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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate case 16171, Edward Oakes of Cambridge: case jacket. Printed/handwritten jacket: '16171 / Edward Oakes / 1692'.
Image · dated 1692 · source: Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court, via FamilySearch.

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Keep in mind: Confirmed (case number and surname). 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.