In Memory of Lady Deborah Moody

IN MEMORY OF LADY DEBORAH MOODY WHO ARRIVED IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY IN 1638 A WEALTHY WIDOW AND LANDOWNER IN 1643 LADY MOODY AND TWENTY-FIVE NEIGHBORS REMOVED TO LONG ISLAND WHERE SHE FORMED A COLONY AND WAS GRANTED A PATENT FOR LAND WITH FULL POWER TO GOVERN SHE CALLED HER MODEL COMMUNITY GRAVESEND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13, 1995 IN CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY COLONIAL DAUGHTERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ORGANIZED IN BROOKLYN MAY 4, 1896