Julie A. Potter-Dunlop
Scots-Irish Self-Reliance on the Eastern Frontier: Living & Dying on the Dummer Claim
This presentation will explore the history of the Scots-Irish First Settlers to Casco Bay, District of Maine in 1718. Through an 18th-century lens, the Dummer Claim on Flying Point (Ancient North Yarmouth) will be examined as a microcosm community bent on land possession and land development. Cultural aspects of family norms, the founding of civic government, and dynamic commerce industry will be discussed as well as the leanings into self-governance and rebellion against British control during the American War for Independence.
Julie A. Potter-Dunlop, PhD, is the Secretary of the Maine Ulster Scots Project (MUSP), as well as a member of the MUSP Editorial Board for the publication, 1718–2018: Reflections on 300 Years of Scots Irish in Maine. Julie is a direct descendant of Scots-Irish emigrants arriving in the District of Maine on the “MacCallum” in 1718. Professionally, she is a retired Nurse Educator who served at the University of Hawai’i Maui College. Privately, she is an amateur genealogist, historian, and archaeological excavation site team member.
