This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilder Russell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BVB.2ACI/1038.2 Message Board Post: I'm interested in the Wilder line myself. My Russell line married into the Wilder family in Carteret County in the late 1700s, perhaps there is a connection.