List of people executed in New Hampshire


The following is a list of people executed in New Hampshire. Between 1739 and 1939, during which New Hampshire was first the Province of New Hampshire and then became a U.S. state, 24 people were so punished. The method used was hanging.
Capital punishment in New Hampshire was abolished on May 30, 2019; however, the abolition was not retroactive and one inmate, Michael K. Addison, remains on the state's death row. Should the state carry out his execution, it would be by lethal injection, with hanging as an alternative should lethal injection be ruled unconstitutional or found inefficient, or if the inmate so requested.

List

New Hampshire had public executions through 1868, which were held at county seats. Executions then moved to the state capital, Concord, held at the state prison.
NameAgeRaceDate of executionLocationCrimeRef.
Sarah Simpson27WhiteDecember 27, 1739PortsmouthConcealing the death of an infant bastard child
Penelope Kenny20WhiteDecember 27, 1739PortsmouthConcealing the death of an infant bastard child
Eliphaz Dow50WhiteMay 8, 1755PortsmouthMurder
Ruth Blay31WhiteDecember 30, 1768PortsmouthConcealing the death of an infant bastard child
Elisha ThomasWhiteJune 3, 1788Dover Murder
Thomas Powers19BlackJuly 28, 1796Haverhill Rape
Josiah Burnham63WhiteAugust 12, 1806Haverhill Murder
Daniel Farmer28WhiteJanuary 3, 1822Amherst Murder
Abraham Prescott18WhiteJanuary 6, 1836Hopkinton Murder-Rape
Andrew HowardWhiteJuly 8, 1846Dover Murder-Robbery
Rev. Enos DudleyWhiteMay 23, 1849Haverhill Murder
Samuel Mills28WhiteMay 6, 1868Haverhill Murder-Robbery
Josiah Pike31WhiteNovember 9, 1869ConcordMurder
Franklin B. Evans67WhiteFebruary 17, 1874ConcordMurder
Elwin Major29WhiteJanuary 5, 1877ConcordMurder
Joseph LaPage38WhiteMarch 15, 1878ConcordMurder
John Pinkham50WhiteMarch 14, 1879ConcordMurder
Joseph Buzzell42WhiteJuly 10, 1879ConcordMurder
Thomas Samon36WhiteApril 17, 1885ConcordMurder
James Palmer21WhiteMay 1, 1890ConcordMurder
Frank Almy35WhiteMay 16, 1893ConcordMurder
Oscar Comery34WhiteFebruary 18, 1916ConcordMurder
Frederick L. Small51WhiteJanuary 15, 1918ConcordMurder
Howard Long33WhiteJuly 14, 1939ConcordMurder-Rape