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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16178, guardianship of Deborah and Nehemiah Oakes, children of Jonathan Oakes of Malden: guardian's bond of Deborah Oakes, widow, 4 December 1752. Deborah Oakes, John Green and John Burdet bound for £300; Deborah allowed guardian to Deborah and Nehemiah, both minors under fourteen, children of Jonathan Oakes late of Malden.

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16178, guardianship of Deborah and Nehemiah Oakes, children of Jonathan Oakes of Malden: guardian's bond of Deborah Oakes, widow, 4 December 1752. Deborah Oakes, John Green and John Burdet bound for £300; Deborah allowed guardian to Deborah and Nehemiah, both minors under fourteen, children of Jonathan Oakes late of Malden.

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660: "We Deborah Oakes Widow John Green and John Burdet ... bound unto Samuel Danforth ... Three hundred Pounds ... fourth Day of Dec 1752". Condition: "Deborah Oakes Nominated and Allowed to be Guardian unto Deborah and Nehemiah both Minors under the age of fourteen years Children of Jonathan Oakes late of Malden in the County of Middlesex Deceased" (CONFIRMED; the second child's name reads "Nehemiah", LIKELY).

[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 3, frame 660.].

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Keep in mind: Confirmed; the second child's name reads 'Nehemiah' (Likely). 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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