Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Birth12 May 1619, Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England81163,81164,81165,81166,81167,81168,81021,81097,81169,81170,81153,81154,81102,81103,81156,81128,81158,81171,81172,81173
Death1697, Farmington, Hartford County, CT81174,81175,81176,81177,81021,81097,81178,81170,81103,81179,81180,81181
Memoage 78; 1694 at age 75?
Burial1697, North Cemetery, Somers, Tolland County, CT81182,81103
Alias/AKAFrancis81096
Religionfull communion with the Farmington Congregational Church81143
FatherThomas Kilbourne (<1578-1640)
MotherFrances Moody (<1584-1650)
Spouses
Birthbef 26 Feb 1608, Badby, Northamptonshire, England81116,81117,81118,81021,81119,81120,81121,81122,81108,81123,81124,81125
MemoJohn 26 Feb 1607/08 or Thomas 16 Jan 1604/05
Baptism26 Feb 1608, Badby, Northamptonshire, England81126,81120,81108,81123
Residenceca 1615, Badby, Northamptonshire, England81127
MemoLived with his Uncle (Thomas Root) who adopted him, his father being dead
Residence14 Jul 1669, Farmington, Hartford County, CT81128
Will Filed22 Apr 1684, Farmington, Hartford County, CT81129,81130,81106,81131
Memowill dated
Death16 Aug 1684, Farmington, Hartford County, CT81132,81133,81134,81135,81021,81136,81121,81122,81130,81137,81138,81139
Memoleaving a good estate valued at £819
Burialaft 16 Aug 1684, North Cemetery, Somers, Tolland County, CT81021,81136,81122
Will FiledAug 1684, Farmington, Hartford County, CT81140,81131
MemoInventory
Will Filed4 Sep 1684, Hartford County, CT81141,81142
MemoWill probated
Religionfull communion with the Farmington Congregational church81143,81144
FatherJohn Root (1576-1610)
MotherMary Ann Russell (1574-)
Misc. Notes
Pg 314 1st Gen, 2800 Farmington, CT John Roote75971 - Note made by Mr. Jesse Root, deceased, who was a school teacher in Berlin, CT, where his ancestors had lived from generation to generation, and not many miles distant from the old homestead in Farmington, CT, and who, being an invalid for many years, spent some leisure time in investigating the family history, reveals the English origin of the family, and has been confirmed by investigations abroad. He writes: “John Root, our Puritan ancestor, emigrated from a place in England called Badby. His father was deceased, and he lived with an uncle, a brother of his father, and was adopted. His uncle was a man of wealth, advanced in years, and a zealous opponent of popery, and it is my impression one of the nobility. He insisted that John, our ancestor, should go into the Parliamentary army under Cromwell, to fight against Charles I, and the Catholics. He had an aversion to war, and chose rather to join a company of Puritans who were coming to this country. When he arrived he came to Farmington, and was one of its first settlers, in 1640. He married Mary Kilbourn about that date.”

Pg 182 John Roote Sr of Farmington CT Will 22 Apr 1684; Probate 4 Sep 168481064
Wife Mary; sons Joseph & Caleb; my sons which are already married; daughter Mary wife of Isack Bronson; son Steven; (Full will and inventory)
Military
Pg 74 I. John Roote was urged by his uncle to joint the Parliamentary Army under Cromwell and fight against Charles I. But John chose rather to join the Puritans and come to America.79888
Research
John Root b: 10 Jul 1646 59747 2 Sets Parents?
JohnRoot b:26Feb1607/08 Badby, Northamptonshire, Eng & Mary Marie Kilbourne b:12 May 1619
Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, Eng or
Thomas Root b:16 Jan 1604/05 Badby Northampton, Eng & Mary Marie KIlbourne (same)

Children of John Root and Mary Russell are: iii. John Root Jr., born February 26, 1607/08 in Badby Parish Church, Northamptonshire, England; died August 16, 1684 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT; married Sarah81145 (Sarah his wife? or Mary Marie Kilbourne? This source says Mary Marie Kilbourne married to Thomas, John’s brother?)

US & Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s1049 (arrival 1684 vs 1640?)
John Root; Arrival: 1684 CT; Source: 3274 Holmes, Frank R., Compiler. Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700. New York 1923. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore 1964 Pg 205

Pg 437 Wethersfield: Names of settlers nearly all from places other than Watertown, some directly from England. Some came as early as 1635, but most bet 1636-1640 none later than 1645: John Root81146 (arrived 1640? Resided at Wethersfield?)
Marriageabt 1640, Farmington, Hartford County, CT81183,81184,81098,81100,81102,81104,81109,81161,81162
Marr MemoAbt 1639?
ChildrenJoseph (1641-1739)
 Samuel B. (1644-1711)
 John (1646-1687)
 Mary (1650-1701)
 Stephen (1652-1717)
 Susanna (1654-1712)
 Thomas (1655-1709)
 Caleb (1658-1712)
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