Jonas GALUSHA
Mary CHITTENDEN
Martha "Patty" SAMMONS
Abigail WARD
Nabby Atwater BEACH

Husband:  Jonas GALUSHA
Birth:  11 Feb 1753, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut 
Death:  25 Sep 1834, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 
Burial:  Sep 1834, Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont   (pic)
Father:  Jacob GALUSHA
Mother:  Lydia HUNTINGTON

Marriage-1:  17 Oct 1778, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 

Wife-1:  Mary CHITTENDEN
Birth:   18 Sep 1758, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut 
Death:   20 Apr 1794, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 
Burial:   Apr 1794, Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont    (pic)
Father:   Governor Thomas CHITTENDEN
Mother:   Elizabeth MEIGS

Marriage-2:  1794, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 

Wife-2:  Martha "Patty" SAMMONS
Birth:   1764, Vermont
Death:   10 Nov 1797, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 
Burial:   Nov 1797, Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont    (pic)
Father:  Timothy SAMMONS 
Mother:   

Marriage-3:  30 Jun 1808, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 

Wife-3:  Abigail WARD
Birth:   1770 
Death:   6 May 1809, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 
Burial:   May 1809, Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont    (pic)
Father:   
Mother:   

Marriage-4:  24 Feb 1818, Cavendish, Windsor Co., Vermont 

Wife-1:  Nabby Atwater BEACH
Birth:   1763
Death:   30 Apr 1831, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 
Burial:   May 1831, Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont   (pic)
Father:   
Mother:   

Children - Marriage-1:
1. Clarissa GALUSHA, b: 9 Sep 1779, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
2. Mary "Polly" GALUSHA, b: 23 May 1782, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
3. Jonas GALUSHA, b: Nov 1783, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
                                 d: 12 Feb 1784, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
                              bur: Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont   (pic)
4. Nancy GALUSHA, b: 28 Dec 1784, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co. Vermont
5. Truman GALUSHA, b: 30 Sep 1786, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
6. Jonas GALUSHA Jr., b: 17 Jul 1788, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
7. Elon GALUSHA, b: 18 Jun 1790, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
8. Martin GALUSHA, b: 18 Jan 1792, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
9. Sophia GALUSHA, b: Jan 1793, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
                                   d: 16 Apr 1794, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
                                bur: Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont   (pic)

Children - Marriage-3:
1. Abigail GALUSHA, b: 15 Apr 1809, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont
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Notes:
In the Revolutionary War, Jonas was a member of a company commanded by his brother, David, in Col. Seth Warner's regiment of the "Green Mountain Boys" and did service in Canada in the fall of 1775. Prior to the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777, two companies of militia had been organized in Shaftsbury, one of them under his Captaincy, the other under Capt. Amos Huntington.  But Capt. Huntington was taken prisoner at Ticonderoga and the two companies were consolidated under Jonas.  When he received orders from Col. Moses Robinson to march his company to Bennington, he was sick in bed, recovering from a fever, but promptly called out his men and led them to the battle.

Jonas was the 5th Governor of the State of Vermont.  His father-in-law, Thomas Chittenden, was the 1st.  His political progression includes:  In 1781, he was elected sheriff of Bennington County; in 1782, a member of the Council of Censors; in 1793, a member of the Governor's Council - re-elected six consecutive times; in 1795, assigned judge of Bennington County; in 1800, elected to the State Assembly (resigning the 2nd day to take a seat on the Governor's Council); in 1807, elected judge of the Vermont Supreme Court, and again in 1808; elected Governor of Vermont twice (1809-1812 and 1815-1819); in 1822, president of the Vermont Constitutional Convention, which was his last public office.

        1790 Federal Census Data (M637_12, Page 21),  Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont

         1800 Federal Census Data (M32_51, Page 165),  Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 

        1810 Federal Census Data (M252_64, Page 129),  Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont 

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

1830 Federal Census Data (M19_184, Page 73), Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vermont

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Sources:
1) Marriage-1: Shaftsbury Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Marriages, Book 1, Page 1
1) Marriage-3: Shaftsbury Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Marriages, Book 1, Page 78
2) Marriage-4: Massachusetts Centinal  (Newspaper) Marriage Notices
3) Births - Child #1 - Marriage-1:  Shaftsbury Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Births, Book 1, Page 31
4) Births - Child #2 - Marriage-1:  Shaftsbury Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Births, Book 1, Page 30
5) Births - Child #4 - Marriage-1:  Shaftsbury Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Births, Book 1, Page 30
6) Births - Child #5 - Marriage-1:  Shaftsbury Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Births, Book 1, Page 30
7) Births - Child #6 - Marriage-1:  Shaftsbury Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Births, Book 1, Page 31
8) Births - Child #7 - Marriage-1:  Shaftsbury Bennington County Vermont Vital Statistics - Births, Book 1, Page 31
9) Birth/Death - Child #3 & 9: Center Shaftsbury Cemetery Records & Markers
10) Biography: Hudson-Mohawk Family Memoirs, Vol. II, Hudson-Mohawk Family Histories
11) Biography: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol. 6, Page 242