Wiser, Benjamin, - 1771

Benjamin Wiser was the son of James Wiser and Ruth Bowman of the Natick, Massachusetts Indian community.  By 1743 he sold some of his Natick property and removed to Worcester.  Four years later, he married Sarah Printer and raised five children (James, Benjamin, Hannah, Sarah, and Abigail) on a farm that would eventually produce wool, flax, Indian meal, and pork.  At his death, his estate included a "comfortably furnished" English-style house, a barn, and various sorts of livestock.  Among his household goods were pewterware, tablecloths, a looking glass, spectacles, and books.  O'Brien, Dispossession by Degrees,  164, 203.  Charles Nutt, History of Worcester and Its People, Vol. 1 (New York, N.Y.: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1919), 269.