Jerusha (Thatcher) Gibbs is daughter of Rev. Rowland and Abigail (Crocker) Thatcher and widow of John Gibbs. She died testate at Sandwich in 1818. When she and Eleazer Ellis were married in 1791 Jerusha was probably in comfortable financial circumstances as it appears that a pre-nuptial agreement was made to provide for the nine children by her first husband.