Thank you very much. I wonder if this fellow connects at all to the well-known Jan LUCKEN of Germantown, whose descendants were generally known as LUKENS or LYKENS. I have an email list, myself, devoted to that subject, and I will ask them about this Andrew. I think it is a very interesting subject... Vince Jim & Linda Koharski wrote: > > > > > > > Does anyone know which specific LYKENS/LUKENS/LUCKEN, etc., the Lykens > > valley was named for? > > > > According to the book written for the Gratz Susquicentenial the valley was > > named for Andrew Lycans, who settled on indian land. He was fatally > > wounded in an indian raid in 1756, leaving a wife, one son, John, and 5 > > daughters. > > Linda > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PADAUPHI-L-request@rootsweb.com or PADAUPHI-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message.