"Mrs. Larkin continued the research after her husband's death in 1979, and had just finished the text at the time of her own unexpected death in April 2003. The book was brought to completion by Jane Fiske with the help of Bruce D. Larkin, John W. Fiske, and others. The genealogy begins with Edward Larkin of Newport and Westerly, Rhode Island , whose origins in England are presently unknown; he was a contemporary of Edward Larkin of Charlestown , Massachusetts, but no link between the two has yet been found. Six generations of Larkins are treated here, and seventh-generation children are listed when known"-- www.genbooks.com/Larkin.htm

This legendary work consists of alphabetically arranged genealogical tables of approximately 500 Rhode Island families, representing thousands of descendants of pre--1690 settlers, all carried to the third generation, and some--about 100 families-- carried to the fourth.