Attention history buffs and true crime aficionados, join us to hear author Andrew Noone discuss his book, “Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy.” 

Spooner, when five months pregnant, was hanged for the murder of her husband alongside her three British and American accomplices, including teen militiaman Ezra Ross of Ipswich/Topsfield, the child’s apparent father. John Adams’ second cousin, Spooner was the first woman executed in the new United States. 

About the Presenter: Named a #1 new release, US Revolution, at Amazon, “Andrew Noone…brings to life a murder and scandal that shook New England and reverberated for decades to come.”  – Jonathan Cohn, Huffington Post.  An independent scholar, Andrew Noone has published with Worldwide Books and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He has completed graduate work in three disciplines, including musicology and as a Renaissance fellow in art history. He has participated in the Keepers of the Republic program sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society, and is currently a teacher for the Worcester Public Schools.