List of people executed in Rhode Island
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state and former colony of Rhode Island from 1670 to 1845.
Capital punishment was first abolished in Rhode Island in 1852, reinstated in 1873 and was finally abolished in 1984.[1] 53 people, all of them men, were ever executed in Rhode Island, 51 by hanging, 1 by hanging, drawing and quartering and 1 by hanging and gibbeting.[2] Only 8 of the executions were after Rhode Island’s statehood.
List of people executed in Rhode Island
British Colony
| Name | Race | Date of Execution | Method | Crime(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Flounders[3] | White | November 2, 1670 | Hanging | Murder[4] |
| Thomas Cornell Jr. | May 23, 1673 | Matricide[3] | ||
| Punnean | Native American | Rape and Murder[3] | ||
| Joshua Tefft | White | January 18, 1676 | Hanging, drawing and quartering[5] | Unlawfully fighting[5] |
| Peter Pylatt | Black | November 10, 1679 | Hanging | Assault and Rape[3] |
| Job | Native American | September 12, 1712 | Hanging and Gibbeting[6] | Kidnapping and Murder[6] |
| Jeremiah Meacham | White | May 12, 1715 | Hanging | Murder |
| William Dyer | 1718 | |||
| Reuben Hull | June 23, 1718 | |||
| William Blades | July 19, 1723 | Piracy | ||
| Charles Harris | ||||
| Thomas Hugget | ||||
| Thomas Linnicar | ||||
| Peter Cues | ||||
| Daniel Hyde | ||||
| William Jones | ||||
| Stephen Mundon | ||||
| Edward Eaton | ||||
| Abraham Lacy | ||||
| John Brown | ||||
| Edward Lawson | ||||
| James Sprinkley | ||||
| John Tomkins | ||||
| Joseph Sound | ||||
| Francis Laughton | ||||
| Charles Church | ||||
| John Fitzgerald | ||||
| William Stutfield | ||||
| Owen Rice | ||||
| William Rhad | ||||
| Thomas Hazel | ||||
| John Bright | ||||
| Joseph Libby | ||||
| Thomas Powest | ||||
| John Waters | ||||
| Francis Baudoine | November 3, 1738 | |||
| Thomas Davis | ||||
| Peter LeGrand | ||||
| Peter Jesseau | ||||
| Thomas Carter | May 10, 1751 | Robbery and Murder | ||
| Samuel Parks | August 21, 1760 | Piracy | ||
| Benjamin Hawkins | ||||
| Fortune Price | Black | May 14, 1762 | Arson | |
| John Sherman | White | November 16, 1764 | Burglary | |
| Daniel Wilson | April 29, 1774 | Rape[3] |
State
| Name | Race | Date of Execution | Method | Crime(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hart | White | May 17, 1777 | Hanging | Treason |
| Thomas Mount | May 27, 1791 | Burglary | ||
| David Comstock | Murder | |||
| Hopkins Hudson | ? | October 26, 1798 | ||
| Amasa Walmsley | Native American | June 1, 1832 | ||
| Amos Miner | White | December 27, 1833 | ||
| Charles Brown | Black | Highway robbery | ||
| John Gordon | White | February 14, 1845 | Murder |
See also
References
- ^ https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/rhode-island Death Penalty Information Center
- ^ "Index by State - RHODE ISLAND". Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "List of Executions in Rhode Island, 1670 to 1845". Small State Big History. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Thomas Flounders". Espy Project Execution Records. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Joshua Tefft". Espy Project Execution Records. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Job". Espy Project Execution Records. Retrieved 5 March 2024.