Saturday, August 5, 2023
Micum McIntire Reunion / Annual Meeting
Location: St. Aspinquid Masonic Lodge
101 Long Sands Rd, York, ME 03909

The 2023 Annual Reunion of the Micum McIntire Clan Association is in the history books, and a very successful reunion it was.

Despite having somewhat lower attendance than in 2022 (attendance always falls off the year after a big celebration) the Reunion boasted displays by historian John Demos of the Old Berwick Historical Society and a memorial display by graphic artist Steven Mears. After lunch and the Clan’s tradition of shared desserts, there was a wonderful presentation by Professor Emerson (‘Tad’) Baker on the progress of the Landscapes of Indenture project.

That project, which is investigating the lives and impacts of the first generation of Scottish prisoners of war in New England, is being jointly undertaken by entities on New England and in England, most notably by archeologists from the University of Durham, England. Professor Baker, from Salem State College, is a team member from the New England side of the project. He also presented some analysis and new insights into a potential first homesite for Micum McIntire in Scotland District in York, Maine.

Micum’s Walk – After the Reunion proper ended, Clan Historian Jonathan Tucker reconvened a group in Durham, New Hampshire and led a guided walk of the core sites of Micum McIntire’s life as an indentured servant in Durham (1651-1662). It began at the Old Landing on Oyster River where Micum first arrived. The weather cooperated, and it was a bright, sunny day with a pleasant breeze off the water. A report on the Reunion and the tour was published in the York History Group Facebook page.

Seven Branches – During the Reunion, there was discussion of the Clan beginning work on a new set of seven graphic family trees for Micum’s descendants. The most recent tree dates from 1980 and only goes as far as current members’ grandparents, if that far.

Some of you will recall that Micum and Dorothy had three sons—John, Daniel, and Micum Jr. Only John and Micum Jr. married and had children who survived to be adults, to marry, and to have their own children. So all Micum descendants are either descended from John, or Micum Jr., or (in some cases) both.

Review of the genealogy revealed that by the time of the next (third) generation, Micum and Dorothy’s grandchildren, there were seven ‘branches’ that carried on the family line. The couples representing the origins of those branches were as follows:

Children of John McIntire and Susannah Young (and their spouses):

– Captain John McIntire Jr. & Abigail Webber – 8 children; 5 continued the line

– Hannah McIntire & Alexander Junkins – 11 children; 5 continued the line

– Ebenezer McIntire & Mercy Randel – 4 children; 3 continued the line

– Daniel McIntire & Mercy Junkins – 8 children; 5 continued the line

– Samuel McIntire & Sarah Came – 5 children; all 5 continued the line.

Children of Micum McIntire Jr. and Jane Grant (and their spouses):

– Alexander McIntire & Mary Weare – 6 children; 4 continued the line

‘Keziah McIntire & Joseph Came – 9 children; 4 continued the line.

It is from these men and women that new digital illustrations of McIntire family trees would be developed.

–Submitted by Clan Historian, Jonathan Tucker