Born
31 Jul 1700 in
Woodbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors
Wife of
John Roots
— married
4 Sep 1717 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
Descendants
Died
23 Apr 1741
at age 40
in
Woodbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
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Biography
Ruth Root was born in 1711 and died on February 17, 1749 in Connecticut.[1]
Sources
↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F76H-5QM : 9 February 2018), Ruth Root, 17 Feb 1749; citing Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,194.
Name Ruth Root
Death: 17 Feb 1749 Connecticut
Age 38
Birth Date 1711
Cothren, William. History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Bronson Brothers, Bethlehem, Connecticut, 1879) Vol. 3, Page 10 . Birth record.
Barnes, Leon M., Barnes' Mortality Record of The Town of Woodbury (Leon M. Barnes, Woodbury, Connecticut, 1898) Page 15. Deaths
1741, April 23, Ruth, wife of John Roots, age 41
Gilmore, Jean Fairchild. More Fairchilds In America (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 2001) Page 3 .
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