Simeon Root (1734 - 1773)

Born 13 Jan 1734 in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut

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Died 24 Dec 1773 at age 39 in Grafton Co., New Hampshire

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Biography

SIMEON ROOT, son of William Root and Hannah Pinnock; born 13 January 1733/4, Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut;^[1] died 24 December 1772, Piermont, New Hampshire, by the caving in of a well.^[2] He married LYDIA BIRGE.^[3] Lydia married (2) Jonathan Wood, between 28 January 1778 and 7 May 1781.^[4] She lived with her son Daniel after her second husband’s death, dying in Strafford, Vermont.^[5]

Four of Simeon and Lydia’s sons—Simeon, Solomon, William, and Jonathan—were listed on “Capt. John Algers pay Role to such soldiers in his Company as assisted the people of Strafford on their Retreat, also the service of horses employed in sd service,” dated 14 August 1777 at Thetford, Vermont. Jonathan Wood, Lydia’s second husband, also listed.^[6]

CHILDREN

Children of Simeon and Lydia (Birge) ROOT:^[7]

• i. SIMEON ROOT, b. 25 Dec. 1755, Hebron.^[8] Simeon was on the list of freemen in the town of Strafford, Vermont, between July and August 1782, as were Levi and Solomon Root.^[9]
• ii. SOLOMON ROOT, born 23 Mar. 1757, Sharon; m. JEMIMA STILES.
• iii. JONATHAN ROOT, b. 20 August 1758, Sharon, Conn.^[10]
• iv. WILLIAM ROOT, b. 15 Mar. 1760, Sharon; m. RACHEL THOMAS.
• v. DANIEL ROOT, b. 1762, Vt.; m. RHODA PENNOCK.
• vi. OLIVER ROOT, b. 3 June 1764, Sharon; m. MARGARET _____.
• vii. LYDIA ROOT, fl. 1783, when she was described in a deed by Solomon and William Root as “our sister Lydia, an idiot daughter” of their mother.

Sources

1. ↑ Hebron VR: Ricker, 10921.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Burial site of Simeon Root unknown, www.findagrave.com, memorial #64675926.
3. ↑ Root Genealogical Records has her name wrong, calling her “Eliz.” Birge. A misreading of “Eliz.” for “Lydia” seems possible in the 19th century, when handwritten letters would have been the usual mode of communication between a family historian and his informants.
4. ↑ Strafford Town and Vital Records, Vol. 2: p. 54, Microfilm no. 028899.
5. ↑ Root, Root Genealogical Records, 123.
6. ↑ Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, National Archives, Publication M246, roll 90, published on Fold3 at www.fold3.com.
7. ↑ Root, Root Genealogical Records, 123; Phil Dascola, “John Root” (2010) in RootsWeb’s World Connect Project.
8. ↑ Hebron VR: Ricker, 10921.
9. ↑ Strafford Town and Vital Records, 2: 95, Microfilm no. 028899.
10. ↑ Sharon VR: Ricker, 10911.

• http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64675926

• Root Genealogical Records 1600-1870; Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America, by James Pierce Root, page 112

Notes

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