Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 18377-160-55, Richard Guild, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Guild, Richard Zillah
B.L.Wt. 18377-160-55
CONTENTS

144.27/ May 23 d act Mar 1855
Elizabeth G. wid. Richard G. priv.
Capt. S. Fisher,
Ent. Rec. '79
Providence
Capt. Fisher No. Mass. Ave. Providence
See Papers
Ad. 16 Dec 1856 Do.
Council. Providence R.I.
Vol. G. 172.

THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE Old and New Testaments:
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE
Original Tongues,
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WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY
COMPARED AND REVISED,
BY THE
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United States of America.
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MDCCXCIII.

Richard Guild Jun. Born Oct. 17 th 1762.
Leilah Turner Born March 7 th 1773.
Richard Guild Jun. and Leilah Turner Married March 7 th 1793.
Julia Guild Born April 10 th 1794
7 Hours 30 Minits in the morning
James Guild Born February 14 th 1798.
2 Hours 10 Minits after noon.
James Guild Died April 1 st 1798
Hiram Guild Born August 19 th 1799
5 hours 40 minits in the morning
Laban Guild Born Sept. 22 nd 1801
1 hour & 40 minits in the afternoon
Galen Guild Born Sept 22 nd 1801
2 hours & 40 minits in the afternoon
my Father Died May 26 th 1802
my Mother Died March 14 th 1816
Richard Guild Died Oct. 20 1819
Hiram Guild Died Nov 27 1819

Yallah Gilda
144.217

Vermont State of Rhode Island , &c.
County of Windsor
On this 25 day of April A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, personally appeared before me, Amos E. Heald a Justice of the Peace within aforesaid County, Zillah Guild aged 82 years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares and says she is the widow of Richard Guild late of Wrentham , Massachusetts deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Fisher in the Regiment commanded by Col. Major Seth Bullard being the war of the Revolution in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 10th day of June, 1812 ; that her husband enlisted at  was drafted on or about the Eighteenth day of December A. D. 1779 for the term of one month and continued in actual service for the term of thirty days & one and was honorably discharged at Rhode Island
She further states that she was married to the said Richard Guild in Wrentham on the 7th day of March A. D. 1793 by Benjamin Guild Esq. that her name before her marriage was Zillah Turner and that her said husband died at Chester on the 20 day of October A. D. 1819 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty to which she may be entitled; under the Act approved March 3d, 1855. and she further declares that during the war of the Revolution her said husband resided in Wrentham in the State of Massachusetts, & performed several terms of duty as will appear by the evidences annexed, that she now resides in Chester in said County of Windsor & State of Vermont where she has resided for the last 47 - years that her husband was the son of Richard Guild & was called generally Richard Guild Jr when she was married
Zillah X Guild mark.

We Herschel Davis and Charles Eddy, residents of Chester in said County of Windsor & State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by said Zillah Guild in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Herschel Davis
Charles Eddy
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Amos E. Heald Justice of the Peace
STATE OF VERMONT, WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Amos E. Heald was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature — foregoing — is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 21 st day of April A. D. 1855.
Norman Williams Clerk

✓ 18.377
✓ Nov Ans

Wrentham May 9 th 1855.
Benj. Lowell Esq
Dear Sir - I have examined the records of the town of Wrentham from 1780 to 1805. for the marriage of Richard Guild to Zillah Turner but cannot find it recorded.
Yours Respectfully
B.S. Harrington, Town Clerk

Fellah Guide

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
February 21 st 1854.
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 the name of Richard Guild is borne on pay roll of Capt. Samuel Fisher Comp. ordered to do duty in Rhode Island. 1. March 2 days. Roll dated Wrentham (Dec. 18. 1779 and 36 miles travel. Also on pay roll of (Capt. Samuel Fisher) Comp. under command of Maj. Seth Ballard, R. Island service from July 28. 1780. on alarm 5 days including travel. Also on pay roll of Capt. Samuel Fisher (Comp. Detached from the 4 th Regt. from the County of Suffolk by order of His Excellency John Hancock under command of Maj. Gen. Lincoln. R. Island service from March 17. 1781 15 days, as private. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Medfield Feb 10 1854 To the Hon E M Wright Secy of Massachusetts —
Sir
I request a certificate of the Military services of Richard Guild in the war of the Revolution to enable his widow Zillah Guild to obtain a pension - He lived in Wrentham at the time his services were performed - and I have reason to believe part of them were in Capt Samuel Grimes company at Rhode Island I cannot name any other officer but believe he served in other companies & Regiments
Luther Guild Signed in my presence by said Luther Guild —
Palmer Meary Jas Pease

State of Vermont Windsor County ss
On this 19 th day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Notary Public duly authorized to administer Oaths throughout the State of Vermont Amasa Burned a resident of Chester in the State of Vermont aged who being duly sworn says sixty six years, that from the time of his earliest remembrance he was acquainted with Richard Guild late of Chester deceased, while he lived that the said Richard Guild died in Chester aforesaid about thirty six years ago, that when he first knew the said Richard he was living with Hillah Guild as man and wife, that they the said Richard Guild and Hillah Guild so lived together as man and wife until the death of the said Richard, that the said Richard always provided for his family and she performed such household duties as pertain to the wife. That they the said Richard and Hillah raised a family of four or five children, that he ever believed and now fully believes them to have been lawfully married. That the said Hillah is now living in Chester aforesaid, has lived here ever since her said husband died, that she has never married since but ever has been since and now is the widow of the said Richard. That when he first knew them they & he resided in Wrentham Mass. and that he came to this town (Chester Vt) about two years after they came here and has lived near them ever since.
Arnold Tressler
The above affidavit sworn to and subscribed to due form of law, before me the day and year first written, and I certify that I am well & familiarly acquainted with the said Amasa Burned, and know him to be of good reputation and a credible witness. Spencer H. Leonard Notary Public