↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4WK-PV3 : 4 December 2014), Josiah Melcher, 25 Dec 1767; citing TOPSHAM,SAGADAHOC,MAINE; FHL microfilm 928,294.
↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4FZ-35N : 4 December 2014), Josiah Melcher and Nancy Anderson, 11 Jan 1803; citing Freeport, Cumberland, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 10,917.
↑ Joseph C Anderson Jonathan W Forsaith, compiler, Vital records of Brunswick, Maine 1740-1860 : and the Forsaith book of Brunswick family records compiled 1876-1880 by Jonathan W. Forsaith, town clerk (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2004), 350.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 January 2021), memorial page for Josiah Melcher (1769–1849), Find a Grave Memorial no. 23525664, citing Growstown Cemetery, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by JMO (contributor 46880677) .
Notes
It was said that he changed his name from Josiah to his older brother's name of Joseph after brother was killed in Rev. War, but the name on his headstone is Josiah.
1st wife was Sarah or Sally ?
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