Talk:Thomas Granger

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The 1st person being executed in the territory of today's United States[edit]

Thomas Granger or Graunger (1625? – September 8, 1642) was the first person hanged in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the first known juvenile to be sentenced to death and executed in the territory of today's United States.

Then who was the first person executed in the territory of today's United States? -- Toytoy 01:49, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not the first[edit]

Granger worked and was convicted and executed in Plymouth colony (see Bradford, "Of Plymouth Plantation"). Granger's parents lived in Scituate, which according to the Massachusetts Bay Colony page was in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, so perhaps he was considered to be a Massachusetts Bay colonist. Even if so, he was not the first of them to be executed, either; Dorothy Talbye was hanged in Salem in 1638 (I don't know if she was the first, but she was before Granger.) 108.26.52.18 (talk) 17:35, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Correction to the word "burglary". I believe in this case it should be "buggery". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.126.88 (talk) 05:44, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The two links in the notes don't work.

Morality and Sex http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/colonial_life/morality_and_sex.htm

Chronogram.com http://archives.chronogram.com/issue/2000/08/room_waron.htm