Records & photos · Wills and probate
Will of Samuel Oak, signed 27 January 1896, Somerset County Probate Register, vol. 94, pp. 302-303, witnessed. Steinberg, J. Palmer Merrill and Edward P. Coffin.
Image · dated 27 January 1896 (probated 9 January 1900) · source: Somerset County, Maine probate records, via Ancestry (Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999).

How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as the will; first found in a companion record on Lucinda Allen Oak. The clean copy fully resolves the witness line. Further parties tagged on 4 Oct 2026: Charles Ansel Oak (about 1849-1900); Elizabeth Sarah 'Lizzie' (Oak) Jewett (1851–1928); Mary A. (Oak) Withee (1856–1926); Nina E. (Oak) Steward (1864–1939); Nahum S. Steward (the will names wife Lucinda, son Charles A. Oak, daughters Lizzie S. Jewett, Mary Withee and Nina E. Steward (nothing left to them by name) and Nahum Steward executor (read on the page)).