High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Joshua Wilder
12 Dec 1786 – 3 Sep 1860 · about 74 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Joshua Wilder lived from 12 Dec 1786 to 3 Sep 1860, a span of about 74 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
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Edward › Jabez › Edward.
Matched exact birth date in their own Wilder family entry (no. 32), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
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 St., So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing, by w. Judith — i. Joshua, Dec. 19,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 32. Read on archive.org ↗
Where this was, today
The 1893 record places this person at Main, near Friend St. in Hingham. Today that is Main Street near Friend Street, Hingham. Toward Hingham Square and the harbour, a couple of miles north of the cemetery.
The street still carries the name; the exact house is not pinned, so read this as the block, not a doorstep.
The inscription
"The memory of the just is blessed."
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 Joshua'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.