Jonathan Wilder (abt. 1745 - 1797)

Born about 17 Feb 1745 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Asenath (Osgood) Wilder — married 22 Sep 1791 in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 7 May 1797 at about age 52 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Jonathan Wilder served with Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Jonathan Wilder is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A126585.

Jonathan Wilder is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 319968
Rank: Sergeant

Jonathan Wilder was born on February 17, 1745 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His parents were Jonathan Wilder and Zerviah Houghton.

He married Deborah Sawyer on November 29, 1764. ^{[1] [2]}

Deborah and Jonathan's children included:

1. Deborah Wilder
2. Dolly Wilder
3. Mary Wilder
4. Eunice Wilder
5. Calvin Wilder, b. May 4, 1778.^[1]
6. Eunice Wilder
7. Samuel Wilder

He married Asenath Osgood on September 22, 1791.

He died on May 7, 1797 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001

• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2022-05-16), "Record of Jonathan Wilder", Ancestor # A126585.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60656392/jonathan-wilder : accessed 25 May 2022), memorial page for Jonathan Wilder (17 Feb 1745–7 May 1797), Find A Grave: Memorial #60656392, citing Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Margaret Haynes (contributor 47198696) .

• Book Title: Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts : 1638-1900 : in Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

• The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850 Compiled by Henry Nourse (Lancaster, Mass., 1890);
  • p. 38 "Jon^a. Wilder Ju^r. & Deborah Sawyer both of Lancaster Declar'd their Intentions of Marriage Sept. 21, 1764."
  • p. 114 "Calvin Wilder Sone of Jonathan Wilder Jur and Debra Wilder Born May 4 1778"

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 17, p. 343

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP82-C6WM : 11 May 2022), Jonathan Wilder and Deborah Sawyer, 21 Sep 1764; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011028.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCH-1NQZ : 11 May 2022), Jon Wilder and Deborah Sawyer, 21 Sep 1764; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPXQ-MSS6 : 11 May 2022), Jona Wilder and Debrorah Sawyer, 21 Sep 1764; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011027.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8X-TB62 : 11 May 2022), Jonathan Wilder and Deborah Sawyer, 29 Nov 1764; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011027.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCH-T19S : 11 May 2022), Jonathan Wilder and Debroah Sawyer, 29 Nov 1764; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8K-Z77R : 11 May 2022), Jonathan Wilder and Deborah Sawyer, 29 Nov 1764; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011028.

• "They Came to Spencer Township" by Alice Wohrer Yarnal