List of people executed in Connecticut

This is a list of people executed in Connecticut, prior to the abolition of capital punishment in the state on April 25, 2012.

List

Name	Age	Race	Sex	Occupation	Crime	Date	Method	County	Notes
Nepauduck	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder		Beheading	New Haven
Spencer, George	—	White	Male	Servant	Sodomy		Hanging	New Haven	Note 5
Plaine, William	56	White	Male		Sodomy		Hanging	New Haven	Note 4
Young, Alse	31-32	White	Female	—	Witchcraft		Hanging	Hartford
Johnson, Mary	—	White	Female	Servant	Witchcraft		Hanging	—
Carrington, Sr, John	37	White	Male	Carpenter	Witchcraft	March 1651	Hanging	Hartford
Carrington, Joan	—	White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft	March 1651	Hanging	Hartford
Bassett, Margery "Goody"	—	White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft		Hanging	Fairfield
Knapp, Elizabeth	—	White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft		Hanging	Fairfield
Gilbert, Lydia		White	Female		Murder	December 15, 1654	Hanging
Walter Robinson	15	White	Male	—	Sodomy		Hanging	New Haven
John Knight	—	White	Male	—	Sodomy		Hanging	New Haven
Greensmith, Nathaniel	—	White	Male	—	Witchcraft		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Greensmith, Rebecca	—	White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Barnes, Mary	36	White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft		Hanging	Hartford
Potter, William	—	White	Male	—	Sodomy		Hanging	New Haven
Briggs, Ruth		White	Female		Murder	June 1668	Hanging	Hartford
Rood, Thomas	46	White	Male		Incest	October 18, 1672	Hanging	New London
—	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
—	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
—	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
Thomas, Abigail		White	Female		Murder	May 27, 1708	Hanging	Hartford
Waisoiusksquaw		Native American	Female		Murder	May 15, 1711	Hanging
Garrett, Catherine	27	Native American	Female	Servant	Murder		Hanging	New London
Jack		Black			Rape	November 16, 1743	Hanging	Hartford
Kate		Black			Murder	November 16, 1743	Hanging	Hartford
Shaw, Elizabeth		White			Murder	December 18, 1745	Hanging	Windham
Cuff		Black		Slave	Rape	May 15, 1749	Hanging	New Haven
Bramble, Sarah	—	White	Female	—	Murder		Hanging	New London
Frazier, Isaac	—	—	Male	—	Burglary		Hanging	New Haven
Jacobs, John	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Litchfield
Paul, Moses	—	Native American	Male	Drifter	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Dunbar, Moses	30	White	Male	Farmer	Treason		Hanging	Hartford
Griswold	—	White	Male	—	Treason		Hanging	New Haven
Davenport, Barnet	20	White	Male	Servant	Murder		Hanging	Litchfield
Ocuish, Hannah	12	Native American	Female	—	Murder		Hanging	New London
Mountain, Joseph	33	Black	Male	—	Rape		Hanging	New Haven
Doane, Richard	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Starr, Thomas	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Middlesex
Anthony	—	Black	Male	Freedman	Rape		Hanging	Fairfield
Adams, Caleb	18	White	Male	Laborer	Murder		Hanging	Windham
Freeman, Samuel	25	Black	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Windham
Niles, Henry	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New London
Babcock, Miner	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New London
Lung, Peter	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Middlesex
Adams, Amos	28	Black	Male	—	Rape		Hanging	Fairfield
Bailey, Adonijah	79	—	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Windham	Note 3
Washington, George	—	Native American	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Tolland
Watkins, Oliver	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Windham
Teller, William	28	White	Male	Convict	Murder		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Reynolds, Caesar	30	White	Male	Convict	Murder		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Sherman	—	—	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New London
Potter, Andrew	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Foote, Henry	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
McCaffrey, James	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
Jennings, Michael	18	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Toole, Gerald	—	—	Male	Convict	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Starkweather, Albert	25	White	Male	Farmer	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Wilson, James	47	White	Male	Convict	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Hamlin, Henry	—	White	Male	Convict	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Smith, James "Chip"	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Palladoni, Phillip	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Swift, John	—	White	Male	Piano player	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Scheele, Jacob	—	White	Male	Saloon keeper	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Borjensen, Andrew	—	White	Male	Laborer	Murder		Hanging	Litchfield
Petrillo, Angelo	—	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Cronin, John	38	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Hartlein, Kaspar	40	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Kippie, Thomas F.	42	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Fuda, Giuseppe	31	White	Male	Laborer	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Imposino, Nicodemo	22	White	Male	Laborer	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Boinay, Charles A.	34	White	Male	Wire weaver	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Willis, Benjamin R.	21	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Brockhaus, Frederick M.	21	White	Male	Criminal	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Cross, Charles B.	18	White	Male	Farmhand	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Misik, Paul	34	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Watson, Joseph	18	Black	Male	Valet	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Marx, Gershon	73	White	Male	Farmer	Murder		Hanging	New London
Sherouk, Ephriam	24	White	Male	Laborer	Murder		Hanging	Tolland
Bailey, Henry G.	40	White	Male	Farmhand	Murder		Hanging	Middlesex
Herman, Alexander	26	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Washelesky, John	32	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Rossi, Lorenzo	31	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Zett, John	48	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Tolland
Campagnolo, Giuseppe	28	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
Carfaro, Raffaele	19	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
Zawedzianczek, John	28	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Tanganelli, Andrea	26	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Redding, George, Jr.	21	White	Male	Produce clerk	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Saxon, Louis	29	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Plew, James	48	White	Male	Farmhand	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Rikteraitis, Matijins	29	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Buonomo, Joseph	24	White	Male	Criminal	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Bergeron, Joseph	40	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Montvid, Bernard	23	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Grela, Frank	41	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Roe, Harry	22	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Williams, Isaac	30	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Zuppa, Pasquale	28	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Vetere, Francisco	25	White	Male	Entertainer	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
Castelli, Joseph	24	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 1
Buglione, Stephen	20	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Donvanso, Giovanni	21	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Wise, William	23	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Dusso, Frank	25	White	Male	Longshoreman	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
Pisaniello, Carmine	21	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
Lanzillo, Carmine	24	White	Male	Laborer	Murder		Hanging	New Haven	Note 2
Perretta, Erasmo	28	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Perretta, Joseph	33	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Nechesnook, Nikifor	28	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Cerrone, Daniel	31	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Wade, Elwood	24	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Kaurawskas, John	36	White	Male	Laborer	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
Schutte, Emil	55	White	Male	Merchant	Murder		Hanging	Middlesex
Chapman, Gerald	35	White	Male	Gangster	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Wing, Soo Hoo	19	Asian	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Lung, Chin	33	Asian	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford	Note 1
Feltovic, John	19	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Fairfield
Dibattista, Frank	26	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Lorenzo, Henry	26	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	Hartford
Simborski, John	30	White	Male	—	Murder		Hanging	New Haven
McElroy, James	45	White	Male	Steamfitter	Murder		Electrocution	New Haven
Palka, Frank	26	White	Male	Mechanic	Murder		Electrocution	Fairfield
Weaver, Ira	36	White	Male	Handyman	Murder		Electrocution	Middlesex	Note 1
Cots, Vincent	32	White	Male	Mechanic	Murder		Electrocution	Middlesex	Note 1
Gurski, Peter	28	White	Male	—	Murder		Electrocution	Litchfield
Funderburk, Wilson	38	Black	Male	—	Murder		Electrocution	Hartford
Decaro, Carlo	20	White	Male	Factory worker	Murder		Electrocution	Hartford
Rossi, Nicholas	33	White	Male	—	Murder		Electrocution	Hartford
Lewie, Raymond	19	White	Male	Convict	Murder		Electrocution	Hartford	Note 2
Tommaselli, Arthur	25	White	Male	Convict	Murder		Electrocution	Hartford	Note 2
McCarthy, James	21	White	Male	Convict	Murder		Electrocution	Hartford	Note 2
Bradley, Robert	38	Black	Male	Trash collector	Murder		Electrocution	New Haven
Lorain, William	34	White	Male	—	Murder		Electrocution	Hartford
Malm, Robert	32	White	Male	Dishwasher	Murder		Electrocution	Hartford	Note 1
Donahue, John	22	White	Male	Parolee	Murder		Electrocution	Fairfield	Note 1
Davies, George	41	White	Male	Machine tool operator	Murder		Electrocution	New Haven
Wojculewicz, Frank	42	White	Male	Gangster	Murder		Electrocution	Hartford
Taborsky, Joseph L.	36	White	Male	Gangster	Murder		Electrocution	Hartford
Ross, Michael B.	45	White	Male	Insurance salesman	Murder		Lethal injection	Tolland
Average Age:	30.56

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.
James Savage, ed., John Winthrop, The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, Vol. 2,, page 324. See also Goodheart, where there are 158 death penalty victims identified for Connecticut.
Posthumously pardoned.

Summary

Age	Frequency	Percent
19 and below	9	5%
20 to 29	39	28%
30 to 39	25	18%
40 to 49	13	9%
50 and above	2	1%
Unknown	51	37%
Race	Frequency	Percent
White	113	81%
Native American	11	8%
Black	10	7%
Asian	2	1%
Unknown	3	2%
Sex	Frequency	Percent
Male	125	90%
Female	14	10%
Crime	Frequency	Percent
Murder	116	83%
Witchcraft	9	6%
Rape	5	4%
Sodomy	5	4%
Treason	2	1%
Burglary	1	1%
Incest	1	1%
Date	Frequency	Percent
1600 to 1699	18	13%
1700 to 1799	22	16%
1800 to 1899	33	24%
1900 to 1999	65	47%
2000 to present	1	1%
Method	Frequency	Percent
Hanging	119	86%
Electrocution	18	13%
Beheading	1	1%
Lethal injection	1	1%
County	Frequency	Percent
Hartford	48	35%
New Haven	42	30%
Fairfield	18	13%
New London	9	6%
Middlesex	6	4%
Windham	5	4%
Litchfield	4	3%
Tolland	4	3%
Unknown	3	1%
Total:	139 executions	-