tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post6280116626630416050..comments2024-03-29T05:36:34.996-04:00Comments on NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE: A Monster and A Martyr in Puritan BostonPeter Muisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-3235611772579002482016-02-22T13:51:18.569-05:002016-02-22T13:51:18.569-05:00Someone should make a movie about Mary Dyer and An...Someone should make a movie about Mary Dyer and Anne Hutchinson - they lived incredible lives. It's amazing to think that the Bronx used to be a frontier settlement!Peter Muisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-48985732950096967722016-02-21T21:43:51.912-05:002016-02-21T21:43:51.912-05:00Thanks for increasing my knowledge of Mary Dyer an...Thanks for increasing my knowledge of Mary Dyer and Anne Hutchinson. Hutchinson, who, along with Coddington and others who signed the Compact, founded Portsmouth, RI (not Newport). She later left New England entirely and moved to what is now The Bronx, where she and her youngest daughters were massacred by members of the Siwanoy tribe. Incredibly active both at home (she gave birth to 15 children and is an ancestor of many famous people, including Mitt Romney and both Bush presidents), philosophically and politically, she was a fascinating woman who deserved better.Steven E. Belangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11029874769975843685noreply@blogger.com