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Middlesex County, Mass., probate case 16185, Nathaniel Oake of Westborough: the appraisers' oath (film 007553698, image 767). The appraisers' oath: 'Midlsx May 23: 1721 then appeared before me John Banester, Thomas [Ward] and Joseph Whelor and ware sworn to ayprise the Estate of Nathaniel oak Deceased as the law derects. Tho How, Justice peace.'.
Image · dated 23 May 1721 · source: FamilySearch, Probate records 1648-1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts), film 007553698, image 767.
![Middlesex County, Mass., probate case 16185, Nathaniel Oake of Westborough: the appraisers' oath (film 007553698, image 767). The appraisers' oath: 'Midlsx May 23: 1721 then appeared before me John Banester, Thomas [Ward] and Joseph Whelor and ware sworn to ayprise the Estate of Nathaniel oak Deceased as the law derects. Tho How, Justice peace.'.](/media/e3eb8875e1df1/display.jpg)
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
midlsx May 23: 1721
then appeared before me John Banester
Thomas ^[ware] and Joseph Whelor
and ware sworn to ayprise the Estate of Nathaniel oak
Deceased as the law derects.
Tho How
Justice peace
Note: 'ware' above the line after Thomas is an interlined word, read as Ward (Likely); 'ware sworn' is 'were sworn'.
How it is shown: Complete frame (original, unaltered); no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Transcribed (frames 766-782); a first reading was made. Confirmed text (B read it in 100-pixel strips). The interlined surname after Thomas (read 'Ward') is Likely, from the inventory signatures on the next frame.