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MANSFIELD, Thirza —
(Need confirmation.)
"THIRZA MANSFIELD, the woman who was lately found guilty
of murderering her husband, in Connecticut, has been sen-
tenced to be executed on the third “lednesday of July 1825.
The reason assigned for the delay is, that a question was
reserved on the trial, for the decision of the Court of
Errors which does not meet till July next." COURIER,
Charleston, South Carolina, September 10, 1824 (2/le)
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT RESEARCH PROJECT
P. O. DRAWER 277
HEADLAND, ALABAMA 36345
(334) 693-5225
CORRECTIONS TO STREIB LISTING OF FEMALE EXECUTIONS.
CONNECTICUT...
|) Roanna Carrington.-The exact date of execution was March 19, 1653.-Hartford
County Records of the Particular Court, 1639-1663 & Hartford County Probate Records
detailing the settlement of the estate and date of execution. Do not have xerox copy.
2) Kate. - Exact date of execution was 11/16/1743.-Telephone call to St. Lib. 11/1993.
6) Thirza Mansfield. This should be deleted. Her sentence was commuted and she died
in prison on June 8, - Notation on small card with no source. Where one was commuted
or pardoned, I sometimes just wrote that without noting source because they were not longer
a part of my study.
UNCONFIRMED.
1)” We hear that a Special Superior Court held at Saybrook in the Colony of Connecti-
cut on the third Tuesday of November past, an Indian woman, lately a servant to the Rev. Mr.
Worthington, was found guilty of murdering her child and received a sentence of Death... ’-
Newsletter, Boston, MA, 12/8/1737. A
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