The first record found for John M. after his marriage is in the 1840 Census in Concord, New York, with wife and four sons and two daughter., In 1850 he lived in Byron Illinois, with wife and one son. In 1860 he lived in Dunham, Illinois, w/wife Hannah. No record after.
Source:Mellen Genealogy[D. Mellen 1853] This family may or may not have lived in E. Pelham, moved to Madison New York in 1815 ,then Concord, New York., before moving to Dunham, McHenry County, Illinois in 1843.