Born in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Gridley
and Mary D. (Seymour) Langdon
Wife of
Thomas Root
— married
Oct 1670 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Root and Mary (Root) Meacham
Died
at age 21
in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
- Mary was born in 1652 in Connecticut. She died in 1673 in Massachusetts.
- Parents: Thomas Gridley III 1620 - 1655 and Mary (Seymour) Gridley 1635 - 1689. They were married 9/29/1644 in Hartford, Connecticut.
- Spouse: Thomas Roote 1648 - 1709. They were married 10/1670 in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Per Massachusetts Marriages, 1695 - 1910, 1921 - 1924. Findagrave #16330310. Note: His page does not list Mary (Gridley).
- Thomas parents are John Roote II 1608 - 1684 and Mary (Kilbourne) Roote 1619 - 1697. They were married 1/10/1640 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. John Findagrave #16330263. Mary Findagrave #16330269.
- Children:
1. Thomas Roote 9/1/1671 - 1689
2. Mary (Roote) Meacham, Terry 10/21/1673 - 1735
- Married Isaac Meacham 1672 - 1715
- Married Thomas Terry Sr. 1665 - 1760
- Name variation: Root, Roote. Thomas Findagrave page uses Roote from headstone.
Sources
- Root, James. Root Genealogical Records. 1600-1870. (R.C. Root, Anthony & Co., New York, 1870) Page 318
- Mary (Gridley) Roote: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCZ9-DMR
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620 - 1988. Mary Root. Deathdate/place: 10/28/1673 in Westfield, Massachusetts. Spouse: Thomas Root.
- North Ameica, Family Histories, 1500 - 2000. Mary Gridley. 1st Marriage date: 1670. Deathdate: 1673. Spouse: Thomas Root. Child: Thomas Root. Mary Root.
- Verifies Mary, husband, daughter: https://www.whosyerdad-e.com/families-mno/tree/minor.ged/individual/I5659/Mary-Gridley
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Joseph: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GH81-4MT Lydia: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MWR3-HYB This is the wikitree record I think is a duplicate. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gridley-155 Here is Thomas, spouse's FamilySearch record: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHFK-12Z What do you think?