Anti-Quaker Law That Executed My Ancestor

Yesterday was the 358th anniversary of the enacting of a law against the "cursed sect of heretics lately risen up in the world, which are commonly called Quakers..." Two years later this law was strengthened and made more oppressive. Quakers were hung. My ninth great-grandmother, Mary Dyer, was hanged on Boston Common in 1660 because of this law. She had a part in bringing the religious liberties we now enjoy. She has a statue at the Boston Statehouse that recognizes the wrong that was done and her contribution to these current liberties. The inscription calls her a "witness for religious freedom." I recently wrote a guest column for the wonderful historical William and Mary Barrett Dyer Blog, which can be found here: http://marybarrettdyer.blogspot.com/2014/10/significant-ancestry.html