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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16173, guardianship of Lydia Oakes, daughter of Edward Oakes of Medford: Lydia's petition asking that her mother Mrs Johannah Oakes be appointed her guardian. Slip signed by Lidia (her mark) Oakes, attested by Caleb Brooks and Joseph Tufts, with the ages 'Lidia - 18 years old / Siman - 13 / Ruth - 1[?]'.
Image · dated 1752 · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.
![Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16173, guardianship of Lydia Oakes, daughter of Edward Oakes of Medford: Lydia's petition asking that her mother Mrs Johannah Oakes be appointed her guardian. Slip signed by Lidia (her mark) Oakes, attested by Caleb Brooks and Joseph Tufts, with the ages 'Lidia - 18 years old / Siman - 13 / Ruth - 1[?]'.](/media/e49a5953f60ff/display.jpg)
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
"To the Honrd Samuel Danforth Esqr Judge of Probate for Wills in the County of Middlesex &c / These are to Desire your Honr to appoint my Honrd mother Mrs Johannah Oakes my Guardian / And you will Oblige yr Honrs Servt / Lidia (her + mark) Oakes / Attest Caleb Brooks / Joseph Tufts". Below: "Lidia - 18 years old / Siman - 13 Ditto / Ruth - 1[?] Ditto" (Ruth's age digit blurred).
[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 6, frame 630.].
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Keep in mind: Confirmed; Ruth's age digit is blurred. 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.