Edward Wilder (1619 - 1690)

Born 1619 in Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Eames) Wilder — married 1 Apr 1651 in Plymouth, Plymouth colony

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1690 at about age 71 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Early Life

Edward Wilder was born about 1619 in Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England, to parents Thomas Wilder and Martha (Higgs) Wilder.^[1]

Some sources say he sailed on the ship "Confidence" with his mother from the port of South Hampton, and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on April 24, 1638 ^[2][3], however other sources do not have him on the passengers list ^[4][5], and he had a land grant in Hingham in 1637 so he must have arrived in Massachusetts before his mother. ^[6] (better source sought)

Family

Edward married 01 Apr 1651 to Elizabeth (Eames) Wilder^[6] in Plymouth, Massachusetts. ^[7][2]

His children, probably all born in Hingham, were:.^[6][2]

1. Elizabeth
2. John
3. Ephriam
4. Isaac
5. Jabez
6. Abia
7. Mehitable
8. Abigail
9. Anna
10. Hannah
11. Mary

Life Story

On 8 Oct 1637, Edward received land grant of ten acres in Hingham, Mass.^[6]

Edward became Freeman 29 May 1644.^[6][2]

On 1 Dec 1675, Edward was one of sixteen Hingham soldiers impressed into service in King Phillip's War.^[6]

Selectman in 1677.^[6]

"Farmer."^[6]

Death

He died intestate on 18th Oct 1680 from a malignant fever.^[6][8]

Sources

1. ↑ Sumner, Edith. Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake and Clarissa Matilda Glidden (California, 1948). Pages 265-66.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Wilder, Moses. History of the Wilders. Brooklyn, NY, 1878. pp 120-122 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/15261/images/dvm_GenMono000698-00074-1?pId=135
3. ↑ Underwood, Lucien Marcus. The Underwood Families of America (New Era, Lancaster, PA, 1913) Vol. 1, Page 4 https://archive.org/details/underwoodfamilie01unde/page/7/mode/2up
4. ↑ WikiTree Confidence, sailed April 1638 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Confidence%2C_sailed_April_1638
5. ↑ Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild https://immigrantships.net/v4/1600v4/confidence16380424.html
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. [Vol III, p.311-312
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22104810?h=eb9bcd
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22105535?h=1b2382

See Also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for Edward Wilder (1 Jan 1623–18 Oct 1690), Find A Grave: Memorial #73351660, citing Hingham Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Lawrence H. Grunert (contributor 46831293) .
• Pilgrims from Fordington The EAMES Family http://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files/FordingtonAnthonyEames.html
• Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 1865.