"5. Josiah Rootes, son of Josiah of Beverly, b. a. 1642 in Beverly, Mass., where he was bap. with his brother John and two sisters on the 24th Sept., 1648. In 1669 (May 3) John and Sarah Wesson of Reading, sold thirty acres of land to Josiah Rootes the younger, in the county of Essex, mariner, situated in the town of Salem, on Bass River side, alias Beverly. On the 22d of January, 1673, he bought land of James Mears, in Boston, for the sum of £150. At a later date power of administration of all goods, estate, etc., of Josiah Rootes, formerly of Boston, Mariner, deceased, intestate, was granted to Bozoun Allen and Lydia his wife in right of themselves and others concerned therein. The inventory of the estate amounted to £127 5s. It is probable that Jos. Rootes, Jr., married a daughter B. Allen. Nothing is known of any descendants."
