Seventh Generation

20. John ROOTE II (*)(|)(:)⁹ was born on 26 February 1608 in Badby, Northamptonshire, England.^4,8,11,13,20 The original family name was Roote. The Rootes were Norman French and migrated to England when the Huguenots were persecuted in France. John Root(e), our Puritan ancestor, emigrated from a place called Badby. His father was deceased and he lived with an uncle--a brother of his father--and was adopted. His uncle was a man of wealth, advanced in years, and a jealous opponent of "popers."

According to the impression of the writer of the Root history, Jesse Root, he was a man of nobility. He (his father) insisted that John, our ancestor should go into the Parliamentary Army under Cromwell to fight against Charles I and the Catholics. John had an aversion to war and chose instead to join a company of Puritans who were coming to this country. When he arrived, he came to Farmington, CT and was one of its first settlers.

He emigrated in 1640 from Badby, Northamptonshire, England.^3,15,20 He came from Badby on the ship Hercules with a group of Puritans and settled in Farmington Township, Connecticut Colony. He was a farmer and weaver of cloth.⁴

In 1637, he had served as a soldier in the Pequot War.

When he arrived in the US in 1640, he lived in Salem, MA, then Hartford, CT, and then (on May 9, 1654) in Northampton, MA. He was noted as one of the eight pillars of his church, and also served as a selectman. He was a freeman in 1657. In 1672, he had an estate valuation of 26 pounds sterling. About 1669 John was in Farmington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹ with an estate valuation of 166 pounds sterling, according to the 1670 U.S. Census in Connecticut. He signed a will on 22 April 1684 in Farmington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.²¹ Will: "I John Roote sen. of the town of Farmingtown do make this my last Will and Testament:

I give to my wife Mary Roote a Constant Comfortable maintenance to be paid to her by my Executors during her Widowhood, and £20. But in Case she marry again, I give her £20 more, and then the Constant maintenance to cease.

I doe solemonly charge my sons Joseph & Caleb, as long as the care of their Mother shall be incumbent upon them, to carry very dutifull and tenderly towards her & see from time to time that she want nothing for her comfortable support, and I hope that the Overseers of this my Will will have an eye to this care.

To each of my sons which are already married, 20 shillings; & to my gr. Children 5 Shilllings.

I give to my daughter Mary, the wife of Isaac Brunson, £15.

I do Confirm to my son Steven Roote the 20 acres of Land, which I engaged upon his Marriage with his Wife that now is.

I give to my son Joseph both my Looms with all the Tackling.

To my sons Caleb & Joseph I give the remainder of my Estate.

My sons Caleb & Joseph to be Executors, and Mr. Hooker and Caleb Standly to be Overseers. Witness: Samuel Hooker & Thomas Hooker John X Roote Sen."

He died on 16 August 1684 at the age of 76 in Farmington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^4,8,11,20
John was buried in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.³ in the North Cemetery.

John ROOTE II (*)(|)(:) and Mary KILBOURNE (*)(|)(:) were married on 10 January 1640 in Farmington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^3,9,20,22,23 Mary KILBOURNE (*)(|)(:), daughter of Thomas KILBOURNE and Frances MOODY, was born on 12 May 1619 in Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England.^11,13,21 (This is a map of Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire County, Englad. Wood Ditton is located in north central England, just northwest of Leeds.) She emigrated on 15 April 1635 from Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England.^20,21 She emigrated on the ship "Increase." She died in 1697 at the age of 78 in Farmington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^4,11,20

John ROOTE II (*)(|)(:) and Mary KILBOURNE (*)(|)(:) had the following children: