Eleazer was one of nine known children born to John and Margaret (MacCoy) Rosebrook. He married Hannah (Haynes) Rosebrook on March 18, 1771 In Brimfield, Hampshire, Mass. they became the parents of seven known children.
Their daughter, Hannah, married Abel Crawford. They were the parents of Ethan Allen Crawford, to whom Eleazer gave his inn at Fabyans before his death. He served as a Private in Eames Rangers from fall of 1776 and served as a Sergeant in Whitcomb's Independent Corps of Rangers winter of 1776 until the Corps was disbanded in 1781.
From "A History of Guildhall, Vermont":
"Capt. Rosebrook was one of the early settlers, locating in 1778, and first resided on the meadow of the John P. Dennison farm, and afterwards lived on what has since been known as the James Perkins farm. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War, he was a scout and ranger. At one time he, with a party, went into Canada on a reconnoitering expedition; but they were suspected of being spies, and upon learning this fact they at once vacated. They were closely followed and obliged to resort to means to deceive their pursuers. Coming to a stream near the head waters of the Connecticut, they built a brisk fire, and then extinguished it with water, then stepped into the stream and followed it for a mile or so, and by so doing left no traces by which the Canadians could follow them, also making it appear as though they had been gone some time. The enemy concluded upon reaching this spot that it was useless to continue the chase and so returned. "Capt. Eleazer Rosebrook made the first settlement at the site of Fabyan House in 1792. He opened there in 1803 the first house for summer visitors ever kept in the White Mountains. His son-in-law, Abel Crawford, long known as the "Patriarch of the Mountians," settled at Bemis Station in 1793. The latter's son, Ethan Allen Crawford, the most famous of the mountain pioneers, took Rosebrook's house in 1817. In 1819 he opened the first foot-path up Mount Washington. His brother, Thomas J. Crawford, opened the first bridlepath to the summit in 1840, and his father, then 75 years old rode the first horse that ever climbed the mountain."
In 1804, he was a builder and Director of the 10th New Hampshire Turnpike and be built portions of the Jefferson Turnpike and the Littleton Turnpike. He may have supervised construction on other segments of those roads. He died in 1817 and was the grandfather of Lucy Crawford’s husband, Ethan Allen Crawford. Lucy helped her husband-to-be care for his grandfather in the final years of his life. Most of what has been written about Rosebrook was included in her book, History of the White Mountains.
Captain Eleazer Rosebrook I and Hannah Haynes had 7 children:
Mercy Rosebrook, 1771-1840
Hannah Haynes Rosebrook, 1772-1842
William Rosebrook, 1776-1851-Unable to locate
Phineas Rosebrook I, 1779-1846
Ardris (Esdrar) (Esdras) Rosebrook, 1782-1875
Eleazer Rosebrook Jr., 1784-1844-Unable to locate
Lois Rosebrook, 1788-1870
Their daughter, Hannah, married Abel Crawford. They were the parents of Ethan Allen Crawford, to whom Eleazer gave his inn at Fabyans before his death. He served as a Private in Eames Rangers from fall of 1776 and served as a Sergeant in Whitcomb's Independent Corps of Rangers winter of 1776 until the Corps was disbanded in 1781.
From "A History of Guildhall, Vermont":
"Capt. Rosebrook was one of the early settlers, locating in 1778, and first resided on the meadow of the John P. Dennison farm, and afterwards lived on what has since been known as the James Perkins farm. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War, he was a scout and ranger. At one time he, with a party, went into Canada on a reconnoitering expedition; but they were suspected of being spies, and upon learning this fact they at once vacated. They were closely followed and obliged to resort to means to deceive their pursuers. Coming to a stream near the head waters of the Connecticut, they built a brisk fire, and then extinguished it with water, then stepped into the stream and followed it for a mile or so, and by so doing left no traces by which the Canadians could follow them, also making it appear as though they had been gone some time. The enemy concluded upon reaching this spot that it was useless to continue the chase and so returned. "Capt. Eleazer Rosebrook made the first settlement at the site of Fabyan House in 1792. He opened there in 1803 the first house for summer visitors ever kept in the White Mountains. His son-in-law, Abel Crawford, long known as the "Patriarch of the Mountians," settled at Bemis Station in 1793. The latter's son, Ethan Allen Crawford, the most famous of the mountain pioneers, took Rosebrook's house in 1817. In 1819 he opened the first foot-path up Mount Washington. His brother, Thomas J. Crawford, opened the first bridlepath to the summit in 1840, and his father, then 75 years old rode the first horse that ever climbed the mountain."
In 1804, he was a builder and Director of the 10th New Hampshire Turnpike and be built portions of the Jefferson Turnpike and the Littleton Turnpike. He may have supervised construction on other segments of those roads. He died in 1817 and was the grandfather of Lucy Crawford’s husband, Ethan Allen Crawford. Lucy helped her husband-to-be care for his grandfather in the final years of his life. Most of what has been written about Rosebrook was included in her book, History of the White Mountains.
Captain Eleazer Rosebrook I and Hannah Haynes had 7 children:
Mercy Rosebrook, 1771-1840
Hannah Haynes Rosebrook, 1772-1842
William Rosebrook, 1776-1851-Unable to locate
Phineas Rosebrook I, 1779-1846
Ardris (Esdrar) (Esdras) Rosebrook, 1782-1875
Eleazer Rosebrook Jr., 1784-1844-Unable to locate
Lois Rosebrook, 1788-1870
Eleazer was one of nine known children born to John and Margaret (MacCoy) Rosebrook. He married Hannah (Haynes) Rosebrook on March 18, 1771 In Brimfield, Hampshire, Mass. they became the parents of seven known children.
Their daughter, Hannah, married Abel Crawford. They were the parents of Ethan Allen Crawford, to whom Eleazer gave his inn at Fabyans before his death. He served as a Private in Eames Rangers from fall of 1776 and served as a Sergeant in Whitcomb's Independent Corps of Rangers winter of 1776 until the Corps was disbanded in 1781.
From "A History of Guildhall, Vermont":
"Capt. Rosebrook was one of the early settlers, locating in 1778, and first resided on the meadow of the John P. Dennison farm, and afterwards lived on what has since been known as the James Perkins farm. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War, he was a scout and ranger. At one time he, with a party, went into Canada on a reconnoitering expedition; but they were suspected of being spies, and upon learning this fact they at once vacated. They were closely followed and obliged to resort to means to deceive their pursuers. Coming to a stream near the head waters of the Connecticut, they built a brisk fire, and then extinguished it with water, then stepped into the stream and followed it for a mile or so, and by so doing left no traces by which the Canadians could follow them, also making it appear as though they had been gone some time. The enemy concluded upon reaching this spot that it was useless to continue the chase and so returned. "Capt. Eleazer Rosebrook made the first settlement at the site of Fabyan House in 1792. He opened there in 1803 the first house for summer visitors ever kept in the White Mountains. His son-in-law, Abel Crawford, long known as the "Patriarch of the Mountians," settled at Bemis Station in 1793. The latter's son, Ethan Allen Crawford, the most famous of the mountain pioneers, took Rosebrook's house in 1817. In 1819 he opened the first foot-path up Mount Washington. His brother, Thomas J. Crawford, opened the first bridlepath to the summit in 1840, and his father, then 75 years old rode the first horse that ever climbed the mountain."
In 1804, he was a builder and Director of the 10th New Hampshire Turnpike and be built portions of the Jefferson Turnpike and the Littleton Turnpike. He may have supervised construction on other segments of those roads. He died in 1817 and was the grandfather of Lucy Crawford’s husband, Ethan Allen Crawford. Lucy helped her husband-to-be care for his grandfather in the final years of his life. Most of what has been written about Rosebrook was included in her book, History of the White Mountains.
Captain Eleazer Rosebrook I and Hannah Haynes had 7 children:
Mercy Rosebrook, 1771-1840
Hannah Haynes Rosebrook, 1772-1842
William Rosebrook, 1776-1851-Unable to locate
Phineas Rosebrook I, 1779-1846
Ardris (Esdrar) (Esdras) Rosebrook, 1782-1875
Eleazer Rosebrook Jr., 1784-1844-Unable to locate
Lois Rosebrook, 1788-1870
Their daughter, Hannah, married Abel Crawford. They were the parents of Ethan Allen Crawford, to whom Eleazer gave his inn at Fabyans before his death. He served as a Private in Eames Rangers from fall of 1776 and served as a Sergeant in Whitcomb's Independent Corps of Rangers winter of 1776 until the Corps was disbanded in 1781.
From "A History of Guildhall, Vermont":
"Capt. Rosebrook was one of the early settlers, locating in 1778, and first resided on the meadow of the John P. Dennison farm, and afterwards lived on what has since been known as the James Perkins farm. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War, he was a scout and ranger. At one time he, with a party, went into Canada on a reconnoitering expedition; but they were suspected of being spies, and upon learning this fact they at once vacated. They were closely followed and obliged to resort to means to deceive their pursuers. Coming to a stream near the head waters of the Connecticut, they built a brisk fire, and then extinguished it with water, then stepped into the stream and followed it for a mile or so, and by so doing left no traces by which the Canadians could follow them, also making it appear as though they had been gone some time. The enemy concluded upon reaching this spot that it was useless to continue the chase and so returned. "Capt. Eleazer Rosebrook made the first settlement at the site of Fabyan House in 1792. He opened there in 1803 the first house for summer visitors ever kept in the White Mountains. His son-in-law, Abel Crawford, long known as the "Patriarch of the Mountians," settled at Bemis Station in 1793. The latter's son, Ethan Allen Crawford, the most famous of the mountain pioneers, took Rosebrook's house in 1817. In 1819 he opened the first foot-path up Mount Washington. His brother, Thomas J. Crawford, opened the first bridlepath to the summit in 1840, and his father, then 75 years old rode the first horse that ever climbed the mountain."
In 1804, he was a builder and Director of the 10th New Hampshire Turnpike and be built portions of the Jefferson Turnpike and the Littleton Turnpike. He may have supervised construction on other segments of those roads. He died in 1817 and was the grandfather of Lucy Crawford’s husband, Ethan Allen Crawford. Lucy helped her husband-to-be care for his grandfather in the final years of his life. Most of what has been written about Rosebrook was included in her book, History of the White Mountains.
Captain Eleazer Rosebrook I and Hannah Haynes had 7 children:
Mercy Rosebrook, 1771-1840
Hannah Haynes Rosebrook, 1772-1842
William Rosebrook, 1776-1851-Unable to locate
Phineas Rosebrook I, 1779-1846
Ardris (Esdrar) (Esdras) Rosebrook, 1782-1875
Eleazer Rosebrook Jr., 1784-1844-Unable to locate
Lois Rosebrook, 1788-1870
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