Records & photos · Wills and probate
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16197, William Oar of Lincoln (a different surname, Oar): guardian's bond of Ebenezer Hardy, 13 April 1797. Printed bond: Ebenezer Hardy, yeoman, with Jonathan Hoar, yeoman, and Leonard Hoar, gentleman, of Concord/Lincoln, to Oliver Prescott, Judge of Probate; Hardy allowed guardian to William Oar, a minor above fourteen, son of John Oar late of Lincoln, laborer, deceased; witnesses Daniel Brooks and James Winthrop.
Image · dated 13 Apr 1797 · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.

How it is shown: Complete frame; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed; the bond sum is not read. A different surname (Oar, not Oakes) on the same film; no Oakes, Nathaniel, Westborough or Sudbury is named.