Mary Sawyer

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• History: 1705; Mary testified that while her brother was held captive by the Indians in 1705, she took care of her father and mother.
• Living: 5 Nov 1740; This was the date when her father's estate was settled.
• Estate Admin: 22 Jan 1740/41, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; The estate of Mary (Sawyer) Wilder was administered by Capt. Ephraim Wilder.

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Birth:
Her birth was recorded as 4 (11) 1652.

Mary married Lt. Nathaniel Wilder on 24 Jan 1673/74 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of Thomas Wilder and Anna) was born on 3 Nov 1655 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 31 Jul 1704 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; 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, 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 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; 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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Name:


Buried:
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

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• Moved to: Abt 1724, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut

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Birth:
Mary was born during the exile from Lancaster after the massacre during King Philip's War. The Lancaster records list her as born in Boston, however the vital records of Sudbury list her birth as in that town.

Mary married Simon Stevens in 1701 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Simon (son of Cyprian Stevens and Mary Willard) was born on 13 Aug 1677 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened in 1704 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jan 1758 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1706, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary _____.

Dorothy married Samuel Carter in Mar 1701 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Rev. Samuel Carter and Eunice Brooks) was born on 7 Jan 1677/78 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Aug 1738 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 26 Dec 1707, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Demaris Whitcomb. She was dismissed to the Church in Nichewaug, now Petersham on 5 August 1739 from the Church in Lancaster. Issue: 1. Joshua Wilder (1712-____) 2. Bezaleed Wilder (1715-____) 3. Aholiab Wilder (1717-____) 4. Damaris Wilder (1720-____) 5. Jerahmeel Wilder (1721-____) 6. Aaron Wilder (1723-____) 7. Samuel Wilder (1725-____) 8. Elias Wilder (1727-____)

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• Married: say 1710, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Capt. John White, the son of Josiah and Mary (Rice) White. He was born on 29 September 1684 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Capt. White was known as a great Indian fighter. He served on a grand jury in 1719, and was chosen a selectman a year later. During Lovewell's War, he led several expeditions against the Indians. By trade, John was a blacksmith and was well to do for his time. In 1717, he was licenced to keep a tavern. He died on Wednesday 12 September 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His inventory, dated January 1725/26, was valued at £1220. Eunice petitioned for relief after her husband's death. It relates much of what happened during the war and is excerpted below: 'Some few Instances whereof your Petr. would humbly ripresent to this Honble Court. Yor. Petrs. sd. husband altho he had divers times had the honour to bear command yet voluntarily Enlisted himself under the late Capt. Lovewell, and choose rather to go as and Under Officer at that time because he would do what in him lay to Encourage others to Enlist and marched with him at the time when they killed the Ten Indians, in which march they were out near Forty days, Then he performed a march to a place called Cohosse on Connecticut River thinking to meet with the Enemy there and come in at Fort Dummer, being out thirty four days, tho they missed of their desired Success; Then in about Eight days time he had a Company raised and went to Pigwacket to bury Capt. Lovewell which he performed in a very difficult season of the year. Then he went to Connecticut at his own cost and charge to get a Company of Mohege Indians in order to go down to St Francois to take an Indian fort there, but failing of his aim, he returned home and then enlisted a Company of Voluntiers and marched designing for a Fort beyond Pigwacket, but was taken sick before he got there, returned home and dyed leaving your Petr. his bereaved widow with seven Children the Eldest about Fifteen years old and Four of them very young, & one she then went with who is now living; Issue: 1. Eunice White 2. John White 3. Elizabeth White 4. Mary White 5. Thomas White 6. Lois White 7. Nathaniel White 8. Dorothy White (1717-____)

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• Married: 1713; Mary Fairbanks
• Married: say 1745; Rebecca Prescott.

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• Married: 26 Nov 1727, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut; Abigail Warren, the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Warren. She was born on 9 September 1708 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut. Issue: 1. Priscilla Stevens (1728-____) 2. Simon Stevens (1730-____) 3. David Stevens (1731-____) 4. Isaac Stevens (1735-____) 5. Jacob Stevens (1746-____) 6. Able Stevens (1752-____) 7. Joseph Stevens (1754-____) 8. Hannah Stevens (1757-____)
• Living: 1764

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• Married: 3 Jun 1732, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut; Mary Tracy, the daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Clark) Tracy. She was born on 10 January 1711/12 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut. Issue: 1. Willard Stevens (1732-____) 2. Asa Stevens (1734-____) 3. Simon Stevens (1736-____) 4. Mary Stevens (1740-____) 5. Mary Stevens (1743-____) 6. Jonathan Stevens (1745-____) 7. Abigail Stevens (1748-____) 8. Sarah Stevens (1750-____) 9. Solomon Stevens (1754-____)
• History: say 1749; According to Holman (1948), "Although he was called 'of Plainfield' in 1749, Jonathan lived much of his life in Canterbury and was a member of the church there."

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• Moved To: Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Nathaniel went with his son, Martin, to Windham, Vermont, thence to Warwick, Massachusetts.
• Married: 5 May 1737, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Martin, the daugher of Thomas and Mary (Grove) Martin. She was born on 16 December 1718 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel and Mary were step-brother and step-sister. On 25 June 1772 Mary Martin was mentioned in the will of Mary Gove. She died in October 1803 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Phebe Stevens (1739-____) 2. Mary Stevens (1742-____) 3. Lucy Stevens (1744-____) 4. Wilder Stevens (1747-1826) 5. Martin Stevens (1749-____) 6. Nathaniel Grove Stevens (1752-1832) 7. Lois Stevens (1754-____) 8. Abraham Stevens (1757-____) 9. Sarah Stevens (1761-____)
• Census: 1790, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 18 Jan 1734, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Capt. Phineas Stevens, the son of Deacon Joseph and Prudence (Rice) Stevens. He was born on 20 February 1706 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and was christened on 27 April 1707 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Phineas and Elizabeth were cousins. He died on Friday 6 February 1756 in Cape Breton, Acadia, Canada while in military service. Issue: 1. Samuel Stevens (1735-____) 2. Willard Stevens (1735-____) 3. Simon Stevens (1737-____) 4. Enos Stevens (1739-____) 5. Mary Stevens (1742-____) 6. Phineas Stevens (1744-____) 7. Katherine Stevens (1747-____) 8. Prudence Stevens (1750-____) 9. Solomon Stevens (1753-____) 10. Dorothy Stevens (1755-1758)

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• Religion: 13 Dec 1749, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Nathan and Dorothy were admitted to the church in Petersham.

Dorothy married Nathan Goddard on 28 Nov 1748 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nathan (son of Edward Goddard and Hepzibah Hapgood) was born on 18 Jan 1725 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Feb 1806 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 10 Jun 1745, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Dorothy Sawyer, the daughter of John and Sarah (Joslin) Sawyer. She was born on 3 March 1725/26 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts and was christened on 1 May 1726 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. On their marriage They lived in Petersham after their marriage. She died between 1787 and 1810 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eunice Stevens (1746-1838) 2. Lemuel Stevens (1748-1818) 3. Damaris Stevens (1751-1829) 4. Joseph Stevens (1754-____) 5. Simon Stevens (1756-____) 6. Gardner Stevens (1758-1838) 7. Simon Stevens (1760-1824) 8. Oliver Willard Stevens (1761-1845) 9. John Stevens (1765-____) 10 Mary Stevens (1767-1841) 11. Cyprian Stevens (1769-1807) 12. Dorothy Stevens (1770-1852)
• Will: 2 Apr 1787, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Dorothy, and his children: Eunice, Lemuel, Simon, Damaris, Mary, Dorothy, Oliver, Cyprian, and Gardner.
• Probate/Proved: 16 May 1810, Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 14 Feb 1724/25, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jemima Houghton, thge daughter of Jonas and Mary (Berbeane) Houghton. Issue: 1. Millisant Carter (1726-____) 2. Lucy Carter (1727-____) 3. Dorothy Carter (1729-____) 4. Mary Carter (1731-____) 5. Eunice Carter (1733-____) 6. Dinah Carter (1735-____) 7. Samuel Carter (1737-____) 8. Stanton Carter (1739-1823) 9. Silas Carter (1740-1820) 10. Prudence Carter (1743-1828) 11. Jonas Carter (1745-____) 12. Jemima Carter (1747-____)

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• Married: 3 Nov 1724, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; David Osgood. He was dismissed to the Church in Chockset, now Sterling, Massachusetts on 25 November 1744 from the Church in Lancaster. He died on Wednesday 20 February 1771 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. David's gravestone inscription in Sterling Burying Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, reads: David Osgood Esq. died Feb. 20, 1771 in the 73^rd year of his age Issue: 1. Dorothy Osgood (1728-____) 2. Azuba Osgood (1730-____) 3. David Osgood Jr. (1734-____) 4. Mary Osgood (1736-1739) 5. Elizabeth Osgood (1738-1739) 6. Mary Osgood (1744-____) 7. Elizabeth Osgood (1746-____)

Notes:

Buried:
Mrs. Eunice Osgood
died Nov. 16, 1789
aged 85 years

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• Offices Held: 9 Jul 1740, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected as a Selectman on the town's first board.
• Religion: 1743; He was one of the sixteen who subscribe to the covenant of the First Church of Leominster, Massachusetts thus establishing it on 25 September 1743.

Notes:

Buried:
In Memory of
Mr. Nathaniel Carter
who departed this life
July 20, 1787
in the 79th year of his age

Nathaniel married Thankful Sawyer on 09 Feb 1731/32 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Thankful (daughter of Elias Sawyer and Beatrix Pope) was born in 1715; was christened on 24 Mar 1716/17 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Dec 1755 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Dorcus Spofford on 21 Jul 1758. Dorcus was born in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Aug 1784 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1730; Thomas Fairbank.

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• Married: say 1730; Daniel Knight.

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• Married: say 1731; Damaris Joslin.

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• Married: say 1733; Mary Osgood.
• Married: say 1743; Abigail Wilder, the daughter of James and Abigail (Gardner) Wilder.

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• Married: say 1735; Beulah Wilder.
• Married: say 1745; Hannah Flagg.

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• Married: say 1738; John Whitcomb.

Notes:

Birth:
Carter (2000) gives her birth date as 1719.

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• Married: say 1742; Joseph Osgood Jr., the son of Joseph Osgood.

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• Married: say 1743; Stephen Buss.

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• Married: say 1746; Tabitha Houghton.

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• Married: 19 Jun 1770, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jonathan Woodward. He was born about 1746 in Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on Saturday 5 April 1828 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Jonathan's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads: Jonathan Woodward d Apr. 5, 1838 æ. 82 Issue: 1. Fanny Woodward (1771-____) 2. Dorothy Woodward (1772-____) 3. Lois Woodward (1774-____) 4. Hepzibah Woodward (1777-____) 5. Anna Woodward (1779-____) 6. Lucy Woodward (1787-____) 7. Julia Woodward (c1791-1811)

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• Married: 1773, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Thankful Woodward, the daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Brown) Woodward. She was born on 2 May 1745 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 8 February 1813 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eunice Goddard (1775-____) 2. Sally Goddard (1781-1855) 3. Azubah Goddard (1784-____) 4. Nathan Goddard 5. Cyrus Goddard
• Offices Held: 1783 to 1784, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman.

Notes:

Buried:
Dea. Nathan Goddard
d. 8 Dec. 1816
æ. 65 yr

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• Married: 1776; Ann Woodward, the daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Brown) Woodward. She was born on 9 June 1753 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. After Jonathan's death, Ann married John Bachelor. She died on Saturday 19 February 1820 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Ann's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads: Mrs. Anna wife of John Bachellar, Esq. formerly wife of Ebenezer Goddard d. Feb. 21, 1820 æ. 66 Issue: 1. Anna Goddard (1777-1841) 2. Ebenezer Goddard (1779-1851) 3. Benjamin Goddard (1779-____) 4. Samuel Goddard (1780-____) 5. Enoch Goddard (1783-____) 6. Louisa Goddard (1785-1816) 7. Tryphena Goddard (1787-____) 8. Jonas Goddard (1791-1868) 9. Maria Goddard (1793-____) 10. Stephen Goddard (1796-1816)

Notes:

Buried:
Mr. Ebenezer Godard
d. Jan. 1, 1803
in his 50th year

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• Married: 2 Nov 1779, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Lucy Goddard, the daughter of David and Margaret (Stone) Goddard. She was born on 19 June 1760 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Asa and Lucy were first cousins. She died on Monday 22 December 1800 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Lemuel Goddard (1782-1865) 2. Levina Goddard (1784-____) 3. David Goddard (1786-____) 4. Nahum Goddard (1788-____) 5. Lois Goddard (1790-____) 6. Dorothy Goddard (1792-____) 7. Joseph Goddard (1793-1847)
• Occupation: say 1780, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was a farmer.
• Married: 18 Aug 1801, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Mary Tyler, the daughter of Rufus Tyler. Issue: 1. Lucy Goddard (1802-____) 2. Mary Goddard (1804-1804) 3. Esther Goddard (1805-1845) 4. Amanda Goddard (1807-____)

Notes:

Buried:
Mr. Asa Goddard
d. June 3, 1828
æ. 73

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• History: 1773, North Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She being but 16 years when married, her father, Nathan, built her a large home, which became the "Mayo Tavern." After her husband's death, she maintained the tavern. The following was written in the History of North Orange: "Aunt Dolly was noted for her parties and good cooking. The story is told that at one time a party of soldiers passed through the place and stopped at the house for food. Aunt Dolly had a sheep killed, dressed and cooked for them in short order - they then went on their way."

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Birth:
Mayo (1965) gives her birth date as 15 January 1758.

Buried:
Benjamin Mayo Esq.
Died
May 2, 1797
Aet 47
Dolly Mayo
His wife
Died
June 7, 1845
Æt 88
In the same plot is the following stone:
Infant died March 18, 1789
Dolly
Died April 20, 1793
Aet 12 yrs
Roxy died 1795
Æ 4 yrs
Children of Benj. &
Dolly Mayo
Suffer little children to come unto me
And forbid them not

Dorothy married Benjamin Mayo in 1773 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Major Joseph Mayo and Esther Kenrick) was born on 11 Dec 1750 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 2 May 1797 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 8 Jan 1778, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Moses Goddard, the son of David and Margaret (Stone) Goddard. He was born on 25 July 1754. He lived in 1778 in Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Royal Goddard 2. Moses Goddard 3. Clark Goddard 4. Betsey Goddard 5. Rana Goddard

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• Married: 10 Jan 1753; Jotham Bennett. Issue: 1. Samuel Bennett (1753-____) 2. Elizabeth Bennett (1755-____) 3. Thankful Bennett (1758-____)

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• Moved To: About 1761, Stoddard, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; About 1761 he moved to Stoddard, New Hampshire.
• Military: 19 Apr 1775; He was a lieutenant in Capt. Joshua Wood's Company and marched to the alarm of 19 April 1775 to Cambridge. He served for 12 days. He later was Captain of the 1st Leominster Company, Col. Abijah Stearn's Regiment, He was commissioned a Captain 23 March 1776. He marched to Williamstown 22 August 1777 and served for 11 days. Later he was under Col. Job Cushing and served from 5 September 1777 to 12 October 1777 in the Northern Department.
• Moved To: Before 1787, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He returned to Leominster before the death of his first wife in 1787 and lived on the Bee Hill farm with his father.
• Last Full Review: 25 Jun 2020

Notes:

Birth: He is also listed in the complied vital records of Leominster, this probably being a record of the early settlers.

Name:


Died:
He died of lung fever.

Nathaniel married Dorothy Joslin on 26 Jun 1760 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Dorothy was born on 10 May 1741; died on 27 Jan 1787 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Prudence Wilder on 20 May 1790 in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Prudence was born on 24 Jul 1751 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 1755; Elias served in Samuel Willard's company, Col. John Whitcomb's regiment in the Crown Point Expedition in 1755.
• Moved To: 1774, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Military: 1775; He served in the Revolution, his son, Elijah accompanying him.

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Elias married Deborah White on 15 Nov 1760 in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Deborah (daughter of Josiah White and Deborah House) was born on 24 Dec 1739 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Jun 1810 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1757; Deacon John Joslin, the son of John and Lucy (Wilder) Joslin. He was born in 1735 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He and Susannah Carter filed marriage intentions on 5 December 1757. John was chosen as a Deacon on 30 March 1769 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died 6 September 1810 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Joslin (1758-1836) 2. Susannah Joslin (1760-____) 3. Nathaniel Joslin (1761-____) 4. Dorothy Joslin 5. David Joslin (1765-____) 6. Elias Joslin (1765-1824) 7. Luke Joslin (1771-1824) 8. Lucy Joslin (1773-1846) 9. Sally Joslin (1775-____)

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• Married: 12 Feb 1760, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Thomas Wilder. He was born on 15 September 1757 and he died 6 January 1802 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abel Wilder (1760-1825) 2. Elizabeth Wilder (1762-____) 3. Vashti Wilder (1764-____) 4. Peter Andrew Wilder (1765-1855) 5. Lucretia Wilder 6. Abigail Wilder (____-1831)

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Birth:
She was a twin.

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• Married: 10 Mar 1758, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Ebenezer Colburn Issue: 1. Beatrice Colburn (1759-1828) 2. Ebenezer Colburn (1761-____) 3. Elisha Colburn (1764-____) 4. Prudence Colburn (1765-____) 5. Elisha Colburn (1772-1850) 6. Nabby Colburn (1770-____) 7. Elijah Colburn (1772-1850) 8. Thankful Colburn (1774-1852) 9. Nathaniel Colburn (1776-1840) 10. Susannah Colburn (1778-____)

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Christened:
She was christened by the Rev. John Rogers. Elisha was the first child baptized at the First Church of Leominster.

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• History: say 1800; Samuel probably spent his adult life in Buckland, Massachusetts. While the early records of Buckland have been destroyed, their are remembrances of "Uncle Sam". He was blind, but intelligent and active.

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• Moved To: Abt 1777, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Married: 27 Jun 1777, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Relief Joslin, the daughter of John and Lucy (Wilder) Joslin. She was born on 3 April 1756 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts and she died in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Wilder Carter 2. Elisha Carter 3. Dolly Carter 4. Relief Carter 5. Lucy Carter 6. Thomas Carter 7. John Carter (1783-1828)

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• Moved To: abt1774, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Married: 7 May 1774, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Betty Wood. She was born on 27 September 1753 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts and she died 15 January 1811 in Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Issue: 1. Eunice Carter (1774-1816) 2. Nathaniel Carter (1776-1784) 3. Joel Carter (1778-1825) 4. Asa Carter (1780-1833) 5. Abel Carter (1780-1844) 6. Betty Carter (1782-1782) 7. Betty Carter (1783-1784) 8. Jonas Carter (1785-1810) 9. Sewell Carter (1788-1821)
• Moved To: Abt 1781, Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; According to Carter (1887), "The tradition is that the way was marked only by cuts upon the trees; that he carried the two oldest children on one horse, while his wife followed with the twins, about a year old, on another."
• Moved To: Abt 1783, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• History: say 1800; According to Carter (1887), "He became blind, and many stories are told of his keen perception of persons and things, although deprived of sight. Hearing what he supposed to be a bear about the house one night, he seized an axe and threw it in the direction of the noise; the next morning a bear's foot and bloody tracks were found, and in a few weeks a bear which had lost one foot was killed in the woods near by."

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• Last Full Review: 19 May 2020

Thankful married Captain Gardner Wilder on 24 May 1775 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Gardner was born on 9 Jun 1748 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1807 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Cemetery #01, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]