Josiah Wilder b. 27 May 1744 Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Dec 1788 Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA: The Wilder Family Tree

1744 - 1788 (44 years)

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Name	Josiah Wilder
Birth	27 May 1744	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Death	20 Dec 1788	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2]
	Age: 45
Burial	Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Person ID	I17837	My Genealogy
Last Modified	16 May 2026

Father	James L01T (Major) Wilder, Jr, b. Abt 1710, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Jan 1780, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Martha Broughton Wheeler, b. 1715, Lancaster, MA d. 19 Mar 1774, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 59 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F5440	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Father	James L01T (Major) Wilder, Jr, b. Abt 1710, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Jan 1780, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Martha (Wheeler) Broughton, b. Between 1693 and 1712, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Mar 1774, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	24 Dec 1734	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA [1]
	married by brother, Jospeh Wilder, Esq.
Family ID	F5441	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Mary Flagg, b. 25 Oct 1750, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Feb 1811, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 60 years)

Marriage 20 Mar 1774 Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA [1]

Children

	1. Mary (Polly) Wilder, b. 8 Oct 1780, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Jun 1811, Newburyport, Massachusetts (Age 30 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. William P. Wilder, b. 8 Oct 1775, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Sep 1778, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Mary Wilder, b. 22 Aug 1778, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Sep 1778, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Augustus Wilder, b. 4 Nov 1779, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Nov 1779, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Henry Wilder, b. 27 Mar 1777, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Sep 1778, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Henry Wilder, b. 29 Apr 1782, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Nov 1801, Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe (Age 19 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F4843 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 16 May 2026

Family 2 Polly Flagg, b. 20 Oct 1750, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Feb 1811, Newburyport, Essex, MA. (Age 60 years)

Marriage 26 Jun 1774 Lancaster, Worchester, Massachusetts [3]

Children

	1. Polly Wilder, b. 8 Oct 1780, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 1811 (Age 30 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Augustus Wilder, b. 4 Nov 1779, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Nov 1779, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Henry Wilder, b. 27 Mar 1777, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Sep 1778, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. William Pitt Wilder, b. 27 Mar 1777, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Sep 1778, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Henry Wilder, b. 29 Apr 1782, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Nov 1801, Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe (Age 19 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Polly Wilder, b. 22 Aug 1778, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Sep 1778, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F4844 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 16 May 2026

Notes

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #4588, Date of Import: Aug 24, 1997]

Josiah Wilder, 9-5, (135), son of James Wilder, 8-1, (46), see page, and Martha Broughton, (130), born in Lancaster, a graduate of Yale College, 1765, and a physician settled in Boston. He moved to Lancaster and practiced his profession there. He was an active citizen, influential in town affairs and an ardent patriot. He had six children, four of whom died under three years and a fifth at nineteen, he left no male issue, so that this lineage is represented now only by other names.

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[S21] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for Josiah Wilder Esq
[S3] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for Dr. Josiah Wilder