Roote, John of Badby
John ROOTE (1575 - ?) and Mary Ann RUSSELL (1577 - ?)
my 10g-grandparents
John ROOTE was born about 1575, and baptized 23 Jun 1576, in the village of Milton Malsor, Northampton, England, 66 miles N of central London. His parents were Thomas ROOTE and Ann BURRELL, who moved the family 10 miles W to Badby, where Thomas owned a house from 1597 to 1606, and died 5 Apr 1609, age 54, in Badby. John had a brother, Thomas, and a sister, Susanna.
Badby (Badbye) on the left, near Daventry (Daventre), and Milton Malsor (Milton) on the right, near Northampton. Cropped from John Speed's 1611 map. [source]
International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: John Root
Gender: Male
Birth Place: EN
Birth Year: 1575
Spouse Name: Mary Ann Russell
Spouse Birth Place: EN
Spouse Birth Year: 1579
Marriage Year: 1600
Marriage State: EN
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: John Root
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1576
Spouse Name: Mary Ann Russell
Spouse Birth Place: En
Spouse Birth Year: 1574
Millennium File
Name: John RootRoote
Birth Date: 1575
Birth Place: Badby, Northampton, England
Marriage Date: 1600
Marriage Place: Ch. Virgin Mary, Badby, Northamps, England
Father: Thomas RootRootie
Mother: Ann Burrell
Spouse: Mary Ann Russell
Children: Thomas Root; John RootRoote; Susanna Root
John ROOTE married Ann RUSSELL/RUSSALL/RUSHALL on 27 Jul 1600 in Badby. One record says Ann was born in 1574, another says 1579, so let's call it about 1577. They had 4 known children, baptized from 1600 to 1608, in Badby. Their 2 sons emigrated to America in 1637.
Badby has a tradition of Morris dancing, and I would like to think that the ROOTEs took part.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, in Badby, where John and his siblings were baptized, and their parents were married. [source]
Descendants
Using the numbering system from [JPR].
1 John ROOTE b: 1575 in Milton Malsor
+ Mary Ann RUSSELL b: abt. 1577 in England, m: 27 Jul 1600 in Badby
......2 Mary ROOTE bapt. 21 Dec 1600 in Badby
......2 Susannah ROOTE bapt. 18 Oct 1603 in Badby
......2 Thomas 305 ROOTE bapt. 16 Jan 1605 in Badby, d: 17 Jul 1694 in Northampton, MA, age 89
......2 John 2800 ROOTE bapt. 26 Feb 1608 in Badby, d: Aug 1684, age 76
...... + Mary KILBOURN b: 1619 in Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, m: Abt. 1640 in Farmington, CT, d: 1697 in Farmington, CT, age 78
Mary ROOTE was baptized on 21 De 1600 in Badby, probably born shortly before that. Her parents had been married almost 5 months when she was baptized, if the dates are correct.
2. Susannah ROOTE was baptized on 18 Oct 1603 in Badby.
3. Thomas 305 ROOTE was baptized 16 Jan 1605 in Badby, and died 17 Jul 1694 in Northampton, MA, age 89. With his bother John, he emigrated in 1637 to America, settling in Hartford, CT for 15 years, where he was an early settler. He may have been the same Thomas ROOTE who took part in the Pequot War (1636-8). He was both farmer and weaver of cloth. [JPR, pp. 101-2]
He was a considerable landholder there [Hartford], and one parcel of the land assigned to him was located on what is now North Main street, about a mile west of the State House. [JPR, p. 101]
Signature of Thomas ROOTE, 1666, Northampton, MA. [JPR, opp. p. 101]
Thomas had 6 sons and 1 daughter, in Hartford. The name of his wife is not known. In 1654, he moved his family to Northampton, MA, where he was a Selectman in 1659, and one of the Eight Pillars of the church, organized in 1661, with the Rev. Eleazar MATHER.
The town of Northampton, originally called Nonotuck, was first settled by the English in 1654, so Thomas ROOTE and his family were among the first. Northampton is about 40 miles N of Hartford, and both are on the W bank of the Connecticut River.
Trumbull [HNM, Vol. I, p. 118] says that Thomas was in Salem, MA in 1637, and went to Hartford in 1639. However, J. P. Root cautions that it was Thomas ROOTES, "who was a resident of Salem, Mass., about the same period, and who remained there until his death." [JPR, p. 101] In fact the first section of [JPR] is devoted to this Thomas ROOTES.
It appears that Thomas and/or his eldest son, Joseph, had a home lot on King Street and one on Pleasant Street in Northampton.
The old Root homestead in Northampton was on King street, opposite where the Roman Catholic church now stands, and it has only within a few years been torn down. [JPR, p. 102]
On the east ride of Pleasant Street were five home lots. [1656-7] Three of them belonged to persons who signed the original petition. John Webb had two acres, bounded north on Main Street and east on ?he (Pomeroy) brook; next to Webb, bounded west on Pleasant Street, and north on Main, was Alexander Edwards, (these two lots afterwards comprised the homestead of Gov. Caleb Strong); south of Webb and Edwards was William Janes; next came Thomas Root, and joining him on the south was Thomas Mason. All these lots were bounded west on Pleasant Street. Samuel Wright Sr., had a hone lot of four acres, extending from King Street to the brook, bounded south on Main Street, which included the site of the First National Bank and contiguous property. Joining Wright on the north was that of William Miller, extending from King Street to the (Market Street) brook. This locates all the eight settlers who signed the original petition, with the exception of William Clarke. He did not appear till 1660, and he had one of the first home lots taken west of Meeting House Hill. [HNM, Vol. I, p. 18-9]
On King street the lots were divided [1656-7] into parcels of two acres each, situated on both sides of the street. Samuel Wright Sr., had the first lot at the corner of King and Main Streets, containing four acres. William Miller, David Burt, John King, Walter Lee, Thomas Woodford, Isaac Sheldon, Samuel Allen, and Joseph Root, had two acres on the east side of King Street, extending from the highway to the brook on Market Street. Every settler being entitled to a home lot of four acres, an additional two acres was granted to each of these men. The additions were located on the other side of the street, west of the brook, commencing at Park Street. William Miller had the first lot, and the others were laid off contiguously in the order named above, Samuel Allen’s being the farthest north. Joseph Root had no land except on the east side of the street, coming two years after the others, and John Allen was granted four acres, above Root, in 1671. The land between the King Street brook and the highway was held as “commons,” and was not disposed of for several years. [HNM, Vol. I, p. 36-7]
Thomas Roote was at Salem in 1637, at Hartford two years afterwards, and removed to Northampton in 1655. He was among the first settlers to arrive here, and was one of the signers of the original petition. A quiet, substantial farmer, though a weaver by trade, he never arrived at the position of leader. He was several times elected as selectman, and was one of the officers of the town when careful men were in demand. His home lot was on the easterly side of Pleasant Street, below what is now known as Pearl Street. He died in 1694, at the advanced age of 84 years. He had six sons and one daughter, all born before he removed to Northampton. [HNM, Vol. I, p. 118]
1 Thomas 350 ROOTE b: Bef. 16 Jan 1605 in Badby, d: 17 Jul 1694 in Northampton
......2 Joseph 351 ROOTE b: Abt. 1640 in Hartford, CT, d: 19 Apr 1711 in Northampton
...... + Hannah HAYNES b: of Springfield, MA, m: 30 Dec 1660, d: 28 Jan 1691
...... + Mary HOLTON d: 1713
......2 Thomas 352 ROOTE b: Abt. 1644 in Hartford
...... + Abigail ALVORD b: 06 Oct 1647 in Windsor, CT, m: 03 Jul 1666, d: 17 Jun 1699 in Northampton
...... + Mary KIRTLAND b: 03 Jun 1640, m: 04 Dec 1701 in Lynn, Essex, MA
......2 John 353 ROOTE b: 10 Jun 1646 in Hartford, d: 19 Sep 1677 in Deerfield, MA; killed by Indians
...... + Mehitable
......2 Jonathan 354 ROOTE b: Hartford, d: 25 Dec 1741
...... + Ann HULL b: of Hatfield, MA, m: 22 Mar 1680, d: 04 Sep 1746
......2 Hezekiah 355 ROOTE d: 29 Sep 1690 in Northampton
...... + Mehitable FRARY b: Jan 1664 in Deerfield, MA, m: 12 Jul 1682, d: 07 Nov 1698 in Deerfield, MA
......2 Sarah ROOTE
......2 Jacob 356 ROOT b: Abt. 1660, d: 09 Aug 1731
...... + Mary FRARY b: 24 Jul 1662, m: 02 Feb 1680, d: 08 Feb 1744
4. John 2800 ROOTE was baptized 26 Feb 1608 in Badby, and died Aug 1684, age 76. He married about 1640 in Farmington, CT, to
Mary KILBOURN, born 1619 in Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, died 1697 in Farmington, CT, age 78. They were my 9g-grandparents.
See the John ROOTE 2800 page.
Sources
[BDN] Badby, Daventry, Northampton in GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Badby, in Daventry and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time
[BV] Badby Village (scroll down to see an article and video on the Roote family.)
[HNM] History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654, by James Russell Trumbull and Seth Pomeroy (1898) Vol I Vol II
[JJV] Joe Jansen’s visit to Badby, 2018 a 3-minute video on the Badby website
[JPR] Root genealogical records. 1600-1870. Comprising the general history of the Root and Roots families in America (1870) by James Pierce Root
Updated 22 Nov 2021 by William Haloupek. Contact haloupek at gmail dot com.