Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27,504, Enos Dean, Mass.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE    NUMBER
Mass.     Dean Enos    W. 27504
Wilde, Lydia   B.L. Wt. 19.503-160-55-
(Former widow)

CONTENTS
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Act Mch 2
148.272   May 25 53
Lydia Wild formerly widow
Enos Dean
Son
War of the Revolution
claim and is a Pensioner
Act Feb 1848 Boston Aged
Sergeant to Bradford
Mass line
Map  Feby 48-5447
Ao. 160 acs Mar 19/56
Dodge
Earl Hodges
Norton Mass
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8941                  4
Massachusetts
Enos Dean
of Taunton in the State of Massachus
who was a Serjeant in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Bradford of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 3 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of April 1819
and sent to Nahum Mitchell
East Bridgewater Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 28/36 4/31 88.49
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819 6 mo  48
-
$136.49
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
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Note sent to the Hon. M. Morton 21 Sept 1821 Taunton
Mass
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57.27
Massachusetts
Lydia Wilde formerly
widow of Enos Dean
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Pri & Sgt.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the  1848.
Increased from $87.21
Certificate of Pension issued the
26th day of Oct 1854
and sent to
A H Markland
Penel
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 174 Vol. 2
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I Enos Dean of Taunton, in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Yeoman do testify and say that sometime in the month of
January in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy
Seven I enlisted in a company to serve for a period of three years
during the war of the Revolution, on the continental establishment, which
company was commanded by Captain James Cooper, and which was
the fourth company in the fourteenth Massachusetts Regiment commanded 
by Colonel Gamaliel Bradford and at Westpoint on the fourth
day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred
seventy nine I received a
warrant under the hand of the said
Colonel Bradford constituting me second sergeant in said Company
and I further testify and say that in the month of January (or near
as I can recollect) in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred
& Eighty. I was honourably discharged from said service, the term for which I enlisted having expired.
 And I further testify and say that I served for the period
of three years during the war of the Revolution on the continental establishment. 
And I further testify and say that in consequence of my
reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from
my Country for support
Enos Dean
Sworn to April 3. 1818.
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Copy of Enos Deans
Schedule le
Con
J.L. Esq
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Taunton June 6, 1821,
Appraisal of Enos Dean's property by Uriah Reed & Joseph Reece
to 1 Shoat      $6,50
To 1 old Dick   3.00.
To 6 Chairs      1.00
to 3 old tables 1.00
To 1 Stand       0. 25
To 1 Case Drawers  2.50
To 2 old Hhds    0.75
To 1 old Cider Hhd .1.50
To 3 Cider Barrels   0.50
To 1 Soap Tub      0.75
To 1 Meal Tub   1.25
To 1 Axe             125
To 1 Rake & Pitch fork & Scythe & Smith  1.50
To 1 Iron bar & Shovel   2.00
To 1 pair dogs & Shovel & Tongs -   1.50
To Old Iron ware            1.25
To 2 Meat barrels              1.00
 
$28.50

Enos Dean
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Schedule
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BRISTOL Ss. Circuit Court of Common Pleas June Term, 1821
On this fourteenth day of June 1821, personally
appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county,
Enos Dean of Taunton in said County, Labourer
aged Sixty nine years, resident in said Taunton
in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath,
declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That I served in
the war of the Revolution more than three years, as a private Soldier and
a non Commissioned Officer in the Regiment commanded by Col. Gamaliel
Bradford in the Massachusetts Line, on the Continental establishment
as will more fully appear by my original declaration, & that under
the law of March 1818. I have already received a Pension Certificate
numbered 8941
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States,
on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale,
or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby
so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress,
entitled ""An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of
March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property
, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than
what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. I have a wife
living, aged fifty six years, who is in ordinary health; but I am very infirm & unable to
do much labor, my Children are all of age, & have left me
Enos Dean-
Sworn to, and declared, on the fourteenth day of June A 1821
before
Jas Sproat. Clk. C.C.C. Pleas, Bristol Co
I, James Sproat, clerk of the Circuit Court of
Common Pleas for the County of Bristol hereby certify, that the foregoing oath
and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the
record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said
court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule
is Twenty eight dollars and fifty cents.
.In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said
court, on this fourteenth
day of July
1821
Jas Sproat Clerk of the Court for the County of Bristol
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14147
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State of Massachusetts
Bristol County ⎬
On this seventh day of May
eighteen hundred and fifty personally appeared
Before the Hon Oliver Prescott Judge of the Court of
Probate within and for the said County of Bristol
at a term thereof begun and holden at Attleborough
in and for said County on the day above written
Lydia Wilde a resident of Taunton in the above said
County and State, aged eighty four years, who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress
passed July 7th 1838 and all subsequent act Resolves
of Congress under which she may have a right to claim
especially an act to amend the act of July 1836 & 1832
allowing pensions to certain widows.
That she was married to Enos Dean who was a Revolutionary 
soldier of the United States and served as she believes
not far from four years in said war, His principal term
of service was for three years, and as she believes called
the first three years service from 1777 to 1780 under
Captain James Cooper & in Col Gamalial Bradford
Regiment and he was a sergeant during said three
years service. He also served one term of about nine
month which she believes to be at the commencement of
the said war, beside other services. He always enlisted as
she believes, from the said Town of Taunton that
being his home through life. She further declares that
her said late husband the said Enos Dean was pensioned
as a Sergeant under the Act of Congress of 1818. and
she refers to his declaration for a pension, now on file
in the war office at Washington for further proof of
his services
She further declares that she was married to the said
Enos Dean [as above stated] on the sixth day of July in
the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty six
at said Taunton by Apollos Leonard Esquire and her
said husband the aforesaid Enos Deen died on the
sixteenth day of April eighteen hundred and twenty
three
over
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And that she was afterwards married to Samuel Wilde
of said Taunton, and her marriage with the said Wilde
took place in July 1827 and that the said Wilde died
on the eighth day of April in the year one thousand
eight hundred and fifty. and that she still remains
a widow as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof which is hereunto annexed
witness Cromwell Lunard  Lydia Wilde
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year
first above written
Before me  Oliver Prescott J. Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-
Bristol Ss. I Angelo Bassett Register of
the Court of Probate in & for said County
do hereby certify that Oliver Prescott 
whose signature is affixed to the
foregoing certificate is Judge of said
Court of Probate-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court this Seventh day of
May Eighteen hundred & fifty
A. Bassett
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol
I James Sproat Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said
County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Cromie Leonard
Esq whom signatures are affixed to the foregoing certificate,
is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Bristol
and duly qualified to administer oaths
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court at Taunton this eighth day of May in the year
Eighteen hundred & fifty-
Jas Sprat
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State of Massachusetts County of Bristol.
On this eighteenth day of May A. D., 1855
personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County
Lydia Wild  aged eighty nine years, a resident of
Taunton in Mass who being duly sworn according to law,
declared that she is the widow of Enos Dean
deceased, who,
was in the Massachusetts Militia, 
in the war of the Revolution with Great Britain as will appear by reference to the rolls, 
and that neither he nor she ever received or applied for, or is entitled to
bounty land for any other service, 
That on account of her 
husbands service she was plased upon the pension list under the act of 2 of Feb 1848
at the rate of $96 possession which amount is  paid to her by the agent for paying
Pension at Boston Mass. and her certificate is recorded in the pension office page 1.74
She further states that she was married to the Vol 2
that she is still a widow, -- that she makes
this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act
of Congress, passed March 3, 1855, and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her
to Earl Hodges, Norton, Mass.
Witness Leonard Hodges  Lydia Wilde
                                  her mark
Tod Stacy


Subscribed and duly sworn to, the day and year first above written. I certify that she is the identical
person above described. I have no interest in the case.
Justice of
Leonard Hodges ⎬ the Peace.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, COUNTY OF BRISTOL.
We, Arde Stacy and Clarasia Stacy
having been duly sworn, depose and say that we well knew Enos Dean
the Revolution as we have already [illegible]who was a Massachusetts Militia man  Great Britain, whose widow now applies
for bounty land,--that we knew him for more than ten years before his
death, which occurred at about thirty years
ago, that we know that he died about that time, because because we lived in
the same neighbourhood at the time he died
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time--that she has remained unmarried, and
that we are disinterested, -- that her declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence, and that
we know that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Asa Stacy
Clarissa Stary
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this
Eighteenth day of May A. D. 1855.

Justice of
Leonard Hodges the Peace
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice
of the Peace, by the affidavits of Asa Stacy and Clarissa Stacey
to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application;
that Lydia Wild is the widow, remaining unmarried,
of the late Enos Dean
who was a Massachusetts Militia man in the war of Revolution with Great Britain, and that the said
Enos Dean died at
on or about the
day of
A. D. 1823
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this Eighteenth day
of May 1855

I have no interest in this claim.
Leonard Hodges is of the Peace.
We attended his funeral,” or “were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
-
Secretary's Office, Boston, May 21. 1855
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Leonard Hodges was
Justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that
to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and
ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of the Commonwealth, the date above written
E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I, James Sproat of Taunton in the County of Bristol, do testify & say
that I am Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol
and have the law & custody of the Records of said Court for said County
That among said Records in a Book purporting to be a word of marriage
solemnization in the several Towns in said County, in which is the following words
viz The following Persons were joined in wedlock by the Subscribed on the
following date July the sixth in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty six
Enos Dean to Lydia Coading Attest Apollis Leonard Jus. Peace" and I
further certify that the aforesaid marriage in said Record purports to have been
solemnized in Taunton in said County of Bristol, and that the above is a true
Copy from said Record, except that the date of said marriage is expressed in
plain and legible figures as follows," July 6, 1786.
Jas Sproat
State of Massachusetts
Bristol County- Ss Be it known, That on the 3d day
of May 1850. personally appeared James Sproat subscriber
to the above affidavit, and to me personally known
and made oath that the same is true in all
its parts.  Before me Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace
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Sergeant Deans  warrant
Enos Dean n. 27.504
Mass
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Enos Dean
W. 27.504 
Mass
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To Enos Dean of the 14th Massachusetts
Regiment in the service of the United States of America.
GREETING.
REPOSING Special Trust and Confidence in your Prudence and good Conduct, I do
by these Presents, appoint you 2 Serjeant to the 4th Company above Regt
in the Service of the United States:--you are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge
the Duty of a Serjeant by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging:
And I do strictly charge and require all Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers, under your
Command, to be obedient to your Orders, as a Serjeant  And you are to observe and
follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from me, or any
of your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the
Trust reposed in you; for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my Hand, at West Point October 4th 1778
Gain Bradford Col
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Rev
WIDOW, &c
No. 27.504
Lydia Wilde
formerly widow of
Enos Dean
Sergt Rev War
Act Feb 2" 48
dex: Vol. M, Page 347
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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19.503
S
Nov Anos
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Massachusetts
Lydia Wilde formerly
widow of Enos Dean
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private & Sargt
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
87 Dollars 21
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
11 day of June 1850
and sent to
Hon O. Fowler
House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 174 Vol. 2
3 H
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Reposted
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8837
Massachusetts
Lydia Wilde, formerly
widow of Enos Dean
who was a Pri & Sargt
in the Mass line
for two years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 87 Dollars 21
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued
the 11th day of June '50
and sent to
Hen. O. Fowler
House of Reps
Vol.
[Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 411
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10921.
Massachusetts.
Lydia Wilde, formerly
Widow of Enos Dean
who was a pensioner under the Act of '18
and who died on the 16 April 1823
of Taunton in the State of Mass
who was a pri & Sargt in the Company
commanded by Captain  of the 
Regt commanded by Col. Bradford in
the Mass line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston
at the rate of 87 Dollars 21
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of 
June 1850 and sent to
Hon. O. Fowler, H R
Total amount,   $
[Act July 7, 1838]
Recorded by J B Chase Clerk
Book D.  Vol 1 page  543
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Enos Dean Sergeant
Bradfords Mass Regt
1777 three years, 3 April
1818
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Enos Dean
Taunton
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
On this third day of April A 1818, before m
the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas,
for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Enos Dean of 
Taunton aged  years, resident in
the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on
his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the 
provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States
in the revolutionary war," viz That he enlisted
into the first three years service in 
said war in Capt. Cooper's Company
& Col. Bradford's Regt & Mass line &
served out the term - see his said 
Declaration enclosed more fully
stating his said service - also his
warrant of sergeant and Coopers certificate
He is made up on the
Mass Rolls at Boston for 34 months 
& 17 days
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And I, the said Judge, do ceify, that it appears to my satisfaction,
that the said Eneas or Enos Dean did serve in the
revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common
enemy, for the term of nine mnths, on the continental establishment;
and I now transmit the proceeding and testimony taken and had before me,
to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of
the aforementioned act of Congress  He needs the assistance of his country for support
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SS.   1818,
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That
is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern
Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable,
Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth - that the same Circuit Court
of Common Pleas is a Court of record that the signature to the above certificate
is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto
affixed is the seal of the said Court.

Clerk of the Judicial
┃ Court for the County
of
-
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Enos Dean
Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will be
made on the 4th of September
next, in Boston Mass
at the Branch Bank
U.S.

Recorded
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War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United 
States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Enos Dean late a
Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts
Agency, at the rate of eight - dollars per month, to commence
on the third day of April
one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United 
States, this third day of
April one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen.
J C Cathon
Secretary of War.
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I Alvan Cobb of Taunton in the County of Bristol and State of
Massachusetts Clergyman, being Sixty years of age, do hereby
testify & say, that I have been thirty six years a settled congregational Minister in this place, and that I was well acquainted 
with Enos Dean late of said Taunton deceased and that he
the said Dean, was a Revolutionary soldier, and Pensioner of
the United States, and died in this Town, I do not now recollect 
the exact length of time since his death, but think
it took place not far from twenty five years ago. I attended
his funeral as the officiating Clergyman. I was also well
acquainted with Lydia Dean, who was the wife & widow of
the said Enos Dean, and she the said Lydia Dean after the
death of the said Enos Dean became the wife of Samuel
Wilde of the said Town of Taunton.  And I do further
testafy and say, that the said Samuel Wilde died in this
Town the present month, to wit, on the eighth day
of April Instant, and that I attended the funeral of the
on the tenth instant
said Wilde also as the officiating Clergymen and that 
the said Lydia Wilde his widow, is known to me to be
the identical person, who was the wife & widow
of the said Enos Dean, the said soldier & pensioner
and that she is still living in this Town, and that
she is now a widow.
Dated at Taunton aforesaid this twenty fourth day
of April in the year eighteen hundred and fifty
Alvan Cobb.
State of Massachusetts
Bristol County Ss April 24th 1850 Then Alvan Cobb
above named & subscriber to the above instrument, and who
is a credible & disinterested witness and to me well known
personally appeared and made oath that this affidavit
is true in all its parts,
Before me Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace
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I Abisha Eddy of Taunton in the County of Bristol and
State of Massachusetts being eighty eight years of age, do hereby
testify and say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary war
and am now a pensioner of the United States. And
I do further testify and say that I was well acquainted 
with Enos Dean late of said Taunton deceased, and that
the said Dean was also a soldier in said war and
served under Captain James Cooper who was
also of said Taunton and served the first three years
service [as I think] from 1777 to 1780, I was also
well acquainted with his wife, to wit. Lydia Dean
she the said Lydia was the widow of the above said
Enos Dean, but subsequently married Samuel Wilde
and has been the wife of the said Wilde according 
to my best belief and knowledge over twenty years
And I do further testify and say that the said Enos
Dean died in this Town not far from twenty
seven years ago. I cannot now tell the exact day
of his death, the Town records of this Town were
burnt a number of years ago - And I do further
testify and say that the last husband of the said
Lydia, namely, the said Samuel Wilde died in
this Town in April of the present year and that the said Lydia Wilde who was the wife of the said
Samuel is now his widow, and is now living in
this Town, and in this neighbourhood, and I know
the said Lydia Wild to be the Identical person who was
formerly the wife of the above said Enos Dean deceased
Taunton May 2d 1850  Abisha Eddy
State of Massachusetts
Bristol County  Ss May 2d 1850 Then Abisha Eddy to me
personally known, a credible and disinterested witness and
subscriber to the above affidavit, personally appeared and
made oath that the same is true in all its parts
Before me  Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace
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Taunton Mass
Oct. 22. 1854
A. H. Markland Esq
the
At your suggestion
and the request of Mrs. L. Wilde
I send her pension certificate, for this
purpose of procuring an increased
pension-
Mrs. Wilde is now being in this
place
Very Respect Yours
Sam C. Crocker
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14147
Lydia Wilde
formerly widow
of Enos Deans
Massachusetts
admitted
Private & Sergt
Sgt 4 mmm 10  $21.66
Pri 19 . 20          65.55
Con r March     $87.21
1836 to 41 fo to 43 for
43 to 48 for life
Act 7 July 38
Na O Houler
N. N.
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Free
July 16
Hon John C Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
Discharge 14 Feb 1780
appo Sep 4 Oct 1779
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Free
July 16
Hon John C Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
Discharge 14 1780
appo Sept  4 Oct 1779
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Taunton Mass. July 14, 1821
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Dear Sir
At the request of Enos Dean
I enclose his application for a renewal of
his pension. He is anxious to have an early
decision. I believe that he has once before
applied and that his application has been
suspended. I know not why it was suspend
From my knowledge of the circumstances
of the applicant I should think him
entitled to a renewal of his pension
With
consideration of Respect 
And esteem I am your
Marcus Morton
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Enos Dean
Taunton
34th 17 -
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I James Cooper formerly a Captain in the fourteenth Regiment of Masschusetts 
troops, on the continental establishment, which Regiment was
commanded by Colonel Gamaliel Bradford do certify upon my
honour that Enos Dean of Taunton in the County of Bristol and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts did serve in my Company as a
private & sergeant for the period of three years, during the war of
the Revolution against the common enemy. Given under my hand this
Thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred Eighteen
James Cooper
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House of Representatives
Washington May 15th 1850
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm of Pension
Sir
Jerewith I forward the application
of Lydia Wilde for a Pension
 which I hope may receive
early attention, is now on the decision
is made, but when informed
-
Most Respectfully
and Truly your
Owen Farolov
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Lydia Wilde
formerly widow Enos Dean
Mass 48 a
application for increase
under act 29 July 48
Cole Niles
A. H. Markland
Recd Oct 26th 1854
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Washington DC 26th Oct
Hon L P Waldo
I enclose the pension certifcate 
of Mrs Lydia Wilde of Mass under
Act 2nd Feb 1848, with the view of having the same increased under act 29th July 1848
to $96 per ann being the amount 
her husband drew under act 1818
[Illegible]
A. H. Markland
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BRIEF IN THE CASE OF Lydia Wilde, who was the widow of
Bristol County and State of Mass Enos Dean
Increase under Joint Resolution July 1, 1848.
CLAIM, (" original " or " for increase.")
PROOF EXHIBITED, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
as near the first husband of claiment, was a pension
under the Act of March 18, 1818 & May 1, 1820.
at $96 per annum. He died April 18, 1823. She afterwards 
married Samuel Wilde, who died in July 1827.
On the 11th of June 1850, she was pensioned under the
act of July 7, 1838 and supplementary acts at $87.21 at
per annum, that amount covering the service of her husband
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
But, according to the construction subsequently placed
upon the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848, she is entitled
to $96 per annum from that date, that beinb the
amount to what her husband was entitled at the
period of his death. The former certificate has been
surrended
Name and residence of Agent
A. W. Markland
Present 
Examining Clerk
Ogden Niles
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Mass Roll
Lydia Wilde, formerly
widow of Enos Dean
Act Just Revolution
July 1. 1848
$96 per Ann
Con July 1. 1848
deducting former payment
, at $87:21 per
Ann
A. H
Markland
Present
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L. Wilde
Payment to be made at
Boston by
Franklin Haven
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
Massachusetts.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 174 Vol. 2
J. P. Chase  Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848,
Lydia Wilde of Massachusetts, formerly
widow of Enos Dean
who was a private & Sergeant in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty seven
dollars and twenty one cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this 11th day of June
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
I Ennis
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.