Eleventh Generation

1414. Thomas ROOTE Sr. (*)(|)(:)^{193,265,310,399} was born on 8 May 1648 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^181,193,265 Newspaper Article: "Newspaper Article: "Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870, by James Pierce Root, published New York, 1870, Part Z, Division Z.

Thomas Roote, born Farmington, Conn., about 1648, died Aug. 16, 1709, aged sixty-one. He married first, 1670, Mary Gridley, who died 1673; married second, Oct. 7, 1675, Mary Spencer, who died Nov. 4, 1690; married third, Jan. 25, 1692, Sarah (Dunbleton) Leonard, died Jan. 3, 1694."

Newspaper Article: "Thomas Roote was born at Farmington, Conn. about 1648, and removed to Westfield, Mass., with his brothers, John and Samuel. He married, first, in 1670, Mary Gridley, who died in 1673; secondly, October 7, 1675, Mary Spencer, who died November 4, 1690; and, thirdly, January 25, 1692, Sarah (widow of Josiah Leonard, and daughter of John Dumbleton), who died January 3, 1694. He abandoned the matrimonial habit after those ventures, and died August 16, 1709. He had two children by his first marriage, six (sic, eight) by his second, and two by his third." He died on 16 August 1709 at the age of 61 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^181,193,265 Life Sketch: "Thomas Root, third child of John and Mary Kilbourne Root, was born about 1648 in Farmington, Connecticut. He moved to Westfield, Massachusetts, with his brothers, John and Samuel. He married (1) Mary Gridley in 1670 and she died in 1673; (2) Mary Spencer October 7, 1675. She died November 4, 1690; (3) Sarah, widow of Josiah Leonard, and daughter of John Dumbleton. They were married January 25, 1692. She died January 3, 1694 and he died August 16, 1709.

Children by first marriage: Thomas, born September 1, 1671, died February 25, 1639, Mary, born October 21, 1673, married December 12, 1700, Isaac Meecham.

Children by second marriage: John, born December 25, 1676, died October 1, 1744. Samuel, born February 16, 1679, died December 8, 1712. Elizabeth, born February 16, 1781, married Nathaniel Bancroft December 20, 1705, died January 10, 1706. Sarah, born July 27, 1683, died November 2, 1743. Joseph, born June 10, 1688, died February 10, 1750.

Children by third marriage: Thankful, born November 12, 1693. Mercy, born November 12, 1693, probably died young as she is not mentioned in her father's will."

Life Sketch: "Thomas Root married:
(1st) Westfield October 1670 Mary Gridley (~1653-1673), daughter of Thomas and Mary (Seymour) Gridley (2 children);

(2nd) Westfield 7 October 1675 Mary Spencer (1655-1690) (7 children); and

(3rd) Westfield 25 January 1692/93 Sarah (Dumbleton) Leonard (~1653-1693), widow of Josiah Leonard (twin daughters)."

Newspaper Article: "Thomas Root came here early, settled on the Fort side and died on the 16th day August 1709; the inventory of his estate mentions a homelot which John Root lives on, valued at twenty-five pounds.

He married in 1670 to Mary Gridley who died on the 28th day of October 1673; their two children soon died.

He married in 1675, Mary Spencer, who joined Westfield church five years afterward and died on the 4th day of November, 1690; they had seven children, namely Mary born in 1676, married in 1700 to Isaac Meacham; Thomas born in 1677, died in 1690; Samuel, born in 1679, married in 1711 to Sarah Warner and died on the 8th of December 1712 and she married Joseph Dewey; Elizabeth, born in 1681, married in 1705 to Nathaniel Bancroft; Sarah, born in 1683, married in 1713 to Israel Dewey; Timothy, born in 1685; Joseph, born in 1688, married.

Thomas Root married a third wife, Sarah _____ who died on the 3rd day of January, leaving twins, Thankful and Mercy, born on the 12th day of November previous." He was buried about 20 August 1709 in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^193,265 in the North Cemetery. Thomas has Ancestral File Number 2N6V-35. Mary SPENCER and Thomas ROOTE Sr. (*)(|)(:) were married on 7 October 1675 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{671,971,1035,1036,1096} (They may have married in Farmington, Hartford County, CT.)

1415. Mary SPENCER^265,310,399 was born on 18 May 1655 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{1035,1036,1096} She was christened on 20 May 1655 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 4 November 1690 at the age of 35 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{671,1035,1036,1038,1096} Mary was buried in November 1690 in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^193,265 in the North Cemetery. She has Ancestral File Number 1XW8-QM.

Children were:

	i.	John Pease ROOT Sr. (\|)(:)^310,399 was born on 25 December 1676 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{181,265,624,671,1035,1097} Newspaper Article: "Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870, by James Pierce Root, published New York, 1870, Part Z, Division Z. John, born Westfield, Dec. 25, 1676, died Westfield, Oct. 1, 1744, married, April 14, 1703, Mary Leonard, daughter of Josiah, born 1688, died May 3, 1766." Newspaper Article: "John Root was born at Westfield, Mass., December 25, 1676; married, April 14, 1703, Mary, daughter of Josiah Leonard; and died October 1, 1744. She died May 3, 1766. They had thirteen children, nine sons and four daughters, between 1703 and 1727." (He was not listed with his parents in the Record of Births in Westfield, MA.) He died on 1 October 1744 at the age of 67 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^265,624,1035 He was buried in Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.²⁶⁵ in the Old Burying Ground. John has Ancestral File Number 2N6V-1S.
	ii.	Thomas ROOTE Jr.¹⁸¹ was born on 1 September 1677 in Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^181,193 He died on 28 February 1689 at the age of 11 in Westfield Township, Chautauqua County, NY.^181,193
	iii.	Samuel ROOT^310,399 was born on 16 February 1679 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{193,671,971,1035,1098} He died on 8 December 1712 at the age of 33 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁰³⁵ He has Ancestral File Number 2RB5-FL.
	iv.	Elizabeth ROOT^310,399 was born on 16 February 1681 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{254,671,971,1035,1036,1096} (One source--"The Descendants of John Root"--lists her parents as Thomas Root, Sr., and Mary Gridley, his second wife.) She died on 10 January 1706 at the age of 24 in Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^193,254 She has Ancestral File Number 2RB5-GR.
707	v.	*Sarah ROOT ().**
	vi.	Captain Timothy ROOT I^{254,310,399,1099} was born on 3 December 1685 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{624,671,971,1035} (One source--"The Descendants of John Root"--lists his parents as Thomas Root, Sr., and Mary Gridley, his second wife.) He died on 2 November 1743 at the age of 57 in Somersville, Somers Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{624,1035,1099} He was buried in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁹³ in the North Cemetery. Timothy has Ancestral File Number 2RB5-J4.
	vii.	Ensign Joseph Moseley ROOT I^{193,254,310,399} was born on 16 June 1688 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{671,971,1035,1036} (One source--"The Descendants of John Root"--lists his parents as Thomas Root, Sr., and Mary Gridley, his second wife.) He died on 10 February 1750 at the age of 61 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{181,1035,1036,1096} Newspaper Article: "Joseph Root was born on the 16th day of June 1688, lived at Westfield, was an Ensign, and died on the 10th day of February 1750, aged 61 years; married Sarah _____, who joined Westfield church in 1714 and died on the 25th day of January 1758. They had ten children: Joseph, born in 1715, married; Aaron, born 1720; Thomas, born in 1723, married; Sarah, born in 1726; Azariah, born in 1728, married in 1751 to Elizabeth Shepard, was a colonel, lived at Sheffield and died in the Revolutionary was on the 3rd day of July 1777, aged 48 years; Eli, born in 1731, married in 1755 to Mindwell, a daughter of Benoni Sackett, had Eli born in 1755 and Lovisa in 1757 and probably left town; Amos, born in 1733; Lucy, born in 1738." He has Ancestral File Number 2RB4-J0.