High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Ezra Wilder
1819 – 21 Oct 1886 · about 67 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Ezra Wilder lived from 1819 to 21 Oct 1886, a span of about 67 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
SiblingsJoshua Wilder1813–1893 · Rachel Wilder Sylvester1817–1898 · Judith Shearman Wilder1824–1853
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact death date, found in the Wilder family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
and Rebecca (Hathaway) Tower. She was b. at Kingston, Mass., Feb. 18, 1822. Ezra d. at Wey. 21 Oct. 1886, aet. 67 yrs. " Watch and clock repairer." Resided on Main St., near Wilder's Bridge. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Lucy Shearman, Jan. 31, 1842, d. 10 Oct. foil. ii. Ezra, Nov. 26, 1843. m. June 24, 1866, Helen M. Cowing, and has Fred- erick S., b. Oct. 15, 1867. (See "
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Ezra'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.