1James Pierce Root, Root Genealogical Records. 1600-1870: Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America, p. 106 (1870).
"356 Hebron, Ct.
JACOB ROOTE, son of Thomas (350), grandson of of John of Badby (T), b. in Hartford, Ct.. He was probably the youngest son of Thomas, Sr. He is mentioned in the list of Northampton freemen, Feb. 8, 1678. He m. Feb. 2, 1680, Mary, dau. of Sampson and Mary (Daniel) Frary of Deerfield, Mass. She was b. July 24, 1662. He was among the first settlers of Hebron, Ct., where he removed in 1705, and was one of those chosen to run the bounds between Colchester and Hebron in 1710, as latter was not incorporated when he moved there. He had a farm which remained in the possession of the family for 125 years. He died Aug. 9, 1731, ae. a. 70. She d. Feb. 8, 1744.
Children: (All born in Northampton, Mass.)
382. I. JOANNA, b. Nov. 5, 1681; m. Dec. 7, 1703, Samuel Pomeroy of Northampton; had 3 children, and d. 1725.
383. II. DANIEL, b. Oct. 2, 1684, f.
384. III. JACOB, b. June 15, 1687, f. ; d. 1766, ae. 89.
385. IV. MARY, b. Nov. 24, 1689, f. ; Oct. 15, 1735, ae. 45.
386. V. MARGARET, b. Oct. 1691; m. (1) June 25, 1727, John Warner, (2) ----- Trumbull; d. June, 1793, ae. 101, at Marlborough, Ct.".
1Samuel W. Lee, Register of the Deaths in Northampton, Ms., from its First Settlement in 1653 to 1700, NEHGR Vol. 3, p. 400 (Oct. 1849).
"1694, . . . 17 Jun, Thomas Root, Sen.; . . .".