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Beriah Oak

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Vital Records of Westborough (1903), Births, p. 80, under OAK and OAKE: the children of Nathaniel and Kezia (Tabitha 1737, Ebenezer 1738, Nathaniel 1742, Beriah 22 Nov 1743), of George and Lydia (Aseph 1751, Luce 1744-5, Lydia 1746, Vashti 1754) and of John and Susanah (Hannah 1743 and 1749, Elijah 1747).
Vital Records of Westborough (1903), Births, p. 80, under OAK and OAKE: the children of Nathaniel and Kezia (Tabitha 1737, Ebenezer 1738, Nathaniel 1742, Beriah 22 Nov 1743), of George and Lydia (Aseph 1751, Luce 1744-5, Lydia 1746, Vashti 1754) and of John and Susanah (Hannah 1743 and 1749, Elijah 1747). 1737-1754 (entries) · p. 80 (Births)
Source: Vital Records of Westborough (1903); Internet Archive (public domain).
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Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed. Under OAK: Aseph, s. George and Lydia, June 15, 1751; Beriah, s. Nathaniel and Kezia, Nov. 22, 1743; Luce, d. George and Lydia, Jan. 9, 1744-5; Lydia, d. George and Lydia, Aug. 19, 1746; Nathaniel, s. Nathaniel and Keziah, Jan. 12, 1742; Vashti, d. George and Lydia, April 14, 1754. Under OAKE: Ebenezer, s. Nathaniel and Kezia, Sept. 28, 1738 (C.R.); Elijah, s. John and Susanah, April 27, 1747; Hannah, d. John and Susanah, July 20, 1743 and April 20, 1749. Whether these are our people: Likely, not Confirmed. The couples Nathaniel (with Kezia), George (with Lydia) and John (with Susanah) match the tree's Nathaniel Oak (b. 1703), George Oak (b. 1720) and Lydia Eager, and John Oak (b. 1714/15) and Susannah Allen, and Beriah (b. 1743) is in the tree as Nathaniel's son; the page does not give surnames beyond Oak or the men's own parents, and Kezia is not in the tree.
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Worcester Probate Dockets, pp. 300-301: no. 44100, Oaks, Beriah, Bolton: 'Tabathy Oak appointed Administratrix. Feb. 28 Bond £1000 Jesse Walcutt & Oliver Barrett Jr., sureties' (1781), with a 1795 partition and distribution to heirs whose receipts name Elizabeth Oak, Asa Oak, John Oaks and the guardians Bezaleel Hale Jr. and Elnathan Polley; and no. 44101, Beriah and Eunice Oaks, guardianship nomination, Bezaleel Hale Jr. appointed guardian, 6 Oct 1795.
Worcester Probate Dockets, pp. 300-301: no. 44100, Oaks, Beriah, Bolton: 'Tabathy Oak appointed Administratrix. Feb. 28 Bond £1000 Jesse Walcutt & Oliver Barrett Jr., sureties' (1781), with a 1795 partition and distribution to heirs whose receipts name Elizabeth Oak, Asa Oak, John Oaks and the guardians Bezaleel Hale Jr. and Elnathan Polley; and no. 44101, Beriah and Eunice Oaks, guardianship nomination, Bezaleel Hale Jr. appointed guardian, 6 Oct 1795. 1781-1795 (docket book 1731-1881) · pp. 300-301
Source: Worcester County (Massachusetts) Probate Court docket book, via FamilySearch.
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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. That Beriah Oaks of Bolton (administration 1781) is Beriah Oak (1743-1781), son of Nathaniel and Kezia, and that Tabathy is his widow Tabitha (Fosket), is Likely (name, town and year; the tree's Tabitha Fosket married Beriah Oak in 1767). The heirs named in 1795 (Elizabeth, Asa, Beriah Jr., Eunice, John; Daniel and Phebe on the next case) are not tree persons. Other cases on the spread were not transcribed.
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