Ancestry of
Ruth Root

(1722–1817)

Margaret Gilbert

View famous kin of Margaret Gilbert

• • Mother of Ruth Root — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Gilbert Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Anna Bancroft   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Mar 1693 
  • Birth Location:
  • Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Joshua Root
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1712 
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  Hannah Root

  Ruth Root (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Additional marriages for Margaret Gilbert

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  • Spouse:
  • Benjamin Stebbins
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Dec 1747
  • Marriage Location:
  • Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

• Sources for Margaret Gilbert

  • ¹ Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, p. 223.
  • ² Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, Birth record for Margaret Gilbert.
  • ³ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Birth records for children of Joshua and Margaret Root.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Marriage record for Benjamin Stebbins and Margaret Root.
  • ⁵ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1888, Vol. 42, p. 281.
  • ⁶ The American Genealogist, 1958, Vol. 34, p. 150.
  • ⁷ The American Genealogist, 1964, Vol. 40, p. 162.
  • ⁸ Brainard, Homer Worthington, et. al., The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield, Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press (1953), 88.
  • ⁹ Root, James Pierce, Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870: Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America, New York: R.C. Root, Anthony and Co. (1870), 322.