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Janis Joplin

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    Joseph Root III

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    • 7th Great-grandfather of Janis Joplin — 10th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 910 
    • Birth Date:
    • 13 Jul 1686 
    • Birth Location:
    • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
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    • 9 Feb 1728 
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    • 16 Feb 1710 
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    • Joseph Root

      Hannah Root (Ahnentafel No:455 )

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  • Sources for Joseph Root III

    • 1 Bartlett, John Russell, Genealogy of That Branch of the Russell Family Which Comprises the Descendants of John Russell, of Woburn . . ., Providence: Providence Press Company (1879), 189.
    • 2 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), 107, 114-115.
    • 3 Smith, John Montague, et. al., History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, 1673-1899: Which Originally Embraced Within Its Limits the . . ., Greenfield, Massachusetts: Press of E. A. Hall and Company (1899), 384.