• Goodwin Family

    This site contains genealogical information pertaining to the descendents of Major Samuel Goodwin and Elizabeth Willard, who settled Dresden (formerly Pownalborough), Maine, in the 1700's. Related families include Twycross, Johnson, Bailey, Bodfish, Goud, Bowman, Houdlette, and Lilly. Any corrections, additions, or further information greatly appreciated. You can contact me at skristiana @ yahoo.com

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Descendants of Major Samuel Goodwin

Samuel Goodwin was born on 27 Jan 1716, the son of John Goodwin and Lydia Sprague.  He died on 29 Nov. 1802 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.  He married Elizabeth Willard, the daughter of Jacob Willard and Sarah Flint, on 15 Feb 1738/9 in Boston, Massachusetts.  She was born on 4 Nov 1714 in Salem, Massachusetts, and died on 20 Feb 1787.

They had the following children:

  1. Samuel Goodwin Jr. married Ann Frances Goud 1762
  2. Lydia Goodwin married Robert Twycross 1764
  3. Elizabeth Goodwin, b. 1743, d. 1818
  4. Abigail Goodwin married 1) Thomas Johnson 1776, married 2) William Goodwin 1790
  5. Sarah Goodwin married Nathaniel Bailey 1768
  6. Mercy Goodwin married 1) Nymphas Bodfish 1774, 2) John Hart 1803
  7. Rebecca Goodwin married John Johnson 1777

2nd Generation

1.  Samuel Goodwin Jr. and Ann Frances Goud had the following children:

  1. Lydia Goodwin
  2. Ann Goodwin
  3. Samuel Twycross Goodwin
  4. George Goodwin
  5. Charles Goodwin
  6. John Goodwin
  7. Sarah Goodwin
  8. Randolph Goodwin
  9. Edward Goodwin
  10. Benjamin Goodwin

2.  Lydia Goodwin and Robert Twycross had the following children:

  1. Robert Harcourt Twycross
  2. Stephen Nymphas Twycross
  3. Joseph Lee Twycross
  4. Samuel Goodwin Twycross

5.  Sarah Goodwin and Nathaniel Bailey had the following children:

  1. Elizabeth Bailey
  2. Nathaniel Bailey
  3. David Bailey
  4. Samuel G Bailey
  5. Thomas Bailey
  6. Abigail G Bailey
  7. Sarah Bailey
  8. Jacob Bailey
  9. Mary Bailey
  10. Lydia Hannah Bailey

6.  Mercy Goodwin and Nymphas Bodfish had the following children:

  1. Elizabeth Bodfish
  2. Joseph Goodwin Bodfish
  3. William Bodfish
  4. William Bodfish
  5. Mary Bodfish
  6. Samuel Goodwin Bodfish
  7. Margaret Bodfish
  8. Nathan Bodfish
  9. Abigail Bodfish
  10. Mercy Bodfish

7.  Rebecca Goodwin and John Johnson had the following children:

  1. Thomas Johnson
  2. John Johnson Jr.
  3. Samuel Goodwin Johnson
  4. Lydia Johnson
  5. Elizabeth Johnson
  6. William Goodwin Johnson
  7. James Johnson
  8. Rebecca Johnson   

10 Responses

  1. jay robbins, on March 6th, 2008 at 9:41 pm Said:

    hello there

    i currrently serve as president and director of lincoln county historical association, the stewards of the Pownalborough Court House. Several of our members are Samuel Goodwin descendants including a few who are active genealogists. anything i/we can do to help let me/us know. please invite all to attend our Memorial Day service in the cemetery in which 18th c. reenactors do the honors. we are always eager to hear from any goodwin descendants. perhaps we can schedule a family reunion in the future. Samuel Goodwin was quite a person. he reactivated the kennebec proprietors, and was involved with fort frankfort/shirley located on our property prior to construction of court house, etc., etc.
    Thank you for helping to keep Goodwin family interest alive. please also refer folks to our website http://www.lincolncountyhistory.org. we can be reached at LCHA@wiscasset.net

    good luck

    jay robbins

  2. Dennis Dale Goodwin, on March 18th, 2008 at 8:02 am Said:

    My great grandfather was Jasper Durastis Goodwin, my great grandmother was Elizabeth Wyatt. William Goodwin was Jaspers father. They are buried in Fleming County, Ky. They made their way into Ky. from Virginia.

  3. Linda Stookey, on May 23rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm Said:

    Hi,
    I just reciently found my ggg grandfathers grave in virginia. His name is Thomas Fretwell Phillips.
    But Im trying to connect him to John Goodwin cause their is a plot of 3 together inside of a rod iron fence.
    You can view this if you go to http://findagrave.com
    Search for Thomas Fretwell Phillips and then once at his page you can scroll down to view additional photos and their is the photo with John Goodwin’s name on it.
    Their is also a Sarah Elizabeth Brodie. Would you know of the connection in Virginia?
    Sincerely
    Linda R. Stookey (Phillips)

  4. Garrett Boyd Bailey, Sr., on December 21st, 2008 at 9:48 pm Said:

    Hello there,

    I am descended from Maj. Goodwin through his daughter, Sarah and Nathaniel Bailey.

    I have very little information on Maj. Goodwin’s father, John.

    I wonder if you have any information on John’s birth, marriage, death date/ place and maybe even a generation or two before him as well.

    Best regards,

    Garrett Bailey

  5. Garrett Boyd Bailey, Sr., on January 1st, 2009 at 6:42 pm Said:

    I was going through my worn copy of “History of Dresden, Maine” by Charles Edwin Allen again and found where he does address the subject of Maj. Goodwin’s father.

    He states that John Goodwin was born 16 Mar 1682
    Savers Dock, England (near London) and that he died Feb 1753 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

    It sure would be nice to flesh out more details about John and his wife.

  6. susan, on January 16th, 2009 at 9:18 pm Said:

    Do you know anything about Randolph?
    Did any of these goodwins migrate to VA/
    Thanks!

  7. cheryl casey, on February 27th, 2009 at 9:42 pm Said:

    i have old letters dating from the late 1830’s from the lilly sisters (Capt Issac Lilly’s daughters) that mentions local society and school days as well as a document from the 1850’s about a plantation of Ann Johnson in Mississippi. We think we are related to Mary Lilly but cannot find who she married.She may have had a daughter named louise. We know her sister harriet married a Frank Houdlette and another sister married a Warren Call and died in childbirth. Does anyone know anything about Mary Lilly. i also have a letter from Elizabeth Hathorn. the letters indicate that they were friends with Sally Houdlette.

    Thanks! for any info Cheryl

  8. Roy Goodwin, on March 20th, 2009 at 7:04 am Said:

    I am a direct decendant of Maj Samuel (Samuel Jr, Benjamin, Benjamin Augustus, Irving Converse, Forest Converse) and am looking for more information on Benjamin Augustus and the family in general. I live in Mass and would be interested in attending a family reunion or other event.
    Roy Goodwin

  9. Richard Gallison, on August 15th, 2009 at 10:05 pm Said:

    I am a descendant of Samuel S. Goodwin of Monson Maine/Lincoln Maine. He married Nancy Town/Towne. Having a hard time conecting him to the Goodwins of Major Samuel Goodwin. Some of Samuel and Nancys kids were named Merritt and Stinson Godwin. Help!

  10. Brenda K. Phillips, on August 29th, 2009 at 10:31 pm Said:

    In my attempt to unravel the confusion around Thomas Fretwell Phillips, I came across this book. You can download the PDF from Google Books free. Search for Thomas Fretwell Philips to find the relationship to Goodwin.

    Virginia reports: Jefferson–33 Grattan, 1730-1880, Volumes 1-2 By Thomas Johnson Michie, Thomas Jefferson, Peachy Ridgway Grattan

    http://books.google.com/books?id=pZ8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA705&dq=Thomas+Fretwell+Phillips&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false

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