Rootes
Very little indeed is known of the Rootes in Virginia before Major Philip and the 18th century. Only through a letter from George Washington to him do we know the name of his father. Nothing else. The infamous coat of arms appears, along with the proverbial right to use it, but aside from that....
[Source: Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol IV, King and Queen Counting, 4-EQ, pp78-81; The Rootes Family, by TRR Rootes of Whitemarsh, 1816 in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volum IV, 1897, pp 204-211]
Generation No. 1
John Rootes
Generation No. 2
Philip Rootes, born circa 1696 Gloucester Co, died 1756 Rosewall, King & Queen Co. Married Mildred Reade, daughter of Thomas Reade and Lucy Gwynne.
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Col. Phillip Rootes (1723)
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John Rootes (1725)
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Lucy Rootes (1727-1802)
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Col. George Rootes (1729-1793/4)
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Elizabeth Rootes (1731-1763/4)
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Mildred Rootes (1733-1769/9)
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Priscilla Rootes (1735)
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Mary Rootes (1737-21 Dec 1828)
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Thomas Reade Rootes (1738-1765)
Generation No. 3
Thomas Reade Rootes I, born 1737, died 1765, married Martha Jacquelin Smith on 8 February 1763.
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Thomas Reade Rootes II (1764-1824)
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daughter, married Woodford
Generation No. 4
Thomas Reade Rootes II, born February 23, 1764 and died bankrupt owning White Marsh in Gloucester County on January 22, 1824. Married Sarah Ryng Battaile.
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Sarah Robinson Rootes (September 20, 1792 - 1866) married John Addison Cobb
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Thomas Reade Rootes III (January 18, 1785 - November 2, 1820) married Anna French
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Martha Jacquelin Rootes (September 28, 1786) married Howell Cobb 1810, Henry Jackson 1819
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Laura Battaile Rootes (1797-1817) engaged to James Jackson at time of her death
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Serena Ryng Rootes (October 5, 1802 - 1889), married Henry Clinton Lea
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Edward Jacquelin Smith Rootes (January 27, 1804 - July 20, 1840), married Emily Robins, issue
Generation No. 5
Sarah Robinson Rootes, born September 20, 1792 and died 1866. Married John Addison Cobb of Georgia after long distance courtship.
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Howell Cobb CSA (1815-1868)
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Laura Battaile Cobb, (1818-1888)
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Mildred Lewis Cobb (1820-1900)
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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Sr. CSA (1823- 1862)
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Mary Willis Cobb
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Sarah Martha Cobb
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John Boswell Cobb (1826-1893)
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