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3. Captain Edward Holmes Hall was born December 14, 1803 in Pittston, Maine to Nathaniel and Sarah Bailey Hall. He married Mary Goodwin in 1832. They had two children, George Edward Hall (1836) and Mary Goodwin Hall (1839). He was a mariner. He died June 29, 1858 aboard the steamer Arabia. At the time of his death, he was also the master of the ship Molocka. Hall’s stone reads, “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.”
7. Captain Stephen Nymphos Twycross was born December 8, 1773 in Pownalborough Maine, son of Robert and Lydia Goodwin Twycross. He married Lydia Johnson, daughter of Captain John Johnson and Rebecca Goodwin Johnson in Charlestown, Massachusetts on March 10, 1799. They had three children: Joseph (1802), Abigail (1805), and Lydia (1809). Lydia died January 9, 1812. Stephen then married Mary Bailey on September 13, 1812, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Bailey. They had five children: Mary (1813), Stephen (1815), Thomas (1822), Martha (1824), and Sarah (1827). Captain Stehpen Twycross was a mariner. He was captain of the ship Eastern Star, built in 1820, and was also part owner of the sloop Maria. In 1813, Stephen was on the Maria when it was boarded and robbed by privateers. He was also the owner of the ships Lydia & Maria and Amanda Malvina. While unloading a cargo of lumber, a timber fell on his leg and he died May 11, 1841 at the age of 67 in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
9A. Captain John Johnson was born in July 1741 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He married Rebecca Goodwin and they had nine children: Thomas (1778), John Jr. (1779), Samuel (1781) Lydia (1783), Rowland (1785), Elizabeth (1787), William Goodwin (1780), James (1793), and Rebecca (1795). John was a Revolutionary War veteran, enlisting March 30, 1777 and serving in the following units: Captain White’s Company, Col. Francis’s Regiment, Captain Clark’s Co. and Benjamin Tupper’s Regiment. He also served as a captain in the Second Regiment of the Lincoln County Militia. He received his commission in 1776. He worked as a postmaster in Dresden and lived at the Pownalborough Courthouse. He died July 11, 1813 at age 71.
9B. Rebecca Goodwin Johnson was born in 1755 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to Samuel and Elizabeth Goodwin. She moved to Maine with her parents when her father was given command of Fort Shirley, and she also lived in the Pownalborough Courthouse after it was built on the grounds of Fort Shirley. She married Captain John Johnson and they had nine children: Thomas (1778), John Jr. (1779), Samuel (1781) Lydia (1783), Rowland (1785), Elizabeth (1787), William Goodwin (1780), James (1793), and Rebecca (1795). She died July 19, 1831 at age 75.
12. David Speare Goodwin was born December 31, 1794 in Dresden, son of Samuel Twycross Goodwin and Elizabeth Goodwin. He married Lydia Twycross, daughter of Stephen Nymphos and Lydia Johnson Twycross. They had four children together: Josephine A. (1835), Samuel J. (1836), Lydia E. (1846), and Mary Louisa (1848). Only Josephine and Mary survived to adulthood. David was a farmer and he also served in the War of 1812. He served from July 4, 1814 to September 28, 1814 in Captain Johnson’s and Benjamin Goodwin’s company of Massachusetts Militia. He died April 19, 1879 at 84 years old.
19. Ann “Nancy” Goodwin Bowman was born January 13, 1765 to Samuel and Elizabeth Goodwin. She was the second wife of Judge Jonathan Bowman, who was thirty years older than her. They married January 20, 1798. Ann outlived Jonathan by fifty-two years. She died at the age of 91 on January 26, 1856.
25. Thomas Jefferson Goodwin was born July 1, 1803 to George and Sarah “Sally” Houdlette Goodwin. Thomas had brown hair, blue eyes, and was five feet six inches tall. He was a mariner. He married Angelina E. Goodwin in 1832. They had two children, Matilda C. (1833) and Emeline C. (1836). Emeline died in childhood. He died May 26, 1838 at 34 years old.
28. Nancy Goodwin Johnson was born on April 8, 1798. She was the daughter of George Goodwin and Sarah “Sally” Houdlette Goodwin. She married Captain Rowland Johnson on September 28, 1820. Nancy and Rowland lived in the north side of the Pownalborough Courthouse during the 1830s, before moving to Charlestown, Massachusetts, and then later to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They came back to Maine regularly in the summers to escape the heat and visit family. They had one child, Lydia Twycross Johnson (1822). A portrait of Nancy and Lydia is on display on the second floor of the courthouse. Nancy died in Philadelphia on August 27, 1868.
29. Lydia Twycross Johnson was born on July 4, 1822. Lydia was the daughter of Captain Rowland and Nancy Goodwin Johnson. Lydia suffered from tuberculosis. She was often sick as a child and died on May 16, 1837, at the age of 14. Her grave was moved from Philadelphia to join her parents at the Pownalborough Courthouse cemetery. She and her mother are commemorated in a painting on display on the second floor of the Court House.
30. Captain Rowland Johnson was born April 11, 1785, son of Captain John Johnson and Rebecca Goodwin Johnson. He married Nancy Goodwin on September 28, 1820. Nancy and Rowland lived in the north side of the Pownalborough Courthouse during the 1830s, before moving to Charlestown, Massachusetts, and then later to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died October 9, 1871.
32. Caroline Louise Prescott Canby was born on January 2, 1829 in New Sharon, Maine. Her parents were Warren and Rebecca Johnson Prescott. Her mother, and her siblings Sarah Augusta Prescott Goodwin and Rebecca Goodwin Johnson Prescott, are also buried in the Pownalborough Courthouse cemetery. Caroline married William Jackson Canby in 1856. They had five children: Louise P. (1856), Henry Pratt (1858), Augusta P. (1861), William W. (1865), and Oliver C. (1869). Caroline and William lived in Philadelphia but often spent summers at the Pownalborough Court House. She died of cereberal apoplexy. She died July 9, 1919 in Dresden.
33. Rebecca Goodwin Johnson Prescott was born on March 24, 1827 in New Sharon, Maine. Her parents were Warren and Rebecca Johnson Prescott. Her mother, as well as her siblings Sarah Augusta Prescott Goodwin and Caroline Louise Prescott Canby, are also buried in the Court House Cemetery. She never married and spent most of her life living with relatives in Philadelphia. She worked as a school teacher. Rebecca died April 9, 1906 in Dresden.
34. Rebecca Johnson Prescott was born in 1798. Her parents were Captain John and Rebecca Goodwin Johnson. She married Warren Prescott on December 4, 1824. They had at least three children: Rebecca Goodwin Johnson Prescott (1827), Caroline Louise Prescott Canby (1829), and Sarah Augusta Prescott (1830). Rebecca’s husband Warren died at forty years old on March 22, 1833. The family was living in New Sharon, Maine at the time. Afterwards, Rebecca and her children moved to the Pownalborough Courthouse and lived with Rebecca’s Johnson relatives. Rebecca died on December 17, 1897 at 99 years old.
35. Sarah “Sallie” Augusta Prescott Goodwin was born August 30, 1830 in New Sharon, Maine. Her parents were Warren and Rebecca Johnson Prescott. Her mother, as well as her siblings, Rebecca Goodwin Johnson Prescott and Caroline Louise Prescott Canby, are also buried in the Pownalborough Courthouse Cemetery. She married Captain Samuel Randolph Goodwin in September 1852 and often accompanied him on many of his sea voyages. Martha Vaughan’s book Sallie and Captain Sam discusses the correspondence the couple exchanged, as well as Sallie’s diaries. Sallie died January 9, 1914 in California.
Thanks to the following people for their countless hours of research and writing on those interred at the Pownalborough Court House Cemetery: Gregory Edward, Jackie P. Fournier, Cara Kent, William Stuart, and Dave Probert. A sign on site provides a map of the cemetery layout, and the numbered bios below correspond to that map, spotlighting many of those buried here. This project is ongoing, and additional bios may become available over time.
