Contents |
Prudence Rachel Wilder has been listed in some genealogies as the daughter of John Wilder.
Prudence Rachel Wilder is NOT the daughter of John Wilder based on the following: 1. Prudence's date of birth in 1770 is in Virginia, and is about the same time period as John Wilder's year of birth in 1772 in Chowan Co., North Carolina.
2. John Wilder's father, Michael Wilder, was living in Chowan Co., North Carolina in 1770, based on his appearing in the 1770 Tax List for Chowan Co., NC.
3. John Wilder appears in the 1790 Federal Census in North Carolina with 2 slaves, and no one else in his household.
4. John Wilder married on 17 December 1792, in Chowan Co., NC, this is three (3) years before Prudence Rachel Wilder married Herod Grizzle in Virginia.
5. John Wilder's daughter Rachel was born about 1795. Rachel Wilder married on 16 January 1816 in Chowan Co., NC to William Simons. Rachel Wilder Simons is in the 1840 Federal Census as head of household.
6. John Wilder died in 1807 in Chowan Co., North Carolina, and John's estate records do not mention a daughter with the name of Prudence Rachel Grizzle . John Wilder's will is filed in Will Book B, pages 292 - 294, Chowan Co., North Carolina. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, database on-line Ancestry.com. Original data: North Carolina County, district and Probate Courts. John's estate records inaddition to his will are found in: North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, Family Search: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX9F-KDS.
7. Based on the documents of John Wilder found in Chowan Co., NC, Prudence Rachel Wilder born 1770 in Va. is not John Wilder's daughter.
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Prudence is 22 degrees from Zendaya Coleman, 26 degrees from Sting Sumner, 17 degrees from Josh Brolin, 23 degrees from Timothée Chalamet, 18 degrees from José Ferrer, 20 degrees from Frank Herbert, 18 degrees from Richard Jordan, 18 degrees from David Lynch, 18 degrees from Virginia Madsen, 18 degrees from Charlotte Rampling, 26 degrees from Patrick Stewart and 20 degrees from Denis Villeneuve on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Prudence's date of birth in 1770 in Virginia is about the same time period as John's year of birth in 1772 in Chowan Co., North Carolina. John's father (Michael) was living in Chowan Co., North Carolina in 1770, based on his appearing in the 1770 Tax List for Chowan Co., NC. John Wilder appears in the 1790 Federal Census with 2 slaves, and no one else in his household. John married on 17 December 1792, in Chowan Co., NC. John's daughter Rachel was born about 1795. Rachel married on 16 January 1816 in Chowan Co., NC to William Simons. Rachel Wilder Simons is in the 1840 Federal Census as head of household. Based on the documents from Chowan Co., NC, Prudence Rachel Wilder born 1770 in Va. is not John Wilder's daughter.