Elizabeth Carter

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• Married: say 1742; Joseph Osgood Jr., the son of Joseph Osgood.

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• Offices Held: 1723, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman.

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Birth:
His birth was recorded as 7 (11) 1677.

Died:
Carter (1887) gives his death date as 30 Aug 1738.

Samuel married Dorothy Wilder in Mar 1701 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Dorothy (daughter of Lt. Nathaniel Wilder and Mary Sawyer) was born in 1686 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Aug 1738 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Graduation: 1660, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He graduated from Harvard College.
• History: 4 Jan 1665/66, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was admitted as a townsman.
• Offices Held: 1679, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman. He served again from 1681 through 1683.
• Offices Held: 1680; He was appointed the Commissioner of Rates.
• Occupation: 1685 to 1686; He was appointed by the town as a Teacher of Grammar School.
• Offices Held: 1690; He was elected the Town Clerk.
• History: 21 Oct 1692, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Rev. Samuel Carter participated in an ordinance.
• Inventory: 17 Oct 1693; Samuel's estate was inventoried.
• Estate Admin: 30 Oct 1693, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; The estate of Rev. Samuel Carter was administered.

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Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 8 (6) 1640.

Samuel married Eunice Brooks in 1672 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Eunice (daughter of John Brooks and Eunice Mousall) was born on 10 Oct 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: He was involved in the killing of some Indians and showing his hatred to some friendly Indians during King Philip's War along with Daniel Hoar. They were released by the General Court upon payment of £20 to each of the Indians involved.
• Moved To: 1676, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He removed to Sudbury when Lancaster was destroyed during the War. They returned to Lancaster after 1681 where they may have had more children and he ran an inn.
• History: 1688; He was paid forty shillings by Lancaster for the killing of two wolves.

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Died:
He was killed by Indians. During Queen Anne's War, he was the commander of a garrison house and was shot in the thigh by Indians near that house in the attack of 30 July 1704. He soon died of the wound.

Nathaniel married Mary Sawyer on 24 Jan 1673/74 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott) was born on 4 Jan 1652/53 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: 1705; Mary testified that while her brother was held captive by the Indians in 1705, she took care of her father and mother.
• Living: 5 Nov 1740; This was the date when her father's estate was settled.
• Estate Admin: 22 Jan 1740/41, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; The estate of Mary (Sawyer) Wilder was administered by Capt. Ephraim Wilder.

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Birth:
Her birth was recorded as 4 (11) 1652.

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• History: 1 Apr 1626, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; He enrolled as a sizer at St. John's College, Cambridge University. A sizer is one who receives an allowance towards expenses by serving as a servant to other students.
• Graduation: Jan 1629/30, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from St. John's College, Cambridge University.
• Graduation: 1633, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He graduated with a Master of Arts from Cambridge University.
• Proprietor: 25 Apr 1637, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Freeman: 21 May 1638, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Ordained: 22 Nov 1642, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Will: 4 Sep 1684, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Died:
His death was recorded as 5 (7) 1684.

Thomas married Mary Dalton on Yes, date unknown. Mary died on 28 Mar 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Eunice Mousall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1639, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Religion: 30 Mar 1640, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Thomas was admitted to the Charlestown Church.
• Freeman: 2 Jun 1641, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 1654, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Legal: 1 Jul 1659, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He signed the Town Orders.
• Will: 22 Jan 1666/67, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 3 Feb 1667, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman.
• Inventory: 29 Nov 1667, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Probate/Proved: 04 Mar 1667/68, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Name:
For many years Thomas has been thought of as the son of Martha Wilder who came to New England on board the Confidence. DNA testing has proved this false.

Moved To:
Wyman (1877) gives the year as 1659.

Buried:
to the Memory of
THOMAS WILDER,
from Lancaster in England,
who first settled at Hingham
in 1641, and came to this Town
July 1, 1659, and died Oct 23,
1667, leaving three sons - viz
THOMAS, JOHN and NATHANIEL,
from whom are derived all
of the name WILDER in
this Town and vicinity

Thomas married Anna. Anna died on 10 Jun 1692 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 7 May 1650, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Anna was admitted to the Charlestown Church.

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• Moved To: 1635, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1645, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 1647, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was on of the original settlers of Lancaster.
• Proprietor: 1648, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Occupation: 1648, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a blacksmith.
• History: 1705; While his son, Thomas, was held captive, he and his wife stayed with his son's daughter, Mary.
• Will: 6 Mar 1705/06, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Probate/Proved: 12 Apr 1720, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Thomas married Mary Prescott on 2 Jul 1648 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Prescott and Mary Platts) was christened on 24 Feb 1629/30 in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England; died in Apr 1716 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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