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Sarah Warner was born about 1680 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Samuel Root and she were married on 27 June 1711 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Nathaniel Bancroft was born on 25 September 1680 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Elizabeth Root were married on 20 December 1705. He died on 30 June 1740 at age 59 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Sarah Pease was born on 27 September 1689 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Timothy Root and she were married on 17 November 1710 in Enfield, Connecticut. She died in 1750 at age ~61 in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut.

Sarah Root was born in 1690 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Joseph Root and she were married in 1713 in Enfield, Connecticut. She died on 24 January 1758 at age ~68 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Mary Ashley was born on 6 February 1644 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut. John Root and she were married on 18 October 1664 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died on 9 March 1702 at age 58 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Was she born in Roxbury, Plymouth Co., MA?

Mary Eddy was born in 1606 in Mowsley, Leicestershire, ngland. Robert Ashley and she were married on 7 August 1641 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. She died on 19 September 1683 at age ~77 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

She was the widow of Thomas Lorton. She married Robert Ashley in 1641.

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She married (1) and was the widow of Thomas Horton.

Her maiden name may have been Parsons, Glover or some other, but was probably not Eddy.

Mary Orton was born on 16 May 1650 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Samuel Root and she were married about 1666. She died on 23 October 1732 at age 82 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Jonathan Dumbleton was born in 1620. He and Mercy Marshfield were married BY 1649 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 27 July 1702 at age ~82 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

He first appears in 1639 in Windsor, CT, and Springfield, MA (Anderson, The Great Migration Directory, p. 99).

He came to New England as the servant of William Whiting of Hartford. He lived in Springfield for a time.

This story was extracted from the book, Hale, House, and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, by Donad Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, published by the Connecticut Historical Society, Chapter on John Dumbleton, page 521/2.

John Dumbleton was born in England about 1620. He died 27 Jul 1702 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He married Mercy. She died 4 Jul 1704 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

He was an indentured of Mr. William Whiting of Hartford and came to Windsor in 1636 or 1640 at the age of twenty, to work the lands there which Mr. Whiting had bought of Mr. Roger Ludlow. His term of service expired in 1645, after which he worked on shares for four years and then paid rental of 20 pounds a year. When of Springfield he made affidavit in the case of Whiting's sons vs. John Bissell, and says, "There was little improvement on the land when I came upon it but I plowed and brake up considerable quantity of it."

Doubtless he married while still in Windsor. and that explains why his marriage and the birth of his first child was not recorded in Springfield. Unfortunately, his name does not occur in Matthew Grant's church records of Windsor.
He settled in Springfield about 1650 and soon became a man of consequence there. He served as Selectman in 1655, 1657, 1660, 1666, 1668, 1671, 1673, 1675, 1677, 1679, 1681, 1683, 1685,1687, 1689, and 1691. He served as fence viewer 1654, 1664, 1670; appraiser of livestock 1653 and 1662, serving both years with Thomas Cooper. He was surveyor of highways in 1662. He was commissioned with Thomas Miller to make a pound in 1665, and in 1666 to get posts and rails for another pound on the West Side of the Great River. In 1669 he was paid for his work on the pound, and in 1675 was to repair the one on the West side. And in 1678 it was agreed that "Goodman Dumbleton's yard be accounted & made use of as a pound for the loest side of the Great River til such time as a new pound be made." It would seem that he must have kept his fences in good repair for his yard to be used as a pound, yet even he was fined in 1668 and 1680; but in the latter year "the Worshipfull major Pinchon" was a fellow-culprit. In 1676 when he was not a Selectman, he was asked to join with the Selectmen in making rates. He received his first grant of land from the Town in 1652, and several thereafter. Altogether, he seems to have been a useful citizen.

At a Court 27 Sep 1669, John Dumbleton and Thomas Miller of Springfield were presented by the Grand Jury for not attending their office for viewing fences on the West side of the River. Dumbleton was freed because he could not get his partner to join him, but Miller was fined 20s 8d.

The will of John Dumbleton, Sr., of Springfield, dated 16 Aug 1693, proved 1702, gave his house, homelot, and Cold Spring lot to his wife and after her decrease to his son Nathaniel; legacies to daughters Lydia, Hannah, and Rebecca, to be paid by Nathaniel; granddaughter Mariah; if Nathaniel die unmarried the estate to be equally divided between the daughters. Witnesses John Holyoke, Peletiah Glover, and John Crowfoot. The will was allowed, and Nathaniel Dumbleton was appointed administrator cum testamento annexo, but, "is to agree with those children not mentioned in ye will or they may contest it at law." On 20 May 1714, Nathaniel Dumbleton agreed to pay Elizabeth Burt, grandchild of John Dumbleton, Sr., L15, and she and her father Nathaniel Burt gave him a discharge."
Children of John and Mercy Dumbleton:
1. Mary - born abt 1649, died at Springfield 3 Feb 1675/6, married Joseph Bedortha 15 Mar 1648/9 in Springfield.
2. John - born 2 Jan 1650/1, killed by Indians at Westfield, Mass 27 Oct 1675, married Lydia Leonard 18 Mar 1674/5. She was born 20 Oct 1650 in Springfield, she drowned 18 Mar 1682/3. She was the daughter of John and Sarah (Heald) Leonard. She married second Joseph Bedortha 2 Oct 1678.
3. Mercy - born 1 Mar 1652/3, died at Springfield 6 Jun 1689, married Samuel Bedortha 28 Apr 1891 in Springfield.
4. Sarah - born 5 Jan 1654/5, died at Westfield, Mass 3 Jan 1693/4, married Josiah Leonard 19 Dec 1678 in Springfield. He was born 28 Mar 1658 in Springfield and died 15 Feb 1688, He was the son of John and Sarah (Heald) Leonard. She married second Thomas Root on 25 Jan 1692. He was born abt 1648 and died at Westfield 16 Aug 1709. He was the son of John and Mary (Kilbourn) Root.
5. Samuel - born 12 May 1657, buried 10 Jun 1657.
6. Samuel - born 15 May 1658. Died young.
7. Lydia - born 16 Apr 1661, died 21 Jan 1739, married first Jonathan Burt 8 Dec 1681 in Springfield, married second Daniel Cooley 2 May 1651 in Springfield.
8. Nathaniel - born 10 Jun 1664, died 13 Feb 1736/7 in Springfield, married Hannah Allen 29 Dec 1696 in Northampton, Mass
Check to be sure he didn't also marry Lydia Leonard.

Mercy Marshfield was born about 1630. Jonathan Dumbleton and she were married BY 1649 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died on 4 July 1704 at age ~74 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Susannah Root was born on 18 October 1603 in Badby, Northampton, England. Haskins and she were married.

Thomas Root was born on 16 January 1605 in Badby, Northampton, England. He and Elizabeth were married on 23 December 1638 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. He died on 17 June 1694 at age 89 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

Thomas Root and Elizabeth were married on 23 December 1638 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. She died on 25 November 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Salmon was born in 1666 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Caleb Root and she were married on 9 August 1693 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut. She died in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Zerviah was born about 1783. Sylvester Robbins and she were married after 1835.

Margaret Lorraine MacArthur was born on 25 December 1919. Dwight Chapin Monnier and she were married on 28 April 1939 in Guilford, Windham County, Vermont. She died on 4 December 2008 at age 88 in Frederick, Maryland.

He was a member of AMVETS in Frederick, MD, in 1987. In 2000 he and Shirley were living at 1725 Country Ct, Frederick, MD tel. 301-698-1306, and in 1994 at 4834 Pioneer Cir., Jefferson, MD. People finder indicated he was 57.