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Joseph Root was born in 1653 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Caleb Root was born in 1658 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut. He and Elizabeth Salmon were married on 9 August 1693 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut. He died on 10 June 1712 at age ~54 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.

John Thomas Root was born on 24 June 1576 in Badby, Northampton, England. He died in October 1615 at age 39 in Badby, Northampton, England.

Mary Ann Russell was born on 6 January 1579 in Badby, Northampton, England. She died on 3 June 1683 at age 104 in Badby, Northampton, England.

Thomas Spencer was born on 29 March 1607 in Stotford, Bedfordshire, England. He and Sarah Bearding were married on 11 September 1645 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

He first appears in Piscataqua in 1630 (Anderson, The Great Migration Directory, p. 315).

Sarah Bearding was born in 1623. Thomas Spencer and she were married on 11 September 1645 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. She died on 11 September 1685 at age ~62 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Thomas Kilbourn was born on 8 May 1578 in Wood Dutton, Cambridge, England. He and Frances Moody were married on 5 September 1604 in England. He died on 25 December 1640 at age 62 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

He came on the ship Increase in 1635 with his wife and five children. See Anderson, The Great Migration Directory, p. 193.

Frances Moody was born before 1 October 1584 in Moulton, Suffolk, England. Thomas Kilbourn and she were married on 5 September 1604 in England. She died on 10 November 1650 in Massachusetts.

Paul Hubbard was born on 7 November 1758 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 13 May 1784 at age 25 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Daniel Hubbard was born on 29 December 1737 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Rachel Falley were married in October 1759. He died on 11 September 1798 at age 60 in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

His father deeded to him land in Poontoosuck (now Pittsfield) east half of settling lot 7 May 15, 1759.

He was a captain in the Revolutionary War and was sent as a Representative from Pittsfield to the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1793 (see History of Pittsfield by Rev. D. D. Field, 1884. He and his wife were admitted to the First Church of Christ, Pittsfield upon its formation, October 21, 1764.

Azubah Hubbard was born on 15 December 1741 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Amos Root and she were married on 9 January 1764 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. She died in February 1787 at age 45 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Excerpted from History of Rutland County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers (1886)
Settlements. The first settler in this town was Walter Durfee…He came to Benson in the spring of 1782, made a clearing and erected a log-house on what became known as the " Home Farm," …when Durfee came in the spring of the year last named, he was accompanied by Daniel Barber, of Pittsfield, Mass., who was in quest of a mill-site, and located on the Hubbardton River. He then returned to Massachusetts, and in June, 1783, came again to Benson, with his young wife and a daughter ten months old; she came on horseback…Daniel Barber, the pioneer, was born in Pittsfield, Mass., October 27. 1761, and died in Benson, April 17, 1805. His wife died in Benson September 20, 1840. Roswell Barber, the firstborn son of these pioneers, and the first male child of Benson birth, as far as known, was born August 19, 1785. Mr. Barber erected the first saw and grist-mills in the town, the saw-mill being built some time before the grist-mill, and located near the present mills of Nelson O'Donnell.
Others who located in the town in 1784 were Thomas Hale, Captain William Barber, Lieutenant Solomon Martin, Asa Farnam, Allen Leet, Allen Goodrich, James Howard, Amos Root, John Dunning, John Shaw and Benjamin Shaw. Captain William Barber was a Revolutionary soldier, from Pittsfield, Mass.; he was the first adult who died in the town. He settled a little northeast of the Landing, on the lakeshore. The land he secured is now occupied by the fourth generation of the family…
" The town of Benson may be said to have been the child of Berkshire county, Pittsfield contributing the larger number of its early settlers, and Williamstown the next in number. From Pittsfield came Captains James Noble, William Barber and William Ford, Lieutenant and Deacon Stephen Crofoot, Deacon Joseph Clark, Daniel and Matthew Barber…Robert Barber came from Brookfield, Mass.

Zadock Hubbard was born on 17 October 1742 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 9 May 1747 at age 4 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

James Hubbard was born on 15 April 1744 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Mary Livermore were married on 27 January 1766. He died on 13 August 1813 at age 69 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Azubah Hubbard was born on 20 December 1745 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Amos Root and she were married on 9 January 1764 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Zadock Hubbard was born on 17 January 1749 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Lois Pomeroy were married in 1772. He and Lois Lobdell Sprague were married in 1781. He died on 27 January 1814 at age 65 in Aurora, Onondaga County, New York.

Zadock Hubbard was also known as Zadoc Hubbard. He was born on 17 January 1749 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 27 January 1814 at age 65 in Aurora, Onondaga County, New York.

Naomi Hubbard was born on 5 July 1747 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Joseph Clark and she were married on 17 December 1768. She died on 5 March 1775 at age 27 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Ruth Hubbard was born on 14 August 1752 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. William Ashley and she were married on 18 September 1779 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died on 14 September 1832 at age 80 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Sarah Hubbard was born in 1760 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Capt. Robert Francis and she were married. She died on 1 February 1847 at age ~87 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Richard Robbins was born on 8 June 1687 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He and Martha Curtis were married on 11 January 1711 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He died on 7 February 1739 at age 51 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Martha Curtis was born on 17 January 1691 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Richard Robbins and she were married on 11 January 1711 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. She died on 21 August 1753 at age 62 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

John Robbins was born about 29 April 1649 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He and Mary Boardman were married on 24 April 1675. He and Dennison were married before 1689 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He died on 10 July 1689 at age ~40 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Mary Boardman was born on 14 February 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. John Robbins and she were married on 24 April 1675. She died on 19 May 1721 at age 77 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Samuel Boardman was born before 20 August 1615 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. He and Mary Betts were married in 1641 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He died in April 1673 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

See Charlote Goldthwaite, Boardman Genealogy, 1525-1895, The English Home and Ancestry of Samuel Boreman, Wethersfield, CT, 1895: Conn. Press of the Case, Lockwoord and Branard Co.

Mary Betts was born about 1623 in Claydon, Oxfordshire, England. Samuel Boardman and she were married in 1641 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. She died on 3 August 1683 at age ~60 in Weathersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. She was buried on 9 August 1684 in Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.

John Robbins was born on 5 May 1676 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT.