Mary (Bridges) Wilder (1770 - 1801)

Born 7 Apr 1770 in New Boston, Hillsborough, New Hampshire [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Theophilus Wilder — married 1784 in Dennysville, Washington, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1801 at age 30 in Dennysville, Washington, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mary Bridges was born, perhaps at New Boston, New Hampshire, 7 Apr 1770, the daughter of Joseph Bridges and Mary "Polly" Moody; ^[1] died, 30 Mar 1801, in that part of Dennysville, Maine, later set off as Pembroke; ^[2] married, reportedly at Dennysville, 25 Aug 1788, ^[3] Theophilus Wilder as his first wife. After her death, Theophilus married (2) at Hingham, Massachusetts, 20 Oct 1801, Hannah French, baptized at Hingham, 20 Oct 1776, the daughter of Theodore French and Mehitable Lewis; died at Pembroke, Maine, 2 Sep 1854, age 79y. She had married (1) at Hingham, 19 Nov 1797, Robert Waterman, born at Hingham, 17 Aug 1773, the son of Thomas Waterman and Lydia Lincoln; drowned at Nantasket Point, 6 Jun 1798, in his 25th year. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Edited by Ruth Gray, Joseph Cook Anderson II, Lois Ware Thurston, C.G., et al, Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Rockport, ME), Vol. 3, p. 32
2. ↑ Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 3, p. 32; Vol. 6, p. 481
3. ↑ June Ferguson, June Ferguson to Adam Genealogy (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ferguson)
4. ↑ Maine Families in 1790, 6:481

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