Inscription
Marble headstone:
My Mother
Mrs.
Elizabeth Dyar
died
June 4, 1818,
Æ. 67.
"all flesh is as grass"
Erected by
Eld. Joseph Dyar
Bronze plaque set in a boulder:
To commemorate the patriotism of
Elizabeth Nichols Dyar
one of three young women
who mixed and applied the paint
to disguise as Indians
the men of the Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773
With her children she was smuggled
through the lines to Malden.
Passed latter part of life here
with youngest son, John Nichols Dyar
on "Prospect" Farm
and was buried on this spot.
Also her husband
Joseph Dyar
who was nine times captured by the British
while Captain of boat
carrying supplies to American Army
died from effect of ill treatment in 1783
and buried in Malden, Mass.
This grave restored by their descendants,
Town of Freeman,
and Colonel Asa Whitcomb Chapter
of Kingfield, September 1923
Tablet placed by the Maine State Council
Daughters of the American Revolution
July 1924
Family Members
Advertisement
Advertisement
