Seventh Generation

264. General Jesse ROOT Sr. was born on 28 December 1736 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.^10,11,35

From the Richard Ripley Research: "In a chapter entitled 'Lawyers, originally preachers,' Clark mentions Jesse Root, son of Ebenezer (446?) and Sarah Strong Root (grandson of Thomas Sr.): born 1736; P.C. 1756; studied law, admitted to practice 1763, and settled in Hartford. Member of the Continental Congress, 1778-83. Judge of the Superior Court 1789, Chief Justice of Conn. 1796-1807. Colonel in Revolutionary War, adjutant general. An 'eminent Christian, a pillar in the church. Even to the last he attended the prayer meeting.' Died 1822, aged 85."

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He appeared in the census in 1810 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.⁵⁷ His household consisted of 1 male, age 45 and over (Jesse, 74); 1 female, age 10 through 15; 1 female, age 26 through 44; and 2 females, age 45 and over (one of which was probably his wife, Mary, 78). He served in the military about 1812.¹⁰ He served in the Continental Army. Jesse died on 29 March 1822 at the age of 85 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.^10,11,35

General Jesse ROOT Sr. and Ruth Mary BANKS were married on 13 May 1758 in Newark, Essex County, NJ.^10,11 Ruth Mary BANKS, daughter of Thomas BANKS and Sarah OSBORNE, was born on 12 April 1736 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT.¹⁰ She died on 5 December 1813 at the age of 77 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.^10,11

General Jesse ROOT Sr. and Ruth Mary BANKS had the following children:

455	i.	Mary "Polly" ROOT was born on 27 February 1759.¹¹
+456	ii.	Ebenezer ROOT.
457	iii.	Ephraim ROOT was born on 6 October 1762.¹¹
458	iv.	Sophia ROOT was born on 19 July 1764.¹¹
459	v.	Jesse ROOT Jr. was born on 13 April 1766.¹¹
460	vi.	David ROOT was born on 18 May 1768.¹¹
+461	vii.	James Banks ROOT.
+462	viii.	Sarah "Sally" ROOT.
463	ix.	Gabriel ROOT was born on 10 December 1775.¹¹ He died on 23 November 1793 at the age of 17.¹¹ According to an article dated 24 February 1794 in the "American Mercury," Hartford, CT, he drowned at sea.