Excerpt from Pitkin Family of America: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Pitkin, the Progenitor of the Family in This Country, From His Arrival From England in 1659 to 1886 In 1864 - 5 hundreds of genealogical blanks were mailed to Pitkins, and Pitkin mothers, settled in most of the States and territories. To many of them I am indebted for prompt and complete records of their families and relatives, while of others of the family it has taken years of time and no small amount of perseverance to ascertain their whereabouts, together with no small expense for printing, postage, and traveling expenses. In no case has a possible clue been abandoned, although many dates are wanting; necessarily so, from the loss of early records, both of church and town, and others from neglect in answer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.