Fourth Generation (Continued)
Family of Abigail Gardner (29) & Col. James Wilder

112. Maj. James Wilder Jr. (Abigail Gardner3, Sarah Mason2, Hugh1). Died Lancaster, Mass., on 15 Jan 1780. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 30 Apr 1710. Data from Mason.

He married Martha Broughton, daughter of Edward Broughton & Martha Wheeler, on 24 Dec 1734 in Lancaster, Mass. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 19 Mar 1774. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Josiah. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 19 Oct 1735. Died on 4 Apr 1736. Data from Mason.
ii.  Martha. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 23 Feb 1737. Data from Mason.
iii.  Abigail. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 22 Jun 1739. Data from Mason.
iv.  James. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 22 Jun 1741. Data from Mason.
v.  Josiah. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 27 May 1744. Data from Mason.
vi.  Asaph. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 20 Jul 1749. Data from Mason.
vii.  Susannah. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 23 Apr 1751. Data from Mason.

113. Gardner Wilder (Abigail Gardner3, Sarah Mason2, Hugh1). Died Leominster, Mass., on 19 Apr 1787. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 11 Nov 1711. Residence: Lancaster and Leominster, Mass. Data from Mason.

He married Mary Phelps, daughter of Edward Phelps & Mary Bennett, on 30 Jun 1736 in Lancaster, Mass. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 13 Aug 1719. Died Leominster, Mass., on 21 Aug 1801. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Mary. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 19 Sep 1737. Data from Mason.
ii.  Elizabeth. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 30 Nov 1739. Died Leominster, Mass., on 15 May 1761. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iii.  James. Born Leominster, Mass., on 3 Apr 1742. Died young. Data from Mason.
iv.  Lydia. Born Leominster, Mass., on 16 Mar 1743. Data from Mason.
v.  Beulah. Born Leominster, Mass., on 21 Nov 1745. Died Leominster, Mass., on 29 Mar 1819. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
vi.  Garnder. Born Leominster, Mass., on 29 Jun 1748. Data from Mason.
vii.  Joseph. Born Leominster, Mass., on 3 Nov 1750. Data from Mason.
viii.  Esther. Born Leominster, Mass., on 17 Jul 1752. Died Leominster, Mass., on 4 Oct 1756. Data from Mason.
ix.  Dorothy. Born Leominster, Mass., on 1 Jun 1756. Data from Mason.
x.  James. Born Leominster, Mass., on 27 Sep 1758. Data from Mason.
xi.  Edward. Born Leominster, Mass., on 17 Feb 1761. Data from Mason.
xii.  Joel. Born Leominster, Mass., on 7 Nov 1762. Data from Mason.
xiii.  Elisha. Born Leominster, Mass., on 2 Dec 1763. Data from Mason.

114. Esther Wilder (Abigail Gardner3, Sarah Mason2, Hugh1). Died Heath, Mass., on 23 Nov 1788. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 8 Mar 1713. Residence: Lancaster and Leominster, Mass. Data from Mason.

She married Jonathan White, son of Josiah White & Abigail Whitcomb, on 22 Jun 1732 in Lancaster, Mass. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 4 Oct 1708. Died Heath, Mass., on 4 Dec 1788. Data from Mason. 

Jonathan White served in the French and Indian War, commanding a military company, and March 29, 1755, was commissioned Captain in the Worcester Regiment of Col. Ruggles, which marched to Crown Point. Before the end of the campaign he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, and seved to the end of the war.

They had the following children:
i.  Jonathan. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 10 Jun 1733. Died infancy. Data from Mason.
ii.  Jonathan. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 26 Apr 1734. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 2 Dec 1736. Data from Mason.
iii.  Esther. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 11 Jun 1736. Died infancy. Data from Mason.
iv.  Esther. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 15 Oct 1738. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 5 Jan 1739. Data from Mason.
v.  Jonathan. Born Leominster, Mass., on 12 Mar 1740. Data from Mason.
vi.  David. Born Leominster, Mass., on 26 Aug 1742. Data from Mason.
vii.  James. Born Leominster, Mass., on 30 Nov 1744. Data from Mason.
viii.  Asaph. Born Leominster, Mass., on 11 Aug 1747. Data from Mason.
ix.  Esther. Born Leominster, Mass., on 9 Apr 1750. Data from Mason.
x.  Abigail.. Born Leominster, Mass., on 16 Nov 1752. Data from Mason.

115. Ruth Wilder (Abigail Gardner3, Sarah Mason2, Hugh1). Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 13 Oct 1717. Residence: Lancaster, Mass. Data from Mason.

She married Benjamin Ballard, son of Joseph Ballard & Rebecca Johnson, on 17 Jan 1734 in Lancaster, Mass. Born Andover, Mass. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 14 Oct 1770. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Mary. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 8 Jul 1735. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 20 Oct 1736. Data from Mason.
ii.  James. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 5 May 1737. Data from Mason.
iii.  Samuel. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 7 Apr 1739. Data from Mason.
iv.  Joseph. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 23 Jul 1741. Data from Mason.
v.  Ruth. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., in 1743. Data from Mason.
vi.  Benjamin. Died on 27 Oct 1749. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 13 Apr 1746. Data from Mason.
vii.  John. Died on 27 Oct 1749. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 17 Apr 1749. Data from Mason.
viii.  Benjamin. Died on 5 May 1753. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 16 Feb 1752. Data from Mason.
ix.  John. Died in 1776. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 8 May 1753. Served in the Revolutionary War. Data from Mason.
Died while serving in the Revolutionary War.
x.  Rebeckah. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 7 Apr 1758. Data from Mason.

116. Abigail Wilder (Abigail Gardner3, Sarah Mason2, Hugh1). Died Lancaster, Mass., on 20 Aug 1805. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 9 Apr 1721. Residence: Lancaster, Mass. Data from Mason.

She married Ephraim Carter, son of Samuel Carter & Dorothy Wilder, in 1738. Born Lancaster, Mass., in 1715. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 12 Oct 1793. Data from Mason.  

They had the following children:
i.  Ephraim. Born Lancaster, Mass. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 16 Apr 1740. Data from Mason.
299 ii.  Abigail (1741-1815)
iii.  Ephraim. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 5 Jun 1743. Data from Mason.
iv.  Oliver. Born Lancaster, Mass. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 30 Jul 1747. Data from Mason.
v.  Beulah. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 14 Oct 1747. Data from Mason.
vi.  Dorothy. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 21 May 1750. Data from Mason.
vii.  Relief. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 10 Aug 1752. Data from Mason.
viii.  Elijah. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 21 Feb 1754. Data from Mason.
ix.  Oliver. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 12 Sep 1757. Data from Mason.
x.  Abel. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 27 Dec 1761. Data from Mason.

117. Asaph Wilder (Abigail Gardner3, Sarah Mason2, Hugh1). Died Lancaster, Mass., on 8 Jul 1747. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 29 Mar 1724. Residence: Lancaster, Mass. Data from Mason.

Asaph Wilder and his wife were admitted to full communion November 3, 1745.

He married Zipporah Wheeler, daughter of Joseph Wheeler & Elizabeth, on 6 Feb 1745 in Westborough, Mass. Born Westborough, Mass., on 2 Mar 1725. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 20 Jun 1758. Data from Mason.

They had one child:
i.  Zilpah. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 14 Nov 1745. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 17 Nov 1745. Data from Mason.
She married Capt. William Williams, on 12 Feb 1767 in Lancaster, Mass. Data from Mason.

118. Elizabeth Wilder (Abigail Gardner3, Sarah Mason2, Hugh1). Born Lancaster, Mass., on 18 Sep 1726. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 5 Mar 1812. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 6 Nov 1726. Residence: Lancaster, Mass. Data from Mason.

She married Asahel Phelps, son of Edward Phelps & Mary Bennett, in Lunenburg, Mass. Married by Edward Hartwell, Justice of ye peace. Born Lancaster, Mass., on 18 Jul 1721. Died Lancaster, Mass., on 18 Feb 1781. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
300 i.  Elizabeth (1744-1840)
ii.  Mary. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 22 Jun 1746. Data from Mason.
iii.  Lucy. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 24 Feb 1751. Data from Mason.
iv.  Beulah. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 29 Apr 1753. Data from Mason.
v.  Abijah. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 15 Jul 1755. Data from Mason.
vi.  Gardner. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 6 Nov 1757. Data from Mason.
vii.  John. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 14 Oct 1759. Data from Mason.
viii.  David. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 11 Apr 1762. Data from Mason.
ix.  Esther. Baptized Lancaster, Mass., on 13 Jan 1765. Data from Mason.

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