Person:Hezekiah Root (1)

m. 30 Dec 1660
  1. Hannah Root1662 -
  2. Joseph Root1664/65 - 1690
  3. Thomas Root1667 - 1726
  4. John Root1669 - 1710
  5. Sarah Root1671/72 - Bef 1673
  6. Sarah Root1672/73 -
  7. Hope Root1675 - 1750
  8. Hezekiah Root1676/77 - Bef 1766
m. 23 Mar 1712/13
  1. Hezekiah Root1713/14 - 1792
  2. Dorothy Root1715 -
  3. Simeon Root1718 - 1752
  4. Martha Root1720 -
  5. Jemima Root1722 -
  6. Hannah RootEst 1724 -
  7. Miriam RootEst 1726 - 1736
  8. Joseph Root1728 - 1802
  9. Esther RootEst 1731 - 1747
  10. Orlando Root1734 - 1805
Facts and Events
Name Hezekiah Root
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Jan 1676/77 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 23 Mar 1712/13 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Martha Bridgman
Death[3] Bef 1 Jul 1766 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 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 & Co., 1870)
    p. 104, 109, .

    Hezekiah Root [#365], s/o Joseph Root [#351] and Hannah Haynes, b. Northampton Jan 1676, d. 1766, m. 23 Mar 1713 Martha Bridgman.

  2. Northampton (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1654-1872. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958)
    p. 18.

    Births in 1676
    [smudged] Janry Hezekiah son of Joseph & Hanah Root

  3. Massachusetts. Probate Court (Hampshire County). Probate records, 1660-1916; index, 1660-1971. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1988-1989)
    Box 124: Case 124-36: Root, Hezekiah Northampton 1766.

    Will of "Hezekiah Root of Northampton Yeoman being Weak and Impaired in body", dated 28 March 1753, proved 1 Jul 1766, names son Joseph Root; wife Martha; daughter Dorothy ["at the time of her marriage"]; my other daughters viz Martha, Jemima and Hannah; Sarah Root lately the Wife and now the Widow of my son Simeon Root deceased; son Orlando Root; son Hezekiah Root; grandson Elihu Root only son & child of my s'd son Simeon [under 16]. Wife and sons Hezekiah, Joseph and Orlando to be executors. Codicil dated 19 Jan 1760, mentions wife has died, daughters Martha and Jemima have married, replaces as executor the wife with daughter Hannah Root.
    7 Apr 1767: Bond of William Clark of Northampton as guardian to Elihu Root a Minor more than fourteen & one of the Devisees of Hezekiah Root late of Northampton.