Asenath (Osgood) Wilder (1746 - aft. 1801)

Born 3 May 1746 in Lancaster, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Fairbank III — married 9 Mar 1767 in Templeton, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Jonathan Wilder — married 22 Sep 1791 in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Note: This Asenath was the second so-named daughter of Jonathan and Asenath Osgood, the daughter baptized in 1744 dying in infancy.

ASENATH OSGOOD, b. at Lancaster, 3 May 1746^[1] daughter of Jonathan and Asenath (Sawyer) Osgood; d. after 1801 (deed); m. at Templeton, 9 Mar 1767, ^[2] JOSEPH FAIRBANK,^[3] b. at Harvard, 5 Dec 1743 son of Joseph and Mary (Willard) Fairbanks; Joseph d. at Templeton, 12 May 1784. Asenath m. 2nd at Templeton, 22 Sep 1791, JONATHAN WILDER (widower of Deborah Sawyer), b. at Lancaster, 17 Feb 1745 son of Jonathan and Zerviah (Houghton) Wilder; Jonathan d. at Sterling, 7 May 1797.

Asenath is likely the Asenath Wilder who married Silas Church in 1817. Silas Church was first married to Asenath's sister Mary Osgood. Asenath Church died in 1824 and age 78.

Joseph Fairbank was a farmer in Templeton. In his will written 10 May 1784 (probate 18 May 1784), Joseph Fairbank, Jr. bequeathed to beloved wife Asenath one-third of the estate, real and personal, during her natural life. Daughter Thankful receives twenty shillings to be paid when she reaches eighteen years. Only son Joseph receives a double portion of the remainder of the estate. Daughters Polly, Abigail, Asenath, and Susy are to have equal parts of the remainder when they come of age. Asenath was named executrix. The estate was valued at £142.0.8 with no real estate listed. The single largest item was a bond of Benjamin Hazzen for £82.8.0.^[4] On 31 August 1791, Asenath aged 16 made choice of Lieut. Silas Church for her guardian.^[5]

After Joseph’s death, Asenath married widower Jonathan Wilder. Jonathan did not leave a will and his estate entered probate 18 May 1797 with Ebenezer Buss as administrator at the request of the heirs.^[6] On 10 December 1801 (recorded 3 June 1803), widow Asenath Wilder of Sterling, in consideration of $230, quitclaimed her interest in the estate to the Wilder children.^[7]

Asenath Osgood and Joseph Fairbanks were parents of six children.

i THANKFUL FAIRBANK, b. at Templeton, 19 Jun 1768; d. at Pelham, MA, 4 Nov 1842; m. at Templeton, 13 Jan 1789, ELLIS TURNER, b. at Templeton, 17 Apr 1770 son of Edward and Hannah (Fisher) Turner.

ii POLLY FAIRBANK, b. at Templeton, 15 Jul 1770; d. at Templeton, 18 Apr 1831; m. at Templeton, 13 Jun 1789, OLIVER HUNT, b. at Templeton, 28 Jun 1765 son of Abel and Rebecca (Davis) Hunt; Oliver d. at Templeton, 27 Aug 1826.

iii ABIGAIL FAIRBANK, b. at Templeton, 28 Oct 1772; d. at Leominster, 19 Feb 1862; m. at Templeton, 21 Aug 1791, THOMAS BURRAGE, b. at Lynn, 4 Dec 1763 son of William and Phebe (Barrett) Burrage; Thomas d. at Leominster, 11 Oct 1828.

iv ASENATH FAIRBANK, b. at Templeton, 15 Oct 1775; perhaps m. at Templeton, 28 Mar 1803, JOHN SAWYER.^[8]

v JOSEPH FAIRBANK, b. at Templeton, 15 Oct 1778; d. at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, 28 Feb 1847; m. at Princeton, MA, 13 Mar 1803, POLLY BROOKS, b. at Princeton, MA, 16 Feb 1780 daughter of David and Patience (White) Brooks; d. at Payson, UT, 24 Jan 1860.

vi SUSANNAH “SUSA” FAIRBANK, baptized at Harvard, 4 May 1783; d. after 1850 when living at Antioch, IL;^[9] m. at Templeton, 2 Mar 1808, DAVID WARREN, b. at Shirley, 8 Apr 1780 son of Peter and Judith (Adams) Warren; David d. at Antioch, 19 Oct 1859.

Sources and Footnotes

1. ↑ Asenath Daughter of Jonathan & Aseneth Osgood born May 3d. 1746. Lancaster Vital Records, volume 1, p 71
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDH-BLV : 9 February 2018), Joseph Fairbanks and Aseneth Osgood, 09 Mar 1767; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873748 IT 4.
3. ↑ The spelling used by Joseph varies between Fairbank and Fairbanks. The children in the family mostly use Fairbank.
4. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 19626
5. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 19506
6. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 65633
7. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Worcester County, 151:399
8. ↑ Fairbanks, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family, p 200 suggests that Asenath married William Park in 1832 and she died in 1834. However, William and Asenath Park had a daughter born in 1833 which rules out this Asenath as his wife. Asenath Fairbank married John Sawyer, III in 1803 and John Sawyer, III had a second marriage in 1811 indicating that Asenath was deceased by 1811, if that is her marriage.
9. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Antioch, Lake, Illinois; Roll: 114; Page: 90a

• *Fairbanks, L. S. 1897. Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America, 1633-1897. Boston: The American Printing and Engraving Company. 882 p. Barber-4100 21:39, 19 September 2018 (UTC)