Caleb Wilder (1741 - 1816)

Born 1 Jul 1741 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Woodard) Wilder — married 12 Sep 1772 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1816 at age 74 in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Caleb was born in 1741 ^[1]

He was the son of Caleb Wilder and Abigail Carter.

Caleb and Elizabeth Woodward intentions to marry filed on 10 Jul 1772 in Mendon, Massachusetts^[2] and they married 12 Sep 1772 in Mendon as listed in the Rhode Island Newspaper ^[3]

Their children

1. Deborah Wilder 1774–1859 m) John Willard Jr
2. Betsey Wilder 1776–1854 (unmarried)
3. Joseph Wilder 1780–
4. Abigail Wilder 1783–1861 m) Samuel Whitney
5. Nancy Wilder 1787–1853 m) Josiah Lane
6. Caleb Wilder 1789–1834 m) Louisa Bolton
7. Charles Woodward Wilder (Dr) 1791–1851, m1) Mira Lawrence, m2) (poss) Mrs. Laura Kendall

He passed away in 1816.

Name: Caleb Wilder

Death Date: 25 Mar 1816

Burial Place: Ashburnham

He is buried at Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery located in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry Sharing Link :Birth Record
2. ↑ Ancestry Sharing Link: Wilder Woodward Intention Record
3. ↑ Ancestry Sharing Link: Wilder Woodward Marriage Recorded.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213937587/caleb-wilder: accessed ), memorial page for Caleb Wilder (1 Jul 1741–25 Mar 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #213937587, citing Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery, Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Lancaster Vital Record Transcripts, Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Mendon, Births, Marriages and Death, Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).(shareable view)

• Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, Vol. 15: Newspapers: Marriages, Deaths, Original data:Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.(shareable view)

• Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. (card ex), Source: Ashburnham

• Book of the Wilders : a further contribution to the history of the Wilders, from 1497, in England, to the immigration of Martha, a widow, and her family to Massachusetts bay, in 1638, and so, through her family down to 1875: with a genealogical table, Page 198 https://archive.org/details/bookofwildersfur00wild/page/198/mode/2up?q=whitney+