1811 September, Death of Jesse Bonney:

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Jesse Bonney, probably a child as he is referred to as the orphan of James Bonney, was killed by accidental hanging after he "went alone into the orchard to get some apples and went up a tree and accidentally fell and hung the hind part of his frock over a limb which twin'd the said frock over his head... which choaked him."

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