American AcornsMassachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. XI (1902), p. 598: Oak, Seth, Winchendon (sergeant, Capt. Hale's company, 1775; quartermaster sergeant, Doolittle's regiment) and Oak, Nathaniel (Bolton, six-months men, 1780). Seth Oak of Winchendon: sergeant in Capt. Moses Hale's militia company on the Lexington alarm (14 days), in Capt. Abel Wilder's company, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, and quartermaster sergeant at Winter Hill (Oct.-Dec. 1775). Above it, Nathaniel Oak on the Bolton pay roll of 6-months men for 1780.
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Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
OAK, SETH, Winchendon. Sergeant, Capt. Moses Hale’s co. of militia, Col. Nathan Sparhawk’s regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 14 days; also, Capt. Abel Wilder’s co., Col. Ephraim Doolittle’s regt.; receipt for advance pay, signed by said Oak and others, dated Charles- town, June 26, 1775; also, Sergeant, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged April 26, 1775; service, 3 mos. 13 days; also, Quarter- master Sergeant, Col. Ephraim Doolittle’s regt.; list of officers appearing on a return of Capt. Adam Wheeler’s co., dated Winter Hill, Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp Winter Hill, Dec. 26, 1775.
OAK, NATHANIEL. Pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Bolton for service in the Continental Army 1780; marched July 10, 1780; discharged Dec. 16, 1780; service, 5 mos. 17 days, including travel (220 miles) home.
Excerpt: the Seth entry and the Nathaniel entry above it were each read separately from the page image; neither has had an independent second reading.
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Keep in mind: Printed entries read as printed. Seth's entry is named service, not individual battle attendance; his identification with Seth Oak born 1733 is Likely. The first entry (Oak, Nathaniel, pay roll of the Bolton six-months men, marched 10 July 1780, discharged 16 Dec 1780) is tied to Nathaniel Oak born 1762 as Likely (his Athens pension widow says he lived at Bolton and served six months in 1780); it names no age or residence beyond Bolton.