Gideon Root was born April 1721 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony to parents Joseph Rootes and Susannah Hickox.[1]
Sources
↑ Root, James Pierce; Root Genealogical Records 1600 – 1870 (New York; R. C. Root, Anthony & Co.; 1870). pages 56-57. Available through Internet Archive: (https://archive.org/details/rootgenealogical00root) Note: gives surname as "Roots'.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Karen Munro for creating WikiTree profile Rootes-120 through the import of 02 16 02013.ged on Jul 1, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gideon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gideon: