Moses Dunbar

Date of death:19. 03. 1777
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1700s
State:Connecticut
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Biography

Moses Dunbar was a Connecticut farmer and Anglican convert who took the side of the Crown. Having accepted a captain’s commission to recruit men for the British army, he was seized by the revolutionary authorities, tried before a Hartford court, and convicted of high treason against the state of Connecticut. He was hanged at Hartford on March 19, 1777 — the only person executed for treason by the state of Connecticut during the Revolution.

Case

Charges: High treason against the state of Connecticut.
Sentence: Death. He was hanged at Hartford on March 19, 1777, the only man executed for treason by Connecticut during the Revolution. Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted of high treason by a Hartford court (1777). Charges as recorded: High treason against the state of Connecticut — for accepting a British commission and recruiting men for the Crown.
Convicted: Yes