Will of John Roote

FATHER

John Roote

MOTHER

Ann Rushall

WIFE

Mary Kilbourne 

CHILDREN

1. John Roote b. 28 Dec 1642

2. Samuel Roote b. Abt 1644

3. Thomas Roote b. 18 May 1648

4. Mary Root b. 06 Aug 1650

5. Steven Roote b. Abt 1652

6. Susannah Roote b. Abt 1654

7. Joseph Roote b. Abt  1656

8. Caleb Root b. 6 Mar 1658

Will of John Roote

Inventory taken August 1684, by Thomas Porter, John Heart, John Woodruff.  Will dated 22 April, 1684. 
John Roote, sen, of the town of Farmington do make this my last Will & Testament:  I give to my wife Mary Roote a Constant Comfortable maintenance to be paid to her by my Executors during her Widowhood, and oe (Old English) 20.  But in Case she marry again, I give her oe 20 more, and then the Constant maintenance to cease.  I doe solemnly charge my sons Joseph & Caleb, as long as the care of their Mother shall be incumbent upon them, to carry very dutifull and tenderly towards her & see from time to time that she want nothing for her comfortable support and I hope that the Overseers of this my Will will have an eye to this care.  To each of my sons which are already married, 20 shillings; & to my gr. Children 5 Shillings. I give to my daughter Mary, the wife of Isaac Brunson, œ15. I do Confirm to my son Steven Roote the 20 acres of Land, which I engaged upon his Marriage with his Wife that now is. I give to my son Joseph both my Looms with all the Tackling. To my sons Caleb & Joseph I give the remainder of my Estate. My sons Caleb & Joseph to be Executors, and Mr. Hooker and Caleb Standly to be Overseers.Witness: Samuel Hooker & Thomas Hooker.John X Roote sen.Court Record (not found) 4 September, 1684: Joseph Roote gave oath to the Inventory.Test: Samuel Talcott.

Source:	A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS.1677 to 1687.

Root Genealogical records 1600-1870 by James Pierce Root, 1870

John Roote, believed to be the son of John Roote of Badly, Northamptonshire, England, who married Mary Russell in 1600 (and the register of whose children, baptized in infancy, includes the names of Mary, Susannah, Thomas, and John), was born in Badly according to the parish records, Feb 26, 1608.  The following note made by Mr. Jesse Root, deceased, who was a school-teacher in Berlin, CT where his ancestors had lived from generation to generation, and not many miles distant from the old homestead in Farmington, Ct., and who, being an invalid for many years spent some leisure time investigating the family history, reveals the English origins of the family, and has been confirmed by investigations abroad.  He writes:
John Root, our Puritan ancestor, emigrated from a place in England called Badby.  His father was deceased, and he lived with an uncle, a brother of his father, and was adopted.  His uncle was a man of wealth, advanced in years, and a zealous opponent of popery, and it is my impression one of the nobility.  He insisted that John, our ancestor, should go into the Parliamentary army under Cromwell, to fight against Charles I, and the Catholics.  He had an aversion to war, and chose rather to join a company of Puritans who were coming to this country.  When he arrived he came to Farmington, and was one of the first settlers, in 1640.  He married Mary Kilbourn about that date."  The emigrants locating in Farmington were mainly from the neighborhood of Boston, Newtown, and Roxbury, in Mass.  They began the settlement in 1640, and among them John Root was a prominent citizen.  As above indicated, he married, soon after his settlement, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Frances Kilbourne.  She was born in the year 1619, at Wood Ditton, England and came to this country in the ship Increase, in 1635.  They were both in full communion with the Farmington Congregational church.  He d. Aug, 1684 (age 76), leaving a good estate valued at £819.  She d. in 1697 (ae 78).  He appears to have been eleven years older than his wife at their marriage, and she survived him thirteen years.

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Orville Root. For more than a half a century Orville Root has been an active factor in the life of Lorain County, as a farmer, county official, and banker.  His family were among the very old settlers in the vicinity of Sheffield, and the ancestral line of the Roots extends back through nearly three centuries of American history.
The original spelling of the name was Roote, and John Roote, a son of John Roote, of Badby, Northamptonshire, England, came to America with a company of Puritans and was one of the first settlers of Farmington, Connecticut, in 1640.  From the beginning he was a prominent citizen of the town, and his will indicates that he was a weaver by trade.  One of the old records states: "Both John and his wife were in full communion with the Farmington Congregational church."  He died in 1684, leaving an estate of $4,095.  In 1640 John Roote married Mary, daughter of Thomas Kilbourne, of Wood Ditton, England.  With her parents she came to America in the ship Increase in 1635, and died in 1697.  The successive generations down to the present citizen of Loraine County may be indicated briefly as follows: 1 John and Mary (Kilbourne) Roote, of Farmington, Connecticut; 2. Thomas and Mary (Gridley) Roote, of Westfield, Massachusetts; 3. Ensign Joseph and Sarah Root of Westfield, Massachusetts; 4. Colonel Aaron and Jerusha (Steele) Root, of Sheffield, Massachusetts; 5. Henry and Mary (Day) Root, of Sheffield, Massachusetts and Sheffield, Ohio, this being the generation which established its pioneer home within the limits of Lorain county; 6. William and Fanny (Day) Root, of Sheffield, Ohio. 7. Orville and Sarah (Howes) Root, of Sheffield, Ohio.
Mr. Orville Root was born at Sheffield, Ohio, in 1837.  His father, William Henry Root, was born at Sheffield, Massachusetts, June 11, 1803.