Col
James
Wilder
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Wilder Jr.
and Mary (Wheeler) Wilder
Brother of
Mary (Wilder) Fairbanks, Joseph Wilder, Sarah (Wilder) Hartwell, Elizabeth Wilder and Anna (Wilder) Willard
Husband of
Abigail (Gardner) Wilder
— married
20 Oct 1709 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
James Wilder, Gardner Wilder, Esther (Wilder) White, Ruth (Wilder) Ballard, Beulah (Wilder) Carter, Abigail (Wilder) Carter, Asaph Wilder and Elizabeth (Wilder) Phelps
Died
at age 58
in Lancaster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
James was born on 28 Jun 1680 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[1] He was the son of Thomas Wilder Jr. and Mary (Wheeler) Wilder.[1]
He married Abigail Gardner on 20 Oct 1709 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay.[2]
Children
He died on 13 May 1739 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. He was buried in Old Common Burial Ground.[3]
Burial
Inscription: Here lies buried y body of Co11 James Wilder Ed2r who departed this life 13th May A.D. 1739 in the 59th years of his age. Burial: Old Common Burial Ground Lancaster Worcester County Massachusetts
Probate
The will of James Wilder of Lancaster was dated 5 May 1739 and proved on 24 May 1739 in Worcester. He mentioned his wife Abigail, and his children, James Wilder (executor), Elizabeth Wilder, Gardner Wilder (executor), Aseph Wilder, Abigail Carter, Bulah Carter, and Ruth Ballard.[4]
In 1747, his widow Abigail received her dower.[5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKB-JW1 : 15 January 2020), James Wilder, 1680.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQ7-K8V : 24 January 2020), James Wilder, 1709.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 January 2021), memorial page for Col James Wilder (28 Jun 1680–13 May 1739), Find A Grave: Memorial #21426788, citing Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642) .
- ↑ "Probate records v. 1 1731-1739, 1778-1814, 1863-1870" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y5-BDJK : 8 February 2024), Film# 00774407, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 221-222, Vol 1, Page 398-400.
- ↑ "Probate records v. 2 1739-1748, 1790-1827" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-KXY5 : 13 March 2024), Film# 007704427, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 361-362, Vol 2, Page 661-662.
- Source: S27 Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Repository: #R2 Repository: R2 http://www.Ancestry.com
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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Wilder-854 and Wilder-40 appear to represent the same person because: These profiles will be more obviously a match after another profile is first merged onto Wilder-40.
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