Tenth Generation

144. Eliakim ROOT Sr. (=) was born on 28 December 1695 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^13,14,19,39 (He may have been born 28 Dec 1696.)

From 'The Roots of Coventry, Connecticut': He settled in Bolton by 1705 but was "of Coventry" 25 Jul 1713 Jun 1695 (Coventry land record) Naomy Ellis b 1 Jan 1724 "who lived with Eliakim Root and was sd Root's wife's sister" d 26 Jan 1739/40 Coventry (vital records). Eliakim mentioned his wife Jemima, sons Eliakim, Joseph, Medad, Jonathan and daus Miriam and Jemima Root in his will dated 15 Jan 1759 and proved 5 Feb 1759 (Windham Probate Record 5:531). A portion was distributed to his eldest son Asahel 18 Apr 1759 (WPR 6:10). Mercy (Allen) Root was a sister of Joseph Allen, father of Ethan and Ira Allen.
He died on 19 January 1759 at the age of 63 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^13,14,19,39 He was buried in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^6,14 in the Nathan Hale Cemetery.

Eliakim ROOT Sr. (=) and Mercy ALLEN were married on 15 December 1724 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^6,13,14 (They may have married in Windham County, CT.) Mercy ALLEN, daughter of Samuel ALLEN and Mercy WRIGHT, was born on 29 June 1695 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^2,13,14 (The Richard Ripley research lists her birth place as Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.) She died on 27 March 1728 at the age of 32 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^13,14

Eliakim ROOT Sr. (=) and Mercy ALLEN had the following children:

Eliakim ROOT Sr. (=) and Jemima ALLIS were married on 5 August 1731 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^2,6,14,39 (They may have married in Bolton, CT.) Jemima ALLIS², daughter of Nathaniel ALLIS and Mercy DUDLEY, was born on 20 January 1711 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^6,14,39 (Her given name may have been Jemima, and she may have been born in Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA.) She died on 16 December 1766 at the age of 55 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁴ She was buried after 16 December 1766 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁴ in the Nathan Hale Cemetery.

Eliakim ROOT Sr. (=) and Jemima ALLIS had the following children: