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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16188, Richard Oakes of Sudbury: probate decree: the will presented for probate by Susanna Hammon, executrix. Judge Samuel Danforth: the instrument purporting the last will of Richard Oakes, late of Sudbury, husbandman, was presented for probate by Susanna Hammon on the fifteenth of November 1756, the three witnesses present.
Image · dated 15 Nov 1756 · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
795 probate decree: Samuel Danforth, Judge: "on the fifteenth Day of November Anno Domini 1756 the Instrument hereunto annexed (purporting the last Will and Testament of Richard Oakes late of Sudbury in said County Husbandman deceased) was presented for Probate by Susanna Hammon the Executrix therein named; then present the three Witnesses ..." (CONFIRMED); the later dating phrase "twenty first Day of March" and year are LIKELY (not re-examined at high zoom).
[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 2, frame 795.].
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Keep in mind: Confirmed; the later dating phrase ('twenty first Day of March') and its year are Likely, not re-examined at high zoom. Nothing in this case names Nathaniel Oak of Westborough or his family; any tie of this Richard Oakes of Sudbury to Nathaniel Oak undetermined (no tie 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.