THOMAS ROOT AND ELIZABETH

THOMAS BORN JAN 16, 1604 DIED JUL 17, 1694 HARTFORD ,CT


CHILDREN HARTFORD,CT

JOSEPH BORN 1640 DIED APR 19, 1711

THOMAS BORN 1644

JOHN BORN JAN 10, 1645 DIED SEP 17, 1677 BY INDIANS

JONATHAN BORN 1648 DIED DEC 25, 1741

HEZEKIAH BORN 1650 DIED 1690

SARAH BORN 1660

JACOB BORN 1653 DIED AUG 9, 1731

THOMAS SON OF JOHN ROOTE AND MARY KILBOURNE


THOMAS EMIGRATED 1637 TO SALEM,MASS, THEN HARTFORD ,CT AS ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS.
1637 AT PEQUOT WAR( FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR) A SOLDIER,
1639 A LANDOWER NAMED ON MONUMENT IN GRAVEYARD AT REA OF CENTRE CHURCH IN STRATFORD,CT
HE MOVED UP CONNECTICUT RIVER TO HARTFORD,CT TO NORTHAMPTON,MASS
1659 APPOINTED SELECTMAN, BOTH A FARMER AND WEAVER OF CLOTH, LIPPAR OF PARISH CHURCH,
ROOT'S HOME PLACE WAS ON KING STREET, NOW OPPSITE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, WAS TORN DOWN IN 1870

THOMAS CAME TO AMERICA ON THE SHIP INCREASE IN 1637. LIVED FIRST IN SALEM,MASS,
FOUNDED HARTFORD,CT, HIS HOME LOT WAS ON NORTH MAIN STREET.
HE WAS A FREEMAN.