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Josiah Root

Birth7 Mar 1611/12 - Great Chart Parish, Ashford, Kent, England
Death3 June 1683 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Colony
MotherEmma Norrington
FatherEdmund Rootes

Born in Great Chart Parish, Ashford, Kent, England on 7 Mar 1611/12 to Edmund Rootes and Emma Norrington. Josiah Root married Susanna Clark and had 18 children. He passed away on 3 June 1683 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Colony.

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Parents
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Edmund Rootes
1582 - 1613
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Emma Norrington
1583 - 1646
Spouse(s)
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Susanna Clark
1621 - 1692
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Elizabeth Coots
1657 - 1757
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Elizabeth Coots
Unknown - Unknown
Children Show all
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Bethiah Rootes
1641 - 1714
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John Root
1646 - 1723
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Susanna Root
1648 - 1666
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Josiah Roots
1642 - 1685
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Thomas Roots
1651 - 1684
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Susanna Roote
1643 - 1697
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Jonathan Rootes
1666 - 1729
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Thomas Root
1638 - 1644
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Richard Root
1627 - 1727
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Judah Root
1627 - 1727
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Elizabeth Roods
Unknown - Unknown
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John Rootes
1643 - 1677
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Josiah Rootes
1642 - 1685
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William Roote
Unknown - Unknown
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Jonathan Root
Unknown - Unknown
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Susanna Root
1634 - 1666
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Judah Root
1637 - 1698
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William Roote
Unknown - Unknown

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