John Root

1646 - 1677  (31 years)

• Name	John Root
  Born	10 Jun 1646	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8VJL-4V
  Died	9 Sep 1677	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I676	James Henry Martineau
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Thomas Root,   c. 16 Jan 1605, Badby, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 17 Jun 1694, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1618, Badby, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1639	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mehitable Johnson,   b. Abt 1645, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1676	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Jun 1646 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Died - 9 Sep 1677 - Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  BIRTH: "Ancestry of Two Great Grandmothers, Esther (Root) Poole, Lois (Sprague) Mears", compiled by Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., 1938, copy at the NEHGS, p. 17 - D0007. 1992 Ancestral File: 10 Jun 1646 MARRIAGE: D0007, pg. 17; Sheldon, pg 271 gives wife as Mehitable Johnson, widow of Samuel Hinsdale. DEATH: D0007, pg. 17. 1992 Ancestral File: 19 Sep 1677 Sheldon's "History of Deerfield" indicates killed by Ashpelon's party at the attempted resettlement of the town of Northampton, 1677

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Root and Roots Families in America --Root Genealogical Rec's, 1600-1870, James Pierce Root, (R.C. Root, Anthony & Co., in Liberty St., New York 1870), p 103 (Reliability: 3). [S118] Root and Roots Families in America --Root Genealogical Rec's, 1600-1870, James Pierce Root, (R.C. Root, Anthony & Co., in Liberty St., New York 1870), p. 103 (Reliability: 3).