Wilder, Josiah P. (1801-1873)

Name:

Wilder, Josiah P. (1801-1873)

Other Names:

Wilder, Josiah Prescott

Born:

11/01/1801

Birthplace:

Lancaster, MA

Died:

03/31/1873

Death Location:

New Ipswich, NH

Residence:

Lancaster, MA 1801-1803
Boston, MA 1803-1807
New Ipswich, NH 1807-1873

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Chairmaker

Father:

Wilder, Peter (1761-1841)

Mother:

Rice, Tamar (1763-1843)

Relations:

Amanda Carter's brother, Minot Carter worked for Josiah P. Wilder

Siblings:
Wilder, Elizabeth (1784-1861), m. Abijah Wetherbee, chairmaker; MA
Wilder, Joseph (1787-1825)
Wilder, Thomas (1791-1862)
Wilder, Peter (1793-1814)
Wilder, Andrew (1795-1822)
Wilder, Laura (1797-1814)
Wilder, John B. (1804-1852); made chair parts and painted chairs
Wilder, Calvin (1806-1851); Wilder & Stewart, New York, NY
Grandparents: Andrew and Elizabeth Carter Wilder

Spouse:

(1) Amanda Carter, July 13, 1826
(2) Mary Ann Lovejoy,

Children:

Charles Wetherbee, born 1827; died 1913
Nancy Elizabeth, born 1828; died 1870
Oliver Darwin, born 1830; died 1910; chairmaker, 1850
Josiah Prescott, born April 3, 1832; died November 13, 1863, Washington Territory; chairmaker
Catherine Amanda, born April 20, 1834; died 1907; m. October 4, 1854, Nathaniel Morrell
Emeline Amelia, born 1835; died 1883
Milton Augustus, born September 15, 1837; died February 8, 1842
Luman Alonzo, born October 14, 1840; died February 2, 1842

Notes:

Clara A. Carter, Compiler. Carter, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel and Thomas, Sons of Rev. Samuel Carter. 1640-1886. A Contribution to the History of the First Carters of Lancaster, Lunenburg, and Leominster, Massachusetts. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W. J. Coulter, 1887), 66, 80.

Nancy Goyne Evans. American Windsor Chairs. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996.

Arthur Kern, "Thomas Wilder: Early New England Portrait Painter," Antiques and Fine Arts, Autumn/Winter 2008, 232-239.

Charles S. Parsons, "Wilder Chairs," The Decorator, 38(Fall 1983)1, 19-23.

Almira L. White. Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900. Volume II. (Haverhill, MA: Chase Brothers, 1900), 41-42.

Moses H. Wilder, Book of the Wilders. A Contribution to the History of the Wilders... (New York: Edward O. Jenkins, 1878), 180-183.

Joseph P. Wilder Daybook and Ledger, 1837-1858, NHHS

Central Cemetery, New Ipswich, NH