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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16184, guardianship of Elizabeth and Tabitha Oaks, children of Nathan Oaks of Malden: memorial of Eleanor Oaks, widow, to be their guardian. Memorial that Elizabeth Oaks and Tabitha Oaks are minors under fourteen, children of Nathan Oaks late of Malden, yeoman, deceased, and that their mother is entitled to the trust.

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16184, guardianship of Elizabeth and Tabitha Oaks, children of Nathan Oaks of Malden: memorial of Eleanor Oaks, widow, to be their guardian. Memorial that Elizabeth Oaks and Tabitha Oaks are minors under fourteen, children of Nathan Oaks late of Malden, yeoman, deceased, and that their mother is entitled to the trust.

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764 memorial (CONFIRMED): "The Memorial of Eleanor Oaks of Malden in the county of Middlesex, widow. Respectfully represents That Elizabeth Oaks & Tabitha Oaks, are minors, under the age of fourteen years & children of Nathan Oaks late of said Malden, [yeoman] deced; that it is necessary a guardian should be appointed to said minors; that your petitioner is the mother of said minors & by Law entitled to said trust."

[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 9, frame 764.].

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Keep in mind: Confirmed. 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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