Tombstone of Lydia (Hough) Dyar (1698-1776)
In the old South Burial Ground, at Billerica, Mass., is a gravestone of slate, with the following inscription:
Her lies ye Body of the
Widow Lydia Dyar of Boston
the Place of her Nativity where
She left a good Estate & came
into ye Country May 22, 1775 to
Escape ye abuce of ye Ministeral
Troops sent by George ye 3d to
Subject North America to Slavery
She died July 28 1776 Aged 80 years
The Sweet Remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when they sleep in dust
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