| LC control no. | nr 90003257 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Root, Jesse, 1736-1822 |
| Variant(s) | Root, Jesse, 1737-1822 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Hartford (Conn.) |
| Birth date | 1736-12-28 |
| Death date | 1822-03-29 |
| Place of birth | Coventry (Conn.) |
| Place of death | Coventry (Conn.) |
| Affiliation | Connecticut. Militia United States. Continental Congress Connecticut. Council Connecticut. Superior Court Connecticut. General Assembly. House of Representatives Connecticut. Constitutional Convention (1818) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Judges Legislators |
| Found in | 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.) 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) 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) Findagrave.com, searched March 8, 2019: (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) <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18925672/jesse-root> |
| Associated language | eng |
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