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- 1. Was killed by Indians.
1. Another source gives date of death as 10 Aug 1704.
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #1036, Date of Import: Aug 25, 1997]
SOURCES: EARLY RECORDS OF LANCASTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 1643-1725,
Henry S. Nourse, A. M., Editor, Lancaster, 1884, pp., 298, 321,
& 326.
WILDER, pp., 15, 145-146.
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #4588, Date of Import: Aug 24, 1997]
Nathanael Wilder, 125 (11) son of Thomas Wilder, 116 (2), see page, and Anna, If born 1650, he was born in Charlestown. If born 1655, family tradition, he may have been born either in Charlestown or Lancaster, depending on when his father moved to Lancaster, in 1654 or 1659. Either date will allow the marriage date, November 24, 1673. In the time of the Indian attacks upon their settlement, an Indian, who had surrendered to the people, was treacherously murdered by Nathanael Wilder and Daniel Hoar, who were tried, condemmed, and sentenced to be hung. In October, 1676, they presented a memorial to the General Court, acknowledging the justice of their condemnation, and asking for pardon. Their request was granted, on condition that they should pay ten pounds each - one half to be given to the Indian who had prosecuted them; and also that they should pay the expenses of their imprisonment and trial, which was done, and they were set at liberty. Nathanael was a brave man, and an active, useful citizen, a captain of the militia. He was killed by the Indians near the gate of his garrison on the 10th day of August, 1704, early in the morning of the first onset. He was shot in the thigh, of which he died the same day. The Indians killed off his cattle, six oxen, five cows, three calves, sixteen sheep, twelve swine, and burnt his barn and twelve loads of good English hay.
Nathaniel and Mary Sawyer had five sons and four daughters. Records at Middlesex Court of Sessions show "Nathaniel Wilder (1685 - 1704) and widow, Mary Wilder (1705 - 1707) are licensed Inn holders and retailers of liquors."
Another source shows his date of birth as November 3, 1655.
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1655 - 1704 (48 years)
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