High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Edward Wilder I
1 Jul 1702 – 31 Jan 1769 · about 67 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Edward Wilder I lived from 1 Jul 1702 to 31 Jan 1769, a span of about 67 years.
Theirs is one of 2 markers bearing the name I in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsJabez Wilder Jr1700–1790
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. Distances are to relatives whose graves are also recorded here.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Wilder family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Nov. 27, 1698, d. unm., 10 Nov. 1745. 7. vi. Jabez, March 18, 1699-1700. 8. vii. Edward, July 1, 1702. viii. Sarah, May 24, 1704. m. May 25, 1727, Solomon Loring. 9. ix. Theophilus, March 12, 1709-10. 5. Ephraim3 (John2 Edward1), b. in Hing. Aug. 22, 1696. m. July 30, 1723, Mary Lane, dau. of John and Tabitha (Stodder) Lane. Ephraim d. ab. 1770 (Wilder MS.). Resided on
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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