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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16182, Capt. Jonathan Oaks of Malden: decree of insolvent distribution, 25 April 1820. A list of creditors with sums in dollars (Cyrus Clark, John Howard, Nathan Oaks, Josiah Bartlett, Henry Gardner, Edward Oak, Tabitha Oaks, Samuel Danforth, Benjamin Russell and others); total $1017.33, $12.93 left for costs.

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16182, Capt. Jonathan Oaks of Malden: decree of insolvent distribution, 25 April 1820. A list of creditors with sums in dollars (Cyrus Clark, John Howard, Nathan Oaks, Josiah Bartlett, Henry Gardner, Edward Oak, Tabitha Oaks, Samuel Danforth, Benjamin Russell and others); total $1017.33, $12.93 left for costs.

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716 decree of insolvent distribution (25 Apr 1820; CONFIRMED list of creditors with sums in dollars): Cyrus Clark; John Howard; Nathan Oaks (two entries); Josiah Bartlett (two); Henry Gardner (two); Edward Oak; Tabitha Oaks; Samuel Danforth; Benjamin Russell; Saunders [?Cutler]; total $1017.33 plus $12.93 left for costs = $1030.26.

[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 7, frame 716.].

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Keep in mind: Confirmed list of creditors. 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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