Dukett

DUKETT, AIKENS, was born in lower Canada (now the Province of Quebec) on the 22nd day of February, 1815. He is the eldest son of Aiken and Louisa (Frischett) Dukett. His early advantages for securing an education were of the most limited character; but by studious and observing habits in later life he has been enabled to acquire the foundation of an English education. His boyhood and youth were passed in farm life until his seventeenth year, when he was engaged as a sailor on various Lake Champlain vessels; this occupation he followed for two years. In 1835 Mr. Dukett … Read more