Thomas 2 (Captain) Wilder, III

1644 - 1716  (71 years)

• Name	Thomas 2 (Captain) Wilder
  Suffix	III
  Birth	14 Sep 1644	Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Aug 1716	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA
  Burial	Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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  Person ID	I22983	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas 1 Wilder, Jr,   b. 1618, Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England d. 23 Oct 1667, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna Johnson,   b. 11 May 1623, Fordington, St. George, Dorsetshire, England d. 10 Jun 1684, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Feb 1640	Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F5798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Houghton Wheeler,   b. 5 Oct 1646, Dedham, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 1716, Massachusetts, USA (Age < 69 years)
  Marriage	25 Jun 1668	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Martha Wilder,   b. Abt 1673  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Joseph 11 (Judge) Wilder,   b. 5 Jul 1683   d. 26 May 1757 (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Mary Wilder,   b. 1675, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Feb 1718, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Elizabeth Wilder,   b. 1687   d. Between 1699 and 1781, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 12 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Anna Wilder,   b. 1689, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Jan 1746, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. James (Colonel) Wilder,   b. 28 Jun 1680, Marlboro, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 May 1739, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Sarah Wilder,   b. 22 Jan 1685, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 Aug 1764, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  SOURCE: The Book of The Wilders, 3rd Printing, 1998, The Line of Thomas Wilder, page 2 In 1706, he gave to the town, the graveyard on his own farm surrounding the grave of his father, Thomas Wilder (The Immigrant), who was the first one buried therein. A selectman, and Ford's History of Clinton says he woned a large tract of land there. He served in King William's War (1689-98) and in Queen Anne's War (1701-13). He married June 25, 1668 at Lancaster, Massachusetts Other notes: The Old Book had several errors for this family. Date of his marriage given as 1678, should have been 1668, as correctly given on page 13 of source. - Sarah Wilder married Hartwell, not Fairbank. - Mary married Fairbank, not Hartwell. The date 1691, given as her birth date is really her marriage date, as confirmed by her first child born 1693. (See Fairbank Genealogy, page 67). Real date of birth is shown by her dying in 1718 "in 43rd year" hence born 1675.

  
  

• Sources

  [S114] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Thomas Wilder http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NewEnglandMarriages&h=73492&indiv=try .