Jerusha was the wife of Samuel Ashbow, Jr. The couple had at least one son, Joshua, who was born in 1773.
Samuel Ashbow, Jr.
Robert Ashbow was the brother of the Reverend Samuel Ashbow and perhaps of John and Joseph Ashbow as well. With his wife Betty, Robert had one son, Joel (1763) and several daughters, including one who died in 1776 and Hannah Ashbow Brushell Uncas (1769). As a young leader in the Mohegan community, Robert’s mark appears on a document in support of the appeal of the Mohegan Indians against the Colony of Connecticut dated July 23, 1746. In April of 1756 he enlisted under the command of Genera
Betty Ashbow was the wife of Robert Ashbow. The couple had one son, Joel Ashbow, and several daughters, including one who died in 1776 and Hannah Ashbow Brushel Uncas. Betty’s name appears on a list of men, women, and children belonging to the Mohegan tribe in 1771 and 1782. She and Robert and one other individual were living together in a single Mohegan household in 1799.
Hannah Ashbow [Brushell Uncas] was the daughter of Robert and Betty Ashbow. Her name appears on a Mohegan petition written by her father in 1798. Hannah married a Mohegan named Brushell and may have been the Hannah Ashbow that also married Western Niantic Samuel Waukeet in 1797. However, by 1827 she was living with John Uncas as his common-law wife.