Mary Melcher

Mary Cobb was born in 1737 to Nathan Cobb and Bethiah Harding Cobb probably in Eastham, Massachusetts.[1] Her father died before 1741 and her mother remarried. Her step-father John Freeman took the family to Gorham, Maine.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38211545/mary-melcher

Mary Cobb Melcher

BIRTH 1738

DEATH 18 May 1825 (aged 86–87)

BURIAL Maquoit Cemetery Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA

Parents

Chipman Cobb 1709–1796

Elizabeth Ingersoll Cobb 1705–1765

Spouse
Joseph Melcher 1735–1821

Siblings

Andrew Cobb 1734–1822

Children
Noah Melcher 1763–1836

Mary Melcher Merryman 1766–1839

In 1757, Mary married Joseph Melcher and they moved to Brunswick, ME.[2] She died in 1825 and was buried with her husband in Maquoit Cemetery in Brunswick, ME.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cobb-44

Mary Melcher formerly Cobb

Born 24 Jun 1737 in Barnstable, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Daughter of Nathan Cobb and Bethia (Harding) Freeman

Sister of Nathan Freeman [half], Mercy (Freeman) Carsley [half], Betty Freeman [half], Nathaniel Freeman [half] and Hannah (Freeman) Elder [half]

Wife of Joseph Melcher — married about 1757 in Falmouth, York, ME

Mother of Joseph Melcher, Mary (Melcher) Merryman, Abner Melcher Sr, Josiah Melcher and Myriam Melcher

Died 12 May 1825 in Gorham, Maine

Profile last modified 18 Nov 2019 | Created 11 Jun 2010

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQDD-X2K : 4 December 2014), Mary Cob, 24 Jun 1737; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 905,406. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVK-B7W : 27 December 2014), Joseph Melcher and Mary Cobb, Marriage 04 Oct 1757; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,002,650. Source S96 Type: Web Site, Text: James Cobb Family Group Record, FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Ancestral File number JVN5-3L, http://www.familysearch.org. Douglas or Doug Harding, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Douglas or Doug and others. http://genforum.genealogy.com/cobb/messages/8349.html http://www.hcobbfamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I2262&tree=Tree1 Source: Find A Grave: Memorial #38211545 accessed on 18 Nov 2019 Source: Hugh Davis McLellan, History of Gorham, ME, (Portland, ME: Smith & Sale, 1902), 301-302 Acknowledgements

Profile was created through import of Morris_gedcom.ged on 11 June 2010.