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Sarah Phinney Root 1485 – 1550 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Jul 1485

Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, MA she goes back to the line of wampanoags of rhoade, Iceland

Death Date: 31 Aug 1550

Death Location: Plainville, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Father: John Root

Mother: Mary Ashley

Spouse(s): Great Sowheag

Children(s): Sowheag Mattabesetts

In 1485, Sarah Phinney Root entered the world in Westfield, Hampden, MA she goes back to the line of wampanoags of rhoade, Iceland, born to John Root and Mary Ashley. Sarah Phinney Root married Great Sachem Sequin Sowheag, and had children including Sowheag Mattabesetts. Sarah Phinney Root passed away in 1550 in Plainville, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1485, Sarah Phinney Root entered the world in Westfield, Hampden, MA she goes back to the line of wampanoags of rhoade, Iceland, born to John Root and Mary Ashley.
  • Sarah Phinney Root married Great Sachem Sequin Sowheag, and had children including Sowheag Mattabesetts.
  • Sarah Phinney Root passed away in 1550 in Plainville, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Root
1442 – 1509
Birth Location: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Mary Ashley
1485 – 1505
Birth Location: West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Great Sowheag
1500 – 1569
Birth Location: Montauk Indian Village, Suffolk, New York
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Children(s)

Sowheag Mattabesetts
1530 – 1635
Birth Location: Montauk, Suffolk, New York, United States
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Sarah Root's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Root
1485 – 1550
Birth Place: Westfield, Hampden, MA she goes back to the line of wampanoags of rhoade, Iceland
Parents
John Root
1442 – 1509
Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Mary Ashley
1485 – 1505
West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Root's Descendants

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Sarah (Phinney) Root (28 Jul 1485 – 31 Aug 1550) m. Great (Sachem Sequin) Sowheag (1500 – 1569)
  1. 1. Sowheag Mattabesetts (1530 – 1635) m. Makomece ((Sachem of the Montauk Tribe) Quinnipiac) Montauk (1530 – 1650)
    1. 1. Mongotucksee (Longknife) Sachem (1550 – 1595) m. Wuchikittawbaut ((Mohawk) aka Tau But Wuch I) Kit (1557 – 6 Aug 1660)
      1. 1. Gowhongo (Mohawk) (1570 – 1635) m. Grand (Sachem Wyandanch Mohawk) Montauk (1570 – 1630)
        1. 1. Jacomynthe Wyandanch (Abt. 1600 – 1659) m. *Jacobus (Janse Kinderhook (possibly) Albertsen) (about 1600 – 7 Jun 1663)

Sarah Root's Timeline

2 Records

1485
28 Jul 1485
Birth of Sarah Phinney Root in Westfield, Hampden, MA she goes back to the line of wampanoags of rhoade, Iceland
Westfield, Hampden, MA she goes back to the line of wampanoags of rhoade, Iceland
1550
31 Aug 1550
Age 65
Death of Sarah Phinney Root in Plainville, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Plainville, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Jul 1485
    Event Place: Westfield, Hampden, MA she goes back to the line of wampanoags of rhoade, Iceland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1550
    Event Place: Plainville, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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