Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18452, Matthew Wildman, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Wildman, Matthew Polly
W. 18452
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the act of April 6 th 1838 from Sept 4 th 1840 to March 11 th 1841. Ag- nolified April 27 th 1842
Levi S. Turner 3 Jan'y 1852
Albany 2354
Polly Wildman
widow of Matthew Wildman
Conn. who died on the 12. March 1814 of Genesee Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hill of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Swift in the Conn. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Sept. 1838 and issued to N. W. Soper Batavia, N. York
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. '38 600.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Nov. '39. 40.00
$640.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A Vol. 2 Page

3743 Helen Polly Tilden Maria
Declaration —
Act July 4. 1836
H. W. Soper,
Agent —
Batavia —
N.Y.
Schuchert
Prints 2 years
H. W. Soper Esq.
Batavia
N.Y.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d Section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836. —
State of New York § County of Genesee § ss: On this 13 th day of August 1838 personally appeared before me, Rufus H. Smith one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Genesee, Polly Hildmand, a resident of the town of Castile, in said County of Genesee, aged eighty three 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 4. 1836. That she is the widow of Matthew Hildmand, who was a private in the army of the Revolution and served under Gen. Swift in the Connecticut Line of the Militia. That her husband went into the service in the month of March 1777 while he was paying attention to this applicant. That she cannot recollect the names of all his officers or the particulars of his service. She thinks that Warner was one of his Captains and also a man by the name of Hill. That this Deponent's maiden name was Polly Reed and that this Deponent and the said Matthew Hildmand resided in the town of New Milford, Litchfield Co. Ct. That in the month of November or December in the year 1779 the said Matthew Hildmand came home from the service on a furlough and this Deponent was married to the said Matthew Hildmand at her father's house in New Milford by the Rev. Nathaniel Taylor on the 8 th day of December 1779. That she had a Record of her marriage in the family bible which she kept for a long time but which has been destroyed from use and age. That soon after her marriage her husband returned to the army and served out the time of his enlistment, making three years service and he came home in April 1780 and brought home his Discharge which she has frequently seen, but what has become of said Discharge she cannot tell. That her husband, the aforesaid Matthew Hildmand, died on the 12 th day of March 1814 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. —
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
Rufus H. Smith, A Judge of Genesee County Courts
Polly her X Hildmand mark

State of New York } ss: County of Seneca }
And I further certify that the said Polly Hildreth who then appeared before me, is a credible person and of truth and veracity, that she made her mark to the above affidavit not being able to write on account of old age and certify that from her extreme old age and bodily infirmity she is unable to appear before a Court of Record. — Dated August 13. 1838. — Rufus H. Smith
A true copy of Seneca County Court
State of New York } ss: Seneca County }
I certify that Rufus H. Smith was at the time of taking the within affidavit one of the Judges of the County Courts of said County and that the signatures to the certificates are his signatures.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 21 st day of August 1838.
W. Soper, Clerk

Thelma Polly Milner Certificate of proof of Marriage —
Thelma Polly Milner Baltimore Md.

Widow Richardson -
1000 to 1200 Richardson 1000 to 1200
1000 to 1200 19

Noah Porter Jr. of New Milford in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged 25 years being duly sworn, do depose and say that I am now the Minister of the Congregational Church and Society in said New Milford and as such, have the custody and charge of the records of said Church. That the records of said Church purport to have been kept by the Rev. Nathanael Taylor, the former Minister of said Church, from the year 1748 to the year 1800 and that upon examination, I find an entry upon said records of the marriage of Matthew Wildman and Polly Reed, in the words as follows following to wit:
Dec r 1779, Matthew Wildman Jr. married Polly Reed
which said entry is not in my handwriting but is in the hand writing of the said Nathanael Taylor.
Noah Porter Jr.

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield
Probate District of New Milford ss:
On this 4 th day of March A.D. 1837 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at New Milford in said District and County Rev d Noah Porter jun r of said town & made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed and I certify that the said Porter sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness
Geo Taylor Judge of s d Court of Probate
I Noble S Bennett Clerk of said Court do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in taking the affidavit of Rev d Noah Porter jun r In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of s d Court this 4 th day of March A.D. 1837
Noble S Bennett Clerk

Mrs — Polly Wildman
Affidavit, in case of her application —
U. S. District Court
Baltimore
St. 2

State of New York Guene County ss: Joseph Wildman of the town of Castile in said County being sworn says, that he is a son of Matthew Wildman and Polly Wildman, that the said Matthew Wildman died in the town of Washington, Litchfield Co. Ct. on the 12 th March 1814. That this Deponent was present at his death, that his mother, Polly Wildman has lived with him, this Deponent ever since the death of her husband and has ever remained since the death of her said husband, the said Matthew Wildman, and still is a Widow. — That he has always understood both from his father and mother that his father served three years in the Revolutionary war and has also understood that the said Matthew Wildman married his mother whose name was Polly Reed before marriage, before the expiration of his last term of service and while he was in the service and at home on a furlough — and further saith not. — Joseph Wildman Sworn and Subscribed
This 13 th . August 1838
Before me. — Rufus H. Smith a Judge of Genesee County Court
Guene County ss: And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Joseph Wildman and that he is a man of truth and veracity. — Rufus H. Smith a Judge of Genesee County Court

State of New York Genesee County - ss.
Lodema Islynn, of the town of Canale in said county, being sworn, says, that she is the daughter of Matthew Wildman and Polly Wildman. That the maiden name of her mother was Polly Reed, that her father, the said Matthew Wildman died in the town of Washington, Litchfield Co. Ct. on the 12 th March 1814 and left his widow, Polly Wildman, the mother of this deponent. - That ever since the death of her father, the mother of this deponent, the said Polly Wildman has remained and still is a widow. - And further this deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed Lodema Islynn
This 13 th August 1838 before me
Rufus H. Smith A Judge of Genesee County Court
And I further certify that the said Lodema Islynn is a respectable woman of truth and veracity and entitled to credit. -
Rufus H. Smith A Judge of Genesee County Court

State of New York Greene County ss.
I do hereby certify that Rufus L. Smith who took the foregoing affidavits was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the County Courts of Greene County and that his signatures to the foregoing certificates are his hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 21 August A.D. 1838.
M. D. Dyer, Clerk.

Under Poly McAnear
Aff. of Asa Reed
Miss. Oper. Agent
Batavia
N.Y.
Ent March 23 1777
Disch March 31 1780
at Red Bank
23 March 1777
Disch March 31 1780

Matthew Wildman et wife Capt. Hill
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield } to wit: in the Probate District of Sharon }
On this 4 th day of March A D 1837, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, within and for the District of Sharon, in the County and State of aforesaid, the same being a Court of Record and now sitting, Asa Reed a resident of Sharon in the District County and State aforesaid, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth make the following Affidavit in relation to the matters of the Application of Polly Wil- dman for a pension viz.
"I Asa Reed of Sharon Litchfield County and State of Connecticut do depose and say, that I am in the Seventy third year of my age, and that from the age of Eight years, till the year 1826 I resided in the Town of New Milford in said County or that part of New Mil- ford now called Brookfield. I also say that in my youth and for many years thereafter I was well acquain- ted with one Matthew Wildman who lived in said New Milford a near neighbour of my father. I dis- tinctly recollect, that in the Month of March 1777, the said Matthew Wildman enlisted in the Continental line of the Revolutionary Army for the term of Three years. He enlisted into the Regiment Commanded by Col. Nathan Sargent then of Cornwall in said County, and in a company Commanded as I think by Capt. Hill. I was not present when the said Wildman enlisted as aforesaid. But I had the information from himself whom I saw almost every day at that time and from many other persons that he had enlisted as above mentioned. The said Matthew Wildman very soon after his enlist- ment, as aforesaid left home to join the Army, and as I

Suppose and verily believe remained in the Army till he served out the full term of his enlistment, to wit three years and at the expiration of that time was discharged and came home. He was several times at home on visits during the said term, and I always understood at the time during the said term of three years, from himself and all others whom I have spoken on the subject that he had enlisted as before mentioned and served out the term of his enlistment. And I have several times seen the discharge which was given him at the close of his service. And I know the foregoing facts to be true as well as I could know any facts which happened in my immediate vicinity from information undisputed, derived from other persons.
Before the said Enlistment and during the said service, the said Matthew Wildman was courting my sister named Polly Reed, and in the latter part of the year 1779, the said Matthew Wildman came home to said New Milford on a furlough and at that time was married to my said sister Polly Reed. They were married at my Father's House in said New Milford, and I was present and saw them married. The marriage ceremony was performed according to my best recollection by the Rev Nathaniel Taylor who was then the minister of that Parish. I cannot say positively as to the day when the said Matthew and Polly were married as aforesaid. But I distinctly recollect that it was in the year 1779, and at Thanksgiving time, that is on Thanksgiving day or within one or two days of that day. Of course I suppose it must have been in November or December as I have not consulted any document to ascertain on what day Thanksgiving occurred in that year.
I have also a distinct recollection that within a very few days after the marriage above mentioned, the said Matthew again left home to join the Army where he remained till the succeeding spring when he returned home to his wife and brought with him a discharge, which I then saw. The said Matthew Wildman lived in said New Milford with his said wife Polly many years after their marriage, and then removed into the Town of Washington in said Litchfield County where he died, twenty years or more since. And the said Polly remained in said

Washington some years after his death and then removed with her son to the Town of Castile in the state of New York where she is now living the widow of the said Matthew Wildman ASA REED
Sworn and subscribed this day and year first before mentioned. The said Asa Reed is a man of good character for truth and veracity and is a credible witness.
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate
I William P Burrall Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Polly Wildman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and the seal of the said Court this 14 th day of March A D 1837
William P Burrall Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 11 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
Polly Wildman ,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York .
Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and
 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July
1836 , has been paid at this Department, from the
4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841,
Respectfully yours,
William H. Parris
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Aug 27 3743 N.Y. 4 July 1836
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.

Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. Aug. 21. 1838.
Hon. J. L. Ellsworth, Comm: of Patents—
I enclose you Papers in the case of Hidew Hildreth and think they are of such a character that they will ensure an early and favorable attention. — Please make your return to me. —
Yours truly
H. M. Soper,

Polly Newman widow of Matthew Newman
Certificate from Compt. of Connecticut
Horace M. Soper Esq. Batavia N.Y.
Horace M. Soper Esq. Batavia New York

I certify that on application for Service of Matthew Wildman a Revolutionary Soldier I find in Court List Vol 1 Page 96 Col. Horatio Swift Regiment Matthew Wildman a private Commenced Service March 30 1777 Settled with Jan 1 1780 Making 2.9.1 Amount of Wages £ 66.1.4 Again Page 235 Commenced Service Jan 1 1780 Settled with March 31 1780 Amount of Wages £ 6.0.0 Making in all Three Years & One day Service Comptroller's Office Hartford July 4 1838
Henry Wildman Court

Horace M. Soper Esq r Sir,
You will find on the other side a Certificate for Matthew Fieldman for Three Years Service which I hope will be satisfactory. Nantua July 2 1838
Yours Respectfully Henry Wilbourn Esq r

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1845 2
Polly Wildman
wid of
Matthew Wildman
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. M , Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1111.