Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine (1903), p. 193: 'The Oaks of Garland'.

Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).

THE OAKS OF GARLAND.--The Oaks of Garland are descendants of Nathaniel^1 Oak, who was born about 1645,

probably in Wales, but of English stock, a writer of 1826 calling him an Englishman. He came as cabin boy

on a vessel wrecked on the Massachusetts coast, he being the only survivor of the wreck. There is no

evidence that he was related to any other early families of that name in America. [col. 2] He wrote his

surname "Oak," using "Oake" once in a great while. His children were baptized as "Oak," and all retained

that spelling excepting his son Jonathan, who during the later years of his life added an 's [sic - the

scan shows a small raised/apostrophe s] to it. All the descendants of John^2 Oak have retained the

original form of the name; and some of the descendants of George^2 Oak and Nathaniel^2 Oak have continued

to spell their name with three letters, although a large majority of them write the name either "Oaks"

or "Oakes."

In 1692 Nathaniel Oak, who lived in that part of Marlboro, Mass., that was set off as Westboro in 1717

and later became a part of Northboro, served in the garrison. In 1707 he performed similar duties, and as

one of the Goodnow garrison took part in a fight with the Indians. He married first, December 14, 1686,

Mehitable Rediat, daughter of John and Ann Rediat. She was born in Sudbury, Mass., in 1646, and died

November 25, 1702, leaving no children. He married second, May 20, 1703, Mary Holloway, who was born in

Concord, Mass., February 25, 1682, a daughter of Adam and Hannah^2 (Hayward) Holloway. Her father was

born about 1653, married March 5, 1681, and died June 7, 1733. His wife, Hannah Hayward, was the widow of

Jacob Farrar, who was killed August 22, 1675, by the Indians. Nathaniel^1 Oak died February 17, 1721.

Through his five sons he has over ten thousand registered descendants.

John^2 Oak, the sixth in order of birth of a family of eight children, was born in Marlboro, Mass.,

March 16, 1715. He purchased a farm, and built a house near Northboro village. He was a prosperous man,

but died at the early age of thirty-seven, in September, 1752. On November 2, 1742, he married Susanna

Allen, daughter of Ephraim Allen. She was born August 21, 1723, and died May 6, 1814. She was of English

ancestry and a descendant in the fifth generation of Walter Allen, the line of descent being Walter,^1

John,^2 Samuel,^3 Ephraim,^4 Susanna.^5 Walter^1 Allen was born in England before 1601. In 1640 he

emigrated to New England with his first wife, Rebecca, to whom he was married in 1634, and settled in

Newbury, Mass., where his death occurred, July 8, 1681. He married second, in 1678, Abigail Rogers.

John^2 Allen came to America with his parents.

Excerpt: the article 'The Oaks of Garland' only (the other column of the page is a different sketch); every date was re-read against the page image. [sic] marks indicate the transcriber's own notation.