Person:Esther Root (2)
Esther Root
b.17 Dec 1683 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.27 Oct 1707 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 22 Mar 1680
  1. Elizabeth Root1681 - 1738
  2. Esther Root1683 - 1707
  3. Hannah Root1687 - 1705
  4. Ann Root1690 -
  5. Abigail Root1693 -
  6. Abigail Root1695 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Esther Root
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3] 17 Dec 1683 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2][4] 27 Oct 1707 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Questionable Information Found
Unlikely that a woman would marry at age 52 and have a bunch of children. Much more likely that this is Person:Esther Root (3) whom the Root Genealogical Records p. 109 shows no information beyond birth. No probate found for either father.
Strong Genealogy p. 550 "9870-2. i. Dea. Waitstill Strong b. Jan. 18, 1703-4, m. Nov. 23, 1736, Esther Root b. March 10, 1713-4 (dau. of Hope Root and Sarah Wright). She d. Feb. 22, 1760, aged 35, …"

Trumbull's Northampton Genealogies p. 407 Jonathan Root and Ann Gull "Esther: b. Dec. 17, 1683; d. unm. Oct. 27, 1707."; p. 410 Hope Root and Sarah Wright "Esther: b. March 10, 1713; m. Waitstill Strong, Jr., 1736."

Corbin Collection Northampton p. 19 "Root Esther d. Jonathan & Ann [born] Dec. 17, 1683"; Northampton p. 117 "Root Esther [died] Oct. 27 1707"

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. 105, # 354.

    Children of Jonathan Root and Ann Hull: Esther [#373], b. 17 Dec 1683, m. 23 Nov 1735 Waitstill Strong.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jonathan Root (2), in Trumbull, James Russell. History of Northampton : Northampton Genealogies, 1640-1838. (Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States: n.p., bef 1899)
    407.

    "Esther (Root): b. Dec. 17, 1683; d. unm. Oct. 27, 1707."

  3. ↑ Northampton (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1654-1872. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958)
    p. 23.

    Births in 1683
    ...
    Decem'r 17 Esther Daughter of Jonathan & Ann Root born

  4. ↑ Deaths in 1707, in Corbin, Walter E. Corbin Collection. Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts: Northampton Vital Records. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003)
    Northampton:117.

    "Root Esther [died] Oct. 27 1707"

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