Abel Wilder (1741 - 1792)

Born 7 Sep 1741 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Butler) Wilder — married 2 Jun 1760 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1792 at age 51 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Captain Abel Wilder served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Abel Wilder is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 319927
Rank: Captain

Abel Wilder was born on September 07, 1741 in Leominster, Massachusetts. His parents were Thomas Wilder and Mary White. ^[1]

He married Anna Butler on June 02, 1760. ^{[1] [2]}

Together they had these children:^[2]

1. Abel Wilder
2. Martha Wilder

One of first settlers in Winchendon.

Captain Abel Wilder of Winchendon served in that rank in Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's Regiment of Minute Men April 19, 1775. He was at Bunker Hill. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Representative and Senator in Massachusetts Legislature, Presidential Elector.

He died of smallpox in 1792. DAR lists place Philadelphia, PA

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
3. ↑ DAR
4. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
5. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
6. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
7. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-07-30), "Record of Abel Wilder", Ancestor # A126476.

• Barrett, William. Genealogy of Some of The Descendants of Thomas Barrett, Sen., of Braintree, Mass., 1635 (D. Ramaley & Son, Saint Paul, Minn., 1888);p.37

• History_of_the_Town_of_Winchendon (Rev. Abijah Perkins Marvin, 1868); p. 430 (bio), p. 475-6 (genea)

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 2, p. 11

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch; citing Military Service, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,056,760.
  • 1775 Apr 19, Winchendon
  • 1775 May 8
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  • 1775 Jun 12
  • 1775 Jun 26, Leominster
  • 1775 Jun 29
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  • 1775 Oct 6
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  • 1776 Jan 1
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  • 1777 Nov 7, Leominster
  • 1780 Apr 23

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 10, p. 334

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCP-QZF7 : 19 April 2021), Abel Wilden and Anna Butler, 27 Jun 1760; citing Marriage, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011878.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC6-Z3CJ : 19 April 2021), Abel Wilder and Anna Butter, 5 May 1764; citing Marriage, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011158.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8Z-GH97 : 19 April 2021), Abel Wilder and Anna Butter or Butler, 5 May 1764; citing Marriage, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011157.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC6-CKPJ : 19 April 2021), Aabel Wilder and Anna Butter, 5 May 1764; citing Marriage, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011158.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC6-ZQR9 : 19 April 2021), Abel Wilder and Anna Butler, 27 Jun 1764; citing Marriage, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011158.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8J-J2TL : 19 April 2021), Abel Wilder and Anna Butler, 27 Jun 1764; citing Marriage, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011157.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-NDR : accessed 27 July 2021), Abel Wilder Esquire, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 665, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:79BL-XQZM : 1 March 2021), Abel Wilder, Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGP5-FHD2 : 1 March 2021), Abel Wilder, Apr 1775; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-Y7MK : 1 March 2021), Abel Wilder, 20 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711096.

• Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1911); p. 151, p. 276

• Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1909); p. 86-7, p. 175

• "Book of the Wilder's", a. Moses Hale Wilder, p. 21

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/99528365/abel-wilder : accessed 27 July 2021), memorial page for CPT Abel Wilder (15 Apr 1741–1 Nov 1792), Find A Grave: Memorial #99528365, citing Smallpox Cemetery, Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Bruce Meinsen (contributor 47967998) .

• White, Almira Larkin. Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts (Haverhill, Mass.: Chase Brothers, printers, 1900-1909); Vol. 1, p. 608