Joseph Root

Male Abt 1640 - 1711  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Joseph Root 
    Born Abt 1640  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    AFN 84V4-5M 
    Died 19 Apr 1711  Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I673  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

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

    Family 1 Hannah Haynes,   b. Abt 1641, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1691, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1660  Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Hannah Root,   b. 9 Jul 1662, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1729, Windham (of), Windham , Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Joseph Root,   b. 15 Jan 1665, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1690, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
     3. Thomas Root,   b. 13 Apr 1667, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1734  (Age 67 years)
     4. John Root,   b. 11 Sep 1669, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1710, , , Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     5. Sarah Root,   b. 4 Mar 1671, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1671
    +6. Sarah Root,   b. 4 Mar 1672, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1740  (Age 67 years)
     7. Hope Root,   b. 25 Sep 1675, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1750, , , Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     8. Hezekiah Root,   b. Jan 1677, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1766, , , Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years)
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Holton,   b. Abt 1645, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1713, Northfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married Abt 1692  Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F537  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1640 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Dec 1660 - Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Apr 1711 - Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • 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, pg. 18 - D0007
      Sheldon, George, "A History of Deerfield, Mass", 1896, v.2, pt.2, p. 271
      MARRIAGES: D0007, pg. 18, Sheldon, p. 271
      Corbin Collection, Northampton VR, NEHGS reel 82-16, item 5485; item 5485A lists children
      DEATH: D0007, pg. 18, Sheldon, p.271

      Root Gen. (B3A23), pp.103, 104, 109

  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [S73] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, n.d.), R.Rm. REF F74 M48 M54 1903., ?Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts.? Corbin Collection Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts: Deaths 1711. (Reliability: 3).
      Root Joseph h. of Mary (Holton) Burt Apr. 19 1711