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John Wellborn Root

1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect

Joseph Root IV

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of John Wellborn Root — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Root III 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Russell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Jun 1713 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Oct 1786 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old South Cemetery, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Bridgman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Nov 1736 
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  • Child:

  Moses Root (Ahnentafel No:8 )

• Additional marriages for Joseph Root IV

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Bascom
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 24 Apr 1781

• Sources for Joseph Root IV

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/12/2016).
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, p. 30.
  • ³ Bridgman, Burt Nichols and Joseph Clark Bridgman, Genealogy of the Bridgman Family: Descendants of James Bridgeman, 1636 - 1894, Springfield, Massachusetts: C. W. Bryan Company, Printers (1894), 19.
  • 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), 114, 126-127.