Lucreita Wilder

Brief Life History of Lucreita

When Lucreita Wilder was born on 19 January 1761, in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ephraim Wilder, was 27 and her mother, Lucretia Locke, was 27. She married Ebenezer Pope in 1779. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 24 September 1816, at the age of 55, and was buried in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Ebenezer Pope
1752–1825
Lucreita Wilder
1761–1816
Marriage: 1779
Joseph Pope
1781–1814
Ebenezer Pope
1783–1833
Hannah Pope
1785–1862
Betsey Pope
1788–1867
Lucretia Pope
1791–1880
Nancy Pope
1793–1871
Josiah Pope
1798–1875

Sources (37)

  • Lucretia Wilder, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Lucretia Wilder Pope, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lucretia in entry for Hannah Pope, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

Name Meaning

German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wild 3.

English (South eastern England, especially Berkshire): probably a nickname from Old English wildēor ‘wild animal’.

History: Thomas Wilder is recorded as a freeman of Charlestown, MA, in 1640. He had numerous prominent descendents.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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