AYLSWORTH: Arthur Aylsworth & His Descendants in AmericaBy Homer Elhanan Aylsworth & James N. Arnold The first known ancestor of this line of the Aylsworth family is Arthur Aylsworth, born 1656, who emigrated to America about 1681 and settled in North Kingston, Rhode Island. Many of his descendants scattered over the states. This book includes a register of the Aylsworth family, historical notes, American traditions, first through eighth generational genealogies, as well as the author's maternal ancestry.