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Mary Dyer

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Quaker martyr

Lived 1611 to 1660 · aged 49
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Mary Dyer 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 due to their theological expansion of the Puritan concept of a church of individuals regenerated by the Holy Spirit to the idea...

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Map showing St Martin-in-the-Fields, circa 1562, where Mary and William Dyer were married in 1633Map showing St Martin-in-the-Fields, circa 1562, where Mary and William Dyer were married in 1633Anne Hutchinson, who was tried for slandering the ministers, was a friend and mentor of the much younger Mary Dyer. (Illustration by Edwin Austin Abbey.)Anne Hutchinson, who was tried for slandering the ministers, was a friend and mentor of the much younger Mary Dyer. (Illustration by Edwin Austin Abbey.)By signing the petition in support of the Reverend John Wheelwright (shown here), William Dyer was disarmed.By signing the petition in support of the Reverend John Wheelwright (shown here), William Dyer was disarmed.When Governor John Winthrop learned of Dyer's "monstrous birth", he had the infant exhumed and examined, then wrote a detailed report of the child's corpse.When Governor John Winthrop learned of Dyer's "monstrous birth", he had the infant exhumed and examined, then wrote a detailed report of the child's corpse.Portsmouth Compact; William Dyer's name is 11th on the listPortsmouth Compact; William Dyer's name is 11th on the listGeorge Fox, founder of QuakerismGeorge Fox, founder of QuakerismGovernor John Endecott sent the Quaker martyrs to the gallows.Governor John Endecott sent the Quaker martyrs to the gallows.

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2000National Women's Hall of Fame
Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women inductee

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Ruth BuzziAlso won Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women inducteeDoris DukeAlso won Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women inducteeRuth HusseyAlso won Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women inducteeJulia Ward HoweAlso won Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women inducteeAnne HutchinsonAlso won Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women inducteeAbigail Greene AldrichAlso won Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women inductee

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Mary Dyer 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 due to their theological expansion of the Puritan concept of a church of individuals regenerated by the Holy Spirit to the idea of the indwelling of the Spirit or the "Light of Christ", which was deemed dangerous heresy. She is one of the four executed Quakers known as the Boston martyrs.

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Lived 1611 to 1660 · aged 49
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