Ebenezer Wilder

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1702, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mercy Houghton, the daughter of John and Mary (Farrar) Houghton. She was born on 15 March 1682 in Woburn, Massachusetts. [This marriage] She died 7 January 1733/34 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Benjamin Wilder 2. David Wilder 3. Hephzibah Wilder 4. Benjamin Wilder (1711-____) 5. Hephzibah Wilder (1712-____) 6. Jacob Wilder (1717-____)

Notes:

Christening: Her christening date was recorded as 13 (2) 1684.

Buried:
HERE LIES BURIED
Y^e BODY OF MR
EBENEZ^R WILDER
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE
DECEM^br Y. 25^th
A-D 1745
IN Y^e 65^th YEAR
OF HIS AGE
HERE LIES BURIED
Y^e BODY OF
MR^s
MARY WILDER
Ye WIFE OF MR
EBEN^zr
WILDER WHO DEC^d
JANUARY Y^e 6^th
A-D 1733-4
AGE 54 YEARS
9^M & 22 D^s

Other Events and Attributes:

• Moved to: 1675, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; John fled from Lancaster to Charlestown during King Philip's War. He probably had other children.
• Offices Held: 1706, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman.

John married Hannah Atherton on 17 Jul 1672 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of James Atherton and Hannah) was born on 10 Jan 1657/58 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 8 Jan 1737/38 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 3 Jan 1707/08, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; She is mentioned in her father's will.

Notes:

Birth: Her birth date was recorded as 10 (11) 1657.

Notes:

Married:
Their marriage date was recorded as 17 (5) 1672.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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

Notes:

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1635; He came to New England on board the James.
• Land/House: 15 Mar 1653, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; James Atherton was granted land.
• Residence: 1678, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Will: 3 Jan 1707/08, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Hannah, and his children: James, Joshua, Hannah, Elizabeth, and Deborah.
• Probate/Proved: 19 Sep 1710, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

James married Hannah. Hannah died on 30 Dec 1713 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 3 Jan 1707/08, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; She is mentioned the will of her husband, James.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Legal: 18 Jan 1613/14, Wigan, Lancashire, England; An inquisition was taken after the death of Edmund. It states that his son, Humphrey, was four years and three months old.

Edmund married ElizabethEngland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]