Jerahmeel Wilder

1721 - 1797  (75 years)

• Name	Jerahmeel Wilder  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	8 May 1721  [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1797
  Person ID	I3836	Clark Benscoter
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Wilder,   b. 1688,   d. 9 Jun 1775, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Damaris Whitcomb,   b. 1686, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 3 Sep 1772, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	26 Dec 1707	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F1189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Clark,   b. 7 Nov 1721
  Married	Abt 1740
  Children	1. Abigail Wilder,   b. 1742  [natural]   2. Jerahmeel Wilder,   b. 1756  [natural]   3. Sybil Wilder,   b. 1760  [natural]   4. Sarah Wilder,   b. 1744,   d. 2 Sep 1813  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   5. Susannah Wilder,   b. 1748  [natural]   6. Eunice Wilder,   b. Feb 1746  [natural]   7. Joanna Wilder,   b. 2 Jan 1741, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1798  (Age 56 years)  [natural]   8. Lois Wilder,   b. 1752  [natural]   9. Lucy Wilder,   b. 1754  [natural]   10. Abel Wilder,   b. 19 Feb 1758, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1831, Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2020
  Family ID	F1190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jerahmeel Wilder BIRTH: Lancaster (Massachusetts) Town Clerk, Vital Records Of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850 (Salt Lake City: Filmed By The Genealogical Society Of Utah, 1969), Family History Library, FHL Film #0547550. MARRIAGE: No date or place of marriage was found. Year was estimated from the birth of their first child, Joanna, born 2 Jan 1741. DEATH: Will of Jerathmeal Wilder presented for probate 18 May 1797. Abel Wilder was appointed as administrator. No death or cemetery records were found in Petersham records for Jerathmeal or Sarah (Clark) Wilder. See: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County), Probate Records, Series A, 1731-1895, Index, 1731-1881 (Salt Lake City; Filmed By The Genealogical Society Of Utah,1971.), Family History Library. The correct spelling of this mans name is difficult to determine. It is spelled Jerathmeal when he, in his own hand, signed his will so this is the spelling that will be used. His will, dated 20 Feb 1797 and presented for probate 18 May 1797, names his wife Sarah and daughters, Joanna Rice, Sarah Rice, heirs of his daughter Abigail Davenport, daughters Eunice Houghton, Lois Felton and the heirs of daughter Susanna Man, and daughter Sibil Baker and his only son Abel Wilder. The witnesses were Theophl (sic) Wheeler, John How, and Charles Baker. See Worcester County MA. probate dockets; Docket #65617; FHL film #860,652. He died; Y. He was born on 8 May 1721.1,2,3 He married Sarah Clark in 1740. http://www.genealogy.mylinktothepast.com/p86817.htm

  
  

• Sources

  [S249] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Abel Wilder [S534] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Abel Wilder [S141] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 322; SAR Membership Number: 64395. Record for Nathaniel Wilder [S141] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 322; SAR Membership Number: 64395. Record for Abel Wilder [S795] Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Record for Nathaniel Wilder