From BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH REGISTERS, CHURCH RECORDS AND EPITAPHS OF LANCASTER, MA. 1643-1880. by Henry S. Nourse Lot 105 OLD BURYING FIELD LANCASTER MA. “ “In memory of Capt. Ephraim Wilder Jr. who died y March y 7 th A.D. in the 63 rd year of his age. every man at his best state is altogether vanity Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrils and trust in the everlasting GOD”
In Lot106 his wife is buried “ here lies interred y body of Mrs Anna Wilder consort of Capt Ephraim Wilder who died Oct y 16 th A.D. 1778 in the 67 th year of her age. The sweet remeberance of the just shall flourish when they sleep in the dust.”