Lucy Anne Howe and Ethan Allen I married 9 Nov, 1817 in Guildhall, Essex, VT. They are cousins sharing Eleazer Rosebrook and Hannah Haynes as their grandparents. (Ethan's mother and Lucy's mother were sisters: Hannah Haynes Rosebrook and Mercy Rosebrook.) Grandfather Eleazer owned the farm near where the current Crawford Cemetery is located and in 1817 he was ill with oral cancer. Ethan was summoned to come help run the farm for Grandfather and Lucy was summoned to come help Grandmother Hannah nurse Eleazer. Eleazer died in September 1817 and Ethan inherited the farm. He and Lucy married 9 Nov. 1817 and Grandmother Hannah lived with them until her death.
Ethan Allen Crawford I and Lucy Anne Howe had 10 children,
Harvey Howe, 1818-1870; Alden, 1820-1820; Lucy Laurilla, 1821-1906; Ellen Wilie 1823-1908; Eluthera Porter, 1826-1911; Ethan Allen II, 1828-1899; Stephen Meserve, 1830-1900; Persis Julia, 1832-1905; Placentia Whidden, 1834-1882; and William Haines 1835-1928.
Lucy Anne Howe and Ethan Allen I married 9 Nov, 1817 in Guildhall, Essex, VT. They are cousins sharing Eleazer Rosebrook and Hannah Haynes as their grandparents. (Ethan's mother and Lucy's mother were sisters: Hannah Haynes Rosebrook and Mercy Rosebrook.) Grandfather Eleazer owned the farm near where the current Crawford Cemetery is located and in 1817 he was ill with oral cancer. Ethan was summoned to come help run the farm for Grandfather and Lucy was summoned to come help Grandmother Hannah nurse Eleazer. Eleazer died in September 1817 and Ethan inherited the farm. He and Lucy married 9 Nov. 1817 and Grandmother Hannah lived with them until her death.
Ethan Allen Crawford I and Lucy Anne Howe had 10 children,
Harvey Howe, 1818-1870; Alden, 1820-1820; Lucy Laurilla, 1821-1906; Ellen Wilie 1823-1908; Eluthera Porter, 1826-1911; Ethan Allen II, 1828-1899; Stephen Meserve, 1830-1900; Persis Julia, 1832-1905; Placentia Whidden, 1834-1882; and William Haines 1835-1928.