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Descendants of Richard WAITE
and
Lucy Marvin GRISWOLD

Up Dated 12 February 2008

Joshua WILDER Jr.
and
Margery DUNSTER

Joshua was born 19 August 1734 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, and married 17 June 1760, in Westminster, Worcesterm Massachusetts, Margerie DUNSTER the daughter of David DUNSTER and Mary RUSSELL. She was born 15 September 1739 in Arlington, Worcester, Massachusetts,

Annals of Brattleboro
by Mary R. Cabot.
p. 1001.

Deacon Joshua WILDER was born in 1734. He came originally from Worcester County Massachusetts; was a Revolutionary War soldier and served as a private in the Massachusetts militia. When he was seventy-five, his name was placed on the pension roll, his annual allowance being eight dollars.

He was in Westminster, Vermont when there was but one house where the village now is, and located on the farm, owned and occupied by his grandchildren in 1765. His house was a framed building of only one room loosely boarded, the cracks being vcery wide.

He married Margary DUNSTAN [actually DUNSTER] of Dummerston, who died September 13, 1828 in her eighty ninth year. They reared twelve children.

At one time the father, son, grand son and great grandsonresided on the same farm, cultivating it in common. In the "History of Dummerston," there is an account of a mowing match participated in by representatives of the four generations, led by Joshua WILDER at ninety years of age, the others being his son Deacon Daniel, grandson Leroy, and great-grandson Wallace. A distance of twenty-five rods and was mowed, the leader keeping his place in front.

He died March 21, 1828.

American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions

Name   State   Location    Reason
Joshua Vermont Dummerston, His services were not 
Wilder         Windham     in a military capacity.

CHILDREN of Joshua WILDER Jr. and Margerie DUNSTER:

 
    1. SARAH    b: 28 Mar 1761; Westminster, Windham, Vermont.
                d: 16 Sep 1763; Westminster, Windham, Vermont.
    2. MARY E   b:  9 Sep 1763; Westminster, Windham, Vermont.
                d: 19 Sep 1763; Westminster, Windham, Vermont.
 +  3. SARAH    b: 16 Apr 1765; Westminster, Windham, Vermont.
               md:    Aug 1784; , , .
                                Henry WILLARD
    4. POLLY    b: 22 Jul 1768; New Fane, Windham, Vermont.
               md:            ; 
                                Burther SARGENT.
 +  5. JOHN     b:  4 Oct 1770; New Fane, Windham, Vermont.
               md:        1796; , , .
                                Rebecca CHAMBERLAIN
                d: 31 Jan 1867; Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont.
 +  6. SOLOMON  b: 11 Oct 1772; New Fane, Windham, Vermont.
               md: 28 Feb 1806; Dummerston, Windham, Vermont
                                Livinia MILLER
                d: 16 May 1832; Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont.
    7. MARGERY  b: 20 Oct 1774; New Fane, Windham, Vermont.
               md: 22 Mar 1796; , Genesee, New York
                                David HARROUN.
 +  8. CLARISSA b: 19 Oct 1776; New Fane, Windham, Vermont.
               md: 26 Oct 1797; , Windham, Vermont.
                                William FARR Jun.
                d: 15 Jul 1841; Carthage, Hancock, Illinois.
 +  9. JOSEPH   b: 18 Jan 1779; New Fane, Windham, Vermont.
               md: 22 Nov 1799; , , New Hampshire
                                Alice STODDARD.
                d:        1883; Buffalo, Erie, New York. 
 + 10. DAMARIS  b: 10 Mar 1781; New Fane, Windham, Vermont.
               md:  7 Dec 1797; Chesterfield, Warren, New York
                                Samuel CHAMBERLAIN
                d: 25 Dec 1843; , , .
   11. BETSEY   b: 28 Mar 1783; Dummerston, Windham, Vermont.
 + 12. PHENICE  b:  5 May 1784; New Fane, Windham, Vermont.
               md: 24 Jan 1803; Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont.
                                James WAITE
                d: After  1850; London Twp., Monroe, Michigan.
 + 13. EUNICE   b: 11 Jul 1788; New Fane, Windham, Vermont.
               md:            ; , , possibably New York
                                Simeon DUNCAN
 

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