Thomas Wilder

- 1667

• Name	Thomas Wilder
  	For many years Thomas has been thought of as the son of Martha Wilder who came to New England on board the Confidence. DNA testing has proved this false. [1]
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Residence	1639	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [2]
  Religion	30 Mar 1640	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Thomas was admitted to the Charlestown Church.
  Freeman	2 Jun 1641	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [2]
  Moved To	1654	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Wyman (1877) gives the year as 1659.
  Legal	1 Jul 1659	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2]
  He signed the Town Orders.
  Will	22 Jan 1666/67	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [3]
  Offices Held	3 Feb 1667	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [4]
  He was elected a Selectman.
  Death	23 Oct 1667	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [3]
  Burial	say 25 Oct 1667	Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5, 6]
  to the Memory of THOMAS WILDER, from Lancaster in England, who first settled at Hingham in 1641, and came to this Town July 1, 1659, and died Oct 23, 1667, leaving three sons - viz THOMAS, JOHN and NATHANIEL, from whom are derived all of the name WILDER in this Town and vicinity
  Inventory	29 Nov 1667	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [3]
  Probate/Proved	04 Mar 1667/68	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [3]
  Origins
  Person ID	I659	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	17 May 2019

  
  

  Family	Anna   d. 10 Jun 1692, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Mary Wilder,   b. 30 Jun 1642, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Captain Thomas Wilder,   b. 4 Sep 1644, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 7 Aug 1716, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 71 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 3. Lt. John Wilder,   b. 1646, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 1718, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 72 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Hannah Atherton  m. 17 Jul 1672   4. Elizabeth Wilder,   b. 1648, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   5. Ebenezer Wilder,   b. Abt 1652, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 6. Lt. Nathaniel Wilder,   b. 3 Nov 1655, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 31 Jul 1704, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 48 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Mary Sawyer  m. 24 Jan 1673/74
  Family ID	F635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - 1639 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Religion - 30 Mar 1640 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Freeman - 2 Jun 1641 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Moved To - 1654 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Legal - 1 Jul 1659 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Will - 22 Jan 1666/67 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 3 Feb 1667 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 23 Oct 1667 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Burial - say 25 Oct 1667 - Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Inventory - 29 Nov 1667 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Probate/Proved - 04 Mar 1667/68 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S627] Hansen, Donald F and Michael F Hansen. "DNA Solves a Wilder Ancestral Enigma", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 163, 2009). [S804] MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966). [S84] Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1818 , (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1879). [S479] Roper, Kenneth L. The Ropers A Biographical Record from Circa 1300 to 1982, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982). [S1049] Whitcomb, Esther K. Inscriptions from Burial Grounds of the Nashaway Towns: Lancaster, Harvard, Bolton, Leominster, Sterling, Berlin, West Boylston, and Hudson, Massachusetts , (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989). [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890).