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Nourse, The History of the Town of Harvard, Massachusetts, 1732-1893 (1894), p. 199: seating of the meeting-house, 19 May 1766 ('In ye third Seat Below': Capt. William Butterick, Capt. Jonathan Oak, John Forbush). Under 'According to Dignity', the committee's report of 19 May 1766 seats each man and his wife; the third row of the third seat below reads Capt. William Butterick, Capt. Jonathan Oak, John Forbush.

Image · dated 19 May 1766 · source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan); historyoftownofh1732nour.

Nourse, The History of the Town of Harvard, Massachusetts, 1732-1893 (1894), p. 199: seating of the meeting-house, 19 May 1766 ('In ye third Seat Below': Capt. William Butterick, Capt. Jonathan Oak, John Forbush). Under 'According to Dignity', the committee's report of 19 May 1766 seats each man and his wife; the third row of the third seat below reads Capt. William Butterick, Capt. Jonathan Oak, John Forbush.

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Transcription

Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).

(Seating passage only.)

The committee's report was submitted and accepted May 19, 1766.

We the Subscribers have seated each man and his wife in the Following Order

In ye third Seat Below: Capt. William Butterick / Capt. Jonathan Oak / John Forbush

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Keep in mind: Confirmed. The seating reflects tax standing, not age; no other Oak name is on the page. Identification with Jonathan Oak b. 1717 of Marlborough rests on the Oak register (1906) and the tree's chain (Westborough, Stow, Harvard, Canaan), not on this page (Unconfirmed).

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