John Root III1

M, #2266, * 1642, + 24 Sep 1687
FatherJohn Root1 * 26 Feb 1608, + 16 Aug 1684
MotherMary Kilbourne1 * 1619, + 1697

Family

Mary Ashley * 6 Apr 1644, + 9 Mar 1701/2
Children
  • Mary Root7,1 * 22 Sep 1667, + 1724
  • Sarah Root+7,8 * 24 Sep 1670, + a 1733
  • John Root+7 * 28 Dec 1672, + 1 May 1731
  • Samuel Root7,1 * 16 Sep 1675, + 9 Sep 1756
  • Hannah Root7,1 * 9 Dec 1677
  • Abigail Root7,1 * 26 Jun 1680, + 1773
  • Joshua Root7,1 * 23 Nov 1682, + 28 Sep 1730
  • Mercy Root7,1 * 15 Mar 1684/85, + 1744
     John was baptized in 1642 at Farmington, Connecticut.2,1 He married Mary Ashley, daughter of Robert Ashley and Mary, on 18 Oct 1664 at Springfield.3,4,5 He died on 24 Sep 1687 in Westfield, Massachusetts,1, and was buried at Westfield.1

Other information:
The first assignment of houselots in Westfield took place on 16 Mar 1667. John Root was among those who received a piece of land.6

Citations

  1. [S395] Dunham, etc, online http://dunhamwilcox.net/, Descendants of John Root (<http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/root.htm>).
  2. [S470] Clifford L. Stott, Springfield, MA, Book 1, pg. 14, John Root of Farmington and Mary Ashley of Springfield, 18th Oct 1664. Available online at http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Hampden/Springfield/
  3. [S340] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration, 1634-1635, Vol. 3. pg. 148-151. Thomas Kilbourne. Available online at http://www.americanancestors.org
  4. [S409] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marr., pg. 363. Root, John & Mary Ashley.
  5. [S462] George Sheldon, Deerfield, MA, Pt 2, pg 46. Online at https://ia600309.us.archive.org/27/items/historyofdeerfie01shel/historyofdeerfie01shel.pdf
  6. [S472] John H. Lockwood, Westfield, MA, pg. 58/59. Online at http://archive.org/details/westfieldandits00lockgoog
  7. [S411] Rev. Emerson Davis,"Westfield, MA" 6 , pg. 265. John Root.
  8. [S920] James P. Root, Roote Records, pg. 316-7, #2801. John Roote. Online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005692998