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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16189, Thomas Oakes of Cambridge: probate attestation on the verso of the will, 28 December 1658. Edw: Oakes and Thomas Danforth appeared before the County Court at Charlestowne and swore that they saw Tho: Oakes deceased sign and declare the instrument as his last will; entered and recorded 28 10 mo 58 (Tho: Danf: Recorder).
Image · dated 28 Dec 1658 (28th 10th month 1658) · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
Edw: Oakes & Thomas Danforth appearing
before the County Court held at Charlestowne
28 10[th] mo 58: & sworne do say that they saw
the within named Tho: Oakes deceased signe
& declare this instrument as his last Will & Testam[en]t
and that they know of no other.
Tho: Danf: Recorder.
Entred & Recorded 28 10[th] mo 58
as attest Tho: Danf: R[ecorder].
[Source: research-b-oakes-1658-1681-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 1, frame 799.].
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Keep in mind: Confirmed (two passes). The rest of the frame is show-through of the will and a faint docket, not read. Nothing in this case names Nathaniel Oak of Westborough or his family; no child named in the will and no tie of Thomas Oakes to Nathaniel Oak 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.