Jotham Wilder (1710 - 1801)

Born 1710 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Phoebe (Wheeler) Wilder — married 3 Mar 1747 in Leominster, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 25 May 1801 at about age 91 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont

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Biography

1710 born ^[1] in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

1718 nov 2 bap ^[2]

1746 oct 3 marriage intention ^{[3] [4]}

1746-47 mar 3 marriage ^[5]

1761 jul 16 son Reuben Wheeler Wilder born ^[6]

1775 may 15 Jotham Wilder enlisted in the Revolutionary War as a Private in Captain Andrew Haskell's Company, Colonel Whitcomb's Regiment; he was discharged August 1, 1775.

1801 may 25 died ^[7]

1801 aft may 25 buried Mather Cemetery, West Brattleboro, Vermont ^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Edwin Wilder, MD, The Book of the Wilders (rev), Justin E. Wilder, 1322 E Douglas St, Goshen IN 46528, 1998.
2. ↑ "Wilder, Jotham." Brattleboro Library Card Catalog.
3. ↑ Edwin Wilder, MD, The Book of the Wilders (rev), Justin E. Wilder, 1322 E Douglas St, Goshen IN 46528, 1998.
4. ↑ Nourse, Henry Stedman, ed. The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890), 31.
5. ↑ Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1911), 277.[1]
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKB-5H5 : accessed 17 May 2016), Jotham Wilder in entry for Reuben Wilder, 06 Jul 1761; citing LANCASTER,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1.

   Name Reuben Wilder

   Gender Male

   Birth Date 06 Jul 1761

   Birthplace LANCASTER,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS

   Father's Name Jotham Wilder

   Mother's Name Phebe

7. ↑ "Wilder, Jotham." Brattleboro Library Card Catalog.
8. ↑ Jotham Wilder DAR gravemarker, Mather Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA
9. ↑ findagrave memorial #10204029 [2]

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Vol. 13 p. 116
• "Jotham Wilder" #95 in Book of the Wilders p.395
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2K-34MR : 10 September 2021), Jotham Wilder, ; Burial, West Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States of America, West Brattleboro Cemetery; citing record ID 68189563, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.