High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Franklin Wilder
16 Jul 1827 – 9 Aug 1844 · about 17 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Franklin Wilder lived from 16 Jul 1827 to 9 Aug 1844, a span of about 17 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
SiblingsMary Foster Wilder Ripley1808–1881 · Abigail Jacobs Wilder Reed1810–1845 · Lucinda Wilder1811–1829 · Harriet Wilder Sprague1816–1902 · Edward Wilder IV1819–1889 · Martin Wilder1821–1863 · Edwin Wilder1829–1906
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
Martin d. at Ea. Dorset, Vt., 9 May, 1863, aet. 43d yr. viii. Franklin, Aug. 16, 1824, d. 9 Aug. 1844. 47. ix. Edwin, Feb. 8, 1829. 32. Joshua6 (Edward4-8 Jabez2 Edward1), b. in Hing. Dec. 12, 1786. m. first, 1812, Judith Shearman. She d. and he m. secondly, Jan. 11, 1854, Angelina Josselyn. Joshua d. 3 Oct. 1860, aet. 74th yr. " Clock-maker." Resided on Main, near Friend
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex 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 Franklin'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.