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    Zeddock Root

    Birth: 1785

    Death: 1856

    Birth Date Prefix: c.

    Death Date Prefix: c.

    Alternate Surname: Zaddock

Biography

From the Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York:

"The first man named Root to locate in this county was Zeddock Root, the paternal grandfather of our subject, of German extraction, who came here and bought a tract of land from the Holland Land company, was a farmer, and died at the age of seventy-one."

Letter References

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, May 12, 1838

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, May 17, 1838

Citations

Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 
From the Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York: "The first man named Root to locate in this county was Zeddock Root, the paternal grandfather of our subject, of German extraction, who came here and bought a tract of land from the Holland Land company, was a farmer, and died at the age of seventy-one."
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Obed Edson
Chapter Title: 
William M. Root
Publisher Location: 
Philadelphia
Publisher Name: 
John M. Gresham & Co.
Year: 
1891
Start Page: 
427
End Page: 
428
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Zeddock&gsln=Root&mswpn__ftp=Chautauqua%2c+New+York%2c+USA&MSAV=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=11423361&db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3
Title of Webpage: 
ancestry.com
Website Viewing Date: 
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 13:30
Website Last Modified Date: 
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 13:30
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Obed Edson
Chapter Title: 
Will M. Root
Publisher Location: 
Philadelphia
Publisher Name: 
John M. Gresham & Co.
Year: 
1891
Start Page: 
427
End Page: 
428
Citation Notes: 
We have an approximate birth date of c.1875 from ancestry and I added the 71 years mentioned in the excerpt from the entry cited above to get the very approximate death date.