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About Benajah Roots
Rev. Benajah Roots Memorial
Birth: May 5, 1725 Woodbury Litchfield County Connecticut, USA
Death: Mar. 15, 1787
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Spouse:
Elizabeth Guernsey Roots (1736 - 1813)*
Children:
Sophia L Roots Perry (____ - 1836)*
Amelia Roots Mead (____ - 1800)*
Benajah G Roots (1758 - 1842)*
Peter Philanthropes Roots (1766 - 1828)*
Elizabeth Roots Bingham (1771 - 1833)*
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Inscription: "He from the desk has warning given, And preached Christ the way to heaven,But now he's gone we trust to share, True happiness beyond compare, May not his warnings be forgot, And may we live the truths he taught, Then when we die we too shall rise, To happiness above the skies."
Note: the first settled Minister at Rutland; Revolutionary Soldier; marker placed by Ann Story Chapter of DAR; died age 62 years; About 1790 this grave was moved in from the Old Center Rutland Cemetery
Burial: Pleasant Street Cemetery West Rutland Rutland County Vermont, USA Plot: row 4, north to south
Maintained by: Zoeangel Originally Created by: Mrs_Perk Record added: Oct 21, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 30751778 Added to Geni By Janet Milburn 3/1/18 ______________________________________
Rev. Benajah Roots, A. M., son of John (16), grandson of John (7), b. May 5, 1725, O. S., at Woodbury, Ct.
He united with the Congregational church there, March 23, 1740. He graduated at New Jersey College, 1754, studied theology with Rev. Dr. Joseph Bellamy of Bethlehem, Ct., and was licensed by the Litchfield South Association in 1754. He m. Sept. 26, 1757, Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Gaunsey (or Guernsey) of Litchfield South Farms. She was b. May 4, 1736, O. S. In the fall of 1756 he was employed on probation by the First Congregational society in Simsbury, Ct., and afterwards became pastor, being ordained and installed over the church, Aug. 10, 1757. He seemed to have gained while there considerable reputation as a theologian of the strictest Puritan school, and in the course of the religious controversy of that period published a pamphlet at Hartford entitled Remarks on an Ecclesiastical Council convened at the First Society in Simsbury in 1770, in which he attempted to clear up the misrepresentations of his enemies. Another pamphlet published by him was entitled The Church of Christ described. During the last three or four years he had much difficulty with his church and congregation, and he was dismissed from this charge in the summer of 1772, after preaching there about fifteen years. He rem. to Rutland, Vermont, then a new country, where he bought a farm with three log houses, March, 1773. In OA., 1773, ne ass'sted >n forming the church at Rutland Center, and preached a sermon which was published. The date of his settlement as first pastor in Rutland is somewhat uncertain, probably 1774. In 1776, OA. 26, he preached the funeral sermon of Rev. Wm. Emer son of Concord, Mass., who d. at his house. Many were added to the church under his care in this place. In OA., 1779, he preached the election sermon before the legislature at Man chester, N. H. According to the records of East Rutland church made some ten years after his death, he preached for the town about seven years ; the residue of the time, about seven years, he was supported chiefly by individuals, but the town records show votes for the temporary hiring of him to preach as late as 1784. He received his A. M. from his Alma Mater, also from Yale College, also from Dartmouth in 1784. His will is dated March 15, 1787. He left an estate exceeding in appraised value $4,600, which would exceed $20,000 in value now. He d. March 15, 1787, ae. 61. She d. Aug. 3, 1813, in New Haven, Vt.
Children : (Born in Simsbury, Ct.)
64. I. Benajah Guernsey, b. Nov. 13, 1758, f. ; d. Sep. 11, 1842, as. 83. 65. II. Amelia, b. March 11, 1760 ; m. Abner Mead; d. June, 1800; he d. Feb. 1813. 66. III. Sophia Leonora, b. Jan. 12, 1762; m. Nathan Perry; they lived at Cleveland, Ohio ; he d. 1813. 67. IV. Peter Philanthropos, b. March 27, 1766, f. ; d. Dec. 26, 1828, z. 62. 68. V. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1771 ; m. Rev. Silas Long Bing ham of New Haven, Vt., where she d. Feb. 6, 1833. (Born in Rutland.) 69. VI. Anna, b. Oft. 2, 1774; m. Robert Gilmore. They lived in West Rutland, Vt.
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Benajah Roots's Timeline
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May 5, 1725
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Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony
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1756
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Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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April 11, 1760
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Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
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January 12, 1762
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Of,Cleveland,Cuyahoga,Ohio
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March 27, 1765
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Simsbury Township, Hartford County, Connecticut
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1768
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United States
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October 16, 1771
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Simsbury, Connecticut
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March 15, 1787
Age 61
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Pleasant Street Cemetery, West Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, United States
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