Joel Root Memoir, 1840
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Root, Joel, 1770-1847
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Joel Root was born in Southington, Connecticut, the son of Elisha and Lucy Root. He briefly attended Yale College before working as a farmer and merchant in the dry goods business. Root later relocated with his family to New Haven, Conn. In 1802 he entered a sealing venture to the Pacific coast of South America as supercargo and director of the voyage on the sealer and trading vessel Huron. Root and his party returned to the United States in 1806....
