Thomas Root
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| Thomas Root | |
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| Person | Thomas Root |
| Title | |
| First name | Thomas |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Root |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Porter |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Not citizen |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Thomas Roote |
| Has signoff text | Thomas Root |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth county | |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | Allhallows the Great |
| Res town | |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1629 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 29 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.330r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | May 15 1658 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | Yes |
| Has source comment completed | Yes |
| Ship classification | |
| Type of ship | Shore based trade |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Thomas Root (b. ca. 1629; d. ?). Porter.
Resident in the parish of Allhallows the Great in 1658.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-nine year old Thomas Root deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on May 15th 1658. He gave his occupation as porter.[1] His precontest, another porter named Bartholomew Cuff, sixty years of age, had similarly given Allhallows the Great as his parish of residence. Cuff had described himself as "porter of the Stillyard", which evidently was also the location of Roots' portering activities.[2]
Comment on sources
"London Hearth Tax: 1662: In the Third precinct of the parish of Alhallowes the greate
