High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Joseph Wilder

14 Jan 1725 – 3 Jan 1816 · about 91 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Joseph Wilder lived from 14 Jan 1725 to 3 Jan 1816, a span of about 91 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

Jonas Wilder1701–1796
Joseph Wilder

SiblingsPriscilla Wilder Houghton Harrington1729–1814 · Maj Jonas Wilder1732–1810 · Elisha Wilder1735–1821 · Elisha Wilder1735–1821 · Sarah Wilder Tiffany1738–1818 · John Wilder1740–1805 · Gamaliel Beaman Wilder1743–1823 · Ephraim Wilder1749–1823 · Jonathan Wilder1750–1834

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

Recorded in the Revolutionary rolls a lead

The Massachusetts rolls record a man of this name from Hingham. They do not always tell same-named townsmen apart (a father and son, say), so read this as a lead, not proof that it was this person.

Wilder, Joseph, Hingham. Corporal, Capt. Jotham Loring's (Hingham) co. of the train, which marched probably on the alarm, of April 19, 1775; service, 13 days; also, Capt. James Lincoln's (Independent) co.; enlisted May 10, 1775; service, 5 mos., 11 weeks, 6 days; company stationed at Hingham until Jan. 1, 1776, for defence of seacoast; also, same co.; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776; service, 4 weeks; company stationed at Hingham until May 22, 1776, for defence of seacoast; also, Sergeant, Capt. Seth Stowers's [Independent] co. under command of Col. Josiah Whitney; engaged May 25, 1776; service to Aug.…

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution (Sec. of the Commonwealth, 1896–1908). Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Massachusetts, USA. Died in Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA.

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 Joseph'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.