The Family of

Wilder      

Arms:

Gules, from a fesse or charged with two barrulets azure, a demi-lion rampant issuant of the second.

Crest:

A savage's head affrontee, couped at the shoulders, the temples entwined with woodbines all proper.

Motto:

Virtuti moenia cedant.

Authority:

Crozier's "General Armory", 1904 edition, page 137.
Burke's "General Armory", 1878 edition, page 1111.

Tinctures as shown by description:

The shield is of red, The fesse, which crosses the shield horizontally, is of gold.
The two barrulettes (narrow bars, which, in turn, are narrow fesses) are of blue. The demi-lion issueing from the fesse is of gold.
The wreath, on which the crest rests, is of alternate twists of red and gold.
The savage's head is of natural colorings. The woodbine wreath is of green.
The ribbon is of gold, the motto lettered in red, or black.

Notes:

Recorded by Crozier, as authentic for descendants of Thomas Wilder, of Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England, who settled in Charlestown, Massachussettes, in 1638.
Burke states the family descended from Nicholas Wilder, of Nunhide, in the reign of Henry VII. Purley Hall and Sulham, both in Berkshire, were residences of the family.

               Martin and Allardyce,
               (signed George C Martin)
               George C. Martin

BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary Public for and in Bexar County, State of Texas, this day personally appeared George C. Martin from the firm of Martin & Allardyce, of Terrell Wells, Texas, who took oath that the insignia above described appears in the published authority above mentioned.

GIVEN under my hand and seal of office this 7th day of December A. D. 1940

(signed Mrs. Mary M. Potter)

Notary Public