Ancestry of
John Wellborn Root

1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect

Abigail Bridgman

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of John Wellborn Root — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 17 
  • Father:
  • James Bridgman 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Allis   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Sep 1712 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Apr 1781 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old South Cemetery, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Joseph Root IV
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Nov 1736 
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  • Child:

  Moses Root (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • Abigail Bridgman's maiden name is also seen as Bridgeman.

• Sources for Abigail Bridgman

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/12/2016).
  • ² Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, Birth record for Abigail Bridgman.
  • ³ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, p. 30.
  • ⁴ Allis, Horatio D., Genealogy of William Allis of Hatfield, Mass. and Descendants, Hartford, Connecticut: Art Press (1919), 7.
  • ⁵ 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.
  • ⁶ 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), 126-127.