He was an officer in the army under Gen. Washington, and continued in the service under his command until March, 1777. He was in the battles of Long Island, Trenton, and Princeton.
When the news of the battle of Lexington arrived, Capt Root was laboring in the field, but left his plough without delay and departed for the field of conflict. He continued in the army until March, 1777, taking part in the battles of Long Island, Trenton, and Princeton.3
Capt. Nathaniel Root, son of Ebenezer (555) grandson of Ebenezer (430), b. March 25, 1757, at Coventry, Ct. He lived at Coventry, and m. (1) Dec. 11, 1777, Elizabeth Kingsbury of South Coventry, Ct. She d. Aug. 3, 1790, ae. 32. He m. (2) May 25, 1791, Candace Hammond of Bolton, Ct. She d. Jan. 1, 1835, ae. 72. He d. Sept. 21, 1840, as. 83.
He began to adl for himself when he was but eighteen years of age, and when intelligence of the battle of Lexington reached him, he was laboring in the field, and, like Cincinnatus, he left his plough without delay, took leave of his widowed mother and friends, and departed for the field of conflict. He was soon an officer in the army under Gen. Washington, and continued in the service under his command until March, 1777. He was in the battles of Long Island, Trenton, and Princeton.
At the close of the Revolutionary struggle, while the business of the country was in a depressed condition, Capt. R. was called to hold various offices of trust and responsibility in his native town, and several times during his life he represented Coventry in the state legislature. In the year 1781, under the ministry of Rev. Nathan Strong, he, with his wife, became united with the Congregational church. But a few years elapsed ere all his surviving children were brought into the fold of Christ. Capt. R.'s constancy and fervency, his liberality in giving, and selfsacrificing spirit, made his life a useful example, and oftentimes a reproof to those about him. His last sickness was of a few weeks continuance, and was attended with much distress of body; but the grace of God was sufficient for him. "Everything," said he, "has failed me but Christ."3