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Vital Records of Westborough (1903), Births, p. 81, under OAKE: 'Seth, s. Nathaniel and Tabitha, April 8, 1733' (from the church record), the first record found that names Seth Oak's parents; the page also lists Thankful, d. Nathaniel and Kezia (1739), William, s. Nathaniel (21 April 1728) and children of John and Susanah.
Image · dated 1728-1751 (entries) · source: Vital Records of Westborough (1903); Internet Archive (public domain).
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed from the page image. The Oake entries read: George, s. Mary Rice by 1st husband, ---- Oake, July 7, 1728 (C.R.); Leviner, d. John and Susanah, May 23, 1745; Nathaniel, s. John and Susanah, May 16, 1751; Seth, s. Nathaniel and Tabitha, April 8, 1733 (C.R.); Thankful, d. Nathaniel and Kezia, Aug. 19, 1739 (C.R.); William, s. Nathaniel, April 21, 1728 (C.R.). The page does not say which Nathaniel, and a mother 'Tabitha' for Seth against 'Kezia' for the later children is as printed. The George entry gives 1728, while the Marlborough record (p. 142) gives George 18 Feb 1719-20; that difference is not resolved here. Whether these are our people: Likely that Seth, s. Nathaniel and Tabitha (b. 1733) is the tree's Seth Oak (b. 1733), son of Nathaniel Oak (b. 1703) and Tabitha (Rice) Oak: the name, the date and the parents' first names agree with the tree, which already holds Tabitha Rice as Nathaniel's wife (the Marlborough marriage of 1726-7). This changes an earlier working theory that Seth came through a Nathaniel of Bolton; that question is still open. Not tagged: William (1728) and the other children.