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Dorcas Root 1718–1776 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Apr 1718

Birth Location: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Death Date: 1776

Death Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

Father: John Root

Mother: Ruth HICKOX

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Dorcas Root was born in 1718 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, the child of John Root And Ruth Hickox. Dorcas Root married John Royce. Dorcas Root passed away in 1776 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States.

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Biography

  • Dorcas Root was born in 1718 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, the child of John Root And Ruth Hickox.
  • Dorcas Root married John Royce.
  • Dorcas Root passed away in 1776 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States.

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Dorcas Root's Ancestors

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Dorcas Root
1718–1776
Birth Place: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents
John Root
1693–1757
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Ruth HICKOX
1700–1741
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
Grandparents
JOHN ROOTS
1608–1684
Badby, Northamptonshire,England
Dorcas ABBOTT
1664–1720
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
Joseph HICKOX
1673–1717
Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Ruth Fairchild
1678–1727
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
Great-Grandparents
Mary Russell
1574–1683
George ABBOTT
1615–1681
Mary Weed
1639–1672
Joseph Hickox
1645–1665
Mary Carpenter
1650–1687
Thomas Fairchild
1646–1686
Sarah Preston
1649–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Abbott
1587–1647
Elizabeth Abbott
1595–1711
Jonas Weed
1598–1676
Mary Hoyt
1616–1689
William Hickox
1609–1645
Elizabeth Stacy
1621–1655
Thomas Fairchild
1610–1670
Faith Seabrook
1620–1661
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1590–1649

Dorcas Root's Timeline

2 Records

1718
15 Apr 1718
Birth of Dorcas Root in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
1776
1776
Age 58
Death of Dorcas Root in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Apr 1718
    Event Place: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
    Record Source: Connecticut Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1776
    Event Place: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

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