Age: unknown
Sex: female
Crime: arson
Date Of Execution: 28 Aug 1736
Execution Place: Cambridgeshire
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Saturday Summer 1736 (Saturday 28 August or 4 September) Martha Colston guilty of burning a barn belonging to George Thurnall. Dieted 3 weeks after conviction till execution (c 4/8) (error for 2 weeks? - execution c28/8)