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Pension file R.7758 (John Oaks, Exeter and Bangor, Me.; widow Abigail), page 14: docket card: Abigail Oaks, widow, Act 7 July 1838, rejected; husband died 25 June 1842. Docket card 9772: Abigail Oaks, widow, Act 7th July '38, Rejected; the husband died 25th June '42 (date partly obscured; confirmed on page 15).

Image · dated 1843 · source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.

Pension file R.7758 (John Oaks, Exeter and Bangor, Me.; widow Abigail), page 14: docket card: Abigail Oaks, widow, Act 7 July 1838, rejected; husband died 25 June 1842. Docket card 9772: Abigail Oaks, widow, Act 7th July '38, Rejected; the husband died 25th June '42 (date partly obscured; confirmed on page 15).

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Keep in mind: Pension file R.7758, John Oaks of Exeter and Bangor, Maine (service from Harvard, Mass.; Certificate No. 9174), widow Abigail (Lambert). Fold3 record 25087424, NARA M804, 27 images. The file is a Confirmed record of John Oaks (died at Exeter 25 June 1842) and of his widow's rejected claim. That he is a son of Capt. Jonathan Oaks is Likely, not proved: the file never names a parent. All 27 pages are shown.

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