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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16177, Jonathan Oakes of Malden: administration bond of Deborah Oakes, widow, 4 December 1752. Deborah Oakes (widow), John Burdet and Jonathan Oakes, all of Malden, bound for £500; Deborah admitted administratrix of her late husband Jonathan Oakes, intestate; signed Deborah (her mark) Oakes, John Burdit, Jonathan Oakes; witnesses Andw Bordman and Uriah Oaks.

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16177, Jonathan Oakes of Malden: administration bond of Deborah Oakes, widow, 4 December 1752. Deborah Oakes (widow), John Burdet and Jonathan Oakes, all of Malden, bound for £500; Deborah admitted administratrix of her late husband Jonathan Oakes, intestate; signed Deborah (her mark) Oakes, John Burdit, Jonathan Oakes; witnesses Andw Bordman and Uriah Oaks.

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"KNOW all Men by these Presents, That We Deborah Oakes Widow, John Burdet Yeoman and Jonathan Oakes Yeoman all of Malden in the County of Middlesex within his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England, are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto Samuel Danforth Esqr Judge of Probate of Wills, and granting Administrations within the County of Middlesex in the full and just Sum of Five hundred Pounds ... Dated the fourth Day of December Anno Domini, One Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty two. Annoque Regni Regis Georgii Secundi Vicesimo Sexto."

Condition: "if the above-bounden Deborah Oakes this day admitted Administratrix of the Estate of her late husband Jonathan Oakes late of Malden aforesd Deceased Intestate ... Inventory ... at or before the fourth Day of March next ensuing ... Accompt ... fourth Day of December ... 1753".

Signed: "Deborah (her + mark) Oakes", "John Burdit", "Jonathan Oakes"; sealed in presence of "Andw Bordman" and "Uriah Oaks".

[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 3, frame 658.].

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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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