312 Wilder. 



covered." He subsequently received other grants from the town, in- 

 cluding a "tract situated next to that given to his mother, the wid. 

 Martha Wilder,* in 1638, which was located at or near the junction 

 of Main and Pleasant Sts., and inc. the est. now owned by heirs of 

 Fearing Loring, deceased. He also owned all the land between Tow- 

 er's Bridge and Wilder's Bridge, and, without doubt, was one of the 

 earlier planters of this locality. His w., whom he prob. m. ab. 1650, 

 was Elizabeth, dau. of Anthony Eames, Sen r , of Mf'd. She outlived 

 him, and d. 9 June, 1692. He d. intestate 18 Oct. 1690, having been 

 stricken suddenly with malignant fever. Elizabeth, his wid., and s. 

 Jabez were appointed adm's. " Farmer." Freeman 29 May, 1644, 

 and in 1667 selectman. Dec. 1, 1675, he was one of the sixteen 

 "Hingham soldiers impressed into the country service " at the out- 

 break of Philip's War. He resided on Main, between High and 

 Friend Sts., on the est. purchased of Samuel Ward. 

 Ch., prob. all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Elizabeth, 1651-52. m. July 22, 1673, Israel Fearing. 



2. ii. John, 1653. 



iii. Ephraim, 1655, d. unra. 28 Oct. 1690. In his will of 26 March, 1687, 

 proved 30 Apr. 1692, gives "to brother-in-law Israel Fearing the horse 

 which I use to ride. To my brother John Wilder, and to my six 

 sisters, all my lands and rights in the township of Mendon, to he equally 

 divided between them. And as to my part of that land at Monument 

 lying betwixt Israel Fearing, Isaac Wilder, Jabez Wilder, and myself, I 

 give to my beloved brothers Isaac, Israel, and Jabez, to be equally divided 

 between them. I give to my brother Jabez all my lands and rights in 

 Hingham and Scituate, as also that part of my land at Accord Pond." 

 Est. appraised at £429 8s. 



3. iv. Isaac, 1656. 



4. v. Jabez, March, 1657-58. 



vi. Abia, 1659. m. 1692, William Clark of Ply., wid?. 



vii. Mkhitable, 1661. m. Dec. 25, 1692, Joseph Warren of Ply. 



viii. Abigail, 1662, d. unm., 6 Jan. 1717-18. 



ix. Anna, 1664. 



x. Hannah, March 16, 1665-66, d. unm., 1690. 



xi. Mai:y, Apr. 5, 1668. rn. (1) 1695, Francis Le Baron, and (2) 1707, Return 

 Wait. 



* Wid. Martha Wilder was an inhabitant of H'mg. as early as 1638, when she had a grant 

 of five acres of land for a house-lot on Main, near Pleasant St. ; also other lots at subsequent 

 dates of planting, pasture, and meadow lands. She prob. came from Shiplock, Oxfordshire 

 County, Eng., with her dau. Mary, and perh. Eliza, who m. Jan. 17, 1638 or 1638-39, 



Thomas Ensign of Scit. It mav have been her dau. Marv who m. Cudworth of Scit. 



Wid. Martha Wilder d. in Hing. 20 Apr. 1652. 



2. John 2 (Edward *), b. prob. in Hing. ab. 1653. m. Nov. 30, 1675, 

 Rebecca Doggett. She d. 4 Oct. 1728, set. 72 yrs. He d. 11 Apr. 1724, 

 aet. 70 yrs. In his will made 11 Sept. 1708, mentions and provides for 

 w. Rebecca, gives "to son Ephraim that part of my estate which fell 

 to me at my father's decease, lying at the northwest of my father's 

 homestead now in the possession of my brother Jabez Wilder, and 

 bounded northerly by Benjamin Tower ; westerly towards the common 

 lands, and southerly by Jabez Wilder ; to son Isaac my house, barn, 

 pasture, orchard, and land adjoining; to my daughter Elizabeth 

 Sprague £6, in addition to what she has already had ; to daughters 

 Harriet [Hannah] Wilder, Rebecca Wilder, and Mary Wilder £20 

 each," etc. " Fanner." Constable 1691, and 1692. Resided on Main 

 St., So. Hing. 



