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Adjacent to Yale’s Lewis-Walpole Library, on Main Street in Farmington, is the Timothy Root House. It was constructed for Root, an army captain, in 1784 by the builder Judah Woodruff, who built 21 homes in the town, as well as First Church. Woodruff is buried in Farmington’s Memento Mori Cemetery. The house was renovated in 2001 to house scholars who are working with the library’s collections.

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Timothy Root House (1784)
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6 thoughts on “Timothy Root House (1784)

  • March 1, 2009 at 1:56 pm
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    I believe this Timothy Root’s father, Lt. Timothy Root, was killed at Breton Woods, NS, Canada in 1745/6 during Queen Anne’s War.

  • May 4, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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    Correction: my above post should read Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, vice “Bretton Woods”.

  • September 24, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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    Wow! Great, Great, Great, Great-Grandad’s house. I’ll have to see it soon.

  • March 2, 2010 at 3:48 pm
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    Wow this is awesome! This house was built by Jadah Woodruff (my 1st cousin 9 times removed) for Timothy Root (my 3rd cousin 7 times removed) and Mary Langdon (1 cousin 8 times removed) I can’t wait to go see it!

  • September 10, 2010 at 4:46 pm
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    @Bob- You are correct based on my understanding. He was 5 greats for me.

  • August 17, 2013 at 4:58 pm
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    My wife and I lived in this house from 1976-1979.(rented)
    We became great friends with Bill Day, caretaker, and his wife Ruth, Mr. Lewis’s secretary. We spent an evening with Mr. Lewis at his home next-door(housing the Lewis-Walpole Library) We left when the estate was taken over by Yale in ’79. Many changes have been made since then, but we were thrilled to visit in 2008 and were given a private tour of the old place. A great memory for us!

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