Joseph
Root
Born in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Root Sr
and Mary Winchell (Woodruff) Root
Brother of
John Root II, Samuel Root Sr., Mary (Root) Pratt, Thankful (Root) Norton and Hezekiah Root
Husband of
Hannah (Benton) Root
— married
20 Oct 1715 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Root, Thankful Root, Hannah Root, Joseph Root, Mary (Root) Smith, Lydia (Root) Andrews, Benjamin Root, Temperance Root and Sarah Root
Died
at age 54
in Avon, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2010
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Biography
Sources
- Andrews, Alfred. Memorial. Genealogy, and Ecclesiastical History, of First Church, New Britain, Conn. (A.H. Andrews, Chicago, Ill., 1867) https://books.google.com/books?id=Sa7RAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=Joseph+Woodruff+Margaret&source=bl&ots=8spatdxji7&sig=ACfU3U1rSdJusR8_HiiRoLN2tHrj6YDtPQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_zqqx4f7lAhXKGTQIHQ8DCt4Q6AEwBXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Woodruff%20Margaret&f=false
- Root Genealogical Records 1600-1870; Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America, by James Pierce Root, page 108
- Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Conn. (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977) Page 50.
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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. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Cynthia (Root) Morgan
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AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 46 markers, haplogroup I1 - Howard Root :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #495928
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Thomas B
Root-254 and Root-45 appear to represent the same person because: Root-45 was attached to wrong Hannah Benton - who married a Campe, not Root (aunt, same name); obvious duplicate
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