Born in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Root
and Eunice (Clapp) Root
Wife of
William Pomeroy
— married
about 1777 (to 1807) in Northampton Massachusetts
Wife of
William Colton
— married
2 May 1809 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Nancy (Pomeroy) Bolter, Eleanor Pomeroy, Henry Pomeroy, William Pomeroy, James Pomeroy, Thomas Pomeroy, Louis Pomeroy and Daniel Pomeroy
Died
at age 66
in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Mar 2011
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Biography
Ellen was born in 1755. She was the daughter of Joseph Root and Eunice Clapp.
Ellen was the widow of William Pomeroy.
In 1809 she became the second wife of the widower William Colton. William died in 1825.
Ellen died in 1844.
Sources
- Colton, George Woolworth. A genealogical record of the descendants of Quartermaster George Colton. Wickersham Print. Company, 1912. Pgs 26, 114.
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 34. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1880, pg. 188.
- Westfield, MA Vital Records
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eleanor:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eleanor:
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~1.56%
Erlene (LaFrance) Healey
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A081247 [compare]
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~1.56%
Margaret Chick :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member MaMcGreehan64
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Mary Susan Hall (1949-2023)
Mary Susan Hall (1949-2023)
Mary Susan Hall (1949-2023)
Unknown-462656 and Root-128 appear to represent the same person because: The Eltweed Pomeroy Tree shows Eleanor Root marrying William Pomeroy and then William Colton on the date listed for Ellen unknown who married both.
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by Mary Susan Hall (1949-2023)
Mary Susan Hall (1949-2023)
Root-2145 and Root-128 appear to represent the same person because: same name, husband, ...
posted
by Mary Susan Hall (1949-2023)
Rejected matches › Ellen Pomeroy (1842-1846)
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