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RHODE ISLAND EXECUTIONS
# NAME AGE RACE SEX OCCUPATION CRIME METHOD DATE MTPL COUNTY
1 PUNNEAN   NAT. AMER. MALE ? ? ? ?   1673   NEWPORT
2 CORNELL, THOMAS   WHITE MALE ? MURDER ? MAY   1673   NEWPORT
3 TEFFT, JOSHUA   WHITE MALE FARMER OTHER ? JAN 18 1676   PROVIDENCE
4 PY, PETER   BLACK MALE ? RAPE HANGING ?   1679   NEWPORT
5     NAT. AMER. MALE ? MURDER ? SEP 12 1712   NEWPORT
6 MEACHAM, JEREMIAH   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAY 12 1715   NEWPORT
7 DYER, WILLIAM   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING ?   1718   NEWPORT
8 HULL, REUBEN   WHITE MALE ? ? HANGING JUN 23 1718   NEWPORT
9 BLADES, WILLIAM 28 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 1 NEWPORT
10 HARRIS, CHARLES   WHITE MALE SHIP CAPTAIN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 2 NEWPORT
11 HUGGET, THOMAS 24 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 3 NEWPORT
12 LINNICAR, THOMAS 21 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 4 NEWPORT
13 CUES, PETER 32 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 5 NEWPORT
14 HYDE, DANIEL 23 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 6 NEWPORT
15 JONES, WILLIAM 28 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 7 NEWPORT
16 MUNDON, STEPHEN 29 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 8 NEWPORT
17 EATON, EDWARD 38 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 9 NEWPORT
18 LACY, ABRAHAM 21 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 10 NEWPORT
19 BROWN, JOHN 29 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 11 NEWPORT
20 LAWSON, EDWARD 20 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 12 NEWPORT
21 SPRINKLEY, JAMES 28 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 13 NEWPORT
22 TOMKINS, JOHN 21 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 14 NEWPORT
23 SOUND, JOSEPH 28 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 15 NEWPORT
24 LAUGHTON, FRANCIS 39 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 16 NEWPORT
25 CHURCH, CHARLES 21 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 17 NEWPORT
26 FITZGERALD, JOHN 21 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 18 NEWPORT
27 STUTFIELD, WILLIAM 40 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 19 NEWPORT
28 RICE, OWEN 27 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 20 NEWPORT
29 RHAD, WILLIAM 35 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 21 NEWPORT
30 HAZEL, THOMAS   WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 22 NEWPORT
31 BRIGHT, JOHN   WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 23 NEWPORT
32 LIBBEY, JOSEPH   WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 24 NEWPORT
33 POWEST, THOMAS 21 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 25 NEWPORT
34 WATERS, JOHN 35 WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING JUL 19 1723 26 NEWPORT
35 BAUDOINE, FRANCIS   WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING NOV 3 1738 1 NEWPORT
36 DAVIS, THOMAS   WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING NOV 3 1738 2 NEWPORT
37 LEGRAND, PETER   WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING NOV 3 1738 3 NEWPORT
38 JESSEAU, PETER   WHITE MALE SEAMAN PIRACY HANGING NOV 3 1738 4 NEWPORT
39 CARTER, THOMAS   WHITE MALE SHIP CAPTAIN MURDER-ROBBERY HANGING MAY 10 1751   WASHINGTON
40 PARKS, SAMUEL 28 WHITE MALE SAILOR PIRACY HANGING AUG 21 1760 1 NEWPORT
41 HAWKINS, BENJAMIN 22 WHITE MALE SAILOR PIRACY HANGING AUG 21 1760 2 NEWPORT
42 PRICE, FORTUNE   BLACK MALE LABORER ARSON HANGING MAY 14 1762   NEWPORT
43 SHERMAN, JOHN   WHITE MALE ? HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL HANGING NOV 16 1764   NEWPORT
44 WILSON, DANIEL   ? MALE ? ? HANGING APR   1774   PROVIDENCE
45 HART, JOHN   WHITE MALE ? TREASON ? MAY 17 1777   PROVIDENCE
46 MOUNT, THOMAS   ? MALE ? HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL HANGING MAY   1791 1 WASHINGTON
47 COMSTOCK, DAVID   ? MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAY   1791 2 PROVIDENCE
48 HUDSON, HOPKINS   ? MALE ? MURDER HANGING JAN   1798   PROVIDENCE
49 WALMSLEY, AMASA   NAT. AMER. MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUN 1 1832   PROVIDENCE
50 MINER, AMOS   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING DEC 27 1833 1 PROVIDENCE
51 BROWN, CHARLES   BLACK MALE ? ROBBERY HANGING DEC 27 1833 2 PROVIDENCE
52 GORDON, JOHN   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING FEB 13 1845   PROVIDENCE

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