fifth child of John and Mary (Kilbourne) Root.
md. c. 1680, Sarah dau. of John and Sarah (Stanley) Wadsworth. She was b. 1 Nov. 1659.
They had five children, two boys and then three girls.
He grew up to be a man six feet six inches tall. He was a well-built man of Herculean strength and power. Foot racing was the greatest sport in the early days in New England, and he became the greatest white racer of his day, only being outrun once by an Indian. He was also noted as the greatest wrestler in the Connecticut Colony.
In King Philip's Indian War, Stephen Root served under (506) Major Robert Treat for two and one-half years. He always carried a sword and a huge musket. In the fight at Fort Narragansett, when the Indian fort was destroyed, he did terrible execution. He was a man of mighty courage and of sound judgment. He and his five brothers were known as the 'giants of Connecticut.'
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LeAnne Amox Goudeau (#48015040)
md. c. 1680, Sarah dau. of John and Sarah (Stanley) Wadsworth. She was b. 1 Nov. 1659.
They had five children, two boys and then three girls.
He grew up to be a man six feet six inches tall. He was a well-built man of Herculean strength and power. Foot racing was the greatest sport in the early days in New England, and he became the greatest white racer of his day, only being outrun once by an Indian. He was also noted as the greatest wrestler in the Connecticut Colony.
In King Philip's Indian War, Stephen Root served under (506) Major Robert Treat for two and one-half years. He always carried a sword and a huge musket. In the fight at Fort Narragansett, when the Indian fort was destroyed, he did terrible execution. He was a man of mighty courage and of sound judgment. He and his five brothers were known as the 'giants of Connecticut.'
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LeAnne Amox Goudeau (#48015040)
fifth child of John and Mary (Kilbourne) Root.
md. c. 1680, Sarah dau. of John and Sarah (Stanley) Wadsworth. She was b. 1 Nov. 1659.
They had five children, two boys and then three girls.
He grew up to be a man six feet six inches tall. He was a well-built man of Herculean strength and power. Foot racing was the greatest sport in the early days in New England, and he became the greatest white racer of his day, only being outrun once by an Indian. He was also noted as the greatest wrestler in the Connecticut Colony.
In King Philip's Indian War, Stephen Root served under (506) Major Robert Treat for two and one-half years. He always carried a sword and a huge musket. In the fight at Fort Narragansett, when the Indian fort was destroyed, he did terrible execution. He was a man of mighty courage and of sound judgment. He and his five brothers were known as the 'giants of Connecticut.'
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LeAnne Amox Goudeau (#48015040)
md. c. 1680, Sarah dau. of John and Sarah (Stanley) Wadsworth. She was b. 1 Nov. 1659.
They had five children, two boys and then three girls.
He grew up to be a man six feet six inches tall. He was a well-built man of Herculean strength and power. Foot racing was the greatest sport in the early days in New England, and he became the greatest white racer of his day, only being outrun once by an Indian. He was also noted as the greatest wrestler in the Connecticut Colony.
In King Philip's Indian War, Stephen Root served under (506) Major Robert Treat for two and one-half years. He always carried a sword and a huge musket. In the fight at Fort Narragansett, when the Indian fort was destroyed, he did terrible execution. He was a man of mighty courage and of sound judgment. He and his five brothers were known as the 'giants of Connecticut.'
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LeAnne Amox Goudeau (#48015040)
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