The WILDER Family of Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England, Hingham, Plymouth, MA and Scituate, Plymouth, MA Send comments and corrections to anneb0704@yahoo.co.uk
THOMAS WILDER (d. 1634) of Shiplake m. Martha Unknown (d. 1652) of Shiplake and Hingham
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ELIZABETH WILDER m. Thomas Ensign


Generation 1

THOMAS WILDER

Parents: Wilder [Ref] says that he is the son of John Wilder

Thomas Wilder was born at Shiplake. [Ref] He died in 1634. [Ref] He married Martha Unknown. She died on 20 Apr 1652 in Hingham. [Ref]

The widow Martha Wilder of Shiplock, Oxfordshire came to New England on the Confidence in 1638, bringing her daughter Mary. [Ref][Ref] The widow Wilder was granted land in Hingham in 1638. [Ref][Ref] Children Thomas, Elizabeth and Edward went to New England before their mother. [Ref]

Children of Thomas Wilder:

  1. Thomas Wilder died in Lancaster. [Ref] He was a resident of Charlestown in 1640. [Ref] He went to Lancaster as early as 1659. [Ref]
  2. Edward Wilder died in 1690. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Eames. [Ref] Edward Wilder of Hingham bought land in Scituate from Timothy Hatherly in 1656.
  3. Mary Wilder
  4. Elizabeth Wilder married Thomas Ensign.

Generation 2

ELIZABETH WILDER

Parents: Thomas Wilder and Martha Unknown

Elizabeth Wilder married Thomas Ensign as his second wife on 17 Jan 1638/9 in Plymouth colony. [Ref]

References

Church Records

Family Genealogies

No author, Sheffield, Daggett and Allied families: A genealogical study with biographical notes, New York: American Historical Co., 1932.

Wilder, Moses H., "A Page from the History of the Wilders," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 31, 1877, 420-421.

Local Histories

Hurd, D. Hamilton,History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts: With biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1884.

Memorials

Ackerman, Arthur Wilmot, "Edward Baker Wilder," Memoirs of the Deceased Members of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society section, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 80, 1926, 440-441.

Hill, William Carroll, "Gerald Gardner Wilder," Memoirs of the Deceased Members of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society section, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 105, 1951, 352.

Personal Records

Ward, Andrew N., "First Settlers of Hingham," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2, 1848, 250.

Public Records

No author, "Passengers for New England, 1638," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2, 1848, 108-110.

Vital Records