Mingo, David, 1820 -

David Mingo was born c. 1820, the son of William and Leah Attaquin Mingo. As a teenager David Mingo signed in support of Daniel B. Amos' December 23, 1833 letter to editor regarding Mashpee rights. In the following year, he was enumerated in a census as residing in Mashpee and was a signatory on the January 1834 Mashpee petition written by William Apes and signed by 288 other Mashpee residents and community members outlining a number of longstanding grievances against the overseers and the Congregational missionary to the tribe.  Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Vol. 1. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011; Boston Advocate, December 27, 1833; Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1834.01.29.00