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'''Thomas Graunger''' or '''Granger''' (1625? &ndash; September 8, 1642) was one of the first people [[Hanging|hanged]] in the [[Plymouth Colony]] (the first hanged in Plymouth or in any of the colonies of New England being [[John Billington]]) and the first known juvenile to be sentenced to death and executed in the territory of today's [[United States]]. He was a servant to [[Love Brewster]], of [[Duxbury, Massachusetts|Duxbury]], in the [[Plymouth Colony]] of [[British North America]]. Graunger, at the age of 16 or 17, was convicted of "[[buggery]] with a mare, a cow, two goats, divers sheepe, two calves, and a turkey", according to court records of 7 September 1642.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130120022604/http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/colonial_life/morality_and_sex.htm Mayflower Families - Morality and Sex]</ref>


Servant to Love Brewster, of Duxbury, Granger, about 16 or 17, was in 1642 "detected of buggery, and indicted for the same, with a mare, a cow, two goats, five sheep, two calves and a turkey," according to Gov. William Bradford, governor of America's first permanent colony, in his diary Of Plymouth Plantation.
Graunger confessed to his crimes in court privately to local magistrates, and upon indictment, publicly to ministers and the jury, being sentenced to "death by hanging until he was dead". He was hanged by [[John Holmes (Messenger of the Plymouth Court)|John Holmes]], [[Messenger of the Court]], on September 8, 1642.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0102newp#page/50/mode/2up Records of the Colony of New Plymouth]</ref> Before Graunger's execution, following the laws set down in [[Leviticus]] 20:15 ("And if a man shall lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast"), the animals involved were slaughtered before his face and thrown into a large pit dug for their disposal, no use being made of any part of them.<ref>[http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2000/08/room_waron.htm Chronogram.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


Granger confessed to his crimes to the magistrates of Plymouth Plantation, in court, and on the date of his execution. He was hung on or about September 8, 1642. Before Granger's execution, the animals with which he had had sex were slaughtered before his face and thrown into a large pit dug for their disposal. No use was made of any part of the animals.
An account of Granger's acts is recorded in Gov. [[William Bradford (1590-1657)|William Bradford]]'s diary ''[[Of Plymouth Plantation]] 1620-1647.''  Granger's crime represents the colonies' first recorded act of [[bestiality]].


Granger's crime represents America's first recorded act of bestiality.
==See also==
* [[Claudine de Culam]]
 
==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book |last= Bradford |first= William |title= Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647 |editor-first= Samuel Eliot |editor-last= Morison |location= New York |publisher= Knopf |date= 1952 }}
* {{cite web |last= Lauria |first= Lisa M. |date= 1998 |url= http://www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/Lauria1.html |title= Sexual Misconduct in Plymouth Colony |publisher= The Plymouth Colony Archive Project }}
 
 
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Latest revision as of 20:56, 31 August 2020

Thomas Graunger or Granger (1625? – September 8, 1642) was one of the first people hanged in the Plymouth Colony (the first hanged in Plymouth or in any of the colonies of New England being John Billington) and the first known juvenile to be sentenced to death and executed in the territory of today's United States. He was a servant to Love Brewster, of Duxbury, in the Plymouth Colony of British North America. Graunger, at the age of 16 or 17, was convicted of "buggery with a mare, a cow, two goats, divers sheepe, two calves, and a turkey", according to court records of 7 September 1642.[1]

Graunger confessed to his crimes in court privately to local magistrates, and upon indictment, publicly to ministers and the jury, being sentenced to "death by hanging until he was dead". He was hanged by John Holmes, Messenger of the Court, on September 8, 1642.[2] Before Graunger's execution, following the laws set down in Leviticus 20:15 ("And if a man shall lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast"), the animals involved were slaughtered before his face and thrown into a large pit dug for their disposal, no use being made of any part of them.[3]

An account of Granger's acts is recorded in Gov. William Bradford's diary Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647. Granger's crime represents the colonies' first recorded act of bestiality.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Mayflower Families - Morality and Sex
  2. ↑ Records of the Colony of New Plymouth
  3. ↑ Chronogram.com

References

  • Bradford, William (1952). Morison, Samuel Eliot (ed.). Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647. New York: Knopf.
  • Lauria, Lisa M. (1998). "Sexual Misconduct in Plymouth Colony". The Plymouth Colony Archive Project.
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