Family:Thomas Wilder and Mary Wheeler (1)

Parents: Thomas Wilder and Anne Unknown Thomas Wilder b. 4 Sep 1644 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 7 Aug 1716 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: Richard Wheeler and Elizabeth Turner Mary Wheeler b. 5 Oct 1646 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]^[2]^[3]

25 Jun 1668

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Mary Wilder	Abt 1675	21 Feb 1717/18 South Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Elizabeth Wilder	Abt Dec 1676 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	29 Nov 1757 Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
3.	James Wilder	28 Jun 1680 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	13 May 1739 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
4.	Joseph Wilder	5 Jul 1683 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	29 Mar 1757 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
5.	Sarah Wilder	22 Jan 1685/86 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
6.	Anna Wilder	Abt 1689 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	10 Jan 1746 Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Ward, Andrew H. (transcriber). Lancaster Records. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (1862-1863)
16:358.

'Thomas Wilder & Mary his wife were maryed June 25. 1668.'
↑ Barlow, Claude W. Mary Wheeler, wife of Thomas Wilder of Lancaster, Mass. The Connecticut Nutmegger. (1974).

This article corrects an oft-repeated error that Thomas' wife was Mary Houghton, and presents evidence for her being Mary Wheeler: Mary Houghton recorded as marrying William Bentley, while Thomas' son Joseph Wilder claims land in Ashburnham in right of his uncle Samuel Wheeler.
↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963)
page 816.

'WILDER, Thomas (1644-1716) & Mary [WHEELER] (1646-); 25 Jun 1668; Lancaster/Marlboro'