Thomas Root and Thankful Strong
Husband Thomas Root 1
Born: 13 Apr 1667 Christened: Died: 13 Nov 1756 - Coventry, Tolland Co., Ct Buried:Marriage: 1 Dec 1691 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts 2
Wife Thankful Strong
Born: 25 Apr 1672 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts 2 Christened: Died: 16 Apr 1742 Buried:
Father: Jedediah Strong (1637-1733) Mother: Freedom Woodward (1642-1681) 3
Children
1 M Thomas Root
Born: 29 Jul 1692 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts 4 5 Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M Ebenezer Root
Born: 15 Nov 1693 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts 4 6 Christened: Died: Buried:
3 M Eliakim Root
Born: 28 Dec 1696 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts 4 7 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 F Abigail Root
Born: 16 Mar 1698 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts 4 8 Christened: Died: Buried:
5 F Thankful Root
Born: 4 Aug 1700 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts 9 10 Christened: Died: Buried:
6 F Mindwell Root
Born: 4 Oct 1701 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts 10 11 Christened: Died: Buried:
7 F Experience Root
Born: 18 Jan 1703 - Northampton, Massachusetts 10 12 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Samuel Parker (1704- ) Marr: 24 Mar 1726 - Coventry, Tolland Co., Ct 13
8 M Samuel Root
Born: 17 Oct 1705 - Northampton, Massachusetts 10 14 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mercy Parker (1710- ) Marr: 12 Mar 1729 - Coventry, Tolland Co., Ct 15
9 F Miriam Root
Born: 24 Sep 1707 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts 10 16 Christened: Died: Buried:
10 M Ephraim Root
Born: 6 Dec 1709 - Coventry, Connecticut 10 Christened: Died: Buried:
11 F Mehitable Root
Born: 11 Feb 1713 - Coventry, Connecticut 10 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Wife - Thankful Strong
HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ELDER JOHN STRONG OF NORTHAMPTON, MASS. (Benjamin W. Dwight, 1871), Vol II, pg 952:
[3d Gen.] See page 770.
14266-7. vii. Thankful Strong (dau. of Jedediah Strong and Freedom Woodward) b. April 15. 1672, m. (on same day with her sister Hannah's marriage) March 4, 1691, Dea. Thomas Root b. April 13, 1667 (son of Thomas Root, Jr., of Northampton, and Abigail Alvord b. Oct. 6. 1647, dau. of Alexander Alvord and Mary Voar): a farmer in Northampton and after 1716, in Coventry, where he d. Nov. 13, 1756, aged 89. She d. April 16, 1742, aged 70. He was one of the first two deacons of the First Ch., in Coventry: a selectman and town-clerk for the first twelve years at Coventry.
MARRIAGE:
On page 952 Benjamin W. Dwight says that Thankful married on March 4, 1691, the same day her sister Hannah married. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" says December 1, 1691.
1 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pg 952. Repository: http://books.google.com.
2 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Northampton > Births, Marriages and Death. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
3 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pg 769. Repository: http://books.google.com.
4 Susan Whitney Dimock, "Births, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844," 1897, pg 98. Repository: http://www.archive.org/stream/birthsmarriagesb00dimo#page/n5/mode/2up.
5 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Northampton > Births, Marriages and Death, pg 29. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
6 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Northampton > Births, Marriages and Death, pg 30, image 608/2680. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
7 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Northampton > Births, Marriages and Death, pg 33. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
8 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Northampton > Births, Marriages and Death, pg 34, image 610/2680. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
9 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Northampton > Births, Marriages and Death, pg 36. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
10 Susan Whitney Dimock, "Births, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844," 1897, pg 99. Repository: http://www.archive.org/stream/birthsmarriagesb00dimo#page/n5/mode/2up.
11 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Northampton > Births, Marriages and Death, pg 37. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
12 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Northampton > Births, Marriages and Death, pg 38, image 612/2680. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
13 Susan Whitney Dimock, "Births, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844," 1897, pg 155. Repository: http://www.archive.org/stream/birthsmarriagesb00dimo#page/n5/mode/2up.
14 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Northampton > Births, Marriages and Death, pg 40. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
15 Susan Whitney Dimock, "Births, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844," 1897, pg 160. Repository: http://www.archive.org/stream/birthsmarriagesb00dimo#page/n5/mode/2up.
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Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Northampton > Births, Marriages and Death, pg 42. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
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