Hingham LivesHigh Street Cemetery

High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Edward Wilder III

1 Oct 1781 – 25 Nov 1852 · about 71 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Edward Wilder III lived from 1 Oct 1781 to 25 Nov 1852, a span of about 71 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

Edward Wilder IIIm.Abigail Sylvester Wilder1782–1865 (m. 1807)✓also here
Mary Foster Wilder Ripley1808–1881✓Abigail Jacobs Wilder Reed1810–1845✓Lucinda Wilder1811–1829✓also hereHarriet Wilder Sprague1816–1902✓also hereEdward Wilder IV1819–1889also hereMartin Wilder1821–1863✓also hereFranklin Wilder1827–1844also hereEdwin Wilder1829–1906also here

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

  • ParentsEdward Wilder
  • MarriedAbigail Sylvester (Oct. 1, 1807)
  • TradeCarpenter
  • LivedMain St.
  • ChildrenMary Foster (b. Nov. 13, 1808), Abigail Jacobs (b. May 6, 1810), Lucinda (b. Nov. 9, 1811), Charlotte (b. Feb. 21, 1814), Harriet (b. Jan. 27, 1816), Martin (b. May 27, 1821)

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

Matched exact birth date in their own Wilder family entry (no. 31), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
31. Edward5 (Edward4"3 Jabez2 Edward1), b. in Hing. Oct. 1, 1781. ra. Oct. 1, 1807, Abigail Sylvester, dau. of Caleb and Abigail (Jacobs) Sylvester. She was b. at Han., Mass., March 12, 1782, and d. in Hing. 2 Oct. 1865, aet. 84th yr. He d. 25 Nov. 1852, aet. 71 yrs. " Carpenter." Resided on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Mary Foster, Nov. 13, 1808. m. Aug. 3, 1847, Rev. Silas Ripley of Foxboro'. ii. Abigail Jacobs, May 6, 1810. m. Theodore Reed, and d. 30 Oct. 1845. iii. Lucinda, Nov. 9, 1811, d. 13 Oct. 1829. iv. Charlotte, Feb. 21, 1814. m. Nov. 12, 1837, Charles W. Smith of Boston, v. Harriet, Jan. 27, 1816. m. (1) Dec. 30, 1838, Charles Sprague ; and (2) March 20, 1850, …

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 31. 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.

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 Edward'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.