Category Archives: Dunstan

They Answered the Call – Part 2

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Mary Pickard

Part 2 of 2 by Mary Pickard Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Maine Historical Society, and Maine State Archives Letters to and from soldiers revealed concerns about the future. In a letter to her friend Gardner Waterhouse with the 7th … Continue reading →

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Southgate, Dr. Robert

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Charlene Fenlason

People Who Called Scarborough Home By Charlene Fenlason Dr. Robert Southgate – Doctor, Lawyer, Judge Robert Southgate: doctor, lawyer, judge, gentleman farmer, and businessman. According to family tradition, in 1771 Dr. Robert Southgate rode into Dunstan on horseback with all … Continue reading →

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Uphannum – “Indian Jane”

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Charlene Fenlason

People Who Called Scarborough Home By Charlene Fenlason Indian Jane – Jane Hannup Uphannum was the daughter of Wackwarreska, Sagamore of Owascoag, and his wife Nagasqua. To early settlers she was familiarly known as Indian Jane, Jane the Indian or … Continue reading →

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King, Richard – Dunstan Settler

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Charlene Fenlason

People Who Called Scarborough Home By Charlene Fenlason Richard King Richard King, born in 1718 in Boston, settled in the Dunstan Landing area of Scarborough in 1746 after selling property in Watertown, Massachusetts where he’d had a successful timber exporting … Continue reading →

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Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks – Part 1 of 2

Posted on October 11, 2016 by scarbo7_wp

Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Don Googins Scarborough has always been a place where going to sea and fishing are a part of life. At one time ships, boats, and smaller watercraft were … Continue reading →

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