Abijah Wilder, Jr.

1784 - 1864  (79 years)

• Name	Abijah Wilder
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	10 Feb 1784	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1864	Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I21948	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Abijah Wilder,   b. 28 Nov 1750, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Jan 1831, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Blake,   b. 1746, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 May 1784, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Nov 1780	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F6285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rhoda Sanger,   b. Between 1775 and 1797, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. Between 1819 and 1886, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	1814	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Harriet P. Wilder,   b. Between 1805 and 1834, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. Between 1821 and 1916, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Rhoda Jane Wilder,   b. Between 1805 and 1834, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. Between 1821 and 1916, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #4588, Date of Import: Aug 24, 1997] Abijah Wilder, Jr., son of Dea. Abijah and Martha (Blake) Wilder, was born in 1784; married Rhoda Sanger, of Keene; had nine children born between 1816 and 1836. His daughter, Rhoda Jane, married Dr. Edward Pettengill, of Saxton's River, Vt.; his youngest daughter, Harriet P., married Elisha F. Lane, of Keene. Like his father, he-was an excellent mechanic and continued the business in his father's shop for several years, then built a large shop where the " Museum " building now stands, and carried on the cabinet and chair making business for many years. He also built the brick house, corner of Summer and Court streets, and the wooden one next north of the Baptist church-where he lived during the last years of his life and died in 1864, aged eighty. " When be was fifteen years old the news came of the death of Washington. He climbed to the belfry and tolled the bell all through that cold winter night. A small brass lamp was bought by the family and kept burning all that night, then laid aside as a sacred relic and never used afterwards." (Family tradition.) He was sexton of the town for many years and rang the bell at noon and at nine o'clock in the evening. He was one of the principal owners of the Phoenix Hotel, and being- strong- temperance men they attempted to run it as a temperance house, but it failed. (See sketch of A. & A. Wilder.)

  
  

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