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John Root

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Wild Bill Hickok — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 34 
  • Father:
  • Josiah Root 
  • Mother:
  • Susanna -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1645 
  • Birth Location:
  • Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 May 1723 
  • Death Location:
  • Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Dorcas Abbott
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1677 
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  John Root

  Bethia Root (Ahnentafel No:17 )

  • Notes: 
  • This John Root is often confused with the John Root who married Mary Ashley of Springfield, Massachusetts. John is believed to be the son of Josiah Root of Salem, Massachusetts.

• Sources for John Root

  • ¹ Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, p. 5.
  • ² Connecticut Society of Genealogists, The Connecticut Nutmegger, 1999, Vol. 32, p. 196.
  • ³ Eardeley, William Applebie, Chronology and Ancestry of Chauncey M. Depew: with Fifty-four other Affiliated Families of New York, New Jersey and . . ., New York: Unknown (1918), 92.
  • ⁴ Hickok, Charles Nelson, The Hickok Genealogy: Descendants of William Hickoks of Farmington, Connecticut with Ancestry of Charles Nelson Hickok, Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Co. (1938), 35.
  • ⁵ Jacobus, Donald Lines, comp., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, Baltimore: Reprinted for Clearfield Company (2007, originally published 1930-1932), 505.
  • ⁶ Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon, The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of Kilbourn, (in its varied orthography.), New Haven: Durrie and Peck (1856), 42.
  • ⁷ 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), 52-54.
  • ⁸ White, Lorraine Cook, ed., Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), originally published as The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 1-55, Woodbury, Page 91, Death record for John Root.