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The Roots of Coventry, Connecticut

Betty Brook Messier

出版	275th Anniversary Committee, 1987
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SecnAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Thomas Roote (1608-1694) was born in England, probably the son of John and Ann Russell Roote of Badby. He was in America by 1637, and was living at Hartford, Connecticut, by 1639. He and his family family moved to Nothampton, Massachusetts in 1653. His grandson, Deacon Thomas Root (1667-1756), was born at Northampton,the son of Thomas Roote (ca. 1644-ca. 1718). He married Thankful Strong (1672- 1742), daughter of Jedediah and Freedom Woodward Strong, at Nothampton in 1691. They had eleven children, 1692-1713. He first purchased land at Coventry, Connecticut, in 1708. He was the first town clerk and deacon, and served the church and town in many other positions. Descendants listed lived in Connecticut, New York, and elsewhere.