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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16188, Richard Oakes of Sudbury: will, testimonium and witnesses (signed by mark). Signed, sealed and declared before Daniel Felch, Mary Felch and Ebenr Felch; Richard Oakes (his mark); a marginal note that 'or elsewhere' was interlined before signing.
Image · dated 19 Oct 1756 · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
793 testimonium: "In Witness whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and year above within written. Signed, Sealed, Published, Pronounced and Declared by the Said Richard Oakes, as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers. Daniel Felch / Mary Felch / Ebenr Felch; his [mark] Richard Oakes mark". Margin: "or elsewhere was enterlind before Signing and Sealing". He signed by mark.
[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 2, frame 793.].
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Keep in mind: Confirmed. Nothing in this case names Nathaniel Oak of Westborough or his family; any tie of this Richard Oakes of Sudbury to Nathaniel Oak undetermined (no tie shown); 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.