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The Oak family of Massachusetts and Maine, and the Clarkson family of Liverpool and Texas: everyone recorded in the family tree, the people with written stories, and reviewed profiles.
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85 people have a story, profile or biography. Evidence notes explain uncertain details.
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- Rachel Cox 1644–1707 · Female · died at 62 or 63
Story: Henry Dow's Hampton and the family's Maine connection
- Elizabeth Sleeper Perkins 1676–1773 · Female · died at 96 or 97
Story: Henry Dow's Hampton and the family's Maine connection
- Jeremiah DOW 1677–c. 1773 · Male · died at about 96
Story: Henry Dow's Hampton and the family's Maine connection
- Nathaniel Oak 1751-1840 · Male · died at 88
- Hannah Smith c. 1779–1853 · Female · died at about 74
- Asa Columbus Mitchell 1795–1865 · Male · died at 69
Story: Asa Columbus Mitchell of Brazoria and San Antonio, 1795 to 1865 · Biography
- Rebecca Chadbourne Irish 1817–1902 · Female · died at 84
- Samuel Oak about 1817-1900 · Male · died at about 83
- Harlow S. Russell 1837–1913 · Male · died at 76
- Abbie Helen Whittier 1844–1916 · Female · died at 71
- William Banton Clarkson 1858-1933 · Male · died at 75
Reviewed profile · Story: William Banton Clarkson in the cotton trade, 1895 to 1916 · Biography
- Winchester (Judge W.) Kelso Sr. 1858–1925 · Male · died at 67
Story: Winchester Kelso of Eagle Pass and San Antonio, 1858 to 1925 · Biography
- Alice Ann (Peaple) Clarkson 1859–1922 · Female · died at 62
- Mary Catherine 'Katherine' (Young) Dixon c. 1869–1937 · Female · died at about 68
- Franciszka Jeleniewska 1872–1928 · Female · died at 55 or 56
- Mary Wagner born c. 1872 · Female
- Lillace Alma Ames (Russell, Libbey) c. 1879–1947 · Female · died at about 68
- Lewis Whittier Russell 1882–1964 · Male · died at 82
- Florence Alice Clarkson 1886–1964 · Female · died at 78
Story: Florence Alice Clarkson Groos: a Liverpool merchant's eldest daughter in San Antonio
- Brigadier General Herbert Slayden Clarkson 1891–1974 · Male · died at 82
Story: Herbert Clarkson and the report on Patton, 1943 · Biography
- Percy W. Clarkson 1893–1962 · Male · died at 68
Story: Percy W. Clarkson: from a Houston household to major general
- Josephine J. Sobacz 1898–1978 · Female · died at 80
- Nellie Mildred Russell 1902–1948 · Female · died at 46
- Mary Gwendolyn Russell ( Foss ) 1904–2011 · Female · died at 106
- Edna Whitford Weiss 1913–1995 · Female · died at 82
- Annunziata "Nancy" Milewski 1922–1984 · Female · died at 61 or 62
Story: The DiSantos, from Pescolanciano to Newark and Irvington, 1906 to 1984 · Biography
- Raymond W. Weiss Jr. c. 1938–1990 · Male · died at about 52
Reviewed profiles of the earlier generations
Profiles of people from the earliest generations, with an evidence label on every fact. The complete 1906 family register and the printed records behind the early Oak line are on the Downloads page.
The Oak line
Nathaniel Oak(e) first record 1686; died 1720/21 · MaleThe immigrant ancestor, first recorded marrying Mehitable Rediat in 1686; a farmer at Marlborough, Massachusetts.
John Oak 1714/15 - by 1752 · MaleBorn at Marlborough in 1714/15; married Susanna Allen at Westborough in 1742; died by 1752, leaving young children.
Nathaniel Oak 1751-1840 · Male · died at 88Marched on the Lexington alarm in 1775; pensioned in 1832 at Chelsea, Vermont; spent his last year with his son in Maine.
- Nathaniel Oak 1780-1859 · Male
Born at Winchester, New Hampshire; lived at Exeter, Maine, from about 1810, where the family monument stands.
Samuel Oak about 1817-1900 · Male · died at about 83Born at Exeter, Maine, about 1817; a farmer, married twice; died at Skowhegan in 1900.
Every finding behind the Oak line, with its evidence: Oak Family: Research Findings and Evidence (PDF).
The Clarkson family of Liverpool
- William Clarkson about 1830/33-1915 · Male
A Liverpool spirit dealer and brewer, probably the William Clarkson reported visiting a son in Texas in 1901. He was buried at Allerton in 1915.
- Emma Lucy (Green) Clarkson about 1836-1910 · Female
Recorded on a family chart as “Eliza L.”; two Liverpool registers show she was Emma Lucy Green, a builder's daughter.
- William Banton Clarkson 1858-1933 · Male · died at 75
A Liverpool clerk who became a cotton merchant in San Antonio and Houston, Texas, and the father of seven children.
Every finding behind the Clarkson family, with its evidence: Clarkson Family: Research Findings and Evidence (PDF).
Follow a branch
- The Oak line from the immigrantFive generations of descendants of Nathaniel Oak(e), the immigrant.
- Samuel Oak's descendantsSamuel Oak of Maine and four generations after him.
- The Clarksons of LiverpoolThe Liverpool brewer's family, and the son who went to Texas.
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