The John Rose Family Home Page

        I. ROBERT ROSE one of the original founders of Branford, Connecticut.
        1. JONATHAN ROSE Sr. (b. 1619) was born in Branford, New London, Connecticut. He was a twin. Very little is known of his history in Branford except that the New Haven annals note that he was appointed constable of the iron works at Furnace Pond in 1677. He had several children; his will mentions his son John Junior (who was the stepfather of the Rebecca Potter who married Samuel Frisbie) and four daughters, and it is thought that Hannah Rose was the youngest of these children. He married DELIVERED CHARLES (b. 1678) on January 5, 1699 in Branford, New London, Connecticut. She was born in Branford, New London, Connecticut. They had four children:
        1.HANNAH ROSE (b. 3/15/1676) in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. You may read about her family on the FRISBIE page.
        2. Jonathan Rose (1678-1736) was born in Branford, New London, Connecticut.
        3. John Rose (10/28/1679-4/17/1712) was born in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.
        4. Lydia Rose (b. 9/20/1761) was born in Branford, New London, Connecticut.
        In 1663 JOHN married Ellen Moulthrop, widow of William Ludington, but there were no children of the marriage. The New Haven court records for August 1665 mention John Rose and two of his daughters, one of whom was probably Hannah. The entry has to do with the trial of one Giles Blach who was accused of, amongst other sins, a breach of the Sabbath. The record reads:
        "It was evident by [Giles'] own Confession as first that he went into the house of John Rose when they were at meeting, after they had warned him against it and that when the children would not let him in he crept in at the window...and...would have the lesser girle have gone away that he might staye alone with the elder daughter."
        Hannah was quite probably the "lesser girle"; in 1665 the sisters would have been children not yet in their teens and so left behind because they were not old enough to attend meeting. The entry offers an amusing sidelight on the morals of the time: Giles was prosecuted not because he broke into Rose's house and attempted to molest his daughter, but because he did it on Sabbath.
        In 1676 John Rose's property in Branford was valued at 52 pounds, and thereafter nothing is heard of him until his death in 1683.

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