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Oliver Root 1768–1796 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1768

Birth Location: Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut

Death Date: 22 Mar 1796

Death Location: Oriskany, Oneida County, New York

Father: Joseph Capt.

Mother: Silence Curtis

Spouse(s): Tenta None

Children(s): Oliver Root

In 1768, Oliver Root entered the world in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, born to Joseph Root Capt And Silence Curtis. Oliver Root married Tenta, and had children including Oliver Root. Oliver Root passed away in 1796 in Oriskany, Oneida County, New York.

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Biography

  • In 1768, Oliver Root entered the world in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, born to Joseph Root Capt And Silence Curtis.
  • Oliver Root married Tenta, and had children including Oliver Root.
  • Oliver Root passed away in 1796 in Oriskany, Oneida County, New York.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Capt.
1732–1821
Birth Location: North Coventry, Connecticut
JC
Silence Curtis
1730–1821
Birth Location: Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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Spouses(s)

Tenta None
1771–1841
Birth Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
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Children(s)

Oliver Root
1793–1872
Birth Location: Whitestown, Oneida, New York
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Oliver Root's Ancestors

Self
Oliver Root
1768–1796
Birth Place: Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut
Parents
Joseph Root Capt.
1732–1821
North Coventry, Connecticut
Silence Curtis
1730–1821
Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Grandparents
Eliakim Root
1696–1759
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Jemima Allis
1711–1766
Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut
Henry Curtis
1706–1745
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
Silence Janes
1708–1745
Pascomac, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Thomas III
1667–1759
Thankful Strong
1672–1742
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Roote
1648–1709
Abigail Alvord
1647–1699

Oliver Root's Descendants

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Oliver Root (1768–22 Mar 1796) m. Tenta (1771–1841)
  1. 1. Oliver Root 1793–1872 m. Zulama Merrill 1794–1875
    1. 1. Joseph Root 1822–1892 m. Hannah (Elisa) Doty 1813–1889
      1. 1. Oliver (Lafayette) Root 1849–1936 m. Margaret Smith 1858–1922
        1. 1. Frederick (Newton) Root 1879–1958 m. Grace (Blanche) Hess 1884–1959

Oliver Root's Timeline

2 Records

1768
1768
Birth of Oliver Root in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut
Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut
1796
22 Mar 1796
Age 28
Death of Oliver Root in Oriskany, Oneida County, New York
Oriskany, Oneida County, New York

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1768
    Event Place: Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1796
    Event Place: Oriskany, Oneida County, New York
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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