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Thomas Granger (1625? – September 8, 1642) was the first person hanged in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was a servant to Love Brewster, of Duxbury, in the Plymouth Colony of British North America. Granger, at the age of 16 or 17, was in 1642 caught in the act of bestiality with a mare, a cow, two goats, five sheep, two calves and a turkey, and was likewise indicted. Image File history File links Merge-arrows. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Thomas Granger. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a cord wrapped around the neck, causing death. ... A map of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Capital Charlestown, Boston History  - Established 1629  - New England Confederation 1643  - Dominion of New England 1686  - Province of Massachusetts Bay 1692  - Disestablished 1692 The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it) was an English settlement on... Duxbury is a town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. ... Seal of Plymouth Colony Map of Plymouth Colony showing town locations Capital Plymouth Language(s) English Religion Puritan, Separatist Government Monarchy Legislature General Court History  - Established 1620  - First Thanksgiving 1621  - Pequot War 1637  - King Philips War 1675–1676  - Part of the Dominion of New England 1686–1688  - Disestablished 1691... British North America was an informal term first used in 1783, but uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Look up Bestiality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Granger confessed to his crimes in court privately to local magistrates, and upon indictment, publicly to ministers, and the jury. He was hanged on September 8, 1642. Before Granger's execution, following the laws set down in the book of Leviticus, 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. is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible, also the third book in the Torah (five books of Moses). ...

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, and the local reaction demonstrates the Puritans' immense fear of outside immoral influences. Bas-relief on Bradford Street in Provincetown depicting the signing of the Mayflower Compact William Bradford (March 19, 1590 – May 9, 1657) was a leader of the separatist settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and was elected Governor of the Colony for 15 two-year terms. ... Look up Bestiality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. ...

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