Thomas Root

1648 - 1709  (61 years)

• Name	Thomas Root
  Born	1648	Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Aug 1709	Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
  Buried	North Cemetery, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
  Person ID	I2297	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

  Family	Mary Spencer,   b. 18 May 1655, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 4 Nov 1690, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 35 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1675	Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
  Last Modified	28 May 2021
  Family ID	F1350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MARRIAGE: 1. I question the accuracy of a marriage of Truman Root and Mary Spencer. The following is from the book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed. which would seem to indicate other spouses for Thomas Root Sr. and Jr.: "Thomas Root died July 17, 1694 (Northampton). Early member 1 Ch. Name on Founders monument. Moved to Northampton. Children: Joseph, m. Hannah Haynes m/2 Mary (Holton) Burr. Thomas, m. Abigail Alvord. John, b. June 10, 1646 (HTR) m. Mehitable (Johnson) Hinsdale. Jonathan, m. Ann Gull. Hezekiah, m. Mehitable Frary. Jacob, m. Mary Frary. Sarah, m. Samuel Kellogg. Salem 1637; on original proprietor at Hartford in 1639 when his home lot was on the east side of the road to the Cow pasture (North Main St.); weaver; served in the Pequot War; founders of the church. He died at great age. Believed to be the son of John Root and Ann Russell, his wife, of Badly, Co. Northampton, b. Jan 16, 1605." 2. The following partial excerpts about the wives and children of Thomas Spencer are from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III (see notes of Thomas Spencer for full transcript): "...Mary, b. Hartford 18 May 1655 [CTVR 32]; m. Westfield 7 October 1675 Thomas Root [Pynchon VR 31]..." 3. "The American Genealogist," Vol. 27 "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., pp. 162-63: "Mary [Spencer], b. 18 May 1655; d. at Westfield, Mass., 4 Nov. 1690; m. 7 Oct. 1675, Thomas Root, who d. 16 Aug. 1709, son of John." 4. RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp.157-158: "Mary2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. Thomas ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA, son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug 1709. d. 4 Nov 1690 at Westfield, MA."