Ancestry of
Joshua Root

(1682–1730)

Joshua Root

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Root 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Ashley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Nov 1682 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Sep 1730 
  • Death Location:
  • Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mahaiwe Cemetery, Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts 

• Marriages for Joshua Root

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret Gilbert
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1712

• Sources for Joshua Root

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/03/2016).
  • ² Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Birth records for children of Joshua and Margaret Root.
  • ³ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Death record for Joshua Root.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1958, Vol. 34, p. 150.
  • ⁵ The American Genealogist, 1964, Vol. 40, p. 162.
  • ⁶ Brainard, Homer Worthington, et. al., The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield, Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press (1953), 88.
  • ⁷ 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), 317, 322.