Martha (Orvis) Root (bef. 1683)

Born before 6 May 1683 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Hunn — married 7 Dec 1704 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut

Descendants

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Biography

MARTHA'-Baptized May 6, 1683, at Farmington. Married Dec. 7, 1704 (1) Nathaniel Hunn, of Wethersfield, at Farmington. Nathaniel died Dec. 7, 1712, and she married, Dec. 9, 1714, (2) John Root, .Jr., of Farmington, who was born Sept. 9, 1690, and died in 1767; son of John and Mary (Woodruff) Root. They settled in Southington, that part of it that is now called Plainville. Information from A HISTORY OF THE ORVIS FAMILY IN AMERICA by FRANCIS WAYLAND ORVIS page 17

Sources

• A History of the Orvis Family in America by Francis Wayland Orvis
• Root Genealogical Records 1600-1870; Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America, by James Pierce Root, page 115
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 429

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Harold Templeton for creating WikiTree profile Orvis-105 through the import of WikiTree GEDCOM, Me.ged on Aug 5, 2013.
• Thanks to Heather Brown for starting this profile.