Eighth Generation

33. Thomas ROOT Sr. (*)(|)(:)^7,26 was born on 18 May 1655 in Farmington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{4,11,22,23,29} He died on 16 August 1709 at the age of 54 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{4,11,18,21,23,29,30} He has Ancestral File Number 2N6V-35.

Thomas ROOT Sr. (*)(|)(:) and Mary GRIDLEY were married about 1670 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^4,11,21 (One source--"The Descendants of John Root"--lists their marriage date as 7 Oct 1675 in Westfield, Hampden County, CT. That is believed to have been the date of his second marriage, to Mary Spencer.) Mary GRIDLEY, daughter of Thomas GRIDLEY and Mary SEYMOUR, was born on 29 September 1652 in Farmington Township, Hartford County, CT.⁴ She died about 1673 at the age of 21 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.^4,11

Thomas ROOT Sr. (*)(|)(:) and Mary GRIDLEY had the following children:

85	i.	Thomas ROOT Jr. was born on 1 September 1671 in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^4,21,30 (One source--"The Descendants of John Root"--lists his birth date as 1 Sep 1677 in Westfield, Hampden County, CT, as does the New England Historical and Geneological Register.) He died on 25 February 1688/9 at the age of 17 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^4,21
+86	ii.	Mary ROOT.

Thomas ROOT Sr. (*)(|)(:) and Mary SPENCER were married on 7 October 1675 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{4,11,18,21,23} (They may have married in Farmington, Hartford County, CT.) Mary SPENCER^7,26, daughter of Thomas SPENCER and Sarah BEARDING, was born on 18 May 1655 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^4,11,23 She was christened on 20 May 1655 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 4 November 1690 at the age of 35 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{4,11,18,23,30} Mary was buried in November 1690 in Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She has Ancestral File Number 1XW8-QM.

Thomas ROOT Sr. (*)(|)(:) and Mary SPENCER had the following children:

+87	i.	John ROOT Sr. (\|)(:).
+88	ii.	Samuel ROOT.
+89	iii.	Elizabeth ROOT.
+90	iv.	*Sarah ROOT ().**
+91	v.	Timothy ROOT Sr..
+92	vi.	Joseph ROOT.
93	vii.	Mercy ROOT^7,26 was born about 1690 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.^18,23,31 She has Ancestral File Number 2N6W-24.

Thomas ROOT Sr. (*)(|)(:) and Sarah DUMBLETON were married on 25 January 1692 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^4,11,21,32 Sarah DUMBLETON died on 16 August 1709 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.^4,30 (The NEHGR source lists her date of death as 3 Jan 1694.)

Thomas ROOT Sr. (*)(|)(:) and Sarah DUMBLETON had the following children:

+94	i.	Thankful ROOT.
95	ii.	Mercy "Mary" ROOT was born on 12 November 1693 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.^4,18,21 She died in November 1693 at the age of 0.⁴