Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,489, Titus Wilder, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wilder, Titus Mary
NUMBER
W. 15.489
CONTENTS

15577 Massachusetts
Situs Wilar
at Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gates of the Regt. commanded by Lt. Whitney in the service of time for 9 months 26 days
Widow
84 Worcester
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 31 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of June 1833, and sent June 6 Dana Wilar Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $63.56 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 15.89 d. Apr 10 1837 $79.45 m. 73
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H.H. Addison Clerk, Book Vol. 2 Page 99

Massachusetts 3401
Mary Wilder
widow of Titus Wilder, who was a Pensioner and got June 1832 who died on the 10. April 1837 of Worcester Co. in the State of Mass.
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Gales of the reg't, commanded by Col. Whitney in the Mass. line for 9 months 216 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 31 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 11. April 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of July 1840 and sent to C. G. Prentiss, Worcester, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840 91.43 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 15.89 $107.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book C. Vol. 1. Page 66
1888
Aug 27-ESStarm-history-Prior

22744 Titus Wilder Massachusetts
First 9 mo 16 days
34.67 1/8 S. Diana Grooton Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Titus Wilder  County of Worcester  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 83 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed, 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 — — 21 Private Gen. Capt Houghton   Enlisted " " — 1 15 — Capt White.   " 1776 — 4 — — Capt Gates Col Whitney   " 1777 — 3 — — Capt Easton Col Cummings   Disch (1775) — — 10 — Capt Brackels  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? At the Surrender of Burgoyne,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lancaster Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. L. Gatt  Examining Clerk.
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Affidavit of John Larkins in the case of Titus Wilder
3 m o 1777 Bartus B o

I John Larkin of Breden in the commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say that I served in the war of the revolution, as by my declaration on file in the Pension office will appear. —
And I further testify that I well know Titus Wilder of Lancaster, and know that he served in that war, and was in a campaign of 3 months in the fall of AD 1777 after Burgoyne, in Col. Leaton's company in Col. Cushing's Regt. on which Regt. I served at the same time in Col. Greenleaf's company.
John Larkin

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. August 1 st 1832
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for all the Count ies in said Commonwealth
annexed Deposition John Larkin who subscribed the
and made solemn Oath that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sam l Dana
I hereby certify that the above named John Larkin is disinterested and credible witness Sam l Dana per se as aforesaid

Affidavit of John Thurston in the case of Titus Wilder. vs Mr. Capt. Gates Co. at New Jersey 1776

I John Thurston of Lancaster, in the county of Worcester, and common wealth of Massachusetts, in the seven- ty ninth year of my age. Testify and say, that I engaged as a substitute to reinforce the United States Army in the year 1776, in December and although I have no recollection of seeing Titus Wilder of Lancaster aforesaid, (and who now claims a pension) in that service at the Jersey, yet from his naming the Officers we were under at that time, and certain events and other circum- stances which he related to me as taking place, I have no doubt on

my mind but he the said Wilder was there in the service as a soldier and having been acquainted with the said Wilder for a great number of years firmly believe him to be a man of truth
John Thurston
Worcester ss ss Lancaster Feb. 6. 45. 1833. Sworn to and subscribed by John Thurston the aforesaid depo- nent, as being the truth according to his best recollection and belief.
Before me Josiah Hagg Justice of the Peace.
And I the said Josiah Hagg certify that the deponent aforesaid is a man of strict integ- rity & whose word is to be taken for truth. —

Affidavit of Nijah Ball in the case of Titus Wilder, & — 6 weeks in Cape. White Co. Dec. 1775

I Elijah Ball of Boylston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the eighty fifth year of my age testify and declare that Titus Wilder of Lancaster Mass. Served six weeks as a private in a detachment of the Militia under Continental Gen. and field officers in the vicinity of Boston in the Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel White commencing on the first day of December 1774. I was in the service with said Wilder during the above Service
Elijah Ball his X Mark
Worcester ss. January 29 th 1833
Then Elijah Ball above named being a respectable witness made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me Thomas Brigham Just. Peace

Titus Wilder.
3 mo. 11 days in Capt. Carters Co. 1777

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 26 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
Jitus Wilder is borne on a Pay roll of Capt. Nathaniel Cates company in Col. Job Cushing's regiment of Militia in the County of Worcester for the space of 3. months and 4. days, turn to return home included, from the 7th of Sept r Date of discharge Nov 29th 1717
I further certify that there is no roll of Capt. Nathaniel White company: and no roll of Capt. Jonathan Gats company on file in this office. And that there is no roll of Capt. Houghton's company, in service, in A.D. 1715: on file in this office
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Declaration of Titus Wilder
22/44
G Dana Groton Ms. 644

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Worcester ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas  Probate , now sitting at Worcester within and for the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth aforesaid
Titus Wilden of Lancaster aged eighty three years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1 That he was a minute man in the Town of Lancaster in AD 1774 in the Company of Capt Houghton and with 12 or 13 men under one Joel Phelps on the 19 th of April AD 1775 he marched to Concord & there encamped all that night next day he proceeded to Cambridge and there remained in Capt Houghton's three weeks when he was discharged - And 2 In December AD 1775. He engaged to serve 6 weeks at Roxbury he enlisted in Capt. Jonathan Gates Company Nathaniel White's Company L t in the Reg t of Col. of Connecticut he marched to Roxbury and was there encamped for six weeks when having served out his term he was dismissed. - 3 In 1776 he engaged for 4 months to go to New Jersey and enlisted into the Company of Capt. Jonathan Gates in Col. Gores's Whitneys Reg t he marched with his Company to New Jersey and was encamped at a place called Bound Brook, where he served out his four months and was dismissed. - 4 In AD 1777 he engaged to go to the Northern frontier 3 months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Nathan Carker in the Reg t of Col. Job Cummings of Shrewsbury L t Col. Rice - he marched to Bennington. thence to Stillwater, where he witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne's Army then he was marched to White Plains where he completed his three months and was dismissed. - 5 His Father was a Soldier in the eight months service at Cambridge in 1775 in Capt. Andrew Haskell's Company in Col. Whitecomb's Reg t and after the Battle of Bunker Hill being desirous to return home, he was received into the Company of Capt. Haskell as a Substitute for his Father ten days which he served at Cambridge and was relieved by his Father and dismissed.

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Sworn to and Simon Nathaniel Thayer Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester Titus Wilder We Nathaniel Thayer D.D.
Lancaster a Clergyman residing in the town of Lancaster in the county of Worcester and Eleazer Wilder of the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Titus Wilder who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 83 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before Nathaniel Thayer Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester Nathaniel Thayer  Eleazer Wilder
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Titus Wilder is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. Nathaniel Thayer Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester Clerk of the Court
I Shephard Wheeler Register of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Titus Wilder for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the the Court of Probate this 14th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Shephard Wheeler Register of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
Worcester ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Shephard Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that since
Making my certificate of the 14th day of August 1832 which appears above written, the affidavit of Elijah Ball, and the Certificate of Edward D. Bangs Secretary of this Commonwealth, and also the affidavit of John Thornton have been produced in Court; and that Hon. Samuel Dana before whom one of the annexed affidavits was made is, I believe, a justice of the Peace through the said Commonwealth, and that Josiah Flagg and Thomas Brigham before whom annexed affidavits were made are justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Worcester. That the signature purporting to be the signature of the said Sam d Dana, Josiah Flagg & Thomas Brigham is genuine. I further certify that the papers annexed by title under the seal of said Court are original papers and the proceedings of Court in the matter of the application of Titus Wilder for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord 1833 Shephard Wheeler Reg d of said Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and held at Worcester on the 14 th On the application of Titus Walder interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
within and for the County of Worcester day of August A. D. 183 2 claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Lancaster on the 14 th of December 1749.
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no family record but my age is recorded on Lancaster records. —
3. Did you ever receive any discharge from service? Ans r . I never rec d . any written discharge.
4. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, I was living in Lancaster & 1776 in April I
moved to Hildesburg and there lived till 1780. When I came back to Lancaster and have since lived there
5. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? Answer, My services were voluntary except one instance
I was drafted to go to Saratoga for 3 months, and once I was a Substitute for my brother Titus Walder 10 days
6. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I saw Genl Washington at Cambridge, I saw Genl Stark in New Jersey, Col o Wesson of Marlboro, and Genl Ben Lincoln — and Col o Jon s Algrist
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Rev d Dr Thayer Capt n John Thurston, Mr Jon s Walder and Anthony Lane, Esq r a lawyer and Samuel Badger Selectmen of Lancaster. — Titus Walder

(5082) Mary Wilder

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that I Rev. Mr. Barton is the Judge of the Court aforesaid - that Nathaniel Chandler is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that the several signatures of the said I Rev. Mr. Barton and Nathaniel Chandler to the papers hereto annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of May one thousand, eight hundred and forty.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester county ss. Town of Lancaster
Extract from the town record "marriage consummated by the Rev. Timothy "Harrington April twenty first one thousand "seven hundred and seventy three "Titus Wilder and Mary Allen both of "Lancaster.
I John G. Thurston hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows: "April 21 st 1793."
I John G. Thurston above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the county, town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Lancaster with exception above named, as certified by me,
John G. Thurston, Clerk of the Town of Lancaster
Worcester County ss. Lancaster March 16. 1840
Sworn before me Nath l Chandler } Justice of the Peace

Mary Holden

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire.
On this nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County in Open Court, Mary Wilder a resident of Lancaster in said County, aged ninety two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oaths, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836, and the first resolution of July 7. 1838. That she is the widow of Titus Wilder late of Lancaster deceased who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and served as follows, to wit , he first went from said Lancaster to the Concord fight, and to No- bury; afterwards they removed to Titchbury and from there he went south to the forces and thereafter as particularly set forth in his declaration for a pension under the Act of Congress of 1832, to the papers in which case reference is made.

She further declares that she was married to the said John Hilder on the twentyfirst day of April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy three; that her husband the aforesaid John Hilder died at said Lawrence on the tenth day of April eighteen hundred and thirty eight  seven , and that she has remained his widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before me Mary Hilder meek
J. M. Mattson Judge of the Court of Prelate Jurisdiction.
"eight" erased, and "seven" substituted before the oath and subscription.
J. M. Mattson Judge R.

I Eliza Wilder of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster and State of Massachusetts do affirm and say, that I am the son of Silas Wilder & Mary Wilder his wife. My father was a revolutionary soldier and a prisoner of the United States and died on the tenth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty seven and my mother the said Mary Wilder has remained his widow ever since.
Eliza Wilder
Commonwealth of Massachusetts hundred. May 17. 1840. Sworn to by said affirmant who is a man of truth
Before me Jas M. Watson Judge of Probate for said County

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Town of Lancaster, Worcester Co Extract from the Town records
"Titus Wilder a Revolutionary Pensioner died at the Poor house, April 10th 1837"
I John G. Thurston, Clerk of the Town of Lancaster do certify that the above is a true copy from the records of said Town of Lancaster
John G. Thurston, Clerk of of the Town of Lancaster
Worcester S. May 25th, 1840
Sworn before me
Nathaniel Chandler Justice of the Peace

Hon. J. S. Edwards

Worcester May 27. 1840.
Sir,
I send the application of Mary Wilder for a Pension.
Please send her certificate to
Your obedt. Servant, Chas. J. Prentiss.
Hon. J. S. Edwards.

Mary Milder
Wid of Titus
Mass.
Ad July 4 1836
Mara 1773
die Apr 10 1837
Allan p 37. 78 p.m.
Apr 10 1837
C G Prentiss Esq Worcester Mass.

Titus Milder Mss. out from J. 1832 $37.78. d. 1837 when paid cash
Paid to L March 1837 - S. K. K.
A. H. G. July 25 1840

Titus Wilder In Augt 1832 of Lancaster Mass aged 83 years
He was a minute in Lancaster in 1774 & in April 1775 with some 12 or 13 men marched under Joel Phelps to Concord - encamped there at night & next day proceeded to Cambridge remaining 3 week with Col t Houghton before discharged. In Dec 1775 he served 6 week at Roxbury under Capt Nath l White. In 1776 he served 4 mo s with Col t Jonathan Gales in Colo s Josiah Whitney's regt at Bound Brook N.J. & in 1777 he engaged for 3 mo s to serve with Col t Stodd t Carter & Colo s John Spring  of of Shaeffer's regt on the Northern frontier but on arriving at Saratoga  Tadoussac N.Y. he witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne.
His father was in the 8 th regt. Boston for the Siege of Boston in Capt Andrew Heskell Co., Colo s Malcolm's Regt after the battle of Bunker Hill being anxious to return home he was his substitute for 10 days before his return.
Born in Lancaster Dec 4 1749. In April 1776 removed to Fishkillburg but in 1780 returned to Lancaster where since living.
John Phin son of Lancaster in Feb y 1833 aged 51 years was visiting to

Born in Dec 1776 in NY
M d April 21 1773 to Mary Allan both of Lancaster
He died at Lancaster April 10 1837 in the Poor house
H is Son Abraham living in Lancaster in May 1840

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Titus Welden which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? ys
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? ✓
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? documentary & living witness to 2 tours
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? ys
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? ys
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? ys
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? ys
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

Mass
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15489
Mary Wilder Widow of Titus Wilder Rev Rev War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. M , Page 342
[Arrangement of 1870.]