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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16196, the Rev. Mr Urian Oakes: inventory, right half: column totals, 'Summe totall is 406-11-06', and the oath of Edward Oakes Sr, Samuel Angier and Edward Oakes Jr (24 October 1681). The right half of the sheet: money, plate and 'the liberary of bookes' (80-00-00), the summary box with 'Summe totall is 406-11-06', and the oath before Daniell Gookin, John Bulkley, Sam[uel] Nowell and James Russell, with Jonathan Remington, clerk.
Image · dated 5 Aug 1681; oath 24 Oct 1681 · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.
![Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16196, the Rev. Mr Urian Oakes: inventory, right half: column totals, 'Summe totall is 406-11-06', and the oath of Edward Oakes Sr, Samuel Angier and Edward Oakes Jr (24 October 1681). The right half of the sheet: money, plate and 'the liberary of bookes' (80-00-00), the summary box with 'Summe totall is 406-11-06', and the oath before Daniell Gookin, John Bulkley, Sam[uel] Nowell and James Russell, with Jonathan Remington, clerk.](/media/e92e8684ccc50/display.jpg)
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
an [?egg?] glass[es] ........................................ 000 - 01 - 00
English mony valued [?here?] at ............................ 014 - 00 - 00
2 peeces of gold & a ring valued at ........................ 003 - 00 - 00
Spanish mony ............................................... 002 - 02 - 00
in plate [?severall?] peeces valued at ..................... 018 - 08 - 00
in New England mony ........................................ 072 - 19 - 00
more one guinny ............................................ 001 - 04 - 00
the liberary of bookes prized by Mr [?Graunt?] & Mr Shepard . 080 - 00 - 00
a parcell of [?hemp?] [?...?] the 40 ....................... 001 - 00 - 00
[?beef?] [?corn?] 12 pound ................................. 000 - 12 - 00
more in mony ............................................... 014 - 08 - 00
a [?tun?] & [?tubs?] ....................................... 003 - 00 - 00
[?...?] .................................................... 002 - 00 - 00
212 - 14 - 00
William Manning
Jonas Clark
Octob:24 '81 [LIKELY]: Mr Edward Oakes ^Senr [= "Seni" interlined] Mr Samuell
Angier & Mr Edward Oakes Jun[r] appearing before the Hon[ble]
Daniell Gookin Esq[r]; John Bulkley Esq[r]; Sam[uel] Nowell Esq[r]
& James Russell Esq[r] made oath to the above said Inventory.
Jonathan Remington
Clerk
[Source: research-b-oakes-1658-1681-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 2, frame 936 (column 4 and the oath).].
How it is shown: Complete frame; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Figures and names Confirmed; the year of the oath (81) is Likely. The file names no widow, child, administrator or will. Nothing in this case names Nathaniel Oak of Westborough or his family; no widow, child or administrator named in these frames and no tie to Nathaniel Oak 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.