Fifth Generation

76. Sarah ROOT (*)^4,23 was born on 27 July 1683 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.^1,8,15,18 (One source--"The Descendants of John Root"--lists her parents as Thomas Root, Sr., and Mary Gridley, his second wife.) She has Ancestral File Number 2RB5-HX.

Sarah ROOT (*) and Henry WRIGHT were married.^1,8 Henry WRIGHT was born (date unknown).

Sarah ROOT (*) and Israel DEWEY (*) were married in 1713 in Of Westfield, Hampden County, MA.¹ Israel and his brother Adijah married first cousins, both named Sarah Root. Israel DEWEY (*)^4,23, son of Thomas DEWEY and Constance HAWES, was born on 9 July 1686 in Westfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. He died on 26 January 1728 at the age of 41 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.³⁷ He has Ancestral File Number 9LX0-B5. Israel has Ancestral File Number BWPV-VF. He was buried in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.^37,38 in the Mechanic Street Cemetery.

Gravestone Inscription: "Israel Dewey died January 26 1728 Aged 42"

Sarah ROOT (*) and Israel DEWEY (*) had the following children:

+198	i.	*Sarah DEWEY ().**
199	ii.	Constance DEWEY^4,23 was born on 20 March 1716 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. She died on 16 December 1799 at the age of 83 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA. She has Ancestral File Number J199-1X.
200	iii.	(Unknown Son) DEWEY^4,23 was born on 2 February 1717 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. He died on 11 February 1717 at the age of 0 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. He has Ancestral File Number J194-2F.
201	iv.	Israel DEWEY Jr.^4,23 was born on 27 January 1719 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. He appeared in the census in 1790 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.⁴³ His household consisted of 1 male, age 16 and over; and 2 females. He died on 24 June 1806 at the age of 87 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. Israel has Ancestral File Number 9LWZ-ZB.
202	v.	Aaron DEWEY^4,23 was born on 28 April 1721 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. He died on 11 June 1768 at the age of 47 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.³⁷ He has Ancestral File Number BXDV-79. Aaron was buried in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.³⁷ in the Mechanic Street Cemetery. Gravestone Inscription: "In Memory of Mr. Aaron Dewey who died June 11th 1768 in the 48th Year of his Age."