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Where did the English Roots family come from? What is the English Roots family crest and coat of arms? When did the Roots family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Roots family history?
Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, the name Roots was first found in Britina. It was a name for a happy or cheerful person. The surname Roots was originally derived from the Old English word rot, which meant glad or pleased.
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- First settlers to North America
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It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Roots are characterized by many spelling variations. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages such as Norman French and Latin, even literate people regularly changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Roots include Root, Rouet, Rout, Roots, Roote, Rootes and others.First found in Kent where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Roots. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Faced with the chaos present in England at that time, many English families looked towards the open frontiers of the New World with its opportunities to escape oppression and starvation. People migrated to North America, as well as Australia and Ireland in droves, paying exorbitant rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, but those who did see the shores of North America were welcomed with great opportunity. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Roots, or a variant listed above:
Roots Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Thomas Roots, who arrived in Virginia in 1655
- Josiah Roots, who landed in Beverly, Mass in 1667
Roots Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Bastian Roots, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732
- Johannes Roots, aged 28, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753
Roots Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Henry Roots, who landed in America in 1807
Roots Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Edward Roots, aged 24, who arrived at Ellis Island from Southampton, in 1905
- Ruth Matilda Roots, aged 34, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1908
- Daisy Amelia Roots, aged 25, who arrived at Ellis Island from Snodland, England, in 1908
- Thomas William Roots, aged 37, who arrived at Ellis Island from London, England, in 1913
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- Logan Holt Roots (1841-1893), American soldier and politician, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War and was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas (1868-1971)
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- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X).
- Library of Congress. American and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. Print.
- Magnusson, Magnus. Chambers Biographical Dictionary 5th edition. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1990. Print.
- Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Hinde, Thomas Ed. The Domesday Book England's Heritage Then and Now. Surrey: Colour Library Books, 1995. Print. (ISBN 1-85833-440-3).
- Leeson, Francis L. Dictionary of British Peerages. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1121-5).
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- Dunkling, Leslie. Dictionary of Surnames. Toronto: Collins, 1998. Print. (ISBN 0004720598).
- Sanders, Joanne McRee Edition. English Settlers in Barbados 1637-1800. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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The Roots Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Roots Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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