High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Franklin Wilder

16 Jul 1827 – 9 Aug 1844 · about 17 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Franklin Wilder lived from 16 Jul 1827 to 9 Aug 1844, a span of about 17 years.

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

View family network 9relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Edward Wilder III1781–1852also hereAbigail Sylvester Wilder1782–1865also here
Franklin Wilder

SiblingsMary Foster Wilder Ripley1808–1881 · Abigail Jacobs Wilder Reed1810–1845 · Lucinda Wilder1811–1829 · Harriet Wilder Sprague1816–1902 · Edward Wilder IV1819–1889 · Martin Wilder1821–1863 · Edwin Wilder1829–1906

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
Martin d. at Ea. Dorset, Vt., 9 May, 1863, aet. 43d yr. viii. Franklin, Aug. 16, 1824, d. 9 Aug. 1844. 47. ix. Edwin, Feb. 8, 1829. 32. Joshua6 (Edward4-8 Jabez2 Edward1), b. in Hing. Dec. 12, 1786. m. first, 1812, Judith Shearman. She d. and he m. secondly, Jan. 11, 1854, Angelina Josselyn. Joshua d. 3 Oct. 1860, aet. 74th yr. " Clock-maker." Resided on Main, near Friend

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

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

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