Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20,575, Richard Wilde, Delaware
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Delaware.
Wilde, Richard
Wild or
S20575
carded
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S. 94. 24 Cong
Memorial
of James & Elizabeth Robin
son, heirs of Lieut. Richard
Wild of the revolution, paying
an allowance of pension due
to the deceased on account of
wounds to the time of his death.
1833 Dec. 17. referred to the
Committee on Revolutionary Claims
Jan 15. Report Bill 61
March 10 with report & bill
recommitted to the Committee
on Revolutionary Claims
1835, Dec. 21 referred to the
Committee on Revolutionary claims
Jan. 25 Bill reported
Jan: 23d 1836. Report Bill
M. S. M.
W Naudain
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To the Honourable the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled the memorial of James Robinson and Elizabeth his wife of the town of Newark in the State of Delaware respectful by represents. 
That Elizabeth Robinson is the only living child and sole heir of Lieutenant Richard Wild who served in the Revolutionary War in the Delaware regiment [ineligible] time vital establishment, that the said Lieutenant Wild was severely wounded in the Battle of Germantown in October 1777, that after languishing under the wound for several months, he resigned his commission in the Army in August 1778 that he continued incapable afterwards of getting a livelihood until he died in the year 1786. Your memorialists further represent that the said Lieutenant Wild in consequence of said wound was entitled to a pension of one half his monthly pay from the time of his resignation until his death accordingly to a resolution of Congress [ineligible] August 26th 17[ineligible], and they verily believed the said Lieutenant Wild never received any part of said pension either from the United States or from the State of Delaware.
Your Memorialists therefore pray that Congress may make such allowance for the pension, which ought to have been paid to Lieutenant Richard Wild, as to them shall seem just and proper and your memorialists will ever pray [ineligible]
Newark November                       1833   James Robinson [underlined with colon in between lines]                   Elizabeth Robinson
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No 4.
Ann Tittermary's
Deposition
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State of Delaware
New Castle County S.S. Before me Amos Sanders
one of the Justices
of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Ann Tittermary
widow of David Tittermary formerly of Philadelphia to me the said
Justice is well known and worthy of Credit and belief. Who having been by me the said Justice duly sworn according to law on
her solemn oath deposeth and saith that she deponent, was born
on the 12th day of October 1759 in the County of New Castle and State of
Delaware and is now upwards of 73 years old, and that she lived
with her mother until she deponent, was married to Mr. Littermary
in April 1784, and that in the year 1772 her mother who at that time
was the widow of Alexander Porter grandfather of the present Commodore David Porter was married to Richard Wild at Port Penn in the County and State afsd [aforementioned]. Deponent further says that she well remembers that her
stepfather Richard Wild obtained the Commission of Lieutenant she
thinks in Captain McKannons Company in the Delaware Regiment
in the year 1776 (not certain as to Company or date) deponent further
says she well remembers that Lieutenant Wild was with his Company
at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown in the fall of 1777 and
that in the battle of Germantown she has always understood and be
lives Lieutenant Wild received a wound by a musket ball entering
into his groin and lodging in his left thigh and that he was brought
home to his family in Port Penn Shortly after the battle on a litter
and that he lay for several months in extreme pain with little or no
hopes of his recovery and that it was some years before he recovered
so as to be able to go about or leave his bed he was under the care of Dr
Stewart from the time he came home until the time of his decease
and that Dr McDonaugh attended him a great deal of the first
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part of his illness that he still languished under the pain of wound
and continued unable to do anything for his own support, till some
time in the summer or fall, in the year 1786 when from severe pain
and suffering occasioned by the ball remaining in his thigh he
was attacked with the lockjaw which terminated in his death.
Deponent further states that her mother had several children by
Richard Wild and that they are all dead without leaving any
issue except Elizabeth Robinson who is the wife of James Robinson Esq. residing in the Village of Newark in the State of Delaware
and that the said Elizabeth Robinson is the only heir at law
of the said Richard Wild of
ponent further states she always
understood that Lieutenant Wild resigned his commission
knowing there was no hopes on account of his wound of his being able to render any further service and that he did not
think our government was then able to make payment while
he could render them no service and deponent says she is
very positive that neither Lieutenant Wild during his lifetime
nor his family since his decease ever received any pension either
from the United States or the State of Delaware or she would
have known it for she had often heard her mother say she
never had anything allowed to her for all her trouble and
expenses and that the expense of Doctors Bills was very great.
And when she the mother of this deponent would persuade him
to try and get something from government he would reply
that the government of his Country poor
and that he
was well paid for all his sufferings as he had lived to see
the British conquered and the Independence of his
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Country established.
Sworn and subscribed the twenty ninth day of July
the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty-three.
Before Amos Saunders JP       Ann Tittermary
[Amos Saunders underlined]

New Castle County [ineligible symbol or letter] I, Cornelius D. Blarney Prothonotary of the Superior
Court of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County
hereby certify that Amos Sanders Esq.  before whom the
foregoing affidavit appears to have been made was at the
time of the doing thereof, and now is a Justice of the Peace
in and for the said County duty [ineligible] and qualified
for all whose acts as such full faith and credit is and
ought to be given.  ___     In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set [ineligible] hand and affixed the Seal of the said
Court at New Castle the Thirtieth day of July A.D.
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
CD Blarney [ineligible]
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                   War Department
                   Invalid Pension
I certify that in conformity with the law of
the United States of June 15. 1836. Richard
Wilde, deceased, late a Lieutenant in the army
of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension
List, Roll of the Delaware Agency, at the
rate of thirteen Dollars and thirty-three and
one third cents per month, from the twelfth
day of August one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, to the first day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six
the amount to be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth ┃
Robinson, daughter and only surviving heir of
said deceased
                           Given at the War office
                           of the United States this
                           fourth day of August one 
                           thousand eight hundred and
                           thirty-six.
                               Acting Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned
Acting Comm. of Pension
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                                No. 5.
                      Margaret Darragh's
                           Deposition
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State of Delaware
New Castle County
Before me Amos Sanders
one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County afsd [aforementioned] Personally appeared Margaret Dannagh of the County
and state afsd [aforementioned] widow aged sixty-four years, after having 
been solemnly sworn on the holy Evangelists of Almighty
God, deposeth and saith that Richard Wild Lieutenant
in Captain McKannens company in the Delaware Regiment
was her stepfather, that she very well remembers that the
said Richard Wild was wounded at the Battle of
Germantown in the American Revolution and that
he was brought home on a litter where he lay for
a great while under the case of Doctors Steward and
McDonnough- That he was in extreme pain and little
hopes of his recovery for some months and he was so
disabled by his wound that he could not do any thing
for his support, or the support of his family. That he
still languished under the pain of his wound till the time of his disease which she believes was occasioned by the ball remaining in his thigh and lodging against the bone which brought on the locked jaw which
terminated his death which took place she believes about the year 1786 - but deponent is not certain as to the dates. Deponent further states that her mother had several children by Richard Wild and that
they are all dead without leaving any issue Except Elizabeth Robinson wife of James Robinson Esqr, and
residing in the Village of Newark in the State of Delaware
and that she is the only heir at law of the said Richard
Wild deponent further states that she fully believes
that Lieutenant Wild during his lifetime nor his family since his disease did ever receive any pension either from the United States or from the State of Delaware or she would have known it, and further deponent
saith not
Sworn and subscribed the 26th day of September AD 1833
Before Arno Sanders [underlined]
Margaret Dannagh
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On Delaware Roll [Delaware underlined]
Richard Wilde deceased
Lt. Rev. War
Disability Total [underlined]
Cert: issued August 4. 1836 [underlined]

Inscribed on the roll of
Delaware, at the rate of
$13.33 1/3 per month, from the 12th
of Aug. 1778, and to terminate
on the 1st of August 1786. The
amount to be paid to Mrs. Eliz:
Robinson daughter and only surviving heir of deceased.
         [squiggle line]
[page torn] of June 15. 1836.
[page torn] in Book F. 
[page torn] Page 107.             
Certified: issued [ineligible] it to James Robinson, Newark Del. Aug
4. 1836 Set to Pen Agent
same day do to same 15
Aug 1866- do to Hon. H.
Johnson Jan 6. 1846
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Let to J. Robinson Mary 36
Jane certificate for $13.33 
p. month
special act
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No. 3.
Capt. McKennon
Certificate
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I do hereby certify, that Richard Wild Lieutenant in the late Delaware Regiment, was wounded on the 4th day of October 1777 at the battle of Germantown, & that his commission continued in full force, until the Eleventh day of Aug. 1778 at which time he resigned as will appear by the Master Rolls of the Regiment.
M.M. Kerranlan [ineligible] Capt. Del. Regiment
Newcastle County Oct. 20th, 1785, a true Copy
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20575
INVALID.
20575
Richard Wilde
Lieutenant Revolutionary War
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Act: June 15th 36 [1836]
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Memorial of
James Robinson
Elizabeth Robinson

Honorable Mr. More
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                  Newark
                  Del.  [ both lines upside down]




Hon: Levi Woodbury
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City



[ineligible]
2 August 36' 
[ineligible] to the 3rd [ineligible] [all lines upside down]
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Newark
Del. [ both lines upside down]




Hon: Levi Woodbury
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City



[ineligible]
2 August 36'
[ineligible] to the 3rd [ineligible] [all lines upside down]
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                                   Wilmington July 14th, 1836

Hon: Levi Woodbury
Secretary of the Treasury
Sir
The bearer of this James Robinson Esquire is the husband of Elizabeth Robinson daughter of Lieut. Richard Wilde for
whose relief an act was past at the late
session of Congress.
Mr. Robinson goes to Washington
to have his claim under the law adjusted
and I give him this letter of introduction
that you may know him to be the person
named in the law
Most Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Arnold Naudain
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No 6.
Certificate of
James Rogers Esq. 
Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware
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State of Delaware

Office of the Secretary of the
State of Delaware

I James Rogers Secretary of the State of
Delaware, do hereby certify, That I have
examined the books papers and records of the
Executive Department of this State, and have
not found any evidence of the allowance
or payment of a pension, by the said
State, to Lieutenant Richard Wild of the
Delaware Regiment of the war of the Revolution.

In Testimony of I
have hereunto set my hand
and affix the seal of the said
 Office, at New Castle this 6th
day of November A.D. 1833
James Rogers
Secretary of State
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Branch of the Farmers Bank
of the State of Delaware at
New Castle, August 11, 1836
J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
By the letter of George W. Crump Esquire, 
dated the 4th instant, enclosing a
copy of a private act of Congress, entitled "An Act
for the relief of Elizabeth Robinson daughter of
Of Lieutenant Richard Wilde, deceased”, passed on the
15th of June 1836. I am directed, “on the production
of the proper vouchers,” to pay to Mrs. Elizabeth
Robinson, the amount due her under that act.
This being a special act, and having received no
instructions respecting payments to be made
under it, I take the liberty to ask, what will be
considered "the proper vouchers.” Mrs. Robinson is
and has been for many years, the wife of James
Robinson of Newark, in this County: a very respectable
 gentleman, whom I have known from
my childhood. As the husband of Mrs. Robinson,
he has a right to demand payment. I suppose,
that proof of her identity, and of her marriage
with Mr Robinson, will be required at Washington,
 upon passing my account, as pension agent.
How is this proof to be made and certified? From
the analogy of other cases, I presume that her own
affidavit before a Justice of the Peace, will be
sufficient proof of her identity; and that the deposition
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 of a witness, who was present at the marriage,
made before the same Justice, will be sufficient
proof, that James Robinson is her husband.
Such proof was made the 9th instant, before -
Joseph Roberts Esquire, a Justice of the Peace, residing
in this place, by the affidavit of Mrs. Robinson,
and the deposition of Ann Tittermary, who says
she was present at the marriage, and of which,
there is no doubt. I enclose the document containing
such affidavit & deposition, and wish
to be informed, whether it, and the receipt
of James Robinson, will be considered at
Washington as “the proper vouchers." If not - what
else,-- or what other proof or vouchers
will be required.-- You will do me a favour
by examining the enclosed document, and the
Act of Congress, and sending me an answer
to this letter. Please also to return the enclosed.

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obedt. Servant
James Booth
Prest. of the Branch of the
Farmers Bank at New Castle
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No. 2
P. Jacquetti
Deposition
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State of Delaware, to wit
Be it Remembered that
on this Twenty first day of December in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two Before me Thomas McDonell Notary &c
Public of the State of Delaware duly qualified
and legally authorised residing at the city of
Wilmington, personally appeared by Peter Jaquett
to me the said notary well known, who being sworn
in due form of Law doth depose and say that
he was personally well acquainted with Richard
Wild, an officer of the Revolutionary army. that in
the year of 1776 he was a Lieutenant of the Flying
camp Regiment of Delaware commanded by Col
Samuel Patterson, at the close of the campaign
he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Delaware
Regiment in this or [?] company, in that capacity he remained and
on the fourth day of October 1777. in the Battle of
Germantown, on that day received severe wounds
in his privates and thigh of such a nature
as compelled him to decline the performance of
active service, but continued as an officer
until the fall of 1778, when from this the increasing
suffering from the wounds received he being
unable to perform the duties required, and at
The earnest solicitation of his Brother officers to
make room for promotion, he resigned his
Commission.
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and quit the services, by which it sustained the loss
of a good officer. deponent further saith that the
said Richard Wild after being compelled to
Leave the service from wounds received occasioned by
a musket ball remaining in his thigh, and
which was never extracted, and after extreme
suffering, at a very great expence incurr’d, 
he died in the year 1786. with the Lock Jaw
consequent on his wounds and lodgment of the
musket Ball aforesaid.
P. Jaquett

In Testimony whereof I the
said notary hereunto set my
hand & affix my seal of office
the day and year aforesaid
Tho McDowell
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No 1.
C. P. Bennett's
Deposition
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State of Delaware, to wit:
Be it Remembered
that on this Twenty first day of December in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two Before me Thomas McDowell Notary
of Public of the State of Delaware duly qualified
 and legally authorised residing at the
City of Wilmington personally appeared Caleb
P. Bennett Esq,  Gov. Elect,  to me the said Notary
well known,  who being qualified in due
form of Law doth depose and that he was
personally well acquainted with Richard Wild,
an officer of the Revolutionary army, that in the
year 1776 he was a Lieutenant of the Flying camp
Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Patterson.
at the close of the campaign he was appointed a
Lieutenant in the Delaware Regiment. in that
capacity he remained and on the fourth day of October
A.D. 1777 in the Battle of Germantown on that day
received severe wound in his privates and thigh
of such a nature as compelled him to decline the
performance of active service, but he continued
as an officer until the fall of 1778 when from
the increasing sufferings from the wound received
he being unable to press the duties required
and at the earnest solicitation of his Brother officers
to make room for promotions resigned his commission.
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and quit the service, by which it sustained the
loss of a good officer, deponent further saith
that the said Richard Wild, after being compelled
to leave the service, from wounds received occasioned
and by a musket ball remaining in his thigh
and which was never extracted and after extreme
sufferings, at a very great expense incurred, he
died in the year 1786. with the Lock Jaw 
consequent on his wounds and lodgment of the
musket ball aforesaid unto.
C P Bennett 

In Testimony whereof I the
said notary hereunto set my
hand and affix my seal of
fice the day and year aforesaid
Tho McDowell
Notary Public
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Elizabeth Robinson
Treasy Dept
2d Aug 1836
Referred to the
Third Auditor
for Settlement


James Robinson Esq
Newark
Delaware
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24th CONGRESS.
1st SESSION.
S. 94.
IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
JAN 25, 1836.
Mr. WHITE, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following
bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading.

An Act [A BILL is crossed out]

For the relief of Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Lieutenant Richard
Wilde, deceased.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
there be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to Elizabeth Robinson, daughter and only
surviving heir of Richard Wilde, deceased, late a lieutenant
in the army of the Revolution, the amount to which the said
Wilde would have been entitled, had he applied for, and been
allowed, a pension for total disability from the day of his resignation
to the time of his death, from the twelfth day of
August one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, to
the first day of August, one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-six.
Approved June 15th 1836
A true copy compared with
the Roll in this Office
Dept of State
August 2nd 1836

[Asbury or Anthony]  Dickins
Acting Sec of State