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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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noblewoman
colonial American settler
person
religious dissenter
activeInTerritory New England NERFINISHED
New Netherland NERFINISHED
colonial America
causeOfConflict her Anabaptist religious views
centuryOfActivity 17th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
ethnicGroup English
founded Gravesend NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth England
placeOfDeath Gravesend NERFINISHED
policyImplemented religious tolerance in Gravesend
religion Anabaptist sympathizer
residence Gravesend NERFINISHED
Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED
New Netherland NERFINISHED
socialStatus nobility

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Gravesend foundedBy Lady Deborah Moody