Silas Wilder

1747 -

• Name	Silas Wilder
  Birth	27 Feb 1747	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  The town books at Lancaster list his birth twice, the second time being 17 February 1747.
  Christening	10 Apr 1748	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Agency: The Chochsett Church
  Married	28 Dec 1769 (22 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Elizabeth Sawyer, the daughter of Samuel and Deborah (Rugg) Sawyer. She was born on 2 September 1750 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth and Silas filed marriage intentions on 18 October 1769 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 5 September 1837 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Silas Wilder (1770-____)
  Religion	14 Oct 1771 (24 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Silas and Elizabeth joined the Chochsett Church.
  Siblings	2 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Silas Wilder,   b. 27 Feb 1747, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   2. Martha Wilder,   b. 16 Feb 1750, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 3. Hannah Wilder,   b. 22 Mar 1753, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 Dec 1801, Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 48 years) ▻ Joseph Johnson,  m. 1769   4. Calven Wilder,   b. 12 Jun 1755, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   5. Rev. Elihue Wilder,   b. 11 Feb 1760, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Jun 1818, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 58 years)   6. Martha Wilder,   b. 3 Nov 1761, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Wilder   d. 23 Oct 1667, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Amy Wells   d. After 1670  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15487
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Wilder,   b. 5 Oct 1710, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 13 Jan 1794, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Zerviah Houghton,   b. 26 May 1721, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Nov 1804, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Silas Wilder(1747 – ) 2Jonathan Wilder(1710 – 1794) 4John Wilder(1673 – ) 8Lt. John Wilder(1646 – 1718) 16Thomas Wilder( – 1667) 17Anna( – 1692) 9Hannah Atherton(10 Jan 1657/58 – 8 Jan 1737/38) 18James Atherton(1624 – 1710) 19Hannah( – 1713) 5Sarah White(1680 – ) 10Sgt. Josiah White(1643 – 1714) 20John White(1602 – 1673) 21Joane West(1606 – 1654) 11Mary Rice(1656 – 1733) 22Thomas Rice(26 Jan 1625/26 – 1681) 23Mary King(Abt 1630 – 1715) 3Zerviah Houghton(1721 – 1804) 6Benjamin Houghton(1691 – 1764) 12Jonas Houghton(Abt 1663 – 1723) 24John Houghton(1624 – 1684) 25Beatrix(1628 – 8 Jan 1711/12) 13Mary Berbeane(1661 – 1720) 26John Berbeane(Abt 1628 – 8 Jan 1713/14) 27Sarah Gould(1637 – 1670) 7Zerviah Moore(1700 – ) 14Jonathan Moore(1669 – 1742) 28Ensign John Moore(1628 – ) 29Ann Smith( – 10 Mar 1670/71) 15Hannah Sawyer(1675 – 1765) 30Thomas Sawyer(1649 – 1736) 31Hannah Lewis(18 Mar 1648/49 – 1718)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Feb 1747 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Christening - 10 Apr 1748 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 28 Dec 1769 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Religion - 14 Oct 1771 - 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

  [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). [S1028] Morse, Abner. A Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans volume III , (Boston: H.W. Dutton & Son, 1861). [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).