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Mary Dyer (born Marie Barrett; c. 1611 – 1 June 1660) was an English and colonial American Puritan-turned-Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony.
May 28, 2024 · Mary Dyer was a British-born religious figure whose martyrdom to her Quaker faith helped relieve the persecution of that group in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Married in 1633 in London to William Dyer, Mary Dyer went with him to America (c. 1635) and settled in Boston.
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Mary Dyer was a Quaker martyr in colonial Massachusetts. Her execution, and the religious freedom initiatives taken in memory of that, make her a key figure in American religious freedom history. She was hanged on June 1, 1660.
On June 1, 1660, Mary Dyer once again was marched the one mile from her cell to a place close to Frog Pond in Boston Commons. As she walked, some in the crowd urged her to go back to Rhode Island and save her life.
How did Mary Dyer stand up against religious intolerance in the Massachusetts colony? How did the leadership of the colony respond? How did Mary Dyer’s death impact her community and the Massachusetts colony?
Mary Dyer, William Robinson, and Marmaduke Stevenson appear before the General Court. Governor Endecott imposes a sentence of death on all three Quakers. They are taken back to jail to await their executions.
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Mary Barrett Dyer (1611 – 1660) was an English Puritan turned Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts for repeatedly defying a law banning Quakers from the colony. She is one of the four executed Quakers known as the Boston martyrs.
