Marriage and Family
In about 1746, he married Letitia Saunders (about 1724 - ). In 1771, after the death of his brother, Steuart Wilder, he inherited the estate at which he had lived Lisdornan, Co. Meath, but Theaker and his family continued to live at his wife's home, Grovehall, Ramelton, Co. Donegal. Three of their children (Henry, Oliver and Nancy) died unmarried, but they were survived by two sons:
- Mathew Wilder (d.1792) inherited Castle Wilder from his uncle Steuart Wilder, and served as High Sheriff of Co. Longford. In 1772, he married Eleanor, daughter of Hugh Carmichael (1720-1776) of Dublin and sister of Lt.-General Sir Hugh Lyle Carmichael. After the death of their son, Mathew Carlisle Wilder (1775-1809), Castle Wilder passed to their daughter's husband, Captain Hugh Pollock
- James Wilder (1764-1788), married Sarah Drought (1764-1788), the eldest daughter of his first cousin Rev. James Drought (1738-1820), and sister of Mrs Richard Graves. James Drought's mother, Sarah (Wilder) Drought, was Theaker's sister. Theaker's grand-daughter was Letitia Denniston (otherwise Coll) of Cocksheath, Carrigart, Co. Donegal.
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