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References
- ↑ Davis, Walter A. The Early Records of the Town of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Including That Part Which is Now Fitchburg, 1719-1764: a Complete Transcript of the Town Meetings and Selectmen's Records Contained in the First Two Books of the General Records of the Town; also a Copy of all the Vital Statistics of the Town Previous to the Year 1764. (Fitchburg, Massachusetts: Sentinel Printing Company; Published by authority of the City Council, 1896)
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Purpose of marriage between Jos'h Wilder Tertius of Lancaster and Elizabeth Heywood of Lunenburg was entered this 18th day of may A.D. 1754.
- ↑ Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890)
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Joseph Wilder Ter. of Lancaster Entered his Intentions of mariage with Elisabeth Hayward of Lunenburge May ye 15 : 1754.
- Stearns, Ezra S. (Ezra Scollay). History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, from the grant of Dorchester Canad a to the present time, 1734-1886: with a genealogical register of Ashburnham families. (Ashburnham, Massachusetts: The Town, 1887)
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The family of Capt. Joseph Wilder and wife Elizabeth were warned out of Ashburnham in 1776, with ten children named: Willis, Elizabeth, Relief, Dolly, Peter, Esther, Rebecca, Lucy, Nathan and Molly.
- For both Willis and Elizabeth, the Leominster VRs give a baptism one year before the birth. It seems probable that these are not children who died young, but rather misrecordings. Otherwise, it would require one birth a year for 5 years in a row, even following those children who survived, which is unlikely. Also, the death records that would be expected if some children died young are not found. Comparison with the surrounding siblings suggests, assuming spacing of about 2 years per child, that the town records are probably correct, and the church baptisms for Willis and Elizabeth simply recorded one year off. This gives a very typical birth sequence of 1755, 1757, 1759, 1761...
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