The Swedish Colonial Society website now has the updated information on the Lyckan family of New Sweden that was published in the Swedish Colonial News (Fall/Winter 2006). The link is:
http://www.colonialswedes.org/Forefathers/Andersson-Lykins.h...The research in this article was done by Dr. Peter S. Craig, historian for the SCS. This article includes information about the father and sisters of Peter and Michael Lyckan, as well as different information on the family’s origin in Sweden and the origin of the surname. Enjoy!
Andy Likins
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Below is my line of the family:
1 Nils Andersson ( - c1654)
2 Peter Nilsson Lyckan (c1641 - c1692)
3 Anders Lyckan/Laicon/Likin (c1670 – aft.1733)
+Anna (- aft.1748) m: Abt. 1694
4 Peter Lykins/Likins (1706 – aft.1780)
+Sarah Jones m: Bef. 1732
5 Jonas Likins, Sr. (c1732 – 1804)
+Rebeckah Collsen (c1735 – 1819) m: 24 Oct 1757 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania
6 Jonas Likins, Jr. (c1762 – 1805)
+Mary Eckstein (c1766 – aft.1824) m: 22 Aug 1786 in Frederick Co., Virginia
7 Leonard Likins (1794 – 1862)
+Ruth Carter (1801 – 1885) m: 16 Nov 1819 in Frederick Co., Virginia
8 Thomas Neal Likins (1841 – 1864)
+Margaret Turck (c1843 – 1873) m: 4 Nov 1860 in Jasper Co., Iowa
9 Charles Thomas Likins (1864 – 1940)
+Hattie Ellen Noel (1870 – 1940) m: 30 Jun 1892 in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista Co., Iowa
10 Rosslyn “Ross” Eugene Likins (1901 – 1944) my grandfather
+Bernice Virginia Iverson (1906 – 1994) m: 3 Sep 1927 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota