Mary Dyer

Mary Dyer (died 1660) was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her Quaker preaching and was hanged on Boston Common on 1 June 1660 after she returned. The year of her birth is not known with certainty; it is often placed about 1611. She is a witness to the persecution of Friends in New England, not a theologian of the movement.

Born: 1611
Birthplace: England
Died: 1660
Place of death: Boston, Massachusetts
Origin: England
Context: New England persecution of Friends

Traditions

Quakers
Christianity

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