JOHN ROOT AND MARY KILBOURNE

JOHN BORN FEB 26, 1607 BADBY,ENGLAND DIED AUG 16, 1684 FARMINGTON,CT
MARY BORN 1619 WOOD DITTON, ENGLAND DIED 1697 FARMINGTON,CT
MARRIED 1640

CHILDREN FARMINGTON,CT

JOSEPH BORN 1640 DIED DEC 18, 1739

SUSANNAH BORN 1652 DIED DEC 5, 1712
MARRIED JOSEPH LANGDON

JOHN BORN 1642 DIED SEP 24, 1687
MARRIED DORCES ABBOTT

SAMUEL BORN 1644 DIED NOV 27, 1711
MARRIED MARY

THOMAS BORN MAY 18,1655 DIED AUG 16, 1709

MARY BORN AUG 8,1650 DIED JUN 13, 1701

STEPHEN BORN 1652 DIED JAN 6, 1717

CALAB BORN 1658 DIED JUN 10, 1712

JOHN SON OF JOHN ROOTE AND MARY RUSSELL
MARY DAUGHTER OF THOMAS KILBOURNE AND FRANCES MOODY

JOHN WAS A PURITAN, HE LIVED WITH HIS UNCLE , HIS FATHER'S BROTHER, AND WAS ADOPTED.
JOHN WAS IN THE PARLIAMENTARY ARMY UNDER CROMWELL TO FIGHT AGAINST CHARLES I AND THE CATHOLICS. HE HAD AN AVERSION TO WAR SO JOINED THE PURTAINS COMING TO AMERICA.
HE CAME TO FARMINGTON AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS. IN 1640.
MARY CAME TO AMERICA ON THE SHIP INCREASE IN 1635, THEY WERE BOTH IN FULL COMMUNION WTH THE FRAMINGTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.