Records & photos · Wills and probate
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16188, Richard Oakes of Sudbury: case jacket. Jacket: '16188 / Richard Oakes / 1756'.
Image · dated 1756 · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.

How it is shown: Complete frame; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed. Nothing in this case names Nathaniel Oak of Westborough or his family; any tie of this Richard Oakes of Sudbury to Nathaniel Oak undetermined (no tie shown); it is shown here as a probate record of the surname, linked to its own research source and not to a person in the tree.