Family:Galusha, Jacob (1721-1792)

Jacob Galusha (Sarah Warren, Elizabeth³ Whitney, John², John¹), son of Daniel and Sarah⁴ (Warren) Galusha,^[1] was born 9 Mar 1720/1, Lyme, CT,^[2] and died 23 Feb 1792, Shaftsbury, VT.^[3]

Jacob married firstly, 10 Sep 1745, Norwich, CT, Lydia Huntington,^[4] daughter of Matthew and Lydia (Leonard) Huntington.^[5] She was born 25 Apr 1728, Norwich, CT,^[6] and died 6 May 1764, Norwich, CT.^[7]

He married secondly, 9 Sep 1764, Norwich, CT, Thankful (?Lapham?) King as her second husband. She was born say 1724, and had married, before 1750, Joseph King. She may have been Thankful Lapham, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Rogers) Lapham, born May 1715, Scituate, MA, who married about 1733, Joseph King of Marshfield.

He married thirdly, say 1766, Desire Andrus Metcalf. She was born in 1732, Lyme, CT, and died 28 Sep 1775, Salisbury, CT.

He "of Salisbury" married fourthly, 25 Feb 1776, Norwich, CT, Abigail Porter "of Norwich". She may have been the Abigail Porter born 7 Dec 1737, Mansfield, CT, daughter of John and Abigail (Arnold) Porter.

Children of Jacob and Lydia (Huntington) Galusha, all born Norwich, CT:

i.	Mary Galusha, b. 10 Nov 1746; m. 6 Nov 1764, Elijah Willoughby.
ii.	David Galusha, b. 30 Oct 1748; d. 26 Aug 1804, Shaftsbury, VT; m.(1) 31 Jan 1773, Shaftsbury, VT, Charity Lathrop; m.(2) 21 Nov 1779, Shaftsbury, VT, Rhoda Galusha, daughter of Jonas and Ann (Austin) Galusha.
iii.	Jacob Galusha, b. 28 Dec 1750; d. 25 Jul 1843, Shaftsbury, VT, aged 83 years 6 months 16 days; m. 13 Feb 1775, Shaftsbury, VT, Parthenia Hard.
iv.	Jonas Galusha, b. 11 Feb 1753; d. 25 Sep 1834, Shaftsbury, VT, aged 82 years; m.(1) 17 Oct 1778, Shaftsbury, VT, Mary Chittenden; m.(2) after 20 Apr 1794, Martha Sammons; m.(3) 13 Jun 1808, Shaftsbury, VT, Abigail Ward; m.(4) 24 Feb 1818, Cavendish, VT, Abigail (Atwater) Beach.
v.	Amos Galusha, b. 1 Apr 1755; d. 16 Oct 1839, Shaftsbury, VT; m. circa 1778, Mary Clark.
vi.	Elijah Galusha, b. 23 Oct 1757; d. 26 May 1783; m. Beulah Chittenden.
vii.	Olive Galusha, b. 4 Dec 1759; m. David Stanton.
viii.	Lydia Galusha, b. 1 Jun 1762; d. 11 Aug 1802; m. 19 Oct 1786, Salisbury, CT, Asa Hutchinson.
ix.	Anna Galusha, b. 6 May 1764; m. 24 Feb 1787, Ebenezer Wright.

Children of Jacob and Thankful (?Lapham?)(King) Galusha:

x.	Lucy Galusha, b. 5 May 1765, Norwich, CT.

Children of Jacob and Desire Andrus (Metcalf) Galusha:

xi.	Benjamin Galusha, b. b. Nov 1770, Salisbury, CT; d. 5 Feb 1854.
xii.	Daniel Galusha, b. circa 1768, Salisbury, CT.
xiii.	Desire Galusha, b. 31 Dec 1771, Salisbury, CT; b. 3 Dec 1772, Salisbury, CT.
xiv.	Ezra Galusha, b. circa 1773, Salisbury, CT; d. 28 Feb 1853.
xv.	Sarah Galusha, b. 30 Jun 1774, Salisbury, CT; d. 13 Jan 1813.
xvi.	Elias Galusha, b. 9 Sep 1775, Salisbury, CT; d. 12 May 1829.

Jacob and Abigail (Porter) Galusha had no children.

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