Abraham ROOT

Birth:
29 Mar 1735
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Death:
17 May 1770
Marriage:
17 May 1759
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Sources:
1998 Ancestral File
Rachel MESSENGER
Birth:
1740
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Children
Marriage
1
Martin ROOT
Birth:
4 Jul 1761
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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2
Roswell ROOT
Birth:
3 Aug 1763
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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3
Rhoda ROOT
Birth:
29 Sep 1765
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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4
Hulda ROOT
Birth:
13 Dec 1771
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Death:
29 Feb 1852
Alden, McHenry, Illinois
Francis DANA 
Marr:
1796
Geneva, Ontario, New York 
5
Dorothy ROOT
Birth:
26 Dec 1773
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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6
Moses ROOT
Birth:
31 Jan 1777
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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Abraham Root - Rachel Messenger

Abraham Root was born at Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts 29 Mar 1735. His parents were Ensign Jonathan Roote and Dorothy Vosburgh.

He married Rachel Messenger 17 May 1759 at Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts . Rachel Messenger was born at Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts 1740 daughter of Nehemiah Messenger and Elizabeth Hopkins .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Martin Root born 4 Jul 1761.
Roswell Root born 3 Aug 1763.
Rhoda Root born 29 Sep 1765.
Hulda Root born 13 Dec 1771.
Dorothy Root born 26 Dec 1773.
Moses Root born 31 Jan 1777.

Abraham Root died 17 May 1770 .