TABLE 1. Historic vampire accounts from New England
Date Location Sex of vampire Age of vampire Time elapsed from death to exhumation Cause of death References
c. 1780 Dummerston, VT F Adult --- Consumption Mansfield (1884)
1790 Manchester, VT F Adult ~6 years Consumption McFarland (1990)
1799 Exeter, RI F Adult Months Consumption Cahill (1989), Clauson (1937), Kinder (1971), Simister (1978)
1807 Plymouth, MA F Adult 2 months Consumption "Superstitions..." (1822)
1817 Vermont M --- --- --- Cahill (1989), Stephens (1970)
1827 Foster, RI F Adult 2-3 months Consumption Clauson (1936)
1829 Woodstock, VT M Adult 6 months Consumption Cahill (1989), Dresser (1989), Stephens (1970)
1854 Jewett City, CT M(3)1 Adult 2 years Consumption Dresser (1989), Wright (1973)
1874 Peacedale, RI F --- --- Consumption Cahill (1989), Dresser (1989)
1892 Exeter, RI F(3)2 Adult 11 years; 2 months3 Consumption Cahill (1989), Dresser (1989), "Exhumed..." Kinder (1971), Stetson (1898)
19th c. Southern RI M --- --- Consumption Stetson (1898)
19th c. Southern RI --- --- --- Consumption Stetson (1898)
1 Bodies of three adult males exhumed. 2 Bodies of three adult females exhumed. 3 Two bodies were interred for 11 years; one body interred for 2 months.

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