Oliver (COL) Wilder

1694 - 1765  (71 years)

• Name	Oliver (COL) Wilder
  Birth	1694	Sudbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Mar 1765	South Lancaster, Worcester, MA   [1]
  Burial	Old Settlers Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester, MA, USA
  Person ID	I17356	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Father	LT Nathaniel (Lieutenant) Wilder, Sr,   b. 3 Nov 1655, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Jul 1704, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Sawyer,   b. 4 Jul 1652, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 1707, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Nov 1673	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F4855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Fairbank,   b. 1695   d. 15 Jun 1748, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1713	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Tamar Wilder,   b. 23 May 1727   d. Between 1728 and 1817 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Lois Wilder,   b. 20 Apr 1733   d. 28 May 1759 (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Keziah Wilder,   b. 27 Feb 1725   d. 30 Sep 1815 (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Abigail Wilder,   b. 16 Dec 1740   d. 5 Sep 1810 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mary Wilder,   b. 24 Dec 1717, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Hannah Wilder,   b. 15 Jan 1716, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Nov 1723, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 7 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Tilley L27T Wilder,   b. 23 Jun 1722, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. Between 1753 and 1813, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Oliver L26T Wilder,   b. 17 May 1719, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Sep 1787 (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Phinehas L28T Wilder,   b. 14 Apr 1730, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Aug 1803, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Moses L29T Wilder,   b. 4 May 1736, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Mar 1814, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca Barnes,   b. 1712, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 Apr 1792 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1749
  Family ID	F4632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Rebecca Prescott
  Family ID	F4633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #4588, Date of Import: Aug 24, 1997] Oliver Wilder,(37) son of Nathanael Wilder and Mary Sawyer, was a farmer in South Lancaster, Massachusetts, a Colonel of Militia, and had a large family, and many of his descendants, in the year 1878 were in the neighboring towns, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, and in Vermont. SOURCE: The Book of The Wilders, 3rd Priniting, 1998, The Line of Thomas Wilder, page 10 Oliver received land at Ashburnham "in the right of Jonathan Fairbank who served under Captain Champney" in the Canada expedition.

  
  

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