James (Colonel) Wilder

1680 - 1739  (58 years)

• Name	James (Colonel) Wilder
  Birth	28 Jun 1680	Marlboro, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 May 1739	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Burial	Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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  Person ID	I22984	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas 2 (Captain) Wilder, III,   b. 14 Sep 1644, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 Aug 1716, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Houghton Wheeler,   b. 5 Oct 1646, Dedham, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 1716, Massachusetts, USA (Age < 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	25 Jun 1668	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F6730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Gardner,   b. 31 Oct 1680, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Sep 1761, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	20 Oct 1709	Boston, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Beulah Wilder,   b. 1720  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Wilder,   b. 18 Sep 1726, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ruth Wilder,   b. Abt 1717, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Gardner L02T Wilder,   b. 1712, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. Between 1748 and 1802, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Abigail Wilder,   b. Abt 9 Apr 1721, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Aug 1805, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Esther (aka Easter) Wilder,   b. Abt 1713, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Nov 1788, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Asaph L24T Wilder,   b. 26 Nov 1723, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Jul 1747, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. James L01T (Major) Wilder, Jr,   b. Abt 1710, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Jan 1780, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #4588, Date of Import: Aug 24, 1997] James Wilder, Col. 7-1, (17), son of Thomas Wilder, 6-2, (8), and Mary Houghton, (16). He lived a short time in Boston, and then returned to Lancaster, where he was a very useful citizen, serving continually on committees, and in the laying out of lands and highways. He was Town Treasurer in 1719, and was representative in 1732. Justice of the Peace in 1737.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Major James Wilder .