Elizabeth (Eames) Wilder (bef. 1624 - 1692)

Born before 13 Jun 1624 in Fordington, Dorset, England

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Wilder — married 1 Apr 1651 in Plymouth, Plymouth colony

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1692 after age 67 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Elizabeth (Eames) Wilder immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Elizabeth (Eames) Wilder was born in England.

Elizabeth (Eames) Wilder migrated from England to USA on 31st March 1633.

Early Life

Elizabeth was born in Fordington, St, Dorset, England to Anthony and Margery Eames. She was baptised in Fordington at St Georges Church on 13 Jun 1624. ^[1][2][3][4] Anthony Eames and his family embarked on the ship “Recovery” [also referred to as the ‘Recovery of London’] which sailed from Weymouth on 31st March 1633 for New England. It arrived safely in Massachusetts on an unknown date.^{[5] [6]} She moved with her parents to live in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1636

Family

On 1 Apr 1651, she married a farmer named Edward Wilder in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachuesetts. He was the son of Thomas Wilder and Martha Higgs. He was born between 1619 - 1623 in Shiplake, Oxfordshire. ^[7]

Children of Elizabeth Eames and Edward Wilder were:

1. Elizabeth5 Wilder, born Bet. 1651 - 1652 in Hingham, Plymouth Co MA; died January 27, 1731 in Hingham MA. She married Isreal Fearing July 22, 1673 in Hingham MA; born September 1644; died 1693 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
2. John Wilder, born ca. 1653 in Hingham MA; died April 11, 1724 in Hingham MA. He married Rebecca Doggett 30 Nov 1675 in Marshfield MA; born July 29, 1655 in Marshfield MA; died 4 Oct 1728 in Hingham MA.
3. Ephriam Wilder, born 1655 in Hingham MA; died October 28, 1690.
4. Isaac Wilder, born ca. 1656.
5. Jabez Wilder, born Bet. March 1657 - 1658; died May 24, 1731 in Hingham MA. He married Mary Ford May 16, 1691; died December 01, 1748.
6. Abia Wilder, born 1659 in Plymouth Colony. She married William Clark; born in Plymouth.
7. Mehitabel Wilder, born ca. 1661 in Hingham, Plymouth County, MA. She married Joseph Warren December 25, 1692; born 1657.
8. Abigail Wilder, born 1662 in Plymouth, Colony, Ma; died Bet. January 06, 1717 - 1718.
9. Anna Wilder, born 1664 in Hingham, Plymouth County, MA.
10. Hannah Wilder, born March 16, 1665 in Hingham, Plymouth County, MA; died 1690.
11. Mary Wilder, born April 05, 1668. She married (1) Francis LeBaron September 06, 1695; born 1668 in France; died August 8, 1704 in Plymouth Colony. She married (2) Return Wait December 10, 1707; born 1678 in Boston, MA; died October 03, 1751 in Plymouth.

Death

She died June 09, 1692^[1] in Hingham, MA

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts : in three volumes Vol 3 p. 311 https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofh03hing#page/310/mode/2up
2. ↑ Pilgrims from Fordington, The EAMES Family An Account of the life of Captain Anthony Eames (1595 – 1686) Churchwarden of St Georges Church & Constable of Fordington Manor]©Compiled by Michael Russell OPC for Fordington December 2009 (Revised March 2010 - updated May 2011 with additional information on Jonathan Eames (1628-1702) update Aug 2015 to take account of Anthony, Margery and their son Mark being beneficiaries under the Will of Rogere Kete (d.1620) http://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files/FordingtonAnthonyEames.html
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22100675?h=f7a866
4. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB115/i/7373/390/22175399
5. ↑ Records of the Exchequer held at the National Archives at Kew in London [Ref: PRO:E190/875/8]
6. ↑ Passengers of the Recovery http://web.archive.org/web/20070611082107/http://www.winthropsociety.org/ships/recovery.htm
7. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22100637?h=6cd3ad

• Anderson R C "The Great Migration Begins - Vol 2, page 390 by subscription.

Research Notes

Elizabeth Eames married Edward Wilder circa 1652 in probably, Hingham, MA. (21) Edward was born circa 1619 in Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England. Edward was the son of Thomas Wilder and Martha Keene. Edward died October 28, 1690 in probably, Hingham, MA, at age 71. Mr. George Lincoln says he was "stricken suddenly with malignant fever." As he was not mentioned in his presumed father's will, it must be supposed that if he was indeed a member of this family, that his mother was carrying him at the time of his father death.

Mr. George Lincoln, in History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts Vol. ii, p.311-2, wrote that Edward received a grant of land in Hingham "containing ten acres, the 8th of Oct. 1637, 'in a place as convenient as can be discovered.' He subsequently received other grants from the town, including a tract situated next to that given to his mother, the widow Martha Wilder, in 1638, which was located at or near the junction of Main and Pleasant Sts., and inc. the est. now" (1893) "owned by heirs of Fearing Loring, deceased. He also owned all the land between Tower's Bridge and Wilder's Bridge ..."

Rev. Moses Wilder wrote that he had been "associated with his mother in business relations until her death in 1652." Rev. Wilder notes that he was made a freeman in 1645, and suggests his birth year was 1624, based on the presumed age of twenty one then.

Traditions of the family of Edward Wilder are found in a letter written by his great grandson, Edwin Wilder of Hingham, which Rev. Wilder quoted in his book. Edwin opined that all of the Wilders in Hingham, and in the state of Massachusetts, descended from Edward, except for those of a family in Lancaster (descendants of Thomas), "and we do not know of any relationship between us and them."