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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16183, Nathan Oaks of Malden: petition of the widow Eleanor Oakes that Jonathan Oakes settle the estate. Petition to Judge James Prescott by the widow Elleno[r] Oakes that Jonathan Oakes settle the estate of her late husband Nathan Oakes; 'Granted'.
Image · dated 1820 · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.
![Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16183, Nathan Oaks of Malden: petition of the widow Eleanor Oakes that Jonathan Oakes settle the estate. Petition to Judge James Prescott by the widow Elleno[r] Oakes that Jonathan Oakes settle the estate of her late husband Nathan Oakes; 'Granted'.](/media/e6ca7948541be/display.jpg)
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
718 petition (CONFIRMED): "To the Honorable James Prescott Esqr Judge of the Probate of wills and for granting Letters of administration. [I] the widow Elleno[r] Oakes wishes with your consent that Jonathan Oakes [should] Settel the Estate of my Late husband Nathan Oakes Decesd." ("Granted"; signed Eleanor Oakes.)
[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 8, frame 718.].
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Keep in mind: Confirmed. Frames 719-762 were viewed on contact sheets only. 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.