Captain Thomas Wilder

1644 - 1716  (71 years)

• Name	Thomas Wilder
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	4 Sep 1644	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	His birth date was recorded as 4 (7) 1644.
  Married	25 Jun 1668 (Age 24)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Mary Wheeler, the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Turner) Wheeler. She was born on 5 October 1646 and was christened on 18 October 1646 both in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 25 October 1650. Issue: 1. Mary Wilder (c1675-1718) 2. James Wilder (1680-1739) 3. Joseph Wilder (1683-1757) 4. Sarah Wilder (1685-____) 5. Elizabeth Wilder (1687-____) 6. Anna Wilder (1689-1746)
  Nourse (1890) lists Mary Houghton as the wife of Thomas Wilder. This is not supported by the evidence. MacKenzie (1966) uses the Nourse annotation to come to the same incorrect conclusion, but he changes the year of the wedding to make it more acceptable. Bullard (1930) proves that the Mary, Thomas married was Mary Wheeler, not Houghton. [2, 4, 5] According to Bullard (1878) "Proof of the surname of Mary, wife of Thomas Wilder, is shown in a petition sent to the General court of Massachusetts in 1738, in behalf of those who went into the Canadian Expedition of 1690 under Capt. John Withington. Among the signers was Joseph Wilder, son of Thomas and Mary, who applied "in the right of his uncle, Samuel Wheeler, his mother's brother, who served under Major Wade." A copy of this petition was published in Marvin's "History of Lancaster," p. 125. There are many erroneous records of the name of Mary, wife of Thomas Wilder, due to the loss of the early Vital Records of Lancaster, and the imperfections in the later copies, but evidence supplied in the petition of Joseph Wilder is conclusive proof that she was Mary Wheeler, daughter of Richard and sister of Samuel Wheeler of the Canadian Expedition of 1690. " [4]
  Military	1704 (Age 60)  [2]
  In 1704, he was made a commander of a garrison in Lancaster.
  Death	7 Aug 1716	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 4]
  Burial	Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  	Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Capt. THOMAS WILDER who decd August. 7th, 1716, about ye 70th Year of His Age
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  1. Mary Wilder,   b. 30 Jun 1642, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   2. Captain Thomas Wilder,   b. 4 Sep 1644, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 7 Aug 1716, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years) + 3. Lt. John Wilder,   b. 1646, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 1718, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years) ▻ Hannah Atherton,  m. 17 Jul 1672   4. Elizabeth Wilder,   b. 1648, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   5. Ebenezer Wilder,   b. Abt 1652, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts + 6. Lt. Nathaniel Wilder,   b. 3 Nov 1655, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 31 Jul 1704, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 48 years) ▻ Mary Sawyer,  m. 24 Jan 1673/74
  Person ID	I19543
  Last Modified	17 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Thomas Wilder   d. 23 Oct 1667, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Mother	Anna   d. 10 Jun 1692, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 4 Sep 1644 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Married - 25 Jun 1668 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 7 Aug 1716 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Burial - - Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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