The Database for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel

Dinah


Status (enslaved, free or both): unknown

Town: Wells

Known dates: 1754

"Dinah, a Negro" was baptized as an adult on July 28, 1754 "in the first Church of Christ in Wells, upon ... having made a Personal, Express, Publick Profession of Christianity."

Bibliography:

Records of the First Church of Wells, as transcribed in 6 issues of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 75-76, 1921-22


1754 Baptism of Dinah

First Church of Wells

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