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Worcester Probate Dockets, pp. 308-309: no. 44121, Oak, Jonathan, Westborough: 'Jonathan Forbish appointed Guardian minor. Aug. 11 Bond £200 William Ward, surety. Letter.' (1732); no. 44122, Oak, Levina, Westborough: 'Susannah Oak appointed Guardian minor. Nov. 3 Bond £500 Thomas Billing, surety. Letter.' (1752); the spread also carries no. 44123, Oak, Lydia, Northborough, a partition.
Image · dated 1732-1752 (docket book 1731-1881) · source: Worcester County (Massachusetts) Probate Court docket book, via FamilySearch.
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
No. 44121, Oak, Jonathan, Westborough: "Jonathan Forbish appointed Guardian minor. Aug. 11 Bond £200 William Ward, surety. Letter."
No. 44122, Oak, Levina, Westborough: "Susannah Oak appointed Guardian minor. Nov. 3 Bond £500 Thomas Billing, surety. Letter."
No. 44123, Oak, Lydia, Northborough: "Warrant for Partition issued to Timothy Fay, Stephen Jenney & Henry Gaschet [reading uncertain, possibly Jaquith]. Report filed & allowed Sept. 9. Division Bond £120."
[Only the Oak entries named in the folder's review are transcribed here, not every case on the spread.]
[Source: research-e-chrome-2026-10-03/WORC-probate-dockets-1731-1881-cases-44097-44138/REVIEW.md.].
How it is shown: Complete two-page spread; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as the clerk's docket entries. A docket abstract: it gives no petition text and usually no parentage; identities of the Oak entries rest on name, place and year (Likely) as stated below. Jonathan (1732) is Jonathan Oak, born 1717, who chose Jonathan Forbush as guardian on 11 Aug 1732 (Confirmed independently by the Worcester probate record, vol. 1, pp. 58-59); Levina is Leviner Oake (born 1745), daughter of John and Susannah (Likely). Case 44123 (Lydia Oak of Northborough, a land partition) is not identified with this family.