Lt. Nathaniel Wilder

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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.

Notes:

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]

1. Nathaniel Wilder was born in 1675 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 19 May 1679 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
2. Captain Ephraim Wilder was born on 16 Apr 1677 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Dec 1769 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A..
3. Mary Wilder was born on 12 May 1679 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1728 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut.
4. Elizabeth Wilder was born on 14 Feb 1680/81 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
5. Jonathan Wilder was born on 20 Apr 1682 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Aug 1707 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
6. Dorothy Wilder was born in 1686 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Aug 1738 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
7. Nathaniel Wilder was born in 1688 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 15 May 1778 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
8. Eunice Wilder was born in 1690 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 15 May 1778 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
9. Oliver Wilder was born in 1694 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 8 Mar 1765 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

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.