Jacob GALUSHA Esq.
Parthenia HARD


Husband:  Jacob GALUSHA Esq.
Birth:   28 Dec 1750, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut 
Death:  25 Jul 1834, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 
Burial:  Jul 1834, Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont   (pic)
Father:  Jacob GALUSHA
Mother:  Lydia HUNTINGTON

Marriage:  13 Feb 1765, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 

Wife:  Parthenia HARD
Birth:   14 Apr 1754, Arlington, Bennington Co., Vermont 
Death:   18 Aug 1846, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co,. Vermont 
Burial:  Aug 1846, Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont   (pic)
Father:  James HARD 
Mother:  Hester BOOTH 

Children:
1. Aurelia GALUSHA, b: 6 Mar 1779, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
2. Augustus Hard GALUSHA, b: 3 Aug 1780, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
                                               d: 27 Dec 1822, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
                                     bur: Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont  (pic)
3. Jacob GALUSHA II, b: Abt 1782, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
4. Parthenia GALUSHA, b: 11 Jun 1784, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
5. George GALUSHA, b:  22 Feb 1787, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
6. Laura GALUSHA, b: 15 Nov 1789, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
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Notes:
Jacob was elected Town Clerk of Shaftsbury, Vermont in 1784, and held the office forty-one years.  He was also Justice of the Peace for a long time and representative of Shaftsbury for ten consecutive years, 1801-1811.

In the Revolutionary War, he was a Lieutenant in Capt. Lyon's Co. in March and again in October 1780 to march on alarm.  In December of 1781, he was with Capt. Jacob Hines' Co. of Arlington, VT. He was a lieutenant on the list of men of Arlington to assist the sheriff of Cumberland County in the execution of his office in May and June of 1779.

        1800 Federal Census Data (M32_31, Page 165),  Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont

 NAME

Males

Males

Males

Males

Males

Females

Females

Females

Females

Females

 

<10

10-15

16-25

26-44

45+

<10

10-15

16-25

26-44

45+

 GALUSHA, Jacob

0

1

2

0

1

0

1

2

0

2

Indicates

 

 

 

Number/ Sex

Age

Therefore Born

Inferred

 1 Male

10 - 15

1785 – 1790

  =  George          (b: 1787)

 2 Males

16 - 25

1775 – 1784

  =  Jacob II          (b: 1782)
  =  Augustus      (b: 1780)

 1 Male

45 +

1755 or Before

  =  Jacob            (b: 1750)

 1 Female

10 - 15

1785 – 1790

  =  Laura            (b: 1789)

 2 Females

16 - 25

1775 – 1784

  =  Aurelia          (b: 1779)
  =  Parthenia       (b: 1784)

 2 Females

45 +

1755 or Before

  =  Parthenia       (b:1754)
  =  Unknown

        1810 Federal Census Data (M252_64, Page 130),  Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 

 NAME

Males

Males

Males

Males

Males

Females

Females

Females

Females

Females

 

<10

10-15

16-25

26-44

45+

<10

10-15

16-25

26-44

45+

 GALUSHA, Jacob

1

0

2

1

1

0

0

2

0

1

Indicates:

 

 

 

Number/ Sex

Age

Therefore Born

Inferred

 1 Male

< 10

1800 – 1810

  =  Elijah Reed        (b: 1810)

 2 Males

16 - 25

1785 – 1794

  =  George              (b: 1787)
  =  Lyman Reed      (b: 1782) ?

 1 Male

26 - 44

1766 – 1784

  =  Augustus          (b: 1780)

 1 Male

45 +

1765 or Before

  =  Jacob                (b: 1750)

 2 Females

16 - 25

1785 – 1794

  =  Parthenia Reed  (b: 1784)
  =  Laura                 (b: 1789)

 1 Female

45 +

1765 or Before

  =  Parthenia           (b: 1754)

1820 Federal Census Data (M33_126, Page 106),  Shaftsbury, Bennington Co.,  Vermont 

 NAME

Males

Males

Males

Males

Males

Males

Females

Females

Females

Females

Females

 

<10

10-15

16-18

16-25

26-44

45+

<10

10-15

16-25

26-44

45+

 GALUSHA, Jacob

0

1

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

2

1

Indicates:

 

 

 

Number/ Sex

Age

Therefore Born

Inferred

 1 Male

10 - 15

1805 – 1810

  =  Unknown

 1 Male

16 - 25

1795 – 1804

  =  Unknown

 1 Male

26 - 44

1776 – 1794

  =  Augustus  (b: 1780)

 2 Males

45 +

1775 or Before

  =  Jacob        (b: 1750)

 2 Females

26 - 44

1776 – 1794

  =  2 Unknowns

 1 Female

45 +

1775 or Before

  =  Parthenia   (b:1754)

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Sources:
1) Marriage:  Shaftsbury Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Marriages; Book 1, Page 1
2) Birth - Child #4: Shaftsbury, Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Births, Book 1, Pages 25
(sp: Parthania)
3) Birth - Child #5: Shaftsbury, Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Births; Book 1, Pages 27
4) Birth - Child #6: Shaftsbury, Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Births; Book 1, Pages 30
3) Death - Child #2: Shaftsbury, Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Deaths, Book 1, Pages 125
4) Biography - Husband:  Hudson-Mohawk Family Memoirs, Vol. II, Hudson-Mohawk Family Histories