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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of New Hampshire from 1739 to 1939.

Capital punishment was abolished in New Hampshire on May 30, 2019; however the abolition was not retroactive and one inmate remains on the state's death row.

# Name Age Date of execution Location Crime
1 Sarah Simpson December 27, 1739 Portsmouth feloniously concealing death of infant bastard child
2 Penelope Kenny December 27, 1739 Portsmouth feloniously concealing death of infant bastard child
3 Eliphaz Dow 50 May 8, 1755 Portsmouth murder
4 Ruth Blay 31 December 30, 1768 concealing the death of newborn
5 Elisha Thomas June 3, 1788 murder
6 Thomas Powers July 28, 1796 rape
7 Josiah Burnham 63 August 12, 1806 murder
8 Daniel Farmer 28 January 3, 1822 Amherst[1] murder
9 Abraham Prescott 18 January 6, 1836 rape/murder
10 Andrew Howard July 8, 1846 robbery/murder
11 Rev. Enos Dudley May 23, 1859 Grafton murder
12 Samuel Mills 28 May 6, 1868 Haverhill Corner robbery/murder
13 Josiah Pike 31 November 9, 1869 Concord murder
14 Franklin B. Evans 67 February 17, 1874 Concord murder
15 Elwin Major 29 January 5, 1877 Concord murder
16 Joseph LaPage March 15, 1878 Concord murder
17 John Pinkham March 14, 1879 Concord murder
18 Joseph Buzzell 42 July 10, 1879 Concord accessory to murder
19 Thomas Samon 36 April 17, 1885 Concord murder
20 James Palmer May 1, 1890 Concord murder
21 Frank Almy May 16, 1893 Concord murder
22 Oscar Comery 34 February 18, 1916 Concord murder
23 Frederick Small 50 January 15, 1918 Concord murder
24 Howard Long 33 July 14, 1939 Concord rape/murder

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  1. ^ George Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1820 (Rumford Press, 1924)

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