Born in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter Guernsey
and Ann (Gunn) Guernsey
Sister of
Ann (Guernsey) Guarnsey, Sibyl (Guernsey) Pettibone, Sarah (Guernsey) Smalley [half], Hannah (Garnsey) Camp, Solomon Guernsey and Richard Guernsey [half]
Wife of
Benajah Roots
— married
26 Sep 1757 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Benajah Guernsey Roots, Amelia (Roots) Mead, Sophia Leonora (Roots) Perry and Peter Philanthropes Roots
Died
at age 77
in New Haven, Addison, Vermont, United States
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Contents |
Biography
Elizabeth was the daughter of Peter Garnsey and Ann Gunn[1]
Christening
- 9 May 1736 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut
Marriage
- Sep 1757 Woodbury (now Bethlehem)
- Benajah Roots 1725-1787
Burial
- Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Addison, Vermont, United States
Sources
- ↑ Family Search (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 December 2018, 21:13), entry for Elizabeth Guernsey(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LC3Q-VZG);
- Find A Grave: Memorial #67421830
- Card, Eva Louise Garnsey. The Garnsey-Guernsey Genealogy (Eva Garnsey Card, Urbana, Ill. , 1963) Page 362.
- Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Bureau of American Ancestry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1896-1906) Book 5, Page 30.
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