Mary Latham, 18, is hanged for murder on Boston Common.

(OS-3/21) Latham is described in his journal by John Winthrop as, “a proper young woman about 18 years of age . . .[who] being rejected by a young man whom she had an affection unto, vowed she would marry the next that came to her, and accordingly, against her friends’ minds, she matched with an ancient man who had neither honesty nor ability, and one whom she had no affection unto. Whereupon, soon after she was married, divers young men solicited her chastity . . .”