Lt. Nathanael Wilder, I

Capt. or Lieutenant Nathaniel Wilder

• Birth: May 3 or Nov 1 or 3 1650 - Concord, Massachusetts or Charlestown, Suffolk or Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
• Death: July 31 or Aug 10 1704 - Lancaster, Mddlesex or Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
• Parents: Thomas Wilder, Anna or Hannah
• Wife: Mary Sawyer

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biographical notes

In 1686, Nathaniel Wilder of Lancaster was licenced " for retailing of Wine, Beer,Ale and Cider, Rum ect" He continued to be the only inn keeper until his wife, Mary, retained the business.

From History of Town of Lancaster by Rev. Ahijah Marvin.

"He was a lieut. in the Indian wars. His house in Lancaster was one of 2 garrisons. At the first onset of an attack he was killed while in the yard. In 1686 he relieved Cyprian Stevens who was licensed to retail wine, beer, aile, cyder, rum ect The Court ordered the town to pay Nathaniel Wilder for the 16 wolves that he had killed in 1684/5. In 1688 Nathaniel Wilder was paid 40 shillings for killing two wolves and an Indian was paid 10 shillings for killing one wolf."

From The Book of the Wilders FHL 929273 W645 wi Vol 1; Thomas line page 15

"in the time of the Indian attacks upon their settlement an Indian who had surrendered to the people, was treacherously murdered by this young Nathaniel Wilder and David Hoar, who were tried , condemned and sentanced to be hung in Oct.1676, acknowledging the justice of their conviction and asking for pardon. Their request was granted, on the condition that they paid 10 pounds each, half to be given to the Indian who had prosecuted them, and also that they pay the expenses of their imprisonment and trial, which was done and they were set at liberty.

From HISTORY OF THE PRAYING INDIANS by Gookin.

"The victums were two squaws, wives of two of our Indian soldiers, the one named Andrew Pittine, the Captain of the Indians, and the other, his sister and one young woman, and three children whereof one was a nursing infant, and all the children of Thomas Speen. The scene of the murders was at a place about four miles from Watertown, Mass. The women were missed by their friends and after a long search the bodies were found not far from one another cruely murdered, some shot through the head, others their brains beat out with hatchets. The four murderers were seized tried and condemned and two of the four were executed and the other two pardoned by the general court. Nathaniel Wilder was one of the two pardoned."

From THE STORY OF COLONIAL LANCASTER by Marion Fuller Safford

"Daniel Govle was one of four English soldiers who, in August, had surprised and murdered three Indian women and three children near Hurtelbury Hill in Concord With him was Stephen Goble , Daniel Hoar and Nathaniel Wilder: the last being one of the most promising young men of Lancaster. the stern hand od the law reached them and the four were sentenced to death. The victims in this case were two squaws, wifes of two Christian Indian soldiers, the one named Captain od the Indian Company and the other his sister. Their bodies were found not far from one another some shot others their brains beat out with hatchetss. At the trial it was proven that Nathaniel Wilder and Daniel Hoar were guilty of " being present and seeing the act done and consenting " yet did not take part in the murders. For them the sentence of death was remitted upon paying prison charges and heavy fines of 10 pounds apiece - half to the two witnesses and half to the two Indians who prosecuted the white men.

The Goble brothers were the ring leaders in the attack and were hanged the same day with the captive Indian chiefs who had planned and carried out the destruction of Lancaster.-"

From Wilder, Rev. Moses H. (1878). Book of the Wilders. A Contribution to the History of the Wilders. Printed by Edward O. Jenkins, Brooklyn, NY, page 15)

“In the time of the Indian attacks upon their settlement, an Indian, who had surrendered to the people, was treacherously murdered by Nathanael Wilder and Daniel Hoar, who were tried, condemned, and sentenced to be hung. In October 1676, they presented a memorial to the General Court, acknowledging the justice of their condemnation, and asking for pardon. Their request was granted, on condition that they should pay ten pounds each -- one-half to be given to the Indian who had prosecuted them; and also that they should pay the expenses of their imprisonment and trial, which was done, and they were set at liberty. Nathanael was a brave man, and an active, useful citizen, a captain of the militia. He was killed by an attack of the Indians in 1704.”

From The Book of the Wilders FHL 929273 W645 wi Vol 1; Thomas line page 15

"Nathaniel was a brave and active, useful citizen and a Captain in the militia.
"He was killed by an Indian near the gate of his garrison. on the 10th day of August 1704 early in the morning the day of the first onset. He was shot in the thigh of which he died the same day. The Indians killed five of his cattle, six oxen, five cows,three calves, sixteen sheep, twelve swine and burnt his barn and 12 loads of good English hay."

Of his children, Oliver, Jonathan, Ephraim and Nathaniel were captured by the Indians.

Family

Married

1. 24 Nov 1673, Lancaster,Worcester Co,Mass. to Mary (1652-1711), daughter of Thomas Sawyer & Mary Prescott.

from page 146 of Book of the Wilders : a further contribution to the history of the Wilders, from 1497, in England, to the immigration of Martha, a widow, and her family to Massachusetts bay, in 1638, and so, through her family down to 1875: with a genealogical table.  by Wilder, Moses Hale, 1798-1879 Published 1878. Their 9 children:

1. Nathaniel (1675-1679)
2. Ephraim (1677-1769)
3. Mary (1679-1728)
4. Elizabeth (1687-)
5. Jonathan (1686-1707)
6. Dorothy (1688-1738)
7. Nathaniel (1675-1775)
8. Eunice (1690-1778)
9. Oliver (1693-1765)

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• http://pharmacy.isu.edu/~cady/genealogy/PS07/PS07_234.HTM
  • History of Town of Lancaster by Rev. Ahijah Marvin
  • Marriage: Lancaster Town Records Middlesx Register pg 14
  • Death: Lancaster Town records Pg 17
  • The Book of the Wilders FHL 929273 W645 wi Vol 1; Thomas line pg 2
  • HISTORY OF THE PRAYING INDIANS by Gookin
  • THE STORY OF COLONIAL LANCASTER by Marion Fuller Safford
  • EARLY RECORDS OF LANCASTER, MASS.1643
• Find A Grave Memorial# 52328936
  • note: His birth year is variously given as 1650 and 1655 in records.

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