Melinda (Rockwell) Ketch (1815 - 1879)

Born 31 Aug 1815 in Queensbury, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas M. Ketch — married 28 Mar 1830 in Queensbury, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Wife of Jeremiah Tracy — married 1839 in Wakefield, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1879 at age 63 in Aroostook County, Maine, United States

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Biography

Melinda was born in 1815. She was the daughter of Samuel Rockwell and Sarah Ann Drake.

She married Thomas Ketch on 27 Mar 1830 in Queensbury, New Brunswick, Canada.^[1] They had children.

Thomas died about 1839 or 1840. She married Jeremiah Tracy.

Jeremiah, Malinda and their children were in Amity, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1850.^[2] and Caribou, Aroostook, Maine in 1860.^[3]

She married John Cochran on 26 Nov 1867 at Caribou, Aroostook, Maine.^[4]

She and John were in Caribou, Aroostook, Maine in 1870.^[5]

She passed away in 1879. She was buried in Cochran cemetery in Caribou, Aroostook, Maine.^[6]

Research notes

According to the findagrave bio, she was the daughter of Samuel Rockwell and Sarah Ann Drake.

George Thomas (?Thomas M) Ketch was her first marriage, on 28 Mar 1830, ME with 8 children

She then married Jeremiah Tracy aft 1839, in Wakefield, NB, Canada with 5 children.

She then married John Cochran and then a Clark.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBX-Y22G : Tue Oct 24 04:43:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Ketch and Malinda Rockwell, 27 Mar 1830.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JK-S38 : Thu Oct 05 18:16:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Jeremiah Tracy and Melinda Tracy, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHT-MRX : Fri Oct 06 18:57:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Jeramiah Tracey and Melinda Tracey, 1860.
4. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FQ-B9C : 14 January 2020), Melinda Rockwell in entry for John Cochran, 1867.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D8-NCH : Fri Oct 06 09:07:15 UTC 2023), Entry for John Cothrin and Malinda Cothrin, 1870.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGD-HC9H : 7 February 2023), Melinda Malinda Rockwell Cochran, ; Burial, Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States of America, Cochran Cemetery; citing record ID 118883126, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118883126/melinda_malinda-cochran

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  Find A Grave: Memorial #118883126 (accessed 17 January 2023)
  Memorial page for Melinda (Malinda) Rockwell Cochran (31 Aug 1815-7 Jul 1879), citing Cochran Cemetery, Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Donna Meinscher Plessala Estes (contributor 47162110).