Background
Root, Jesse was born on January 8, 1737 in Coventry, Connecticut, United States. Son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Strong) Root.
jurist Continental congressman
Root, Jesse was born on January 8, 1737 in Coventry, Connecticut, United States. Son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Strong) Root.
Graduate Princeton, 1756. Doctor of Laws, Yale.
Admitted to Connecticut bar, 1763. Member Connecticut Council of Safety. Commissioned captain Connecticut Militia, 1776, lieutenant colonel, adjunct general:, 1777.
Member Continental Congress, 1778-1783.
Chairman Connecticut Council, 1780-1789. State's attorney, 1785-1789.
Assistant judge Connecticut Superior Court, 1789, chief justice, 1796-1807. Member Connecticut House of Representatives, 1807, 09.
Presidential elector, 1808.
Delegate Connecticut Constitutional Convention, 1818. School visitor, Coventry, Connecticut. Member American Academy Arts and Sets.
Author: Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut, 1789-1793, published, 1798.
Member Connecticut Council of Safety. Member Continental Congress, 1778-1783. Member Connecticut House of Representatives, 1807, 09.
Member American Academy Arts and Sets.
Married Mary Banks, May 18, 1758, 9 children.