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Nancy (Davis) Reagan

First Lady of President Ronald Reagan

John Root

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Nancy (Davis) Reagan — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 336 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Root 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Spencer   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Dec 1676 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Oct 1744 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Leonard
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Apr 1703 
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  John Root (Ahnentafel No:168 )

  Naomi Root

  Hewit Root

• Sources for John Root

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Westfield, Vol. 1, p. 79, Birth record for daughter Naomi Root.
  • ² The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 26, New York: James T. White and Company (1937), 1.
  • ³ Loomis, Elisha S., Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America: And His Antecedents in the Old World, Berea, Ohio: unknown (1909), 140.
  • ⁴ 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), 319, 322-323.