Some descendants of Thomas
Benton Aikens (Warren, Elijah,
Solomon, James)
and Frances Jenks of Springfield
- Harry B. Aikens
[Ref, p. 15][Ref,
p. 18] was born on 29 Aug 1871 in Springfield. [Ref]
In 1880 Harry was eight and living with his father in Springfield. [Ref]
- Irene Clara Aikens
[Ref, p. 15][Ref,
p. 18] was born on 8 Jul 1873 in Springfield. [Ref]
In 1880 Irene was six and living with her father in Springfield. [Ref]
- Lucy Aikens [Ref,
p. 15][Ref, p. 18] was born on 9 Sep 1875
in Springfield. [Ref]
In 1880 Lucy was four and living with her father in Springfield. [Ref]
- Frances [Florence?] Louise
Aikens [Ref, p. 15, Florence][Ref,
p. 18, Florence] was born on 6 Aug 1877 in Springfield. [Ref]
She married Arthur S. Tewksbury on 24 Nov 1898 in Sunderland, Massachusetts.
[Ref] Arthur, the son of John and Caroline
(Banks) Tewksbury, was born about 1872 in Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
[Ref]
In 1880 Florence was two and living with her father in Springfield. [Ref]
In 1900 Florence and Arthur were living with Arthur's mother in Winthrop.
Arthur was working as a janitor. [Ref] In 1910
and 1920 Florence and Arthur were living in Winthrop and Arthur was a janitor
at a school. [Ref]
- Russell Benton
Tewksbury was born on 2 Jun 1900 in Massachusetts. [Ref][Ref]
He died on 6 Jul 1970 and is buried in the Long Insland National Cemetery
in Farmingdale, New York. [Ref] He
married Beth Unknown. Beth was born about 1891 in New York. [Ref]
In 1910 Russell was nine and living with his parents in Winthrop. [Ref]
On 12 Sep 1918 Russell was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. [Ref] In 1920 Russell
was 19 and living with his parents in Winthrop. [Ref]
Russell arrived in New Orleans from Puerto Barrios, Guatemala on the Abangarez
on 4 Feb 1929. [Ref] In 1930
Russell and Beth were living in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts and
Russell was a statistician. [Ref] He wrote
the book A Biometric Study of Infant Mortality in the United States.
Russell was a private in the US Army in World War I. [Ref]
- Arthur Sprague
Tewksbury was born on 15 Oct 1908 in Winthrop. [Ref]
He died on 17 Aug 1985 in Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts. [Ref]
In 1910 Arthur was one and living with his parents in Winthrop. [Ref]
In 1920 Arthur was 11 and living with her parents in Winthrop. [Ref]