Seventh Generation

266. Eliakim ROOT Jr. was born on 10 March 1727/8 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.^11,58 He served in the military in 1775.⁵⁹ He took part in the Battle of Lexington on April 18, 1775. He died in October 1824 at the age of 96 in Grantham, Sullivan County, NH.^11,58 Eliakim was buried in Bellwood, Blair County, PA.⁵⁹ in the Logan Valley Cemetery.

Eliakim ROOT Jr. and Eunice CHAPMAN were married on 1 April 1756 in Bolton, Tolland County, CT.^3,11,58 Eunice CHAPMAN was born on 7 April 1732 in Bolton, Tolland County, CT.^3,58 She died in April 1824 at the age of 92 in Grantham, Sullivan County, NH.^3,11,58

Eliakim ROOT Jr. and Eunice CHAPMAN had the following children:

471	i.	Eliakim ROOT III was born on 25 January 1757 in Bolton, Tolland County, CT.^11,58 He died in New York.^3,11 He died on a prison ship at New York.
+472	ii.	Amos ROOT Sr..
473	iii.	John ROOT was born on 1 March 1760 in Bolton, Tolland County, CT.¹¹ He was soldier in the American Revolution. He died on 22 July 1834 at the age of 74.⁵⁸
+474	iv.	Eunice ROOT.
475	v.	Lemuel ROOT was born on 29 September 1763 in Bolton, Tolland County, CT.^11,58,60,61 (He may have been the Lemuel Root that married Mary Magdalena Schmit in 1793.)
+476	vi.	Sybil ROOT.
477	vii.	Lydia ROOT was born on 13 July 1767 in Bolton, Tolland County, CT.⁵⁸
478	viii.	Jeremiah ROOT was born on 24 June 1769 in Bolton, Tolland County, CT.^11,58
+479	ix.	Allyn ROOT.
480	x.	Sarah ROOT (1st) was born in March 1775 in Bolton, Tolland County, CT.^11,58 She died on 13 May 1775 at the age of 0 in Bolton, Tolland County, CT.^11,58
481	xi.	Phinehas ROOT was born on 12 August 1776 in Bolton, Tolland County, CT.^11,58
+482	xii.	Sarah ROOT (2nd).