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     Abigail Alvord was born on 6 October 1647 in Windsor, Connecticut.¹ She married Thomas Roote, son of Thomas Roote, on 3 July 1666.¹ She died on 17 June 1699 at age 51.¹
     She and Thomas had the following known children, all born in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts: Thomas (b 11 April 1667, d 19 January 1758), Abigail (b 20 January 1668, d 25 November 1691), Samuel (b 16 November 1673), Hezekiah (b April 1676, probably d 29 September 1690), and another (d 14 February 1691).¹

     Mary Kirtland was born on 3 June 1640 (or 8 June).¹ She married first (?) Cox.¹ She married second Thomas Roote, son of Thomas Roote, on 4 December 1701 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹
     Her will was dated 20 January 1717 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Her husband Thomas was named executor. In her will she disposed of property left her by her father Philip Kirtland. To her daughter Hannah Elliot she left housing and land in Lynn. To her daughter Mary Jepson she left £5, to be paid by Hannah Elliot. To her grandson Nathaniel Sharman she left 10s, also to be paid by Hannah Elliot. The amount was small because he was also to receive a house and land in Boston that belonged to his grandfather Sharman. These legacies were to be paid after the death of her husband Thomas. Until then, he was to have the use of all the housing and land in Lynn.²
     She had two known children, Hannah and Mary, no doubt by her first husband.²

     Mehitable (?) married first Samuel Hinsdale.¹ She married second John Roote, son of Thomas Roote.¹ She married third John Colman on 11 March 1679.¹
     She and her second husband John had one known child, Thankful (b February 1677, d November 1704).¹

     Ann Hull married Jonathan Roote, son of Thomas Roote, on 22 March 1680.¹ She died on 4 September 1746.¹
     She and Jonathan had the following known children: Elizabeth (b 25 December 1681, d 28 February 1738), Esther (b 17 December 1683), Hannah (b 17 September 1687, probably d 20 January 1705), Ann (b 8 August 1690), Abigail (b 9 January 1693, d young), Abigail (b May 1695).¹

     Mehitable Frary was born in January 1664.¹ She married first Hezekiah Roote, son of Thomas Roote, on 12 July 1682.¹ She married second Jeremiah Alvord, son of Alexander Alvord and Abigail (?), after 29 September 1690.¹ She died on 7 November 1698 in Deerfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, at age 34.¹
     She and her first husband Hezekiah had the following known children: Mehitable (b 31 October 1683, d 22 November 1683), Benjamin (b 20 April 1686), Mehitable (b 27 May 1688), Mercy (b 1689, killed by the French and Indians in the Deerfield Massacre 29 February 1704).¹

     Mary Frary was born on 24 July 1662.¹ She married Jacob Roote, son of Thomas Roote, on 2 February 1680.¹ She died on 8 February 1744 at age 81.¹
     She and Jacob had the following known children, all born in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts: Joanna (b 5 November 1681, d 1725), Daniel (b 2 October 1684), Jacob (b 15 June 1687, d 1766), Mary (b 24 November 1689, d 15 October 1735), Margaret (b October 1691, d June 1793).¹

     (?) Kellogg married Sarah Roote, daughter of Thomas Roote.¹

     Mary Kilbourn was born in 1619 in Wood Dinton, England.¹ She married John Roote, son of John Roote and Ann Russell, about 1640.¹ She died in 1697 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.¹
     She emigrated from England in 1635 in the ship Increase, presumably with her parents, brother, and sisters.¹ She and her husband John were members of the Congregational Church in Farmington, Connecticut.¹

     Thomas Kilbourn married Frances (?) in England.¹
     He, his wife Frances, and their children probably emigrated from England to America in the ship Increase in 1635.¹ They settled in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where he was assigned 108 acres of land. Thomas died, however, before it was recorded, and it was thus recorded in his widow Frances' name.¹

More Information / Background

• Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)
  
• New England's Great Migration.
  

     Frances (?) married Thomas Kilbourn in England.¹
     She and her husband Thomas and their children probably emigrated from England to America in the ship Increase in 1635.¹ They settled in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where he was assigned 108 acres of land. Thomas died, however, before it was recorded, and it was thus recorded in his widow Frances' name.¹

More Information / Background

• Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)
  
• New England's Great Migration.
  

     Margaret Kilbourn was born in 1612 in England.¹ She married Richard Low.¹
     She probably emigrated from England to America in the ship Increase with her parents Thomas and Frances Kilbourn in 1635.¹