Capt
Thomas
Wilder
Jr.
Born in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Son of Thomas Wilder
and Anna (Unknown) Wilder
Brother of
Mary (Wilder) Allen, John Wilder, Elizabeth (Wilder) Bowers, Ebenezer Wilder and Nathaniel Wilder Sr
Husband of
Mary (Wheeler) Wilder
— married
25 Jun 1668 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Wilder) Fairbanks, James Wilder, Joseph Wilder, Sarah (Wilder) Hartwell, Elizabeth Wilder and Anna (Wilder) Willard
Died
at age 72
in Lancaster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Capt. Thomas Wilder Jr. was born on 4 Jul 1644 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of Thomas Wilder. He passed away on 7 Aug 1716 in Lancaster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Marriage
- Marriage: Jun 25,1668, to Mary Houghton[1]
- Children:
- Mary Wilder Fairbank (1676 - 1718)
- James Wilder (1680 - 1739)
- Joseph Wilder (1683 - 1757)
- Sarah Wilder Hartwell
- Elizabeth Wilder Hutchins
- Anne Wilder Willard
Parents
- Father: Thomas Wilder (died 1667)
- Mother: Anna Wilder (died 1692)
Death
- Death: 1716 or 1717 at Lancaster
Burial
- Burial: Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
- Inscription:
- Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Capt. Thomas Wilder, who dec'd
- August 7th, 1716, about ye 70th Year of His Age.
Note
Although Mary [Houghton] is given as Thomas' wife in the Vital Records of Lancaster, there is strong circumstantial evidence that Thomas' wife was actually Mary Wheeler.[2]
Sources
- ↑ http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/Lancaster/Images/Lancaster_013.shtml Lancaster Records], p. 13: "Thomas Wilder & Mary [Houghton] his wife were maryed June 25, 1668".
- ↑ The Connecticut Nutmegger, 1974, Vol. 7, p. 627. Title: "HOUGHTON (Correction)"
See also:
- Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
- Find A Grave Memorial #21426893. Created by Shanna Nicole; maintained by Kevin Avery.
From Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Town of Lancaster:
- The land for this burying field (Old Common Cemetery) was given by Capt. Thomas Wilder, who died in 1717. He was the eldest son of Thomas Wilder, first settler of the name.
- The Connecticut Nutmegger. Glastonbury, CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
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Categories: Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Massachusetts
Connecticut Nutmegger 7:627 also provides info about the erroneous marriage info for Thomas Wilder marrying (incorrectly) Mary Houghton, which should have been Mary Wheeler, according to the author who researched it extensively, it sounds.