Joseph
Melcher
Born about in York, Massachusetts Bay Colony
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Edward Melcher
and Elizabeth (Bailey) Melcher
Husband of
Mary (Cobb) Melcher
— married
about 1757 in Falmouth, York, Maine District, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Melcher, Noah Melcher, Mary (Melcher) Merryman, Abner Melcher Sr, Josiah Melcher and Myriam (Melcher) Purinton
Died
at about age 88
in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Dec 2012
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Biography
Joseph Melcher performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.
Joseph Melcher is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A211929.
Joseph Melcher was born about 1733, the youngest child of four, of Edward Melcher and Elizabeth Bailey.
He married Mary Cobb on 4 October 1757 and by some accounts had 14 children.
He was a housewright by profession (felled trees, made boards, built homes), and settled in Bunganock, Maine.
According to his profile in the DAR records, in 1775 he served as a member of the Committee of Inspection in the Revolutionary War. In 1777, a Joseph Melcher served with Captain George White's Company, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. This was probably his son, as he was killed in action. [1]
His youngest son, also named Joseph, was killed "on Ipswich bar in a storm."[2] He died on 21 August 1821, age 86, and is buried at Maquoit Cemetery in Brunswick, Maine.
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed September 8, 2016), "Record of Joseph Melcher", Ancestor # A211929.
- ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #64071859 (accessed 12 December 2023), Memorial page for Capt Joseph Melcher (1782-7 Nov 1802), citing Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568).
- Memorial: Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #38211517 (accessed 12 December 2023), Memorial page for Joseph Melcher (1735-21 Apr 1821), citing Maquoit Cemetery, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Stuart Strout Woodside Skolfield (contributor 46954007).
- Source: SR26 vital records Vital Records of Topsham, Maine, to the Year 1892, 2 Volumes Mary Pelham Hill, ed. Publication: 1929-30 Event: Births, Marriages, Deaths
- Source: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVK-B77 : 27 December 2014), Joseph Melcher and Mary Cobb, 1757.
- Source: SR7 book History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell: Maine George Augustus Wheeler, Henry Warren Wheeler Publication: Boston: Alfred Mudge and Son, 1878 Part III, Chapter 2: Family Histories File Format: URL Google Books: History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine 843 Joseph Melcher and his brother Samuel Melcher settled in this town about the year 1757, and where the ancestors of all the name in this vicinity. Joseph Melcher settled at Bunganock, on the farm now occupied by Jedediah Mariner. He was a housewright by trade. He m. in 1757, Mary Cobb of "Gorham town." He d. Apr. 21, 1821, in the 86th year of his age; she d. May 18, 1825 in the 87th year of her age. Ch. were: - Noah, Nathaniel, Abner, Josiah, Samuel, and nine others. Those named lived in Brunswick.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~1.56%
Ann (Seward) Barber
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T845277 [compare], FTDNA kit #451144
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~0.78%
Deborah Barber :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T035886 [compare], FTDNA kit #N52738
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~0.78%
Phyllis (Merryman) Cloyd :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T182272 [compare], FTDNA kit #539789
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~0.39%
Cynthia Cloyd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RU6021870 [compare], Ancestry member ccloyd11
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T695503 [compare], FTDNA kit #489430
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ML9694229 [compare]
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~0.39%
Shelley Cloyd :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #689153
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Present day Portland was part of Falmouth 1786. Cumberland County was made from a portion of York County in 1760.
Topsham was part of the Pejepscot Purchase prior to 1754
Bruswick was part of the Pejepscot Purchase prior to 1739
Perhaps his birthplace was Falmouth, York, Province of Maine, Massachusetts Bay
Found birth records of two sons (1798, 1802) but they disappeared after 1802 when wife Rebeckah died.