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Family Relationship of
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
2nd Great-granddaughter to
Rev. Richard Bourne
(c1610 - c1682)
Great Migration Immigrant (1634)
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First Woman Executed in U.S.