Material collected on members of Duckworth families and other families related to them from the southern states by John F. Duckworth. Individuals lived in England, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Indiana, Arkansas, and elsewhere.

Family legend holds that Sir John Akin, who was born in about 1640 and married in Aberdeen, Scotland, was the first Akin in America. He was killed in King Philipps War in about 1675. Descendants were mostly Quakers. They lived mainly in New York, Pennsylvania and Nova Scotia. Includes Thomas, Lester, Caldwell and related families.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Phillips and related families, especially the Clark(e), Creek, Roberson (Robinson), Sanduski and Webb families, who came mainly from England, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Poland, Scotland, and Wales. Immigrant ancestors settled in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Virginia in the 1600's, and some settled in Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Vermont...

James Stitt was born in Ireland in 1734. He came to America in about 1750. He married Amy Head and they had eight children. Short sketches of many of their descendents are included. Descendants are found throughout the United States. Included Stitt, Henry, Stevens, Orser, Davis, Decker, Gaubatz, Akin, and related families.

Patricia Lane (born 1927), a daughter of Troy Clifford Lane and Margaret Frances Walker, was born in Kansas. She married Victor Ivan Castens (born 1935) in 1977. The book is a compilation of family group sheets of her ancestors, with many corrections made in pencil.

Christopher Garlington immigrated from England to York Co., Virginia during or beofre 1638 and married twice. He moved to Northumberland Co., Virginia and died in 1677.

Thomas Higgs was born 9 October 1809 in Spratton, Northampton, England. His parents were Josiah Higgs and Mary Bray. He immigrated to America in 1831. He married Eliza Caroline Doty 31 August 1834 in Plainfield, New Jersey. They had two sons, Joseph and Charles. His wife died in 1839. He married Harriet Richmond Holcomb (1816-1892) in 1842. They had seven children. He died in 1889 In Trivoli, Illinois. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Illinois...

John Akin was born about 1756, probably in South Carolina, and married Mary Watson (widow of Robert Howe). He fought in the Revolutionary war and moved to Maury Co., Tennessee where he was granted land in 1807. He died in 1821.

William Aiken and his family emigrated for County Antrim, Ireland, in 1775 and settled in Pennsylvania. He served for the Chester County Miltia during the Revolutionary War. He and his wife were the parents of at least four children. He died probably near Jackson's Creek, Fairfield District, South Carolina, in 1783. Descendants lived in South Carolina, Illinois, and elsewhere. Includes the Corn, McLean, Tulpin, Wiley/Wylie and other related families....