1677 - 1769 (92 years)
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Name |
Ephraim Wilder |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
16 Apr 1677 |
Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3] |
History |
His home was listed as having two fireplaces. Ephraim later served as a selectman in Lancaster and town moderator. He also served several times as the Representative to the General Court. |
Married |
1698 (Age 21) |
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts [1, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
Elizabeth Stevens, the daughter of Cyprian and Mary (Willard) Stevens. He was born in 1681 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 28 May 1769 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth's gravestone inscription in Old Settlers Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, reads:
In Memory of Mrs.
Elizabeth, ye Wife of
Capt. Ephraim Wilder,
who died May ye 28
1769, in ye 89th. year
of her Age.
The Stroke of Death hath laid my Head,
Down in this dark and Silent Bed.
The Trump shall Sound I hope to rise,
And meet my SAVIOUR in the Skies
Issue:
1. Ephraim Wilder Jr. (1708-1770)
2. Elizabeth Wilder (1708-____)
3. Martha Wilder (1711-____)
4. Dorothy Wilder (1714-____)
5. Eunice Wilder (1719-____)
6. Susanna Wilder (1723-____)
7. Asaph Wilder (1724-1747) |
Military |
1705 (Age 28) |
During Queen Anne's War, Ephraim was attached to Lt. Nathaniel Wilder's garrison, his brother. During the attack, he lost his home, one ox, two calves, three cows, one horse, fifteen sheep, and one swine.
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Death |
13 Dec 1769 |
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts [1, 3, 6] |
Burial |
Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. [1] |
- In Memory of Capt.
Ephraim Wilder, Junr.
who died March ye 7th
A D. 1770, in the 63d.
Year of his Age.
Every Man at his best state, is altogether Vanity.
Cease ye from Man whose Breath is in his Nostrils: and trust
in the Ever Living GOD
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Siblings |
8 Siblings |
| 1. Nathaniel Wilder, b. 1675, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 19 May 1679, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 4 years) | | 2. Captain Ephraim Wilder, b. 16 Apr 1677, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 13 Dec 1769, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 92 years) | + | 3. Mary Wilder, b. 12 May 1679, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1728, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut (Age 48 years) ▻ Simon Stevens, m. 1701 | | 4. Elizabeth Wilder, b. 14 Feb 1680/81, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | 5. Jonathan Wilder, b. 20 Apr 1682, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 17 Aug 1707, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 25 years) | + | 6. Dorothy Wilder, b. 1686, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 20 Aug 1738, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 52 years) ▻ Samuel Carter, m. Mar 1701 | | 7. Nathaniel Wilder, b. 1688, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 15 May 1778, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 90 years) | | 8. Eunice Wilder, b. 1690, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 15 May 1778, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 88 years) | | 9. Oliver Wilder, b. 1694, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 8 Mar 1765, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 71 years) | |
Person ID |
I15061 |
Last Modified |
2 Aug 2018 |
Father |
Lt. Nathaniel Wilder, b. 3 Nov 1655, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 31 Jul 1704, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 48 years) |
Mother |
Mary Sawyer, b. 4 Jan 1652/53, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
Marriage |
24 Jan 1673/74 |
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
Age at Marriage |
He : 18 years and 2 months - She : 21 years. |
Family ID |
F529 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 16 Apr 1677 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
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| Married - 1698 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Death - 13 Dec 1769 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Burial - - Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
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Pin Legend |
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Sources |
- [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890).
- [S981] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Sudbury Records", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVII, 1863).
- [S1037] Holman, Mary Lovering. The Stevens Miller Ancestry , (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1948).
- [S952] Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861 with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, (Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862).
- [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907).
- [S1049] Whitcomb, Esther K. Inscriptions from Burial Grounds of the Nashaway Towns: Lancaster, Harvard, Bolton, Leominster, Sterling, Berlin, West Boylston, and Hudson, Massachusetts , (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989).
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