Person:Joseph Root (15)
Joseph Root
b.Est 1661 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.18 Dec 1739 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1640
  1. John Root1642 - 1687
  2. Deacon Samuel RootEst 1644 - 1711
  3. Thomas RootAbt 1648 - 1709
  4. Mary RootAbt 1648 - Aft 1719/20
  5. Stephen RooteEst 1652 - 1716/17
  6. Susannah RootAbt 1654 - 1712
  7. Caleb Root1658 - 1712
  8. Joseph RootEst 1661 - 1739
Spouse and Children
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m. 17 Sep 1691
  1. Elizabeth Root1692 - 1777
  2. Mary Root1693/94 - 1764
  3. Joseph Root1699 - 1751
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph RootEst 1661 - 1739
  • W.  Ruth PorterEst 1662 - Aft 1729
m. 3 May 1727
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Joseph Root
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1661 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesRough estimate.
Marriage 17 Sep 1691 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Warner
Marriage 3 May 1727 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Ruth Porter
Will[3] 14 Jul 1729 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[2] 18 Dec 1739 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[3] 3 Jan 1739/40 £827-02-08. Taken by Isaac Cowles, Giles Hooker and Samuel Nash.
Probate[3] 24 Jan 1739/40 Will exhibited.
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)
    320.

    Joseph Root, son of John Sen. of Farmington. He. m. (1) Sept. 17, 1691, Elizabeth Warner of Middletown ; m. (2) May 3, 1727, Ruth, widow of Samuel Smith, and dau. of Thos. Porter. He lived at Farmington, Ct., and with his wife united with the Congregational church there, April 17, 1692. He d. Dec. 18, 1739.

  2. ↑ Farmington, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    12:321.

    ROOT
    Joseph, Sr., d. Dec. 18, 1739

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Root, Joseph, Farmington, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:332-33.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XIII, 1737 to 1742. Page 169-70-71.

    Root, Joseph, Farmington. Invt. £827-02-08. Taken 3 January, 1739-40, by Isaac Cowles, Giles Hooker and Samuel Nash. Will dated 14 July, 1729.

    I, Joseph Root of Farmingtown, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife Ruth Root the use and profit of 1-3 part of my houseing and homelott where I now live during the time of her widowhood, and also the use and profit of 1-3 part of all other of my real estate during her natural life (1 parcell of land, about 60 acres, which I have in the southward division between the mountains, only excepted); also I give to her my sd. wife, to be at her own dispose forever, £30 money or personal estate equivalent thereto. Unto my daughter Elizabeth Root, besides what she now hath and claims to call her own, I give of my personal estate (of such things as she shall choose) the value of £100 current money; also I give her the use and improvement and profit of 2-3 parts of all my real estate, viz., houseing and lands, during her natural life or day of marriage if it shall so happen; also the use and profit for the sd. term of that third part given to my sd. wife in case she be living when my sd. wife's time therein is expired. To my daughter Mary Lee, besides what I have already given her, £20 current money. Unto my five grandchildren, children of sd. daughter Mary Lee, I give to each of them £5 as current money. Unto Joseph Olmsted, now living with me, provided his life be continued until he arrive at the age of 21 years and shall during that time continue faithfully in my service or the service of my son Joseph Root after my decease, then I give him 50 acres of ye land which I have in Farmingtown and in the division of land southward from the reserved land between the mountains, land that was laid out on the west of John Brounson, Sen. deceased; and in case he the sd. Olmsted shall not have heirs, then my will is that the sd. 50 acres of land shall revert and belong unto my three children, Joseph, Elizabeth and Mary, in equal proportion. All the residue of my personal estate (except some few things I shall give unto my son Joseph Root) I give unto my two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary Lee, and my sd. five grandchildren, in equal proportion between them. Unto my only son Joseph Root, besides what I have already given him, I give all the remainder of my real estate, whatsoever it be, to him and to his heirs forever, together with the reversion and fee simple of all that real estate the use thereof for a time I have given to my sd. wife and to my daughter Elizabeth Root. I make my son Joseph Root to be sole executor.

    JOSEPH ROOT, LS.

    Witness: John Hooker, Robert Porter, Roger Hooker.

    Court Record, Page 60—24 January, 1739-40: Will exhibited."

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