From GENEALOGY DICTIONARY The first settlers of New England. He was of Lancaster and the son of Thomas of Charleston to whom again he was driven in the King Philip War
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From EARLY BIRTHS RECORDED AT LANCASTER MA. by Mourse
John Wilder was of Lancaster but was at Charleston during exile in the Indian Wars. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Marriage and Death from THE BOOK OF THE WILDERS, THOMAS LINE PG 2 FHL 929.273 W 645 WI VOL 1 A FARMER IN LANCASTER, JOHN WILDER FLED TO CHARLESTON DURING THE INDIAN WAR. TWO OF HIS CHILDREN WERE BAPTIZED THER . HE HAD HOLDINGS IN SOUTH LEXINGTON, THEN KNOWN AS SIX NATIONS AND NOW KNOWN AS CLINTON ----------------------------------------------------------------
Extract from HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF LANCASTER. MASS.by Rev. Abijah P. Marvin.
The town destitute of any officer in power to order military affairs of the town, they do mutually nominate Mr. Thomas Wilder for a lieutenant.