Desire (Andrews) Galusha (1732 - 1775)

Born 1732 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Galusha — married 1767 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1775 at about age 43 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Desire Andrews was born in 1732 to Stephen Andrews & Ruth (Barnes) Andrews.

Wife of Mr. __ Metcalf, then the third wife of Jacob Galusha 1720-1791 - Married in about 1676 in Connecticut.

Jacob's and Desire's (d.1775) six children include:
Daniel^[1]
Benjamin^[1]
Ezra^[1]
Desire (b.1771)^[2]
Sarah (b.1774)^[3]
Elias (b.1775)^[4]

She died on 28 September 1775 in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Stearns, Ezra S. 1911. Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable, Thirty Families. George E. Littlefield, Boston.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WN-J8X : 7 January 2020), Jacob Galusha in entry for Desea Galusha, 1771.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73P-XQD : 7 January 2020), Jacob Galusha in entry for Sarah Galusha, 1774.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73P-XQF : 7 January 2020), Jacob Galusha in entry for Elias Galusha, 1775.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KV-86Y : 16 January 2020), Jacob Galusha in entry for De..., 1775.

• SAR #27882 showing that Andrews is Desire's maiden name. Also, "The Bottum (Longbottom) family album : an historical and biographical genealogy of the descendants of Daniel ( -1732) and El" shows that Desire was a widow when she married Jacob Galusha, indicating that Metcalf was her first husband's name.
• CT Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• CT Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index "De, bd abt 1728, dd 28 Sep 1775, dp Connecticut, Female, married, Spouse Jacob Galusha, FHL Film Number 1509740."