Lady Deborah Moody

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Lady Deborah Moody was a 17th-century English noblewoman and religious dissenter who became one of the first female landowners and town founders in colonial America, noted for establishing a settlement based on religious tolerance.

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instanceOf English noblewoman ⓘ
colonial American settler ⓘ
person ⓘ
religious dissenter ⓘ
activeInTerritory New England ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
colonial America ⓘ
causeOfConflict her Anabaptist religious views ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
founded Gravesend ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasOccupation landowner ⓘ
settlement founder ⓘ
hasTitle Lady ⓘ
historicalSignificance early advocate of religious freedom in North America ⓘ
knownFor founding the town of Gravesend in colonial New Netherland ⓘ
movement religious nonconformism ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first female landowners in colonial America ⓘ
being one of the first female town founders in colonial America ⓘ
establishing a settlement based on religious tolerance ⓘ
opposedBy Puritan authorities in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Gravesend ⓘ
policyImplemented religious tolerance in Gravesend ⓘ
religion Anabaptist sympathizer ⓘ
residence Gravesend ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
socialStatus nobility ⓘ

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Gravesend → foundedBy → Lady Deborah Moody ⓘ