American AcornsPension file S.18534: the deposition of Elijah Whitney of Williamstown, aged 73, Chelsea, 21 July 1832, that in spring 1775 he belonged to Capt. Benjamin Hastings's company of minute men at Bolton and that Nathaniel Oak, then living in Winchester, N.H., now of Chelsea, belonged to it and marched to Cambridge.
Image · dated 1832-1895 · source: U.S. National Archives, Revolutionary War pension file S.18534, via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: A second, independent witness from the same Bolton company. Likely: the identification of the Chelsea, Vermont pensioner with the Nathaniel Oak born 16 May 1751 (son of John Oake and Susanna Allen) rests on the declaration's age (81 in August 1832), his residence at Winchester, N.H. in 1775 and his witnesses' statements. Transcribed from the full-size image by E (3 Oct 2026).