American Acornshistory from findagrave.com
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Birth:
Feb. 9, 1780
Winchester
Cheshire County
New Hampshire, USA
Death:
Sep. 24, 1851
Exeter Center
Penobscot County
Maine, USA
Nathaniel, Jr. was one of 9 children born to Nathaniel Oak, Sr. and his 1st wife, Susanna (Hastings).
"Nathaniel left Chelsea, Vermont, at age 18, with all his possessions hanging from a stick over his shoulder. He worked on bridges and other structures in Portsmouth and Bangor, Maine. At last he visited his sister, Abigail, in Exeter, ME, where he bought a farm in the wilderness, cleared the land and made it his home for life. He stood six feet tall in his stocking feet and was a model of athletic manhood; his character was equal to his physique. From the beginning he was a model citizen."
He married Abigail (Cartland) on November 31, 1811, in Lee, New Hampshire.
Their 8 children:
1) Eliza, b. 1812
2) Samuel, b. 1814
3) Abigail, b. 1816
4) Harriet, b. 1817
5) Nathaniel, b. 1819; supposedly lived to 106 years of age; in 1906 still living on farm in Exeter, ME
6) George, b. 1821
7) Joseph, b. 1823
8) Mary, b. 1825