Twelfth Generation

513. Lemuel ROOT was born on 29 September 1763 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106} (In his military pension application, he stated that he was born in the Town of Tolland and that his family moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, when he was about one year old.)

(It is possible that he may have been the son of Eliakim Root and Eunice Chapman. They had a son named Lemuel who was born 29 Sep 1763 in Bolton Township, Tolland County, CT.)

(In his pension application that was written on 18 August 1833, he stated that he was 69 years old and that his age was recorded in the Family Bible; that would make his birth year about 1763 or 1764. In the 1850 Census, he was listed as being 88 years old, which would have made his birth year about 1762. Don Root's information lists a birth date of 6 July 1760. The Egan source lists it as 1750. An article about his great-grandson, Edward N., notes that he died at the age of 93 years, indicating a year of birth of about 1757.)

(This is a map of Tolland County, CT.)

(The 1850 Census listed his birth place as Massachusetts.)

From Rootsweb.com: "Lemuel Root b. Tolland, CT. abt 1760. Enlisted in Mass Line of Continental Army from Amherst, Mass. After Rev War he m. 1793 at Frederick, MD to Magdalena SCHMIT aka Mary M. SMITH. Their three children were born at Frederick, MD before he obtained a land warrant and moved the family to Antis twp, Huntingdon-now-Blair Co, PA about 1809. [The land is still in the ROOT family nearly 200 years later!] Their children married in Antis twp, Blair Co and many of them are buried in Antis and Logan Valley Cemeteries. Son John ROOT b. abt 1794 m1. Mary Ann SMITH and m2. Hannah KELLY/KEELY. Daughter Catharine b. 1796 m. 1816 to Daniel ALE/EHL/OEHL/OHL and had 7 children: Mary Magdalene ALE, Ruth, Lemuel, Elizabeth, Alexander, Ezra and Daniel Jr. Son Jacob b. abt 1803 m1. Sophia SMITH and m2. Elizabeth TROXELL."

From the History of Blair County - Sells

"Lemuel Root, great-grandfather of subject (Edwin N. Root) was a native and for many years a resident of the New England States and served in the Revolutionary war, after which he came to Blair County, Pa. He settled in Antis township, where he owned a large farm, on which he built a log cabin, and here spent his declining years, dying at the advanced age of 93 years. The gun which he carried in the Revolutionary war has been passed to the eldest son from generation to generation, and is now possessed by Lemuel Root, a second cousin of our subject and a son of Jacob Root, who was a son of Lemuel Root."

. He served in the military about October 1779 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁰⁶ His pension application indicates that he joined the military "in the Fall of 1779 when between fifteen and sixteen years of age and residing at Amherst in Massachusetts..." and that he "...served therein for a period of three months, returning home again in the Winter of 1779-80... when we were then discharged and returned home." He stated in the application that his unit was marched from Springfield to Albany to Schenectady, where he served at Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River. (The application and the related paperwork is about 20 pages in length.)

. He appeared in the census in 1820 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.^107,108 His household consisted of 1 male, age 16-18 (Jacob); 2 males, age 16-26 (John and Unknown); 1 male, age 45 and up (Lemuel); and 1 female, age 45 and up (Mary).

Antis Township, a Township of the Second Class, was organized in August of 1810 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. The Township was made part of Blair County by the Act of February 26, 1846. Located in North Central Blair County, Antis Township ranks among the top townships of the county in size and valuation.

Antis Township, named for Revolutionary War Colonel Frederick Antes, is a small picturesque central Pennsylvania community of approximately 6,328 residents. Situated in Logan Valley, settlers began making their homes in the area by the late 1700's.

. Lemuel appeared in the census in 1830 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.¹⁰⁹ His household consisted of 1 male, age 60-70 (Lemuel); 1 female, age Under 5 (Unknown); and 1 female, age 60-70 (his wife, Mary).

. He lived in Antis Township, Blair County, PA on 13 August 1833.¹⁰⁶ He was living there when he applied for his military pension. He appeared in the census in 1840 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.¹¹⁰ His household consisted of 1 male, age 80-90 (Lemuel); 1 female, age 10-15 (Unknown); and 1 female, age 15-20 (Unknown). Later in the Census record, he was listed individually as 80 years old and "A Pensioner for Revolutionary or Military Service."

. Before 1850 Lemuel was a farmer in Huntingdon County, PA.⁹⁶ He appeared in the census on 1 October 1850 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.⁹⁸
. He died on 11 October 1850 at the age of 87 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.^{96,97,102,111} Lemuel was buried in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.¹¹¹ in the Antis Cemetery. (He may be buried in the Logan Valley Cemetery at Bellwood.)

Lemuel ROOT and Magdalena "Mary" SCHMIT were married on 22 January 1793 in Frederick, Frederick County, MD.^{96,97,106,112} in the German Reformed Church.

He stated in his military pension application that after the Revolutionary War he had moved from Amherst to Springfield MA, where he lived for a short time; he then moved to Harford County, MD, and then to Fredrick County, MD, where he lived about seven years. He then stated that he eventually moved to Amity Township, Huntingdon County, PA., where he was living at the time that he filed his pension application. (He could not be located in the 1790 Census in Connecticut, or in the 1800 or 1810 Census in Maryland or Pennsylvania.)

. Magdalena "Mary" SCHMIT, daughter of Matthias SMITH and Mary Ann UNKNOWN (SMITH), was born about 1760 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.⁹⁶ (This is a map of Tolland Township, CT.)

. She appeared in the census in 1830 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.¹⁰⁹ She died before 1840 at the age of 80 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.^{96,97,110,111} (She was not listed with her husband in his household in the 1840 Census.)

Lemuel ROOT and Magdalena "Mary" SCHMIT had the following children: