Ancestry of
Elihu Root

38th U.S. Secretary of State

Mary Spencer

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of Elihu Root — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 65 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Spencer 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Bearding   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 May 1655 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Nov 1690 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Thomas Root
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Oct 1675 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  John Root (Ahnentafel No:32 )

• Sources for Mary Spencer

  • ¹ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 26, New York: James T. White and Company (1937), 1.
  • ² Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1721.
  • 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), 318-319.