Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16182, Capt. Jonathan Oaks of Malden: agreement of the widow and heirs that their brother Jonathan administer the estate, 29 August 1818. Signed Sarah Oakes, Tabitha Oakes, Nancy Oakes, Charles Bradbury and Mary Bradbury, with a 'Granted' note signed by the judge.

Image · dated 29 Aug 1818 · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.

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672 heirs' agreement (CONFIRMED): "Malden Augst 29 1818. The widow & heirs of the Estate of Capt Jonan Oakes Late of Malden Decd do Agree that their brother Jonathan Oakes Should Administer and Settle their fathers Estate." Signed Sarah Oakes, Tabitha Oakes, Nancy Oakes, Charles Bradbury, Mary Bradbury (and "Granted" note signed by the judge).

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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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Middlesex County, Mass., probate case 16182: Capt. Jonathan Oaks of Malden (1818-1820) · the original at FamilySearch (Probate records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; also published by Ancestry as Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991)