Mary Dyer

Deceased Person

1611 – 1660

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Who was Mary Dyer?

Mary Barrett Dyer was an English Puritan turned Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony. She is one of the four executed Quakers known as the Boston martyrs.

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Born
1611
London
Also known as
  • Mary Barrett Dyer
Spouses
Religion
  • Religious Society of Friends
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Jun 1, 1660
Boston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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