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Henry Luce

Ancestry of
Henry Luce

Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines


    Thomas Root

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    • 6th Great-grandfather of Henry Luce — 9th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 384 
    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1648 
    • Birth Location:
    • prob. Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut 
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    • Death Date:
    • 16 Aug 1709 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 7 Oct 1675 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Additional marriages for Thomas Root


    • Spouse:
    • Mary Gridley
    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1670

    • Spouse:
    • Sarah Dumbleton
    • Marriage Date:
    • 25 Jan 1692

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  • Sources for Thomas Root

    • 1 The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 26, New York: James T. White and Company (1937), 1.
    • 3 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, 318-319.
    • 4 Vinton, John Adams, The Giles Memorial: Genealogical Memoirs of the Families Bearing the Names of Giles, Gould, Holmes, Jennison . . ., Boston: Henry W. Dutton and Son (1864), 282.