Ann Root

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hull-1568

Ann Gull was born before 1663 in Wethersfield, Connecticut to William Gull and Elizabeth Smith, 34.[1] She was probably the second oldest of the four daughters of William and Elizabeth and also had four step-siblings from her mother's first marriage.

Some family trees show Ann's surname as "Hull" and her father as "William Hull", however that is not correct as shown by William Gull's Will and other sources.

The family emigrated to Hatfield, Franklin, MA about 1663.[2]

Ann Gull married Jonathan Root on March 22, 1680, in Northampton, Massachusetts.[3] They had six children in 14 years:

Children

• 372. I. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 16S1 ; d. Feb. 28, 1738.
• 373. II. Esther, b. Dec. 17, 1683; m. Nov. 23, 1735, Waitstill Strong.
• 374. III. Hannah, b. Sept. 17, 1687; prob. d. Jan. 20, 1705.
• 375. IV. Ann, b. Aug. 8, 1690; m. Dec. 31, 171 3, Jas. Lyman.
• 376. V. Abigail, b. Jan. 9, 1693 ; d. young.
• 377. VI Abigail, b. May, 1695 ; m. April 17, 1735, John King

Ann is mentioned in her father's Will, written in April 1701:

"I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Anna, wife to Jonathan Roote, my land in the meadows commonly called "The South Meadow" in Hatfield,... also my plot of land in that tract commonly called "Millwood Swamp" in Hatfield..."[4]

She died on September 4, 1746, in Northampton, Massachusetts, having lived 85 years.[5]

Origins

Excerpt from New England Historical and Genealogical Register

"GULL, WILLIAM, Wethersfield 1649, m. after 1654, Elizabeth wid. of Nathaniel Foote, d. of lieut. Samuel Smith, had no s. but sev. ds. certain. Mary, and Ann, bef. he rem. to Hadley in 1663; there had Esther, b. 21 Nov. 1665; and Mercy, 27 June 1668; was freem. 1673. Ann m. 1680, Jonathan Root, is nam. in the will of her f. as liv. 1701, when he d. and names also, as liv. his w. Elizabeth ds. Mary, w. of Robert Bardwell, who was m. 21 Nov. 1676; Mercy, w. of Jeremiah Alvord; and a ch. of his dec. d. Esther, who had been w. of Joseph Gillet."[6]

References

1. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L4BY-NVJ
2. Root Genealogical Records 1600-1870; Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America, by James Pierce Root, page 105. < Archive.Org >
3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Root-736 cites
   1. New England Historical and Genealogical Record (1998) vol. 152. “The Correct Origins of Nathaniel Dickinson and William Gull, Settlers of Wethersfieid and Hadley - Gull Family,”. p. 175-178. < AmericanAncestors\>
   2. New England Historical and Genealogical Record
   3. U.S. and New England Marriages, p. 636
   4. Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records
   5. Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
   6. Root Genealogical Records 1600-1870; Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America, by James Pierce Root, page 105
   7. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, Vol. 1-4, 1660-1780, Hampshire, MA [database on-line], image 342, ancestry.com
   8. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
   9. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, p 636. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.