Dinah Comsett/Compsett/Comset was born circa 1754 the daughter of Massachuset Indian Sarah Comsett.
On 1 January 1755, William Southworth told Abiezer Turner and William's wife Rachel Southworth told Abigail (Nichols) Newell [the wife of James Newell, son of Scituate's earliest interracial marriage between former slave James Newell and Mary White] that the three illegitimate children of Sarah Comsett were fathered by Capt. Henry Merritt of Scituate. Merritt then sued the Southworths for slander, which he won.
Dinah first married 3 January 1771, Isaachar Cato. She published intentions with Asher Freeman on 25 January 1777 and again on 9 April 1780.
On 1 January 1755, William Southworth told Abiezer Turner and William's wife Rachel Southworth told Abigail (Nichols) Newell [the wife of James Newell, son of Scituate's earliest interracial marriage between former slave James Newell and Mary White] that the three illegitimate children of Sarah Comsett were fathered by Capt. Henry Merritt of Scituate. Merritt then sued the Southworths for slander, which he won.
Dinah first married 3 January 1771, Isaachar Cato. She published intentions with Asher Freeman on 25 January 1777 and again on 9 April 1780.
Dinah Comsett/Compsett/Comset was born circa 1754 the daughter of Massachuset Indian Sarah Comsett.
On 1 January 1755, William Southworth told Abiezer Turner and William's wife Rachel Southworth told Abigail (Nichols) Newell [the wife of James Newell, son of Scituate's earliest interracial marriage between former slave James Newell and Mary White] that the three illegitimate children of Sarah Comsett were fathered by Capt. Henry Merritt of Scituate. Merritt then sued the Southworths for slander, which he won.
Dinah first married 3 January 1771, Isaachar Cato. She published intentions with Asher Freeman on 25 January 1777 and again on 9 April 1780.
On 1 January 1755, William Southworth told Abiezer Turner and William's wife Rachel Southworth told Abigail (Nichols) Newell [the wife of James Newell, son of Scituate's earliest interracial marriage between former slave James Newell and Mary White] that the three illegitimate children of Sarah Comsett were fathered by Capt. Henry Merritt of Scituate. Merritt then sued the Southworths for slander, which he won.
Dinah first married 3 January 1771, Isaachar Cato. She published intentions with Asher Freeman on 25 January 1777 and again on 9 April 1780.
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See more Cato Freeman or Comsett memorials in:
- First Parish Cemetery Cato Freeman or Comsett
- Norwell Cato Freeman or Comsett
- Plymouth County Cato Freeman or Comsett
- Massachusetts Cato Freeman or Comsett
- USA Cato Freeman or Comsett
- Find a Grave Cato Freeman or Comsett
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