Ruth Blay was the last, and only other woman executed. An unmarried school teacher, she was convicted of Concealing the Birth of a Child, whose body was found under the floor boards of her schoolhouse. On December 30, 1768 she was hanged from the same tree as Sarah Simpson and Penelope Henry. The Colonial Governor issued a last minute reprieve, but his horse riding messenger arrived at the execution site minutes too late.


I am not related to this family, I'm just passing on this information, which comes from a webpage titled "Regional Studies Northeast." The link for the site is listed below.
Joyce

http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/regional_studies_nort...

Actually, what has been written is not factual. I have been researching Blay for 6 months now and plan to publish corrections

i frickin swear Ruth Blay haunted my old house that i lived in for 21 years and my whole life. she actually hid her child in a cloak underneath the floorboards of a schoolhouse/ and or barn located now at 94 main ave, south hampton, N.H., right at the end of my property. meaning in my yard.....my house is over 300 yrs old and ruth even lived in the house. so creepy.