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Worcester County, Massachusetts, probate records, vol. 1, pp. 58-59: Jonathan Oak, aged about fifteen, son of Nathaniel Oak late of Westborough, chooses Jonathan Forbush as guardian (11 Aug 1732).
Image · dated 11 Aug 1732 · source: FamilySearch, Worcester. Probate Records 1731-1770, image 48.
How it is shown: Cropped to the two-page document image: the FamilySearch viewer's menus, account name and machine-transcript panel are removed; no retouch of the document, no search highlight. The saved original screenshot stays private.
Keep in mind: A viewer capture of the spread, not an original file. FamilySearch's own machine transcript (which reads 1782) was not relied on. Ties the boy Jonathan to Nathaniel's estate in 1732; it does not tie him to the later Jonathan of Harvard and Canaan (that rests on the 1906 register). Further parties tagged on 4 Oct 2026: Nathaniel Oak(e) (first record 1686; died 1720/21) (the father named on the page: 'son of Nathaniel Oak late of Westborough' (Likely)). Re-released 4 Oct 2026 as a crop of the document image only, replacing the full viewer screenshot.
Evidence for
- Worcester County probate records, vol. 1, pp. 58-59: Jonathan Oak, a minor aged about fifteen, son of Nathaniel Oak late of Westborough, husbandman, deceased, names Jonathan Forbush of Westborough as guardian, 11 Aug 1732; acknowledged before John Chandler, Judge of Probate (screenshot captures of the viewer saved; the viewer's transcript reads 1782 for 1732). · the original at FamilySearch, Worcester, Massachusetts. Probate Records 1731-1770 (Full-Text Search), image 48 of 832