Joseph
Rootes
aka Roots
Born in Woodbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Rootes
and Dorcas (Abbott) Roots
Brother of
Susanna (Root) Minor, Sarah Root, John Root, Josiah Root, Bethiah Root, John Roots, Thomas Root and Bethiah (Roots) Hickok
Husband of
Susannah (Hickox) Root
— married
about 1722 in Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Justus Rootes, Gideon Rootes, Olive Rootes, Thomas Rootes, Susannah Rootes, Mabel Rootes, Jerusha (Rootes) Minor, Eunice (Rootes) Minor, Beulah (Root) Miner, Joseph Rootes, Joseph Rootes and Ruth Rootes
Died
at about age 62
in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jul 2013
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Biography
Joseph Roots was born 9 June 1698 in Woodbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony to parents John Rootes and Dorothy Abbott. (Woodbury town records names her as Dorcas.)[1]
Sources
- ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Barbour Collection) (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: Woodbury, page 91. See record at subscription site.
- Cothren, William. History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Bronson Brothers, Bethlehem, Connecticut, 1879) Vol. 3, Page 9. Birth record.
- Ancestral File Number: 7TVV-TJ
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph 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 Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph 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 Joseph:
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~0.78%
Mary Lou (Baskerville) Williams
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Warren Towle :
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~0.39%
Tom McCoy :
23andMe, GEDmatch FF9788980 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AB5437838 [compare]
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~0.39%
Tom Towle :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A226866 [compare], Ancestry member tomtowle
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~0.39%
Ruth (Andrews) Vreeland :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member vreelandwest
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~0.39%
Rita (Vanek) Eichman :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rveichman
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~0.39%
Stu Elston :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch jj4601391 [compare], FTDNA kit #920585
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~0.39%
Eric Wolcott :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QE4309178 [compare], Ancestry member ewolcott33
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~0.39%
Darlene Johnson :
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