JAMES LEONARD
For the start of winter, we have James Leonard, a young man of 18 who tried to cut the hanging rope, then died with a quip on a cold morning.
"You see I am but very young; however I have made good use of my time, for I have been as great a rogue as those that are older. Methinks 'tis a plaguey cold morning; they need not have brought one to be hanged in such weather as will freeze a body before the job's over.
Fate: Died Laughing in 1693.