John Rose, Esq.† ^^{[1, 2, 3]}

1768 - 1826  (58 years)

• Name	John Rose
  Suffix	Esq.† ^
  Nickname	"Senator"
  Born	10 Jan 1768	{Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [1, 4]
  	His gravestone records his age at death as 58 years, 5 months, 26 days.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1790	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  Possessions	10 Sep 1795	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  	on the west side of Fire Place Neck
  	He agreed to a realignment of a road with the Town commissioners of highways.
  Elected	5 Apr 1796	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  	an overseer of highways for the Town of Brookhaven
  Elected	19 Jan 1802	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [8, 9]
  	trustee, South Haven Presbyterian Church
  	He was one of the first trustees of the "Temporalities of the congregation of Southaven" at the time of its incorporation on January 19, 1802 following the Revolutionary War and remained a trustee until his death, serving for 24 years.
  Elected	Between 1805 and 1809	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	Town Supervisor
  Elected	1810	Albany, Albany, NY   [1, 10, 11]
  	New York State Assemblyman
  	While he is often referred to as "Senator" Rose, it appears that the only state office he held was that of assemblyman. According to the New York Civil List of 1871, which has an alphabetical list of State Senators and Assemblymen from the late 1700's onward, John Rose only served as an Assemblyman from Suffolk County in 1810. His name does not appear anywhere on the list of Senators. [The results of the 1810 election as reported in the Records of the Town of Brookhaven, 27 April 1810, do not record that John Rose received any votes.]
  Elected	Between 1811 and 1826	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	Town Supervisor
  Residence	Aft 1818	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [12, 13]
  	228 Beaverdam Rd. (modern address)
  	This house has Historic Structure ID Br29B.
  Died	6 Jul 1826	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Buried	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 14, 15]
  	Address: Lot 068
  	His gravestone is found in the old Rose family plot at the Oaklawn Cemetery. Since his death was long before the establishment of the Oaklawn Cemetery in 1890, he was buried elsewhere (probably the defunct Rose family cemetery that existed near the Brookhaven Free Library).
  Person ID	I974	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Lt. Thomas Rose, ^,   b. 27 Sep 1736, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. 3 Apr 1780  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Deborah [Rose], ^,   b. 22 Oct 1745,   d. 29 Sep 1812, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}  (Age 66 years)
  Married	Y  [18]
  Family ID	F314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Rose, † ^,   b. 8 May 1769,   d. 17 May 1834, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}  (Age 65 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1789  [4, 8, 16, 19]
  	John Rose and Elizabeth Rose were of unrelated Rose lines. Elizabeth's father was Priest David Rose, pastor of the South Haven Presbyterian Church, who descended from Robert and Margery Rose of Wethersfield and Branford, Connecticut. John Rose was a son of Thomas and Deborah Rose, early settlers of Fire Place, who descended from Robert and Dorothy Rose of eastern Long Island. This marriage therefore joined two early Rose families. They had five sons. Mulford, the last, inherited the home on Beaverdam Rd., Brookhaven (formerly Fire Place), NY, which is still extent.
  Children	1. Hannah Rose, ^,   b. 17 Jun 1790,   d. 25 Aug 1790  (Age 0 years)   2. Elizabeth Rose, ^,   b. 31 Aug 1791, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Catherine Rose, ^,   b. 6 Aug 1794,   d. 11 Nov 1821, {Patchogue}, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY  (Age 27 years)   4. Thomas Rose, ^,   b. Abt 1796, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. 2 Nov 1808, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}  (Age ~ 12 years)   5. Harriet Rose, ^,   b. 15 Oct 1799, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. John Rose, Jr. †^,   b. 23 Feb 1804, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. 4 Jul 1830, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}  (Age 26 years)   7. William M. Rose, ^,   b. 11 Mar 1807, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. 22 Nov 1847, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}  (Age 40 years)   8. David Rose, ^,   b. 1 Dec 1809, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. 5 Jan 1810, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}  (Age 0 years)   9. Mulford Rose, ^,   b. 21 Feb 1812, Long Island City, Queens, NY ,   d. 5 Oct 1894, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}  (Age 82 years)
  Headstones		#021.068.Rose00: Rose family plot. .. all the persons at this lot were first interred at the former Rose/Swezey cemetery at Library lane & Beaver Dam road, and removed here by James H. Post. Post owned the property on Beaver Dam road in Brookhaven, NY, and intended to donate the site to the Brookhaven Free Library for a community library. Before he could do so, he had to relocate the little Rose family cemetery. The library's founding date is officially given as 1912, however the building was not erected until 1926; therefore this is likely about the date that the graves were moved here. Plot: 068. J. H. Post
  Family ID	F306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Br29B. Rose House ..this house was built by John Rose in the early years of the 19th century. It continued to be occupied by members of the Rose family into the 20th century. More Information see document ID Br29B. Sketch is by Ann Wiswall
  		Br29B. Rose House. ..This house was built before 1818 for "Senator" John Rose, son of Revolutionary War hero Lt. Thomas Rose.  John Rose married Elizabeth Rose, daughter of Priest David Rose, Pastor of the Old South Haven Church during the Revolutionary War. The Rose's were among the earliest residents of the Hamlet. The house looks much as it did at least from the late 19th century.  The Rose family occupied the house until at least the early 20th century.  The smaller wing on the right is said to have been once used as a small store.  The modern address for the house is 228 Beaver Dam Rd.  This home has Historic Site ID Br29B.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		John Rose Estate to be Sold at Auction .. this notice published in The Corrector (Sag Harbor, NY), 19 November, 1831, describes the full extent of the John Rose estate at the time of his death.
  		Rose family homestead .. Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven, NY. This document is the Brookhaven/South Haven Historic Sites Data Sheet Br29B on this site.
  		John Rose Will .. Liber E of Record of Wills, Suffolk County, NY, pp 228-229 (1 Mar 1825)

  
  

  Headstones

  #021.068.Rose01: John Rose, Esq. .. first interred at the former Rose/Swezey cemetery at Library lane & Beaver Dam road, and removed here by James H. Post. Plot: 068. J. H. Post

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Munsell's Suffolk Co. History: 1882, https://archive.org/details/cu31924028834848., Town of Brookhaven, p. 70. [S39] Bigelow, p. 4, 62. [S34] IGI. [S156] NYGBS Record, Vol 122, No. 1 (Jan 1991), p. 28. Family Record of John Rose of Long Island: This family record was found in by Bernice Weir of Huntington, Long Island, when she was helping Sister Eileen Cleater, former head of Trocair, a Catholic organization. They had been willed the contents of an old home (that of Marie M. Baddetty who died at 105). While dusting a new Bible, photocopies from an old Bible fell out, and are here presented. John Rose, descendant of Robert Rose of Southampton and East Hampton, Long Island, married Elisabeth Rose, daughter of the Rev. David Rose ... of the Branford and Wethersfield, Connecticut, family. Thus, this marriage joined these two Rose families.... This Bible / Is the Property of / John Rose. [S150] 1790 Census, M637 Roll 6 Page 100. [S4] Brookhaven Town Records:, Book A, Part III, 1790-1797, p.127. [S4] Brookhaven Town Records:, Book A, Part III, 1790-1797, p. 129. [S44] Borthwick, p. 145. [S399] Liber A, Suffolk County, NY, p. 18. [S365] Email: NY State Library Reference Librarian. [S527] Brookhaven Town Records: 1798-1856, p. 140. [S39] Bigelow, p. 62. [S58] 1873 Beers Map. [S98] Cemetery Records: Brookhaven Town, Cemetery 21. [S236] Cemetery: Oaklawn. [S787] Rose, Christine: Descendants of Robert Rose, p. 251. [S156] NYGBS Record, Vol 122, No. 1 (Jan 1991), p. 28. Family Record of John Rose of Long Island: This family record was found in by Bernice Weir of Huntington, Long Island, when she was helping Sister Eileen Cleater, former head of Trocair, a Catholic organization. They had been willed the contents of an old home (that of Marie M. Baddetty who died at 105). While dusting a new Bible, photocopies from an old Bible fell out, and are here presented. John Rose, descendant of Robert Rose of Southampton and East Hampton, Long Island, married Elisabeth Rose, daughter of the Rev. David Rose ... of the Branford and Wethersfield, Connecticut, family. Thus, this marriage joined these two Rose families.... This Bible / Is the Property of / John Rose. Indicates "aged 58 Years 5? months and 26? days." [S1118] Wills: NYC Surrogates Office, 1780-1782 (Vol. 10)., http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-., p. 36. http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=simple&rgn=full+text&c=nys&cc=nys&idno=nys067&q1=rose&submit=Go. Page 36 I, THOMAS ROSE, give, devise, and dispose of my worldly estate in the following manner and form. I give to my ... • ... of my worldly estate in the following manner and form. I give to my true and beloved wife, Deborah Rose, all my estate, both real and personal, for the use and design of paying all my just debts and ... • ...n John all the rest of my estate, both real and personal. I make my loving wife, my brother, Nathan Rose, and friend, Isaac Overton, executors. ...• ...brother, Nathan Rose, and friend, Isaac Overton, executors. Dated March 15, 1780. Witnesses, Jesse Rose, yeo- man, Ruth Helme, John Leeke. Proved, January 23, 1781. [S39] Bigelow, p. 4.