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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16175, John Oakes of Medford: administration bond of Edward Oakes, brickmaker, 7 February 1757. Edward Oakes and Samuel Oakes, brickmakers of Medford, and Samuel Blanchard Jr of Malden bound for £500; Edward admitted administrator of the intestate estate of his brother John Oakes of Medford.

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16175, John Oakes of Medford: administration bond of Edward Oakes, brickmaker, 7 February 1757. Edward Oakes and Samuel Oakes, brickmakers of Medford, and Samuel Blanchard Jr of Malden bound for £500; Edward admitted administrator of the intestate estate of his brother John Oakes of Medford.

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"... That We Edward Oakes Brickmaker, Samuel Oakes Brickmaker both of Medford & Samuel Blanchard Junr of Malden yeoman all in the County of Middlesex ... bound unto Samuel Danforth Esqr ... five hundred Pounds ... Dated the Seventh Day of February Anno Domini ... fifty Seven. Annoque Regni Regis Georgii Secundi Tricesimo."

Condition: "if the above-bounden Edward Oakes this day Admitted Administrator of the Estate of his Brother John Oakes late of Medford aforesaid Deceased Intestate ..."

[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 4, frame 636.].

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Keep in mind: Confirmed. Nothing in this case names Nathaniel Oak of Westborough or his family; NOT KIN (a separate Cambridge/Medford/Malden/Sudbury Oakes group); 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.

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