High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Ezra Wilder

1819 – 21 Oct 1886 · about 67 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Ezra Wilder lived from 1819 to 21 Oct 1886, a span of about 67 years.

Theirs is one of 41 markers bearing the name Wilder in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 6relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Joshua Wilder1786–1860also hereJudith Shearman Wilder1792–1853also here
Ezra Wilderm.Rebecca Tower Wilder1822–1896also here

SiblingsJoshua Wilder1813–1893 · Rachel Wilder Sylvester1817–1898 · Judith Shearman Wilder1824–1853

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact death date, found in the Wilder family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
and Rebecca (Hathaway) Tower. She was b. at Kingston, Mass., Feb. 18, 1822. Ezra d. at Wey. 21 Oct. 1886, aet. 67 yrs. " Watch and clock repairer." Resided on Main St., near Wilder's Bridge. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Lucy Shearman, Jan. 31, 1842, d. 10 Oct. foil. ii. Ezra, Nov. 26, 1843. m. June 24, 1866, Helen M. Cowing, and has Fred- erick S., b. Oct. 15, 1867. (See "

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

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