Elizabeth Stevens

1681 - 1769  (88 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Stevens
  Birth	1681	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Crane (1907) gives her birth place as Boston, Massachusetts.
  Married	1698 (17 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Captain Ephraim Wilder, the son of Lt. Nathaniel and Mary (Sawyer) Wilde. He was born on 16 April 1677 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. During Queen Anne's War, Ephraim was attached to Lt. Nathaniel Wilder's garrison, his brother. During the attack, he lost his home, one ox, two calves, three cows, one horse, fifteen sheep, and one swine. His home was listed as having two fireplaces. Ephraim later served as a selectman in Lancaster and town moderator. He also served several times as the Representative to the General Court. He administered the estate of Mary, his mother, on 22 January 1740/41 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on Wednesday 13 December 1769 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Ephraim's gravestone inscription in Old Settlers Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, reads: In Memory of Capt. Ephraim Wilder, Junr. who died March ye 7th A D. 1770, in the 63d. Year of his Age. Every Man at his best state, is altogether Vanity. Cease ye from Man whose Breath is in his Nostrils: and trust in the Ever Living GOD Issue: 1. Ephraim Wilder (1708-1770) 2. Elizabeth Wilder (1708-____) 3. Martha Wilder (1711-____) 4. Dorothy Wilder (1714-____) 5. Eunice Wilder (1719-____) 6. Susanna Wilder (1723-____) 7. Asaph Wilder (1724-1747)
  Death	28 May 1769	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 7]
  Burial	Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, ye Wife of Capt. Ephraim Wilder, who died May ye 28 1769, in ye 89th. year of her Age. The Stroke of Death hath laid my Head, Down in this dark and Silent Bed. The Trump shall Sound I hope to rise, And meet my SAVIOUR in the Skies
  Siblings	4 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Mary Stevens,   b. 22 Nov 1672, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 May 1739, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 66 years)   2. Cyprian Stevens,   b. 22 Nov 1672, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1769, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 96 years)   3. Dorothy Stevens,   b. Abt 1673, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. young, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 4. Simon Stevens,   b. 13 Aug 1677, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Jan 1758, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years) ▻ Mary Wilder,  m. 1701 ;   Mary Grove,  m. 24 Jan 1732   5. Elizabeth Stevens,   b. 1681, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 May 1769, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 88 years)   6. Deacon Joseph Stevens,   b. 1683, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Nov 1769, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 86 years)   7. John Stevens,   b. Abt 1684, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	father Stevens   (Grandfather)  Mary Gerrett   bur. 31 Dec 1634, Bury Parish, Lancashire, England   (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15055
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Cyprian Stevens,   b. Abt 1650, London, England d. Between 1720 and 1722, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Willard,   b. 7 Sep 1653, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1685 (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Elizabeth Stevens(1681 – 1769) 2Cyprian Stevens(Abt 1650 – 1722) 4father Stevens 8 16 17 9 18 19 5mother 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Mary Willard(1653 – Abt 1685) 6Major Simon Willard(1605 – 1676) 12Richard Willard( – 1616) 24 25 13Margery Humphrie(1572 – 1608) 26 27 7Mary Dunster(1630 – 1715) 14Robert Dunster(1605 – 1644) 28Henry Dunster(Abt 1580 – 1646) 29first wife 15Mary Gerrett( – 1634) 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1681 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 1698 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 28 May 1769 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - - Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1037] Holman, Mary Lovering. The Stevens Miller Ancestry , (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1948). [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). [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). [S952] Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861 with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, (Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862). [S1050] Barlow, Claude W. "The Children of Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 30, 1954). [s981] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Sudbury Records", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVII, 1863). [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).