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Rutherford B. Hayes

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Rutherford B. Hayes

19th U.S. President


    John Root

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    • 4th Great-grandfather of Rutherford B. Hayes — 7th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 82 
    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1642 
    • Birth Location:
    • prob. Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut 
    • Christening Date:
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    • Christening Location:
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    • Death Date:
    • 24 Sep 1687 
    • Death Location:
    • Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
    • Burial Date:
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    • Burial Location:
    • Old Burying Ground, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
    • Marriage Date:
    • 18 Oct 1664 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
    • Children:

    • Mary Root (Ahnentafel No:41 )

      Sarah Root

      Abigail Root

      Joshua Root

    • Notes: 
    • This John Root is often confused with the John Root of Woodbury, Connecticut who married Dorcas Abbott, daughter of George Abbott of Norwalk, Connecticut.

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  • Sources for John Root

    • 2 New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1875, Vol. 6, p. 65.
    • 3 Springfield, MA: Vital Records to 1850, Vol. 1, p. 21, Marriage record for John Roote and Mary Ashley.
    • 4 Springfield, MA: Vital Records to 1850, Vol. 2, p. 1681, Marriage record for John Roote and Mary Ashley.
    • 6 Westfield, MA: Birth and Death Records, p. 3763, Death record for John Root.
    • 8 Dewey, Adelbert M., et. al., Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History, Westfield, Massachusetts: Dewey Publishing Company (1898), 242.
    • 9 Drake, Hazel Esther, A Branch of the Root Family, Hartley, Iowa: Hartley Sentinel (1948), 1, 101.
    • 10 Hook, James William, Lieut. Samuel Smith, His Children and One Line of Descendants and Related Families, New Haven, Connecticut: Unknown (1953), 39.
    • 11 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.
    • 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), 315-317.
    • 13 Trowbridge, Francis Bacon, The Ashley Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Robert Ashley of Springfield, Massachusetts, New Haven: Press of Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor (1896), 18.