Hezekiah Root (abt. 1648 - 1690)

Born about 1648 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Died 29 Sep 1690 at about age 42 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Hezekiah Root was born in Hartford Connecticut about 1648, and moved with his father to Northampton as a boy.^[1] He is listed among the freemen of Northampton on February 8, 1678.^[1]

He married Mehitable Frary, about 16 years his junior, on July 12, 1682.^[1] They had 4 children:^[2]

1. Mehitable, born October 31, 1683, and died about three weeks later.
2. Benjamin, born April 20, 1686
3. Mehitable, born May 27, 1688
4. Mercy, born 1689, and killed about 15 years later in the Deerfield raid of February 29, 1704.

Hezekiah died at Northampton on September 29, 1690,^[3] and Mehitable married second, Jeremiah Alvord. She died at Deerfield in 1698, before reaching age 35.

Research Notes

Three Hezekiah Roots were identified by James Pierce Root in his Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870 : comprising the general history of the Root and Roots families in America, 1870. These Hezekiahs are often confused.

Hezekiah (#365)^[4])

• Parents: Joseph Root & Hannah Haynes
• Dates: 1 Jan 1677- 1766?
• Residence: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Married: Martha Bridgman,
• Children: Miriam, Esther, Hannah, Hezekiah, Dorothy, Martha, Simeon, Jemima, Joseph, Orlando

Hezekiah (#355)^[5])

• Parents: Thomas Roote
• Dates: 1648-1690 b. Hartford, Connecticut Colony
• Residence: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Married Mehitable Frary later Alvord, 1682
• Children: Mehitable (1683-1683), Benjamin (b. 1686), Mehitable (b. 1688), Mercy (b. 1689)

Hezekiah (#388)^[6])

• Parents: Thomas Root Jr and Abigail Alvord
• Dates: April 1676- 29 Sep 1690, aged 14 years
• Residence: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Married: None
• Children: None

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Root Genealogy, p. 105
2. ↑ Root Genealogy, p. 106
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001; Hampshire > Northampton > Births, marriages, deaths 1654-1853 FamilySearch.org image 84 of 464, p. 140] at FamilySearch.org.
4. ↑ Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870 : comprising the general history of the Root and Roots families in America, by James Pierce Root, 1870 (https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=X6VPAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA109&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en)
5. ↑ Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870 : comprising the general history of the Root and Roots families in America, by James Pierce Root, 1870 (https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=X6VPAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA105&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en)
6. ↑ Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870 : comprising the general history of the Root and Roots families in America, by James Pierce Root, 1870 (https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=X6VPAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA109&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en)