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Wilder, Joseph (1787-1825)

Name:
Wilder, Joseph (1787-1825)
Born:
05/01/1787
Birthplace:
Lancaster, MA
Died:
05/12/1825
Death Location:
New Ipswich, NH
Residence:
Lancaster, MA 1787-
Boston, MA 1803-1810
New Ipswich, NH 1810-1825
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Chairmaker
Father:
Wilder, Peter (1761-1841)
Mother:
Rice, Tamar (1763-1843)
Relations:
Siblings:
Wilder, Elizabeth (1784-1861); m. Abijah Wetherbee, chairmaker; MA
Wilder, Thomas (b.1791)
Wilder, Peter (1793-1814)
Wilder, Andrew (1795-1822)
Wilder, Laura (1797-1814)
Wilder, Josiah Prescott (1801-1873); chairmaker
Wilder, John B. (or F?) (1804-1852); made chair parts and painted chairs
Wilder, Calvin (1806-1851); Wilder & Stewart, New York, NY
Grandparents: Andrew and Elizabeth Carter Wilder
Notes:
Some Joseph Wilder chairs are stamped "J.WILDER", others have a printed paper label.

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.

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