John Wilder

1635 - 1688  (71 years)

• Name	John Wilder
  Birth	Between 1617 and 1635	Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1688	Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I16136	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas (of Sulham) Wilder,   b. 1584, Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England d. 23 Oct 1634 (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Keene Higgs,   b. 1590, Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England d. 20 Apr 1652, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Jun 1614	Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F5591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amy Knapp,   b. Abt 28 Oct 1612, Chilton, Berkshire, England
  Marriage	1633
  Children	1. Margaret Wilder   d. Bef 1683  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Wilder,   b. Sulham, Berkshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Amy Wilder  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  In 1633, John Wilder married Amy Knapp of Chilton. Through this marriage the family became Founder’s Kin of St John’s College Oxford, Sir William White, the founder, having been her ancestor. This no doubt accounts for the fact that a number of Wilders graduated from St John’s. The eldest son of Thomas of Sulham was John and it is from him that the main line of English Wilders is descended.

  
  

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