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John Roote |
Immigrant Ancestor | see FAMILY TREE |
Bap. 26 Feb 1607/8 Badby, Northamptonshire, England John son of John and Ann Roote bap 26 Feb 1607/8" |
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Died: 16 Aug 1684 Farmington, Hartford, CT
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Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early
Connecticut Probate
Records, Vol I, p. 356. Will John Roote, sen., Farmington, dated 22
April, 1684. mentions wife Mary, sons John and Caleb, dau Mary wife of
Isaac Brunson, son Steven, son Joseph, pvd. 4 Sept. 1684. |
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Buried: Farmington, Hartford, CT |
Will of John Roote |
FATHER
MOTHER
WIFE
CHILDREN
1. John Roote b. 28 Dec 1642
2. Samuel Roote b. Abt 1644
3. Thomas Roote b. 18 May 1648
4. Mary Root b. 06 Aug 1650
5. Steven Roote b. Abt 1652
6. Susannah Roote b. Abt 1654
7. Joseph Roote b. Abt 1656
8. Caleb Root b. 6 Mar 1658
Will of John Roote
Inventory taken August 1684, by Thomas Porter, John Heart, John Woodruff.
Will dated 22 April, 1684.
John Roote, sen, of the town of Farmington
do make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife Mary Roote a
Constant Comfortable maintenance to be paid to her by my Executors during her
Widowhood, and oe (Old English) 20. But in Case she marry again, I give
her oe 20 more, and then the Constant maintenance to cease. I doe solemnly
charge my sons Joseph & Caleb, as long as the care of their Mother shall be
incumbent upon them, to carry very dutifull and tenderly towards her & see from
time to time that she want nothing for her comfortable support and I hope that
the Overseers of this my Will will have an eye to this care. To each of my
sons which are already married, 20 shillings; & to my gr. Children 5 Shillings.
I give to my daughter Mary, the wife of Isaac Brunson, œ15. I do Confirm to my
son Steven Roote the 20 acres of Land, which I engaged upon his Marriage with
his Wife that now is. I give to my son Joseph both my Looms with all the
Tackling. To my sons Caleb & Joseph I give the remainder of my Estate. My sons
Caleb & Joseph to be Executors, and Mr. Hooker and Caleb Standly to be
Overseers.Witness: Samuel Hooker & Thomas Hooker.John X Roote sen.Court Record
(not found) 4 September, 1684: Joseph Roote gave oath to the Inventory.Test:
Samuel Talcott.
Source: | A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS.1677 to 1687. |
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Root Genealogical records 1600-1870 by James Pierce Root, 1870
John Roote, believed to be the son of John Roote of Badly, Northamptonshire,
England, who married Mary Russell in 1600 (and the register of whose children,
baptized in infancy, includes the names of Mary, Susannah, Thomas, and John),
was born in Badly according to the parish records, Feb 26, 1608. The
following note made by Mr. Jesse Root, deceased, who was a school-teacher in
Berlin, CT where his ancestors had lived from generation to generation, and not
many miles distant from the old homestead in Farmington, Ct., and who, being an
invalid for many years spent some leisure time investigating the family history,
reveals the English origins of the family, and has been confirmed by
investigations abroad. He writes:
John Root, our Puritan ancestor,
emigrated from a place in England called Badby. His father was deceased,
and he lived with an uncle, a brother of his father, and was adopted. His
uncle was a man of wealth, advanced in years, and a zealous opponent of popery,
and it is my impression one of the nobility. He insisted that John, our
ancestor, should go into the Parliamentary army under Cromwell, to fight against
Charles I, and the Catholics. He had an aversion to war, and chose rather
to join a company of Puritans who were coming to this country. When he
arrived he came to Farmington, and was one of the first settlers, in 1640.
He married Mary Kilbourn about that date." The emigrants locating in
Farmington were mainly from the neighborhood of Boston, Newtown, and Roxbury, in
Mass. They began the settlement in 1640, and among them John Root was a
prominent citizen. As above indicated, he married, soon after his
settlement, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Frances Kilbourne. She was born
in the year 1619, at Wood Ditton, England and came to this country in the ship
Increase, in 1635. They were both in full communion with the Farmington
Congregational church. He d. Aug, 1684 (age 76), leaving a good estate
valued at £819. She d. in 1697 (ae 78). He appears to have been
eleven years older than his wife at their marriage, and she survived him
thirteen years.
Google ebook: A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Civic and Social Development. A Chronicle of the People, with Family Lineage and Memoirs G. Frederick Wright, Supervising Editor Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1916
Orville Root. For more than a half a century Orville Root has been an active
factor in the life of Lorain County, as a farmer, county official, and banker.
His family were among the very old settlers in the vicinity of Sheffield, and the
ancestral line of the Roots extends back through nearly three centuries of
American history.
The original spelling of the name was Roote, and John
Roote, a son of John Roote, of Badby, Northamptonshire, England, came to America
with a company of Puritans and was one of the first settlers of Farmington,
Connecticut, in 1640. From the beginning he was a prominent citizen of the
town, and his will indicates that he was a weaver by trade. One of the old
records states: "Both John and his wife were in full communion with the
Farmington Congregational church." He died in 1684, leaving an estate of
$4,095. In 1640 John Roote married Mary, daughter of Thomas Kilbourne, of
Wood Ditton, England. With her parents she came to America in the ship
Increase in 1635, and died in 1697. The successive generations down to the
present citizen of Loraine County may be indicated briefly as follows: 1 John
and Mary (Kilbourne) Roote, of Farmington, Connecticut; 2. Thomas and Mary
(Gridley) Roote, of Westfield, Massachusetts; 3. Ensign Joseph and Sarah Root of
Westfield, Massachusetts; 4. Colonel Aaron and Jerusha (Steele) Root, of
Sheffield, Massachusetts; 5. Henry and Mary (Day) Root, of Sheffield,
Massachusetts and Sheffield, Ohio, this being the generation which established
its pioneer home within the limits of Lorain county; 6. William and Fanny (Day)
Root, of Sheffield, Ohio. 7. Orville and Sarah (Howes) Root, of Sheffield, Ohio.
Mr. Orville Root was born at Sheffield, Ohio, in 1837. His father, William
Henry Root, was born at Sheffield, Massachusetts, June 11, 1803.