Fourth Generation

11. Hezekiah ROOTE⁶ was born in 1650 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT.^1,16 He died on 26 September 1690 at the age of 40 in Deerfield, Franklin County, MA.^1,16

Hezekiah ROOTE and Mehitabel FRARY were married on 12 July 1682 in Deerfield, Franklin County, MA.^1,16 Mehitabel FRARY, daughter of Samson FRARY and Mary DANIEL, was born on 29 January 1664 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA.¹⁶ She died on 7 November 1698 at the age of 34 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA.¹⁶

Hezekiah ROOTE and Mehitabel FRARY had the following children:

42	i.	Mehitable ROOTE (1st) was born on 31 October 1683.¹⁶ She died on 22 November 1683 at the age of 0.¹⁶
43	ii.	Benjamin ROOTE was born in 1686.¹⁶
+44	iii.	Mehitable ROOTE (2nd).
45	iv.	Mercy ROOTE was born in 1689.¹⁶ She died on 29 February 1704 at the age of 15 in Deerfield, Franklin County, MA.¹⁶ She was killed by the French and Indians, with her grandfather Frary, in Queen Anne's War between the French and the English Colonies when Deerfield, MA, was destroyed.