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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16179, guardianship of Uriah Oakes, son of Jonathan Oakes of Malden: guardian's bond of John Green, 4 December 1752. John Green and Jonathan Oakes, yeomen of Malden, bound for £300; John Green allowed guardian to Uriah (at his own election), a minor in his seventeenth year, son of Jonathan Oakes late of Malden; witnesses Andw Bordman, John Burdit.

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16179, guardianship of Uriah Oakes, son of Jonathan Oakes of Malden: guardian's bond of John Green, 4 December 1752. John Green and Jonathan Oakes, yeomen of Malden, bound for £300; John Green allowed guardian to Uriah (at his own election), a minor in his seventeenth year, son of Jonathan Oakes late of Malden; witnesses Andw Bordman, John Burdit.

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662: "We John Green and Jonathan Oakes both of Malden ... Yeomen ... Three hundred Pounds ... fourth Day of Dec 1752". Condition: "John Green Nominated and Allowed to be Guardian unto Uriah (at his own Election) a Minor in his Seventeenth year of age Son of Jonathan Oakes late of Malden ... Deceased" (CONFIRMED). Signed John Green; witnesses Andw Bordman, John Burdit; Jonathan Oakes.

[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 3, frame 662.].

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Keep in mind: Confirmed. 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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