Elijah Wilder (1757 - 1831)

Born 22 Mar 1757 in Lancaster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Azubah (Larkin) Wilder — married 28 Oct 1778 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1831 at age 74 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

Biography

Elijah Wilder is an American Patriot (see sources below)

Elijah was born in 1757. He is the son of Asa Wilder and Lydia Rugg.

Elijah served in Daniel Robbin's company, of Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, at the Battle of Lexington and Concord.^[1]

He first moved west in 1796 to Milton (Genoa), New York; by 1810, he had moved to Brunswick, Maine, before finally settling in Rochester, New York.

He died in 1831 in Rochester, N.Y.^[2]

Children:

1. Lucretia, b. 1780
2. (Son), b. & d. 1782
3. Oshea, b. 16 Jul 1784
4. Persis, b. 20 May 1786
5. Mary, b. 22 May 1788
6. Asa Wells, b. 23 May 1790
7. Phenice, b. 5 May 1792
8. Eri, b. 17 Apr 1795
9. Elijah, b. & d. 1797

Sources

1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=DmoZAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA178
2. ↑ http://mcnygenealogy.com/cem/west.htm

• Birth record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKT-HBP
• Private Elijah Wilder, DAR Patriot Ancestor #A126566

• "United States Census, 1800", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH51-8LL : Fri Oct 06 05:40:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Elijah Wilder, Milton, Cayuga, New York, United States; 1800.

• "United States Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-C3T : Tue Oct 03 08:01:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Elizah Wilden, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States; 1810.