Seventh Generation

268. Medad ROOT Sr. was born on 29 December 1735 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.¹¹ He appeared in the census in 1810 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.⁵⁷ (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 76.¹¹

Medad ROOT Sr. and Rhoda CURTIS were married on 17 November 1763 in Connecticut.¹¹ Rhoda CURTIS, daughter of Henry CURTIS and Silence JANES, was born about 1743 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.¹¹ She died on 10 March 1786 at the age of 43.¹¹

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

491	i.	Benjamin ROOT (1st) was born on 17 December 1763 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.¹¹ He died in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.¹¹
492	ii.	Jonathan ROOT was born on 11 January 1765 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.¹¹ He died on 11 January 1765 at the age of 0 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.¹¹
493	iii.	Simeon ROOT was born on 12 January 1766 in Connecticut.¹¹ He died about 1823 at the age of 57 in Westmoreland, Suffolk County, NY.¹¹
+494	iv.	Medad ROOT Jr..
+495	v.	Rhoda ROOT.
+496	vi.	Elizabeth ROOT.
+497	vii.	Jemima ROOT.
498	viii.	Eunice ROOT was born about 1780 in Connecticut.¹¹ She appeared in the census in 1850 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.⁶³ She died on 20 March 1864 at the age of 84 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.¹¹
+499	ix.	Benjamin ROOT (2nd).

Medad ROOT Sr. and Anne DIMOCK were married on 15 March 1787.¹¹ Anne DIMOCK, daughter of Timothy DIMOCK and Desire UNKNOWN (DIMOCK), was born on 15 September 1754.¹¹ She died on 12 July 1822 at the age of 67.¹¹