First Generation

1. Thomas ROOTE (*)(|)(=)(:)(/) was born about 1555 in Badby, Northamptonshire, England.^1,2

"The Root name is believed to be of Teutonic origin, derived from the German word 'Rot.' meaning red or ruddy and the old Saxon word 'rod,' defined as gay or cheerful. In ancient English and early American records, Root has been spelled Rote, Roote, Rootes, and Roots.

The growing interest of Americans in genealogy and family history creates respect for, and pride in, the family name. Regarded as an emblem of family rather than nationality, the use of the coat of arms in many families continued after the Revolutionary War. The coat of arms bearing the Root name contains three red lozenges on a gold shield and a tree proper for the crest. The wreath is of red and gold twists. The motto 'Reviresco' means I flourish again."

The above was from the book "A Branch of the Root Family" by Hazel Esther Drake, March 1948 and Alice Drake Grow, Mar 1979.

(The attached map is of the Badby, England. Badby is located just north of Birmingham in central England.)

"Badby , anciently called Baddebi, is two and one half miles from Daventry. The village stands on the side of a sandy ascent called Badby-Down, and there are numerous springs of water and quarries of hard blue rag-stone in the neighborhood. The name of the place may be derived from the Saxon bad or bade, a pledge in security, and bye, a dwelling or habitation in allusion, possibly two circumstances now forgotten, connected to its original foundation. In Badby the family of Root owned and Inn in the early 1800's."

Sources as taken from the Root/Roote Book
"Baker's History and Antiquities of Northampton", " The Directory of Northamptonshire" , Lewis's "Topographical Dictionary and the British Gazetteer" He died on 5 April 1609 at the age of 54 in Badby, Northamptonshire, England.^1,3

Thomas ROOTE (*)(|)(=)(:)(/) and Ann BURRELL (*)(|)(=)(:)(/) were married about 1575 in Badby, Northamptonshire, England.^1,4,5 in the Church of the Virgin Mary. (According to the LDS Family Group Records, they had only one child.) Ann BURRELL (*)(|)(=)(:)(/)⁶ was born in 1559 in Badby, Northamptonshire, England.^1,7 (Her name may have been Ales Cowper.)

Thomas ROOTE (*)(|)(=)(:)(/) and Ann BURRELL (*)(|)(=)(:)(/) had the following children: