Ancestry of
John Lithgow

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Moses Root

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of John Lithgow — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 116 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Root IV 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Bridgman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Oct 1742 
  • Birth Location:
  • Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Dec 1817 
  • Death Location:
  • Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old South Cemetery, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Bardwell
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  • Children:
  
  

  Salmon Root (Ahnentafel No:58 )

  Sophia Root

  • Notes: 

  • Some secondary sources give the death date for Moses Root as 17 DEC 1817, but his tombstone has 16 DEC 1817.

• Sources for Moses Root

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/12/2016).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Montague, Vol. 1, p. 147, Death record for Moses Root.
  • ³ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, p. 30.
  • 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), 127, 166.

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