High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Edward Wilder I

1 Jul 1702 – 31 Jan 1769 · about 67 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Edward Wilder I lived from 1 Jul 1702 to 31 Jan 1769, a span of about 67 years.

Theirs is one of 2 markers bearing the name I in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 8relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Jabez W. Wilder1657–1731Mary Ford Wilder1671–1748
Edward Wilder I
Isaiah Wilder1758–1848Deborah Wilder Lewis1759–1836Leah Wilder Haskell1762–1848Benjamin Wilder Sr1764–1842Celia Wilder Cushing1766–1846also here

SiblingsJabez Wilder Jr1700–1790

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. Distances are to relatives whose graves are also recorded here.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • TradeFarmer
  • ChildrenHannah (b. Sept. 23, 1753), Joseph (b. June 15, 1755), Isaiah (b. May 20, 1757)

Matched matching birth and death dates in the Wilder family entry of the 1893 History of Hingham, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
1735-36, d. 3 Apr. foil. 8. Edward 8 (Jabez 2 Edward a), b. in Hing. July 1, 1702. m. Feb. 21, 1750-51. Hannah Lewis, dau. of John and Deborah (Hawke) Lewis. She was b. in Hing. June 29, 1731, and d. 21 March, 1811, eet. 80th yr. He d. 31 Jan. 1769, aet. 66 yrs. " Farmer." Resided on the paternal homestead, Main St., So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 17. L Edward, Nov. 15, 1751. ii. Hannah, Sept. 23, 1753. m. Dec. 1772, Nehemiah Howard of Hardwick. 18. iii. Joseph, June 15, 1755. 19. iv. Isaiah, May 20, 1757. v. Deborah, Oct.

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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