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| death_date = {{Death date|1739|12|27}} |
| death_date = {{Death date|1739|12|27}} |
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| death_place = [[New Hampshire]] |
| death_place = [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire|Portsmouth]], [[Province of New Hampshire]] |
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| conviction = Murder |
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| conviction_penalty = Death by hanging |
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'''Sarah Simpson''' (died December 27, 1739) was a widow executed by [[hanging]] for the murder of her child in [[New Hampshire]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AGA_FEsKRioC&dq=Penelope+Kenny+executed&pg=PA76 Women who kill]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FCACQAAQBAJ&q=%22Sarah+Simpson%22+-wikipedia+infanticide&pg=PT38|title=Historic Crimes & Justice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire|last=Ferland|first=Dr David|date=2014-05-27|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781625847140|language=en}}</ref> She was executed with [[Penelope Kenny]], who was also convicted of killing her child.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seacoastnh.com/Places-&-Events/NH-History/First-Women-Executed-in-NH/|title = First Women Executed in NH}}</ref> |
'''Sarah Simpson''' (died December 27, 1739) was a widow executed by [[hanging]] for the murder of her child in the [[Province of New Hampshire]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AGA_FEsKRioC&dq=Penelope+Kenny+executed&pg=PA76 Women who kill]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FCACQAAQBAJ&q=%22Sarah+Simpson%22+-wikipedia+infanticide&pg=PT38|title=Historic Crimes & Justice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire|last=Ferland|first=Dr David|date=2014-05-27|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781625847140|language=en}}</ref> She was executed with [[Penelope Kenny]], who was also convicted of killing her child.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seacoastnh.com/Places-&-Events/NH-History/First-Women-Executed-in-NH/|title = First Women Executed in NH}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 04:58, 14 October 2024
Sarah Simpson | |
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| Born | Unknown |
| Died | December 27, 1739 |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death by hanging |
Sarah Simpson (died December 27, 1739) was a widow executed by hanging for the murder of her child in the Province of New Hampshire.[1][2] She was executed with Penelope Kenny, who was also convicted of killing her child.[3]
See also
[edit]- Capital punishment in New Hampshire
- Capital punishment in the United States
- List of people executed in New Hampshire
References
[edit]- ^ Women who kill
- ^ Ferland, Dr David (2014-05-27). Historic Crimes & Justice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625847140.
- ^ "First Women Executed in NH".
External links
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Executions carried out in New Hampshire | Succeeded by Penelope Kenny |
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Categories:
- 1739 deaths
- 18th-century executions of American people
- American female murderers
- American murderers of children
- Executed American women
- Filicides in the United States
- American people executed for murder
- Murder in the Thirteen Colonies
- People convicted of murder by New Hampshire
- People executed by New Hampshire by hanging
- People executed by the Province of New Hampshire
- People executed by the Thirteen Colonies by hanging
- New Hampshire stubs
- American crime biography stubs