Eleventh Generation

288. Medad ROOT Sr. was born on 29 December 1735 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁴ He appeared in the census in 1810 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, CT.⁷³ (There was a Medad Root listed in the 1810 Census of Coventry, Tolland County, CT. That was believed to be him. The household consisted of 1 male, age 16-25; 2 males, age 45 and over; 2 females, age 26 through 44; and 1 female, age 45 and over.) He died on 11 February 1812 at the age of 76.¹⁴

Medad ROOT Sr. and Rhoda CURTIS were married on 17 November 1763 in Connecticut.¹⁴ Rhoda CURTIS, daughter of Henry CURTIS and Silence JANES, was born about 1743 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁴ She died on 10 March 1786 at the age of 43.¹⁴

Medad ROOT Sr. and Rhoda CURTIS had the following children:

529	i.	Benjamin ROOT (1st) was born on 17 December 1763 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁴ He died in Coventry Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁴
530	ii.	Jonathan ROOT was born on 11 January 1765 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁴ He died on 11 January 1765 at the age of 0 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁴
531	iii.	Simeon ROOT was born on 12 January 1766 in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁴ He died about 1823 at the age of 57 in Westmoreland Township, Suffolk County, NY.¹⁴
+532	iv.	Medad ROOT Jr..
+533	v.	Rhoda ROOT.
+534	vi.	Elizabeth ROOT.
+535	vii.	Jemima ROOT.
536	viii.	Eunice ROOT was born about 1780 in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁴ She appeared in the census in 1850 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, CT.⁷⁶ She died on 20 March 1864 at the age of 84 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁴
+537	ix.	Benjamin ROOT (2nd).

Medad ROOT Sr. and Anne Gurley DIMMICK were married on 15 March 1787.¹⁴ Anne Gurley DIMMICK, daughter of Timothy DIMMICK and Desire DIMMICK, was born on 15 September 1754 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^14,77 She died on 12 July 1822 at the age of 67 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, CT.^14,77 She was buried in Coventry Township, Tolland County, CT.⁷⁷ in the Nathan Hale Cemetery.