Dear Alta, Thomas Roote (2) (Root) ancestor to the Huron Co. Roots was born in Hartford CT abt 1644, I do not know if he is on the monument. His father Thomas (1) was from England and 7 children, including Thomas (2), were born in Hartford from 1640-1661. I believe Thomas (1) died in Northampton,Hampshire, MA 17 Jul,1694. The Huron Co connection to this family for my line is as follows. Thomas (1), Thomas (2), Deacon Thomas (3), Samuel (4), Josiah (5), Josiah (6) (buried in Huron Co. with wife Phebe Vinton), David (7) (went to MO from Huron Co.) married Margaret McDonald had Vintie (8), Vintie married Edgar Wingard McDonald (a 4th cousin) and had Edna Ida,(9) my grandmother. David (7) had the following sibs Josiah (7),Anson(7), Eber (7), Horace (7), Hiram (7) and Sophia (7) who married Wyatt Cook. The children for generation (8) have been documented by others I do have those lists. Anson had 6 all born in Huron Co. and I believe Sophie had 6, also born there. My g-grand mother Vintie died when visiting cousins in NE Ohio (but I do not know which ones) in 1906 and is buried in Cleveland. Some of the other Root names in the online cemetery list for Huron Co. are family names, ie Lemuel, and Mehitable. Josiah (6) had 8 sibs and Josiah (5) had 12 so I am thinking some of the others made the trip to Ohio. Are there Vintons located there? They were also very early arrivals to New England. I would like to hear from anyone with Root connections. Generation (8) included at least 38 "cousins." I have dates for some of these folks. Barb Campbell