The Wilder Family in America
A brief history
MARTHA HIGGS (~1590 - 1652)
b. ABT. 1590 in Shiplake, Oxford, England
d. 20 Apr 1652 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
The last of April 1638 Martha Wilder and daughter Mary landed at Hingham, MA on the ship Confidence out of Southhampton for New England. Martha had a grant of 5 acres for a house lot. It was on Main Street near Pleasant Street.
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spouse: Wilder, Thomas (1584 - 1634)
- m. Jan 1618/19 in England
----------child: Wilder, John V (1616 - 1688)
----------child: Wilder, Thomas (1618 - 1667)
----------child: Wilder, Edward (1619 - 1690)
----------child: Wilder, Elizabeth (1621 - 1668)
----------child: Wilder, Mary (1623 - 1658)
ELIZABETH WILDER (1621 - 1668)
b. 1621 in Shiplake, England
d. 1668 in Duxbury, Plymouth County,MA
father: Wilder, Thomas(1584 - 1634)
mother: Higgs, Martha(~1590 - 1652)
ELIZABETH WILDER Source - The Descendants of Harvey Wilder,
Justin E. Wilder, 1974, pg. 23:
"Elizabeth Wilder born 1620 or 1621
in England, died 1688. She is thought to have come to America before
1638. She married Jan. 17, 1639 at Hingham, MA to Thomas Ensign of Marshfield, MA, born 1616, died 1663 at Duxbury, MA. He had come to the Plymouth Colony in 1633 or 1664 and first lived in the town of Scituate.
They had one son and two daughters".
spouse: Ensign, Thomas (1614 - 1663)
- m. 17 Jan 1638/39 in Hingham, MA
----------child: Ensign, Hannah (1640 - )
----------child: Ensign, Elizabeth (~1642 - )
----------child: Ensign, Hannah (*1645 - 1698)
----------child: Ensign, John (*1646 - 1676)
----------child: Ensign, Elizabeth (*1651 - )
EDWARD WILDER (1619 - 1690)
b. 1619 in Shiplake, Oxford,England
d. 18 Oct 1690 in Hingham,Plymouth,MA
father: Wilder, Thomas(1584 - 1634)
mother: Higgs, Martha(~1590 - 1652)
From Savage WILDER, EDWARD, Hingham, came, tradition, says, from Lancashire, 1638, with his mother Martha, a widow who died 20 Apr. 1652. Was made freeman 1644.
Married Elizabeth Eames of Marshfield, had John, Ephraim, Isaac, and Jabez, with four daughters. Died 18 Oct. 1690. His widow died 9 June 1692.
spouse: Eames, Elizabeth (1624 - 1692)
- m. Apr 1651 in Hingham, Plymouth County, MA
----------child: Wilder, Elizabeth (r1651 - 1731)
----------child: Wilder, John (1653 - )
----------child: Wilder, John (*1655 - )
----------child: daughters, Unknown 3 (*1655 - )
----------child: Wilder, Hannah (1655 - 1690)
----------child: Wilder, Ephraim (1655 - 1690)
----------child: Wilder, Jabez (1657 - )
----------child: Wilder, Isaac (1658 - 1689)
----------child: Wilder, Abia (1659 - )
----------child: Wilder, Mehitabel (1661 - )
----------child: Wilder, Abigail (1662 - 1718)
----------child: Wilder, Anna (1664 - )
----------child: Wilder, Mary (1668 - )
NATHANIEL WILDER (1688 - 1775)
NATHANIEL WILDER Source - Book of The Wilders by Rev. Moses H. Wilder, pg. 77:
Nathanael Wilder, son of Nathanael, a farmer, lived in what is now Sterling, married soon after the Indian War, and had twelve children. In the early settlement of Petersham, when he was about 60 years of age, he made a purchase of 700 acres of land, and removed to the new town. His name was first on the list of members of the Congrgational Church at its organization in 1745. He was a man of great force and character, never failing in an enterprise because of its difficulty, and did much to give strength and character to the new town. It is said of him as a kind of tradition in the family, that when over
seventy-two years of age , he took a horseback journey, and put up for the night
in a tavern where he was accustomed to stop. On retiring for the night, the
landlord told him he must not go to the barn in the morning, as he was in the
habit of doing, until he was with him, for there was a furious bull in the yard,
and his life would be in danger. He had always cared for his horse, and he was
not baffled. He took his whip and, booted and spurred, he went into the yard,
when, true to his nature, the bull came after him. He stepped aside, and as he
passed, he sprang upon the back of the enraged animal, and with spur and whip,
he rode him around the yard until he was unable to go any further. Two of his
sons went with him to Petersham, others settled in other towns, and have left a
very large list of descendants".
b. 1688 in Sudbury,Ma
d. 9 Jun 1775 in Petersham, Worcester,MA
father: Wilder, Nathaniel(1650 - 1704)
mother: Sawyer, Mary(1652 - 1711)
----------child: Wilder, Jonathan (1708 - 1708)
----------child: Wilder, Nathaniel (1708 - )
----------child: Wilder, Charles (1710 - )
----------child: Wilder, Joshua (1712 - 1762)
----------child: Wilder, Bezaleal (1714 - )
----------child: Wilder, Aholiab (1717 - 1759)
----------child: Wilder, Damaris (1720 - 1747)
----------child: Wilder, Jarahmeel (1721 - )
----------child: Wilder, Prudence (1722 - 1792)
----------child: Wilder, Aaron (1723 - 1817)
----------child: Wilder, Samuel (1725 - 1729)
----------child: Wilder, Elias (1727 - ).
NATHANIEL WILDER (1650 - 1704)
b. 3 May 1650 in CharlestownSuffolk,,MA
d. 10 Aug 1704 in Lancaster,Worcester,MA
father: Wilder, Thomas(1618 - 1667)
mother: Johnson, Anna(~1622 - 1684)
Indian attacks on town and one indian surrendered and was brutally
murdered by Nathanael wilder and Daniel Hoar. They were tried condemned and
sentenced to be hung. In October 1676 presented memorial to General court
and asked for pardon. Granted but pay 10 pounds each and expenses of trial.
spouse: Sawyer, Mary (1652 - 1711)
- m. 24 Nov 1673 in Lancaster,MA
----------child: Wilder, Nathaniel (1675 - 1679)
----------child: Wilder, Ephraim (1677 - 1769)
----------child: Wilder, Mary (1679 - 1728)
----------child: Wilder, Elizabeth (1681 - )
----------child: Wilder, Jonathan (1685 - 1707)
----------child: Wilder, Dorothy (1686 - 1738)
----------child: Wilder, Nathaniel (1688 - 1775)
----------child: Wilder, Eunice (1690 - 1778)
----------child: Wilder, Oliver (1694 - 1765)
THOMAS WILDER (1644 - 1716)
b. 14 Sep 1644 in Charlestown,Suffolk,MA
d. 7 Aug 1716 in Marlborough, Middlesex,MA
father: Wilder, Thomas(1618 - 1667)
mother: Johnson, Anna(~1622 - 1684)
THOMAS WILDER III 2 CONT Source - The Book of The Wilders, Rev. Moses
Hale Wilder, 1878, pg. 13: 1 NOTE "Thomas, married in 1668, June 20, Mary Houghton;
he was the executor of his father's will, and succeeded to his estate.
Though married in 1668, his oldest child known, was born in 1680. It is
not improbable that other children were lost in the Indian massacres; the
troublous times prevented the preservation of the record of events until
the commencement of the next century, 1700. We know very little of the
history of Thomas during, or after the war. There are indications that
he fortified his house, and made it a place of protection for other
families. He died in 1717."
DANIEL AND SALLY WILDER
Daniel and Sally were married for over 70 years. Daniel lived to be 90 and Sally was 100. Letters were written between Daniel and his brother, Artemas, living in Massachusetts for 50 years. These included comments on the Civil War, religion and Underground Railroad. At Sally's 100 Celebration the family prepared a summary of the current generations.
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