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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.
Mary Dyer, Marmaduke Stevenson, and Nicholas Davis are sentenced to “punishment upon pain of death” under the recently enacted law. Stevenson heads for Salem, where he is again arrested (with William Robinson) and returned to Boston.
Jul 30, 2013 · Mary Dyer wages war with the Puritan establishment, two cunning thieves pull off a $500 million art heist, & the most notorious arsonist in New England history is revealed. Guest star: Winona Ryder, Michael Cera, Nick Offerman.
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- Comedy, History
- Jeremy Konner
- 2013-07-30
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.
In the 1600s, changing your religion could get you into trouble. Big trouble. But that didn't stop Mary Dyer. The Puritan Mary Dyer became a Quaker while visiting England. When she returned...
Drunk History (TV Series 2013–2019) Winona Ryder as Mary Dyer, Peggy Shippen.
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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.
