The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenThomas Root1,2 
M, #6853, * 16 Jan 1605, + 17 Jul 1694
| Father | John Root1 * 6 Jan 1571, + 29 Oct 1615 |
| Mother | Ann Rushall1 * 15 Jul 1579, + b Apr 1620 |
Family | Elizabeth + 5 Nov 1691 |
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Thomas Root was born on 16 Jan 1605 in Badby, Northamptonshire, England.1 He married Elizabeth.3 He died on 17 Jul 1694 in Northampton, Massachusetts.1
Other information:
Thomas Root made a will on 3 Dec 1691. He names his sons: Joseph and his son Thomas; Thomas; Jonathan and his daughters Elizabeth and Hester; Hezekiah, dec'd, his son Benjamin <21, daughters not named; and Jacob; daughters Sarah Kellogg and Thankfull (under 18); granddaughter Thankfull Root (unclear whose daughter she is.)4
Thomas Root (Salem, 1637) was an original proprietor at Hartford, in 1639, when his home-lot was on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture (North Main St.) He was a weaver; served in the Pequot War; removed, May 1654, to Northampton, where he was one of the founders of the church; he d. there, July 17, 1694, at a great age. Believed to be the son of John Root and Ann Russel, his wife, of Badby, Co. Northampton ; b. Jan. 16, 1605. Source: Root Genealogy, 95-107)2,1 His brother John is also cited as being a founder of Hartford, but cannot have been there before 1640, as only Thomas is listed on the Founders Monument there.2
For a short blogpost, see link.
Other information:
Thomas Root made a will on 3 Dec 1691. He names his sons: Joseph and his son Thomas; Thomas; Jonathan and his daughters Elizabeth and Hester; Hezekiah, dec'd, his son Benjamin <21, daughters not named; and Jacob; daughters Sarah Kellogg and Thankfull (under 18); granddaughter Thankfull Root (unclear whose daughter she is.)4
Thomas Root (Salem, 1637) was an original proprietor at Hartford, in 1639, when his home-lot was on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture (North Main St.) He was a weaver; served in the Pequot War; removed, May 1654, to Northampton, where he was one of the founders of the church; he d. there, July 17, 1694, at a great age. Believed to be the son of John Root and Ann Russel, his wife, of Badby, Co. Northampton ; b. Jan. 16, 1605. Source: Root Genealogy, 95-107)2,1 His brother John is also cited as being a founder of Hartford, but cannot have been there before 1640, as only Thomas is listed on the Founders Monument there.2
For a short blogpost, see link.
Citations
- [S936] J. Hammond Trumbull, Hartford, CT History, vol. 1, pg. 256-7. Available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008651118
- [S935] Founders of Hartford, Names of the Founders <http://foundersofhartford.org/founders/index.htm>., online: http://foundersofhartford.org/
- [S310] World Connect, Pinnell Family <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=deb49&id=I00513>. Index and/or images online at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
- [S920] James P. Root, Roote Records, pg. 309-311, Will of Thomas Roote, Sen.. Online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005692998