Hingham LivesHigh Street Cemetery

High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Crocker Wilder Sr.

26 Jun 1770 – 24 Aug 1847 · about 77 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Crocker Wilder Sr. lived from 26 Jun 1770 to 24 Aug 1847, a span of about 77 years.

Theirs is one of 41 markers bearing the name Wilder in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

CPT Jabez Wilder1735–1813✓Martha Collamore Wilder1744–1827✓
Crocker Wilder Sr.m.Deborah Jacob Wilder1773–1863✓also here
Deborah Wilder Kilby1796–1869Martha Collamore Wilder Tower1797–1875✓also hereHannah Wilder Clapp1799–1871✓also hereLydia Wilder Whiton1801–1864✓also hereCrocker Wilder Jr1802–1875✓also hereEunice Wilder Fearing1807–1891✓also hereSarah Wilder Gardner1809–1882✓also here

SiblingsEunice Wilder Bonney1772–1807 · Warren Wilder1780–1833 · Jabez Wilder1784–1844

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • ParentsJabez Wilder
  • MarriedDeborah Jacob (Nov. 26, 1795)
  • TradeFarmer
  • LivedMain St.
  • ChildrenMartha Collamore (b. Aug. 30, 1797), Hannah (b. May 2, 1799), Lydia (b. Jan. 24, 1801), Crocker (b. May 5, 1802), Alden (b. Feb. 5, 1804), Mary (b. Feb. 27, 1806), Eunice (b. Oct. 8, 1807), Sarah (b. Oct. 19, 1809), Louisa (b. May 26, 1811), Louisa (b. June 4, 1813), Theophilus (b. Feb. 28, 1815), Susanna (b. June 5, 1817)

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Jabez › Theophilus › Jabez › Edward.

Matched exact birth date in their own Wilder family entry (no. 35), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
35. Crocker6 (Jabez4 Theophilus 8 Jabez2 Edward1), b. June 26, 1770. m. Nov. 26, 1795, Deborah Jacob, dau. of John and Lydia (Beal) Jacob. She was b. in Hing. July 6, 1773, and d. 6 June, 1863, aet. 90th yr. He d. 24 Aug. 1847, aet. 77 yrs. "Farmer," and for many yrs. a teacher in the public schools of Hing. Resided on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Deborah, March 24, 1796. m. Aug. 27, 1822, Theophilus KilbyofDen- nysville, Me. ii. Martha Collamore, Aug. 30, 1797. m. Oct. 1, 1826, Isaiah Tower, widr. iii. Hannah, May 2, 1799. m. .lee. 5, 1824, Michael T. Clapp of Scit. iv. Lydia, Jan. 24, 1801. m. Sept. 18, 1822, Elijah Whiton. 51. v. Crocker, May 5, 1802. vi. Alden, Feb. 5, …

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 35. Read on archive.org ↗

Where this was, today

The 1893 record places this person at Main St. in Hingham. Today that is Main Street (Route 228). Main Street, today Route 228, runs from Hingham Harbour south through the Liberty Plain district to South Hingham. The old South Hingham families lived along its southern stretch, the road High Street Cemetery faces. It is a short walk from the cemetery.

The street still carries the name; the exact house is not pinned, so read this as the block, not a doorstep.

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Crocker's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.

The stone is still there.