Root, Jesse, 1736-1822
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- Jesse Root; born 28 Dec. 1736, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut; died 29 March 1822 (aged 85) Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut; ordained minister and preached from 1758-1763; admitted to bar and practiced in Hartford, Connecticut in 1763; member of State House of Rep. 1807-1809 ( (Findagrave.com, searched March 8, 2019:) )
- Root, Jesse. Reports of cases adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors, 1798:title page (Jesse Root, a judge of the Superior Court.)
- The legal mind in America, 1969:page 31 (Jesse Root (1736-1822))
- Who was who in America, 1607-1896:(Jesse Root, Continental congressman, jurist; born Coventry, Conn. Jan. 8, 1737; grad. Princton, 1756; LL.D., Yale; licensed to preach by Hartford South Assn., 1757; admitted to Conn. bar, 1763; mem. Conn. Council of Safety; commd. capt. Conn. Militia, 1776, lt. col, adj. gen. 1777; member Continental Congress, 1778-1783; chairman, Conn. Council, 1780-1789; state's attorney, 1785-1789; asst. judge Conn. Superior Court, 1789, chief justice, 1796-1807; member Conn. House of Representatives, 1807, 1809; del. Conn. Constitutional Convention, 1818; died Coventry, March 29, 1822)
- His Reports of cases adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors, 1798:t.p. (Jesse Root, a judge of the Superior Court)
- DAB(Root, Jesse; jurist; member of Continental Congress; of Conn.; b. Dec. 28, 1736 o.s.; d. 3/29/1822)
- MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Root, Jesse, 1737-1822)
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Jesse Root (December 28, 1736 – March 29, 1822) was an American minister and lawyer from Coventry, Connecticut. During the American Revolution he served on the Connecticut Council of Safety and in the Connecticut militia. Originally appointed as a lieutenant colonel in Peekskill in 1777, he rose to the rank of Adjutant-General of the Connecticut Line. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Connecticut from 1778 until 1782, and sat as chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1796 to 1807 as well as a state court judge. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives and served in the Connecticut Constitutional Convention. He was also a member of the First Company, Governor's Foot Guard, serving as its commandant between May 1798 and October 1802. His grandson was Austin Cornelius Dunham.
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