The founder of the Illinois family was Alonzo Monroe Githens, born about 1836 in Richmond, Indiana. I have not traced his ancestry, but others have. A particularly well-sourced summary and tree for him can be found on Ancestry.com, compiled by user dottiericestotts. See https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/3428797/person/415615151/facts if you have an Ancestry account. Dottie traces his family back to a Joseph Gittens, born circa 1670, who emigrated to the Barbados. His son came to New Jersey, and from there the family spread.
Alonzo married Perlonia J. (or M.?) Johnson, born about 1844 in Kane County, Illinois. Perlonia's sister Elizabeth, born 1847, was my third-great grandmother, so all these Githens are cousins.
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