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Roxana Watkins (Adams)

Also Known As: "Roxanna"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Death: March 22, 1829 (36)
Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut, United States (strangled by her husband)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Paul Adams and Lydia Adams
Wife of Oliver Watkins
Mother of Alma Watkins

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Immediate Family

About Roxana Watkins

Roxana Adams was an American woman who was abused and ultimately murdered by her husband, Oliver Watkins, who had been conducting an affair with a local widow.

Sources

  • Woodward, Walter. "August 2: Connecticut's Final Public Hanging." Today in Connecticut History, published 2 August 2021. < link > Accessed 21 August 2021.
  • Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 21 2021, 14:47:55 UTC
  • Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 21 2021, 15:13:09 UTC
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Roxana Watkins's Timeline

1792
November 22, 1792
Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1823
1823
Sterling, Windham, Connecticut, USA
1829
March 22, 1829
Age 36
Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut, United States