Caleb Root, Sr.

Biography

Caleb Root was christened in Congregational Church, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. He was born in 1658 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. He was the son of John Root and Mary Kilbourne.

Caleb Root married Elizabeth Salmon on Sunday, 9 August 1693 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, dau. of Thos. Salmon of Westfield, Mass. She married 2nd to a Mr. Gillette.

Caleb Root died on Friday, 10 June 1712 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut.

Children:

• I. Mary, b. March 6, 1695 ; m. Nov. 15, 1722, John Burr Jr.
• II. Caleb, b. March 14, 1698, f.
• III. Thomas, b. Jan. 16, 1702, f.; d. May 13, 1789, ae. 87.
• IV. Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1706; m. Jan. 23, 1733, Ebenezer Orvis. She d. Jan. 27, 1746, ae. 39.
• V. Samuel, b. Nov. 20, 1712, f.; d. May 17, 1778, ae. 65.

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Re: Elizabeth SALMON ROOT
By genealogy.com user August 22, 1998 at 08:32:57
In reply to: Re: Elizabeth SALMON ROOT
6/26/98

Caleb did not have a second wife.The Gillette in the ROOT GENEALOGICAL RECORDS was a male.The entry in the book should have read, "She married second ___Gillette."I have never found out what Gillette Elizabeth married, but if you look in the index in ROOT GEN. RECORDS by James Pierce Root, you will find that the Gillette in that entry is a male.

References

1. http://www.bonnieruefenacht.com/secondsite/web-p/p78.htm
2. Root, James Pierce (1870) Root genealogical records. 1600-1870. Comprising the general history of the Root and Roots families in America.
   1. Page 320-321, person # 2808. < Archive.Org > Caleb Root, son of John Sen. of Farmington (2800), m. (1) Aug. 9, 1693, Elizabeth, dau. of Thos. Salmon of Westfield, Mass. [S] He m. (2) Gillette. She united with the Congregational church March 30, 1696. He lived at Farmington, Ct., and d. June 10, 1712.
   2. INDEX No. II. INTERMARRIAGES WITH THE ROOTS OR THEIR DESCENDANTS. Page 526. < Archive.Org > The figures do not refer to the pages, but to the Roots with whom they are connected. Look first for the figure in left hand margin, then for the number at the head of family. N. signifies that the name will be found in the notes under the family indicated. * Male, f Female.
   3. Indices. Page 529. < Archive.Org > Gillette,* 2808,
3. Caleb Root. Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1750. PROBATE RECORD : 1712 LOCATION : Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ORIGINALPAGE : 178 ORIGINALVOLUME : 8 VOLUME : 2 PAGE : 281-282-< [Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1730. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006-2019), (A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, by Charles W. Manwaring, R. S. Peck & Co. Printers, Hartford, CT, 1904.). < AmericanAncestors >
4. https://hillfamilymd.org/Family/ps23/ps23_100.html cites:
   1. Pg 178 Caleb Root, Will dated 1712 Farmingtown; Inv 12 Aug 1712;
   2. Pg 87 Ltrs of Adm to Elizabeth Root, widow, 4 Aug 1712
   3. 80239. “Hartford CT Probate Records 1639-1700,” Ancestry Library Edition, Date Viewed: 5 Aug 2020. (if Elizabeth is the widow, then is her first name Elizabeth?) (meaning Elizabeth (Gillette) Root)
5. http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/root.htm 9 M viii. Caleb Root 1 was born about 1658 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT and died on 10 Jun 1712 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT.
6. https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/salmon/95/ “I have never found out what Gillette Elizabeth married, but if you look in the index in ROOT GEN. RECORDS by James Pierce Root, you will find that the Gillette in that entry is a male.”