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Middlesex County, Mass., probate case 16186, Nathaniel Oake of Westborough: slip: Mary and Anne ask for Joseph Wheeler as guardian (film 007553698, image 776). A two-line note in which Mary Oak and Anne Oak tell the judge that they choose Joseph Wheeler as their guardian, witnessed by Gershom Fay and Ebenezer Hayward, with the archivist's docket 'No 16186 / Mary & Anne Oake / Choice of Gdn / Mar. 17. 1728'.

Image · dated 1728/9 · source: FamilySearch, Probate records 1648-1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts), film 007553698, image 776.

Middlesex County, Mass., probate case 16186, Nathaniel Oake of Westborough: slip: Mary and Anne ask for Joseph Wheeler as guardian (film 007553698, image 776). A two-line note in which Mary Oak and Anne Oak tell the judge that they choose Joseph Wheeler as their guardian, witnessed by Gershom Fay and Ebenezer Hayward, with the archivist's docket 'No 16186 / Mary & Anne Oake / Choice of Gdn / Mar. 17. 1728'.

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Keep in mind: Transcribed (frames 766-782); a first reading was made. Likely. The date line (read as a January, 'the twentyeth fift..') is not reliably read and conflicts with the 17 March 1728 allowance on the previous frame; it is not harmonised. Further parties tagged on 4 Oct 2026: Gershom Fay (witness 'Gershom Fay' to the slip of Mary and Anne Oak (Likely: the husband of their sister Hannah)).

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