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Rutherford B. Hayes

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Rutherford B. Hayes

19th U.S. President


    John Root

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    • 5th Great-grandfather of Rutherford B. Hayes — 8th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 164 
    • Birth Date:
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    • Birth Location:
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    • Christening Date:
    • 26 Feb 1608 
    • Christening Location:
    • Badby, Northants, England 
    • Death Date:
    • Aug 1684 
    • Death Location:
    • Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut 
    • Burial Date:
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    • Burial Location:
    • North Cemetery, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut 
    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1641 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut 
    • Children:

    • John Root (Ahnentafel No:82 )

      Thomas Root

      Mary Root

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  • Sources for John Root

    • 4 The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 26, New York: James T. White and Company (1937), 1.
    • 7 Drake, Hazel Esther, A Branch of the Root Family, Hartley, Iowa: Hartley Sentinel (1948), 1, 101.
    • 8 Hook, James William, Lieut. Samuel Smith, His Children and One Line of Descendants and Related Families, New Haven, Connecticut: Unknown (1953), 39.
    • 9 Jacobus, Donald Lines and Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1978, reprinted from 1952), 655.
    • 10 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.
    • 11 Lee, Leonard and Sarah Fiske Lee, John Lee of Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn., and His Descendants, 1634-1897, 2nd Edition, Meriden, Connecticut: Republican-Record Book Print (1897), 147.
    • 12 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), 314-315.