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Pownal, Maine, USA - Valley Farm, Maine School for Feeble Minded, West Pownal, Maine

Pownal, Cumberland, ME

Pownal is a town in Cumberland County, settled in 1680 and incorporated on March 3, 1808 from a portion of Freeport, while Maine was still a part of Massachusetts. It was named for governor Thomas Pownall of Massachusetts. Pownal swapped land with North Yarmouth in 1813 and 1816 to complete its current boundaries.

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Valley Farm, Maine School for Feeble Minded, West Pownal, Maine

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Post Office, W. Pownal, Me.

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Ancestors Who Were Born or Died in Pownal, Maine, USA

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male ancestorMoses NOYES (29 March 1746, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering) - 1831, Pownal, Maine, USA)
male ancestorEllison LIBBY (24 October 1781, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro) - 31 Octoer 1852, Pownal, Maine, USA)
male ancestorBailey T ROYALL (13 May 1811, Pownal, Maine, USA - 11 May 1875, Dixfield, Maine, USA)
male ancestorDarius LIBBY (4 January 1812, Pownal, Maine, USA - 1863, Pownal, Maine, USA)
male ancestorEdward LIBBY (3 July 1816, Pownal, Maine, USA - 3 November 1856, Pownal, Maine, USA)
male ancestorJeremiah H. LIBBY (9 November 1819, Pownal, Maine, USA - 18 November 1877, Pownal, Maine, USA)
male ancestorCary LIBBY (18 November 1821, Pownal, Maine, USA - 21 April 1852, Pownal, Maine, USA)
female ancestorSarah Ann VERRILL (9 February 1838, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills) - 20 June 1916, Pownal, Maine, USA)
male ancestorParker Dwight BOYD (1840, - 1 October 1872, Pownal, Maine, USA)

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male ancestorAaron CHOATE (7 February 1766 - 18 March 1853) and female ancestorElizabeth ACORN (1770 - 1844) married 20 December 1788
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