ABSTRACT
Mary Dyer and her husband William were followers of ANNE HUTCHINSON, a Puritan woman who questioned the religious authority of Massachusetts leaders. Hutchinson maintained that salvation was a personal experience between an individual and God. Fearing her influence, Puritan officials tried Hutchinson for heresy and excommunicated her on March 22, 1638. As Hutchinson left the church after the verdict, Dyer and her husband walked out beside her.
