Fifth Generation

78. Joseph ROOT^4,23 was born on 16 June 1688 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.^1,8,15,18 (One source--"The Descendants of John Root"--lists his parents as Thomas Root, Sr., and Mary Gridley, his second wife.) He died on 10 February 1749/50 at the age of 61 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.^1,8,20 He has Ancestral File Number 2RB4-J0.

Joseph ROOT and Sarah UNKNOWN (ROOT) were married about 1710 in Enfield Township, Hartford County, CT.^1,8 Sarah UNKNOWN (ROOT) died on 24 January 1758.¹

Joseph ROOT and Sarah UNKNOWN (ROOT) had the following children: