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John Root 1693–1757 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 June 1693

Birth Location: Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 5 August 1757

Death Location: Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA

Father: Jonathan None

Mother: Dorcas Abbott

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John Root was born in 1693 in Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA, the child of Jonathan And Dorcas Dorothy Abbott. John Root passed away in 1757 in Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • John Root was born in 1693 in Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA, the child of Jonathan And Dorcas Dorothy Abbott.
  • John Root passed away in 1757 in Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA.

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John Root's Ancestors

Self
John Root
1693–1757
Birth Place: Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Jonathan
1646–1723
Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Dorcas (Dorothy) Abbott
1664–1720
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Josiah Rootes
1611–1683
Great Chart, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
Susannah Clark
1621–1692
Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
George Abbot
1615–1861
Bishops Stortford, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
Mary Weed
1639–1672
Stamford, Frlfd, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
George Abbott
1587–1647
Elizabeth Abbott
1595–1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Abbot
1550–1619
Elizabeth Abbot
1552–1625

John Root's Timeline

2 Records

1693
9 June 1693
Birth of John Root in Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA
Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA
1757
5 August 1757
Age 64
Death of John Root in Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA
Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 June 1693
    Event Place: Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 August 1757
    Event Place: Woodbury, Litchfield, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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