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James Wilder (bef. 1710 - abt. 1780)

Major James Wilder
Born before in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
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Husband of — married 24 Dec 1734 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
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Died about after about age 69 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Major James Wilder was the son of James Wilder.[1] He was born April 30, 1710, in Lancaster, Massachusetts.[2]

James advanced in rank, becoming a Major in the first Lancaster Company. In the regiment of Colonel Joseph Wilder, he served in the French and Indian Wars in August 1761.[1]

James Wilder married, as her second husband, Martha (Wheeler) Broughton, December 24, 1734, in Lancaster, Massachusetts.[3] [4]

James and Martha had seven children.[4] [5]

Major James Wilder died January 15 or 16, 1780 in Lancaster, Massachusetts.[6]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 NEHGR 137:93, "James Wilder of Lancaster, Stonecutter". The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
  2. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Reference, Lancaster Volume 1, page 274
  3. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Reference Lancaster Volume 1, page 26
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wheeler, Albert Gallatin The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, published 1914, American College of Genealogy. Reference page 354
  5. Wheeler, Henry M. Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of Obadiah Wheeler of Concord, Published 1898 by Franklin P. Rice. Reference page 24
  6. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Lancaster Volume 1, page 328
  • Mayflower Families Vol. 13 p. 98-99




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Wilder-779 and Wilder-498 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse, birth info close, no sources on either profile. Text in bio of -779 makes it clear this is the same person. Please merge.
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