Fact: Residence (1850) Troy, Cheshire, New Hampshire
Sources
"New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLPJ-ZHS : 12 December 2014), Melancia Bowker Wright, 06 Apr 1828; citing Troy, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,053.
"New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDNV-2BS : 12 December 2014), Melancia Bowker Wright, 06 Apr 1828; citing TROY TWP,CHESHIRE,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,001,053.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWZD-SMS : 12 April 2016), Melancia Wright in household of Lyman Wright, Troy, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States; citing family 309, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melancia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Melancia: