Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: LZVP-TFD
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 81693870

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

John Root
Born 1712 Oct 4 Hebron, CT
Died 1804 Jan 12 Granville, MA
Age
Burial Main Road Cemetery Granville, MA FAG*81693870

Father Jacob Root II 1687-1766 Clear Creek, Ohio
Mother Sarah Goodale 1687-1731 Northampton, MA
Married 1709 Nov 4 Hebron, CT

Siblings
Jacob Root III 1710– 1795
Sarah Root 1711– 1712
Hannah Root 1714– 1794
Sarah Root 1716–
Benjamin Root 1719– 1800
Margaret Root 1721– 1722
Lydia Root 1723– 1819
David Root 1725– 1726
Elinor Root 1729– 1730

Married 1737 May 18 Hebron, CT
Rebecca White
Born 1718 Nov 17 Marshfield, MA
Died 1769 Granville, MA
Burial Main Road, Granville, MA FAG* 108046833
Father Ebenezer White 1691-1733
Mother Hannah Doggett 1693-1734

Second Marriage
Mary Simons
Born 1728 Hebron, CT
Died 1797 Dec 10
Burial Main Road Cemetery, Granville, MA FAG*81693930

Children with Rebecca White
1. Joseph Root
Born 1737

2. John Root
Born 1738
Died 1826

3. Sybil Root
Born 1740 Jan 30 Glastonbury, CT
Died 1822 Apr 13 Granville, MA
Age
Burial FAG*71535604
Married 1762 Jun 3 Granville, MA
Edmund Barlow, Sr. 1732-1819

4. Dorcas Root
Born 1742 Jul 27 Glastonbury, CT
Died 1830 Apr 3 Granville, MA
Age 87
Married 1772 Jun 21
Israel Stiles
1731-1780 Agawam, MA
Second marriage
Job Stiles

5. Amos Root, Sr.
Born 1745 Aug 20 Granville, MA
Died 1836 Oct 1 Granville, MA
M1 1767 Sep 29 Suffield, CT
Mary Burleson 1739-1768
M2 1770 Sep 6
Anna Roe
Born 1753
Died 1803
Burial Main Road Cemetery Granville, MA FAG*71866718

6. John Root
Born 1745
Died 1836 Oct 1 Granville, MA

7. Prudence Root Gillet
Born 1748
Died 1836 Mar 28 Granville, MA
Married 1766
Nathaniel Gillet
Born 1748
Died 1802

8. Daniel Root
Born 1749

9. Obediah Root
Born 1751

10. Elizabeth Root
Born 1756

11. Sarah Root
Born 1758

12. Israel Root
Born 1759 Feb 9 Granville,MA
Died 1848 Apr 22 Barre, NY, Age 89
Burial West Barre Cemetery, West Barre, NY FAG 43414239
Married 1787 Columbia, NY
Mary Sliter
1779-1860

SOURCES
DEATH
John Root in the Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
Name: John Root
Death Age: 91
Event Type: Death
Birth Date: abt 1713
Death Date: 12 Jan 1804
Death Place: Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

MILITARY
John Root in the Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62
Given Name: John
Surname: Root
Page #: 198
Regiment: Connant's
Regt.Command: Connant, Shubel Col.
Company: Barker's
Co.Command: Barker, Abner Capt.
Comments: Company in service during alarm and for relief of Ft.William Henry and parts adjacent

BIRTH

John Root in the Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: John Root
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1712
Birth Place: Hebron
Parent: Jacob Jr.

Mary Root in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Mary Root
Event Type: Death
Birth Date: abt 1728
Death Date: 10 Dec 1797
Death Place: Granville, Massachusetts
Death Age: 69
Spouse Name: John R

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZVP-TFD

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81693870

John married Rebecca White on 18 May 1737 in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut. Rebecca (daughter of Ebenezer White and Hannah Doggett) was born on 17 Nov 1718 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died in 1769 in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts; was buried after 1769 in Main Road Cemetery, Granville Center, Hampden County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: L4H6-PR6
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 43414239
• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Mayflower - Peregrine White
• Group: Mayflower - William White
• 1830 Census: 1830, Barre, Orleans County, New York

Notes:

Inscription
Aged 89 Ys 2 M. 13 D.
Gravesite Details birth date calculated from death date
____________

He served in the Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War and was on the 1835 Pension Role for Orleans County, New York. On the 1840 Census for Barre, Orleans co., NY, Israel Root, age 80, was listed as a Pensioner for Rev. War.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4H6-PR6

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43414239

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Peregrine White (son of William) of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of William and Susan (Jackson) White of the Mayflower

1830 Census:
p. 20
Irad Root    000 000 000 1000 - 000 000 001 0000

Israel married Mary Sliter before 1788 in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 16 Jun 1770 in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Nov 1840; was buried after 25 Nov 1840 in West Barre Cemetery, West Barre, Orleans County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: L67T-G5B
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 105956933
• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Mayflower - Peregrine White
• Group: Mayflower - William White

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Deacon Isarel Root, aged 80 years, 3 months and 18 days died at his residence in the town of Reedsburg, Sunday morning, April 10, 1881.

Deacon Isarel Root was born in the town of Greenbush, Rensselaer county, N. Y., December 22, 1800; moved to Dodge County, this state in the year 1842, and from there to Reedsburg, in 1856, where he resided up to the time of his death. June 27, 1822, he was married to Sarah C. Aldrich, who died January 19, 1857; on the 8th of October, 1857 he married Electa Ransom, who still survives him. Mr. Root was the father of thirteen children, ten sons and three daughters, seven of whom are still living, six of the former and one of the latter. The funeral took place on Monday last, Rev. E. Godwin officiating. That Mr. Root was held in high regard by the people of Reedsburg, the large attendance at his funeral fully attest.

Taken from the Reedsburg
Free Press of 14 April 1881.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L67T-G5B

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105956933

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
Descendant of Peregrine White (son of William) of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of William and Susan (Jackson) White of the Mayflower

Israel married Sarah C. "Polly" Aldrich on 27 Jun 1822 in Allegeny County, New York. Sarah was born on 31 Aug 1804 in New York; died on 19 Jan 1857 in Marquette County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: LBG4-P2N
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 72777611
• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Mayflower - Peregrine White
• Group: Mayflower - William White
• Group: Veteran of Civil War - Union

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

William Harrison Root
Aka: Harrison Root (Civil War Veteran)
Born: April 15, 1823 (Westford, Otsego Co., NY)
Died: July 11, 1875 (Reedsburg, Sauk Co., WI)
Residence at enlistment: Richford, Waushara Co., WI
Enlisted: May 22, 1861 as a Pvt. in the 7th WI Infantry, Co. E (IRON BRIGADE)
Discharged: December 19, 1862 (disability)
WND: September 14, 1862 at South Mountain, MD
Brother of: George Washington Root, 7th WI Infantry, Co. E
** GENEALOGY AVAILABLE

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBG4-P2N

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72777611

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
Descendant of Peregrine White (son of William) of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of William and Susan (Jackson) White of the Mayflower

Group:
Person who served in the Civil War in the Union Forces (Grand Army of the Republlic)

William married Nancy L. Chapbell on 4 Apr 1846 in Dodge County, Wisconsin. Nancy was born about 1831 in Pennsylvania; died on 7 Feb 1891 in Minnesota; was buried after 7 Feb 1891 in Green Wood Cemetery, Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]