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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16181, Jonathan Oaks of Malden: will of 23 September 1769, second page: bequests to daughters, executors, witnesses. Bequests to daughters Mather(?), Phebe, Sarah, Hannah and Esther; wife Esther executrix with John Green of Malden executor; signed with his mark; witnesses Amos Shute, Saml Grover, Daniel Knowden (Likely).
Image · dated 23 Sep 1769 · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
Item I give unto my soon Thomas oaks fifty three pounds six shillings & eight pence ... and to be brought up out of my estate till fourteen years old
Item I give unto my dafter [?mather] oakes the housal furniture that com by her mother & grandmother and ... twenty three pounds six shillings & eight pence ...
Item I give unto my dafter phebe oaks twenty three pounds six shillings & eight pence ...
Item I give unto my dafter Sarah oaks twenty three pounds six shillings & eight pence ... to be payd at my wives deces or marrige
Item I give unto my dafter hannah oaks twenty three pounds six shillings & eight pence ... and to be mantaind till twelve years old
Item I give unto my dafter Esther oaks twenty three pounds ... and to be mantaind till twelve years old
lastly I doo make constitute and ordain Easter [Esther] oaks my wel beloved wife [struck word] executrix of this my last will and testament with John Green executer being of malden.
And I doo declare this to be my last will and testament which I have hearunto set my hand and seal. Signd seald and publishd in present of us the Subscribers
[the words my soul in the 18 line being raced out before signd]
Signed "Jonathan [X] Oakes Mark"; witnesses "Amos Shute / Saml Grover / Daniel Knowden [LIKELY]".
[Source: research-b-oakes-cases-kin-2026-10-02/TRANSCRIPTION.md sec. 5, frames 667-668 (second part).].
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Keep in mind: Confirmed words; the witness third name is Likely. 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.