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Pension file R.7758 (John Oaks, Exeter and Bangor, Me.; widow Abigail), page 26: certificate of John Cutler and Andrew Shaw, Selectmen of Exeter, 2 Oct 1843. Selectmen certify 18 to 20 years' acquaintance with Abigail Oaks, widow of John Oaks, 'a Revolutionary Pensioner, who died in this town in June 1842', and no doubt of a lawful marriage.

Image · dated 2 Oct 1843 · source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.

Pension file R.7758 (John Oaks, Exeter and Bangor, Me.; widow Abigail), page 26: certificate of John Cutler and Andrew Shaw, Selectmen of Exeter, 2 Oct 1843. Selectmen certify 18 to 20 years' acquaintance with Abigail Oaks, widow of John Oaks, 'a Revolutionary Pensioner, who died in this town in June 1842', and no doubt of a lawful marriage.

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Keep in mind: Pension file R.7758, John Oaks of Exeter and Bangor, Maine (service from Harvard, Mass.; Certificate No. 9174), widow Abigail (Lambert). Fold3 record 25087424, NARA M804, 27 images. The file is a Confirmed record of John Oaks (died at Exeter 25 June 1842) and of his widow's rejected claim. That he is a son of Capt. Jonathan Oaks is Likely, not proved: the file never names a parent. All 27 pages are shown.

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