Thomas Roote

Family

From; https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Roote-

Thomas was first married to Isabell Tybbes on 25 January 1561, at Bugbrooke (about 3 miles from Milton Malsor).

• She was buried on 31 July 1566 at Milton Malsor just a few weeks after having given birth to daughter Elynor Roote.
• Assuming that was the same Thomas Roote, then he was a widower for 3 1/2 years before marrying Ales Cowper.
• Thomas Roote was married to Ales Cowper on 17 January 1569/70 in Milton Malsor, Northamptonshire, England.

Source:

• Milton Malsor parish records in "Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812".
• Image can be found here: http://interactive.ancestry.com/9198/212P-212-1560-1742_00028/94887...

Children include

• John Roote Sr. (abt. 1571 - abt. 1615) married Ann Rushall

The Root History

The name Roote comes from Normandy ancestry, yet the Saxon blood has been interfused. They were Puritans (after arrival in America), tall, lank but strong, dark haired, temperate and long lived. They were large men, all weighing over 200 lbs and were over six feet tall. The women were large also. They were always characterized as men of great energy and perseverance, good minds for business, of good character in morality and integrity. They were also noted for their sarcasm, a strong humbugivtiveness, were generally good mathematicians and musicians. From their first introduction in this country the early settlers of the name were farmers and weavers of cloth. They took a prominent part in all social movements agitated by the people, in political affairs of the communities where they dwelled and in securing the welfare of the churches with which they united. They were men of high intelligence and educational facilities.. .

Sources:

Root/Roote Book - "Baker's History and Antiquities of Northampton" "The Directory of Northamptonshire" Lewis's - "Topographical Dictionary and the British Gazetteer" www.geocities.com/Heartland/Arbor/1475/roote.html 

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Thomas Roote (1555 - 1609)

•  Thomas Roote was born in, and lived in, a town called Badby, England, which was a parish in Northampton County. The Bishopric of London had Northampton County as his Diocese. The ancient name for Badby was Baddebi, which could have been derived from the Saxon words bade (a pledge in security) and bye (a dwelling or habitation). In the 1600 time frame, Badby was about 2.5 miles from Daventry. The village stood on the side of a sandy ascent called Badby - Down, and there were numerous springs of water and quarries of hard blue rag stones. It is a rural landscape, including Ardbury Hill, which includes about 10 acres of entrenchments reportedly built by the Romans. The village consisted of 86 houses and three inns. The three inns were named "Court House," "Burchill House," and "Root House."
• Thomas Roote married Elizabeth Parker, who bore him one child, John. Thomas died in 1609 and is buried in a churchyard in Badby.
  • John Roote was raised by an uncle who adopted him. This uncle was a man of wealth, advanced in years, a zealous opponent of Popery, and considered one of the nobility.

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Thomas Routtes

• Birth: 1555 France
• Death: 5 Apr 1609 Badby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
• Burial: St Mary the Virgin, Badby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
• Inscription
• Thomas Routtes was born in France. Ron Root has extensive proof. Please see his tree on Ancestry.com it is named Root-Steele Heritage Extended .
• Thomas registered as an alien when he came to England, about 1598.
• Birth 1555 • Normandy, France
• He was a Huguenot from France. There was a commune in the arrondissement of Yvetot, in Normandy (Lower Seine), called Routes; 'possibly' his birthplace. Regards, Roger Root - rogerroot@gmail.com

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Re: Huguenot Root, Posted: 24 Jul 2003 07:57AM

This is quoted from "A Supplement to the 1983 Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors", Compiled by Arthur Louis Finnell, CGRS Registrar General, National Huguenot Society, Copyright 1992, page 20:

THOMAS ROOTE/ROUTTES b. c. 1555; m. d. 5 Apr 1609 in Northampton, England.

Their son JOHN(2) b. 1575; m. 1600 Bagby (sic) England to Mary (sic) Russell. Listed in 1598 as a Alien in London.

His son JOHN ROOT (3) B. 26 Feb 1608 in Badby, England; m. c. 1640 Farmington, CT to Mary Kilbourne; d. Aug. 1684, Farmington, CT. Hid tombstone reads: "Descendants of the Huguenot Routtes who fled from France to ENG /John Roote / Born in Badby / died at /Farmington, Conn / Aug. 1684 / Mary Kilbourn / his wife / born 1619 died 1687". John came to America in 1640.

REFS: James Pierce: "Root Genealogical Records 1600-1870" Allen, Francis Olcott: "History of Enfield, Connecticut" Photo of Tombstone in North Cemetery, Somers, Connecticut for John Roote." ~~~~~~~~~~~

Response to Thomas Roote being a Huguenot -- Posted: 04 Feb 2015 03:51PM, By Ron Root.

Routtes, the anestral Root name, originated in Normandy, France, around 940. Old records indicate the Routtes were Huguenots. The family slowly spread throughout France where some traces of the family name remain. The Patronymica Britannica, a dictionary of family names for the United Kingdom, states that the name Roote probably came from Routes, or Routtes, a commune in the arrondissement of Yvetot, in Normandy, France.

HUGUENOT was the name given to 16th and 17th century French Protestants who followed the teachings of Martin Luther and John Calvin. In 1559 they set up their first church, and by 1561 increased that to over 2,000 with 400,000 members, making them a strong minority in military and political matters.

French King Francis’ Roman Catholic monarchy considered the Huguenots a threat to both him and the Church. On January 29, 1536 an edict was issued that encouraged the extermination of the Huguenots. Despite numerous attempts to bring about peace, the resulting war of religions lasted for three decades.

In August of 1572, St. Bartholomew’s Day, the Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici, instigated the massacre of about 400,000 Huguenot men, women and children throughout France. In Paris, thousands of Huguenots were celebrating the marriage of Henry of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois when soldiers and organized mobs fell upon them, slaughtering more than 8,000 Huguenots. When the news reached Pope Gregory XIII he thanked God for having granted the Catholic peoples a glorious triumph over a “perfidious race” and had medals struck in honor of the event, sending them to Catherine and all Catholic prelates.

Huguenots left France in droves to escape further persecution. This was true of Thomas Routtes (1555 – 1609), my 9th great grandfather, the most distant Root surname ancestor I found. Thomas was depicted in the following, albeit unverified, biographical sketch .

"Thomas Routtes was born around 1555, and in 1573 married Ann Burell, born about 1556. Ann died young, her death date unknown. Fleeing Catholic persecution, Thomas and his sons left France, travelling to London, England in 1598 where they changed their name to Roote (but still pronounced it 'Roo-tay'). By 1599, Thomas and sons had moved to Badby, England, where he married Frances Russell. She died the following year."

The following is from a supplement to the 1983 Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors, compiled by the Registrar General of the National Huguenot Society:

THOMAS ROUTTES b. c1555; m. d. 5 Apr 1609 in Northampton, England. Their son JOHN, b. 1575; m 1600 Badby, England to Ann Russell. Listed in 1598 as an alien in London.

Of note is the fact that Thomas and his sons were listed as aliens; confirming that he and his sons (John: 1576, Edmund: 1579, and Ralph 1585) were not born in England as many genealogists maintain.

Also of note is that Ann's mother's will proved her last name to be Rushall not Russell. This is substantiated by that same spelling on her marriage certificate recorded at the Church of Mary in Badby, England in1600.

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