Elizabeth Stevens

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1698, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Captain Ephraim Wilder, the son of Lt. Nathaniel and Mary (Sawyer) Wilde. He was born on 16 April 1677 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 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. 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. He administered the estate of Mary, his mother, on 22 January 1740/41 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on Wednesday 13 December 1769 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Ephraim's gravestone inscription in Old Settlers Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, reads: In Memory of Capt. Ephraim Wilder, Junr. who died March y^e 7^th A D. 1770, in the 63^d. 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 Issue: 1. Ephraim Wilder (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)

Notes:

Birth:
Crane (1907) gives her birth place as Boston, Massachusetts.

Buried:
In Memory of Mrs.
Elizabeth, y^e Wife of
Capt. Ephraim Wilder,
who died May y^e 28
1769, in y^e 89^th. 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