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Worcester Probate Dockets, pp. 312-313: no. 44134, Oak, Thankful, Rutland: 'George Oak appointed Guardian minor. June 17 Bond £100 Moses Maynard, surety. Letter.' and no. 44137, Oak, Vasti, Rutland (same, 1771); no. 44138, Oaks, William, Winchendon: 'Relief Oak appointed Administratrix' (1774-1783), an insolvent estate; the spread also carries no. 44133, Tabitha, Bolton, administration, 1820.

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Worcester Probate Dockets, pp. 312-313: no. 44134, Oak, Thankful, Rutland: 'George Oak appointed Guardian minor. June 17 Bond £100 Moses Maynard, surety. Letter.' and no. 44137, Oak, Vasti, Rutland (same, 1771); no. 44138, Oaks, William, Winchendon: 'Relief Oak appointed Administratrix' (1774-1783), an insolvent estate; the spread also carries no. 44133, Tabitha, Bolton, administration, 1820.

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No. 44134, Oak, Thankful, Rutland: "George Oak appointed Guardian minor. June 17 Bond £100 Moses Maynard, surety. Letter."

No. 44137, Oak, Vasti, Rutland: "George Oak appointed Guardian minor. Nomination. June 17 Bond £100 Moses Maynard, surety. Letter."

No. 44138, Oaks, William, Winchendon: "Relief Oak appointed Administratrix. 1774 Oct. 26 Warrant of Appraisal. 1777 May 6 Bond £300 John Boynton & Benjamin Kimball, sureties. Letter. Inventory £38-0-3. Commission of Insolvency issued to Abel Wilder & John Boynton. Report filed, 1778 Further Time to Apr. 1 1778 allowed to prove claims. Report filed again. 1778 Feb. 5 Account Bal. £21-2-6 Allowed Feb. 5. 1783 May 6 £12-1-9 balance decreed. Widow May 6. Decree Amendment of Inventory."

[Only the Oak entries named in the folder's review are transcribed here, not every case on the spread.]

[Source: research-e-chrome-2026-10-03/WORC-probate-dockets-1731-1881-cases-44097-44138/REVIEW.md.].

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Keep in mind: Confirmed as the clerk's docket entries. A docket abstract: it gives no petition text and usually no parentage; identities of the Oak entries rest on name, place and year (Likely) as stated below. Likely: the guardian 'George Oak' of Rutland (1771) is George Oak, born 1720, who married Lydia Eager (the Worcester register of 1898 and the folder's register entries L111/L119). Likely, from the printed index entry alone (Bolton, administration, 1820): no. 44133 is the administration of Tabitha (Fosket) Oak (1744-1820), widow of Beriah; its docket text was not transcribed. William Oaks of Winchendon and his widow Relief are not tree persons.

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