early Prohibition-era gang with George "Dutch" Anderson from 1919 until the mid-1920s...	35	White	Male	Gangster Gangster A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Some gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from mob and the suffix -ster....	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
102	Wing, Soo Hoo	19	Asian Mongoloid race Mongoloid is a term sometimes used by forensic anthropologists and physical anthropologists to refer to populations that share certain phenotypic traits such as epicanthic fold and shovel-shaped incisors and other physical traits common in East Asia, the Americas and the Arctic...	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
103	Lung, Chin	33	Asian	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
104	Feltovic, John	19	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Fairfield
105	Dibattista, Frank	26	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
106	Lorenzo, Henry	26	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	Hartford
107	Simborski, John	30	White	Male	—	Murder	Hanging	New Haven
108	McElroy, James	45	White	Male	Steamfitter Pipefitter A pipefitter is a tradesman who lays out, assembles, fabricates, maintains and repairs mechanical piping systems. Pipefitters usually go through a mix of apprentice and trade school training. Journeyman pipefitters/steamfitters deal with industrial process piping and heating/cooling systems...	Murder	Electrocution Electric chair Execution by electrocution, usually performed using an electric chair, is an execution method originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body...	New Haven
109	Palko, Frank	26	White	Male	—	Murder	Electrocution	Fairfield
110	Weaver, Ira	36	White	Male	Handyman	Murder	Electrocution	Middlesex	Note 1
111	Cots, Vincent	32	White	Male	Mechanic Mechanic A mechanic is a craftsman or technician who uses tools to build or repair machinery.Many mechanics are specialized in a particular field such as auto mechanics, bicycle mechanics, motorcycle mechanics, boiler mechanics, general mechanics, industrial maintenance mechanics , air conditioning and...	Murder	Electrocution	Middlesex	Note 1
112	Gurski, Peter	28	White	Male	—	Murder	Electrocution	Litchfield
113	Funderburk, Wilson	38	Black	Male	—	Murder	Electrocution	Hartford
114	Decaro, Carlo	20	White	Male	Factory worker Factory A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...	Murder	Electrocution	Hartford
115	Rossi, Nicholas	33	White	Male	—	Murder	Electrocution	Hartford
116	Lewie, Raymond	19	White	Male	Convict	Murder	Electrocution	Hartford	Note 2
117	Tommaselli, Arthur	25	White	Male	Convict	Murder	Electrocution	Hartford	Note 2
118	McCarthy, James	21	White	Male	Convict	Murder	Electrocution	Hartford	Note 2
119	Bradley, Robert	38	Black	Male	Trash collector Waste collector A waste collector is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and remove refuse and recyclables from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection site for further processing and disposal...	Murder	Electrocution	New Haven
120	Lorain, William	34	White	Male	—	Murder	Electrocution	Hartford
121	Malm, Robert	32	White	Male	Dishwasher Dishwashing Dish-washing is the process of cleaning cooking utensils, dishes, cutlery and other items. This is either achieved by hand in a sink or using dishwasher and may take place in a kitchen, utility room, scullery or elsewhere...	Murder	Electrocution	Hartford	Note 1
122	Donahue, John	33	White	Male	Parolee Parole Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...	Murder	Electrocution	Fairfield	Note 1
123	Davies, George	41	White	Male	Machine tool operator Machine tool A machine tool is a machine, typically powered other than by human muscle , used to make manufactured parts in various ways that include cutting or certain other kinds of deformation...	Murder	Electrocution	New Haven
124	Wojculewicz, Frank	42	White	Male	Gangster	Murder	Electrocution	Hartford
125	Taborsky, Joseph L.	36	White	Male	Gangster	Murder	Electrocution	Hartford
126	Ross, Michael B.	45	White	Male	Insurance Insurance In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for payment. An insurer is a company selling the... salesman Sales A sale is the act of selling a product or service in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity....	Murder	Lethal injection Lethal injection Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...	New London
	*Average Age:*	*30.44*

Notes:

On this occasion, two executions took place.
On this occasion, three executions took place.
This is what the chart claimed in 2005, but contrary to popular belief, Adonijah Bailey was not the oldest person executed at age 79 in 1824; instead, he was tried and sentenced to death at age 80 in January 1825 for the murder of Jeremiah W. Pollock, and hanged himself on May 24, over 2 weeks before he was to be executed. The title of the oldest person executed goes instead to Gershon Marx, hanged on May 18, 1905, for murder at age 73.

Summary

Age	Frequency	Percent
19 and below	9	7%
20 to 29	39	31%
30 to 39	25	20%
40 to 49	12	10%
50 and above	2	2%
Unknown	39	31%
Race	Frequency	Percent
White	104	83%
Native American	10	8%
Black	7	6%
Asian	2	2%
Unknown	3	2%
Sex	Frequency	Percent
Male	117	93%
Female	9	7%
Crime	Frequency	Percent
Murder	109	87%
Witchcraft	7	6%
Sodomy	4	3%
Rape	3	2%
Treason	2	2%
Burglary	1	1%
Date	Frequency	Percent
1600 to 1699	12	10%
1700 to 1799	16	13%
1800 to 1899	32	25%
1900 to 1999	65	52%
2000 to present	1	1%
Method	Frequency	Percent
Hanging	107	85%
Electrocution	18	14%
Lethal injection	1	1%
County	Frequency	Percent
Hartford	42	33%
New Haven	39	31%
Fairfield	18	14%
New London	8	6%
Litchfield	6	5%
Middlesex	6	5%
Windham	3	2%
Tolland	3	2%
Unknown	1	1%
Total:	126 Executions

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