American AcornsSusanna Hastings
1748/49–1801 · Female
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Family
Parents
- Father: Benjamin Hastings (of Bolton)
Confirmed evidence: show why
Why: The printed Bolton vital records record Susanna as a daughter of Benjamin and Abigail; the tree's Benjamin is the husband of Abigail Sawtell.
Records:
- Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to 1849 (printed): births of the children of Benjamin and Abigail Hastings, 1744-1757, including Susanna, Feb. 11, 1748-49; marriage of Susanna Hastings and Nathaniel Oak Jr., June 2, 1773; Benjamin Hastings Jr. and Experience Ball, 1782 (view at Internet Archive)
- H. L. Oak, Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), entries 1, 7, 20 and 72 (record page · view at Internet Archive)
Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: Saved text examined; Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined.
Earlier: Likely (09-23-2026, prior research): Research notes: parents Capt. Benjamin Hastings and Abigail Sawtell, probable.
- Mother: Abigail Sawtell 1719–1787
Confirmed evidence: show why
Why: Printed Bolton vital records: 'Susanna, d. Benjamin and Abigail'; the 1906 register gives her mother as Abigail (Sawtell).
Records:
- Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to 1849 (printed): births of the children of Benjamin and Abigail Hastings, 1744-1757, including Susanna, Feb. 11, 1748-49; marriage of Susanna Hastings and Nathaniel Oak Jr., June 2, 1773; Benjamin Hastings Jr. and Experience Ball, 1782 (view at Internet Archive)
- H. L. Oak, Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), entries 1, 7, 20 and 72 (record page · view at Internet Archive)
Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: Saved text examined; Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined.
Husband: Nathaniel Oak 1751-1840 Likely evidence: show why
Why: The Bolton vital records list the marriage of 'Nathaniel Jr.' and Susanna Hastings on 2 June 1773, without residence or parentage for the groom, so 'Jr.' fits the Nathaniel born in 1742 as well. Three further records point to the 1751 man as that groom: the Chelsea death card for 'Susannah Oak', aged 52, who died 7 September 1801, gives her husband as Nathaniel Oak; the Winslow Memorial (1877) calls their daughter Nancy 'dau. of Captain Nathaniel and (Hastings) of C.' (Chelsea); and a granddaughter born at Chelsea in 1808 was named Susannah Hastings Oak. None of them names the groom of 1773 directly, and the pension file names no wife, so the link is likely, not confirmed.
Records:
- Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to 1849 (printed): births of the children of Benjamin and Abigail Hastings, 1744-1757, including Susanna, Feb. 11, 1748-49; marriage of Susanna Hastings and Nathaniel Oak Jr., June 2, 1773; Benjamin Hastings Jr. and Experience Ball, 1782 (view at Internet Archive)
- Death card: 'Oak, Susannah', age 52 years 6 months 14 days, husband 'Nathianiel Oak', died Sept 1801 (day 7 per the index; the digit on the card could be 7 or 2), cemetery 'Old'; town-clerk copy dated 1 Oct 1919, attested by the Chelsea town clerk. The card gives no maiden name or parents. (record page · view at FamilySearch, Vermont Vital Records 1760-1954, town-clerk copy card (Chelsea, certified 1 Oct 1919), image 850 of 4,107)
- Winslow Memorial, vol. I: Nancy Oak, born 1 Apr 1792 at Chelsea, 'dau. of Captain Nathaniel and (Hastings) of C.' (published 29 years before the 1906 Oak register).
Review: assessed 10-03-2026; evidence: Saved text examined; Image examined; Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined.
Earlier: Confirmed (09-24-2026, research): The printed Bolton vital records list the marriage of Susanna Hastings and Nathaniel Oak Jr., June 2, 1773. · Unconfirmed (10-03-2026, research): The printed Bolton vital records list the marriage of 'Nathaniel Jr. and Susanna Hastings', 2 June 1773 (page 157, viewed). The entry gives no residence or parentage for the groom, and 'Jr.' fits Nathaniel born 1742 as well as Nathaniel born 1751. Only the 1906 register says the groom was the 1751 man; nothing independent confirms it, and his pension declaration (S.18534, as transcribed) mentions no wife or marriage.
Likely evidence: show why
Why: The Bolton vital records list the marriage of 'Nathaniel Jr.' and Susanna Hastings on 2 June 1773, without residence or parentage for the groom, so 'Jr.' fits the Nathaniel born in 1742 as well. Three further records point to the 1751 man as that groom: the Chelsea death card for 'Susannah Oak', aged 52, who died 7 September 1801, gives her husband as Nathaniel Oak; the Winslow Memorial (1877) calls their daughter Nancy 'dau. of Captain Nathaniel and (Hastings) of C.' (Chelsea); and a granddaughter born at Chelsea in 1808 was named Susannah Hastings Oak. None of them names the groom of 1773 directly, and the pension file names no wife, so the link is likely, not confirmed.
Records:
- Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to 1849 (printed): births of the children of Benjamin and Abigail Hastings, 1744-1757, including Susanna, Feb. 11, 1748-49; marriage of Susanna Hastings and Nathaniel Oak Jr., June 2, 1773; Benjamin Hastings Jr. and Experience Ball, 1782 (view at Internet Archive)
- Death card: 'Oak, Susannah', age 52 years 6 months 14 days, husband 'Nathianiel Oak', died Sept 1801 (day 7 per the index; the digit on the card could be 7 or 2), cemetery 'Old'; town-clerk copy dated 1 Oct 1919, attested by the Chelsea town clerk. The card gives no maiden name or parents. (record page · view at FamilySearch, Vermont Vital Records 1760-1954, town-clerk copy card (Chelsea, certified 1 Oct 1919), image 850 of 4,107)
- Winslow Memorial, vol. I: Nancy Oak, born 1 Apr 1792 at Chelsea, 'dau. of Captain Nathaniel and (Hastings) of C.' (published 29 years before the 1906 Oak register).
Review: assessed 10-03-2026; evidence: Saved text examined; Image examined; Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined.
Earlier: Confirmed (09-24-2026, research): The printed Bolton vital records list the marriage of Susanna Hastings and Nathaniel Oak Jr., June 2, 1773. · Unconfirmed (10-03-2026, research): The printed Bolton vital records list the marriage of 'Nathaniel Jr. and Susanna Hastings', 2 June 1773 (page 157, viewed). The entry gives no residence or parentage for the groom, and 'Jr.' fits Nathaniel born 1742 as well as Nathaniel born 1751. Only the 1906 register says the groom was the 1751 man; nothing independent confirms it, and his pension declaration (S.18534, as transcribed) mentions no wife or marriage.
- Son: Nathaniel Oak 1780-1859
Likely evidence: show why
Why: The 1906 register (entry 20) gives Nathaniel and Susanna (Hastings) Oak's children, including Nathaniel.
Records:
- H. L. Oak, Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), entries 1, 7, 20 and 72 (record page · view at Internet Archive)
Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined.
- Daughter: Susanna Oak 1778–1870
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
- Daughter: Abigail OAK bef. 1785–1862
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
- Daughter: Sarah OAK 1790–1840
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
- Daughter: Betsy OAK 1787–1872
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
- Daughter: Nancy OAK 1792–1879
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
- Son: William OAK bef. 1785–1825
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
- Son: Benjamin Hastings Oak 1776–1842
Likely evidence: show why
Why: The 1906 family register, p. 32, enters Benjamin Hastings (no. 70) first among the 'Children of Nathaniel (20) and Susanna Hastings'; the 1903 sketch, p. 194, says the same. Both are family-compiled; no record of his birth names his parents.
Records:
- H. L. Oak (comp.), Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), pp. 32-33, no. 70. p. 32: 'IV. CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL (20) AND SUSANNA HASTINGS. 70. Benjamin Hastings. Garland, Me.; hotel-keeper and farmer; born Winchester N. H., March 3, 1776; married Chelsea, Vt., December 23, 1804; died April 26, 1842.' (record page · view at Internet Archive (public-domain 1906 scan; page images on americanacorns.com, PDF pages 40-41))
- "The Oaks of Garland," in Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine (Boston, 1903), p. 194. p. 194: Benjamin Hastings Oak, proprietor of a hotel in Boscawen, N.H., from 1812 until 1826; 'On December 23, 1804, at Chelsea, Vt., he married Hannah Smith'; 'The children of Benjamin Hastings and Hannah (Smith) Oak were: ... Lyndon ... Oak'. (view at Internet Archive, biographicalsket00newe (page image saved in acorns-private/sources/biographical-sketches-maine-1903/leaf_n442.jpg))
Review: assessed 10-14-2026; evidence: Image examined.
Earlier: Unconfirmed (10-14-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; no source was attached. · Unconfirmed (10-05-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed.
Life events
| Born | 11 Feb 1748/49, Bolton, Massachusetts Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Printed Bolton vital records: 'Susanna, d. Benjamin and Abigail, Feb. 11, 1748-49'. Records:
Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: Saved text examined. |
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| Died | Sep 1801 (day 7 per the index; the digit on the card is ambiguous), Chelsea, Vermont Likely evidence: show whyWhy: A death card for 'Susannah Oak', aged 52 years 6 months 14 days, husband 'Nathianiel Oak', died in Sept 1801, from the Chelsea town records (a town-clerk copy certified 1 October 1919, read on the image by two readers, who agree on every word except the day). The day is 7 in FamilySearch's index and in a Find a Grave index entry; on the card the digit could be read as 7 or 2. The card gives no maiden name or parents; the identification with Susanna Hastings rests on her husband's name, on the age (a birth in about February 1749, near the Bolton entry of 11 February 1748/49) and on the Winslow Memorial's 'Captain Nathaniel and (Hastings)', so it stays likely. The 1906 register gives about 1803. Records:
Review: assessed 10-03-2026; evidence: Image examined. |
| Marriage | 2 Jun 1773, Bolton, Massachusetts, with Nathaniel Oak 1751-1840 Likely evidence: show whyWhy: The Bolton vital records print a marriage of 'Nathaniel Jr.' and Susanna Hastings on 2 June 1773 (the register has 'June 2 (or 20)'). The groom is identified with the 1751 man by the Chelsea death card of Susannah Oak (husband Nathaniel Oak, d. 7 Sep 1801) and the 1877 Winslow Memorial's 'dau. of Captain Nathaniel and (Hastings)'. Records:
Review: assessed 10-03-2026; evidence: Saved text examined; Image examined; Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined. Earlier: Confirmed (09-24-2026, research): Printed Bolton vital records (a published transcription); the 1906 register gives 'June 2 (or 20)'. · Unconfirmed (10-03-2026, research): Printed Bolton vital records (page 157) record a marriage of 'Nathaniel Jr.' and Susanna Hastings on 2 June 1773; the 1906 register gives 'June 2 (or 20)' and names the 1751 man as the groom. The record itself does not say which Nathaniel. |
| Alternate death | ABT 1803 |
Record images
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Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts: marriage of Nathaniel Oak Jr. and Susanna Hastings, 2 June 1773.1738-1849
Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, p. 36: Hastings births (children of Benjamin and Abigail). John (1744), Abigail (1746), Susanna (Feb. 11, 1748-49), Elizabeth (1750), Ruth (1753), Edmund (1755) and Grace (1757), children of Benjamin and Abigail Hastings.1744-1757 · p. 36
Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, p. 157: Oak marriages (including Nathaniel Jr. and Susanna Hastings, 2 June 1773). The marriages under OAK include Nathaniel Jr. and Susanna Hastings, 2 June 1773; Beriah and Tabitha Fosket, 31 Dec 1767; Seth and Elizabeth Shevally of Stow, 25 May 1757; William and Releaf Whetcomb, 27 May 1752; and Mindwell and Caleb Gates of Stow, 10 Mar 1776 (an asterisk marks 'intention not recorded').1752-1776 · p. 157
Bolton, Massachusetts, marriage register, p. 70: "Nathaniel Oak, Jr. of Bolton | Susanna Hastings, of Bolton | .. | June 2, 1773." The same page lists two other Oak marriages at Bolton (Seth, 1757; Benah, 1767).2 June 1773 · register p. 70 (image 40 of 92)
Chelsea, Vermont, death card (a true copy made 1 October 1919 by the town clerk): Oak, Susannah, age 52 years 6 months 14 days, wife of Nathaniel Oak, died September 1801, "Old" cemetery. The day of the month is unclear on the card; FamilySearch's index reads it as the 7th.September 1801 · image 850 of 4,107
Winslow Memorial (1877), vol. I, p. 481, no. 5250: Benjamin Evans, M.D., and Nancy Oak, dau. of Captain Nathaniel and (Hastings) of Chelsea, Vt..Nancy Oak, b. 1 Apr. 1792, Chelsea, Orange Co., Vt., dau. of Captain Nathaniel and -- (Hastings) of C. [The wife of Capt. Nathaniel Oak had a brother who led a company on to Bunker Hill..].1877 · p. 481
Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine (1903), p. 193: 'The Oaks of Garland'.1903 · p. 193
Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine (1903), p. 194: 'The Oaks of Garland'.1903 · p. 194
Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine (1903), p. 195: 'The Oaks of Garland'.1903 · p. 195
Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (1906), p. 18: Nathaniel (20), born Westboro 16 May 1751; married Bolton 2 (or 20) June 1773 Susanna Hastings.1906 · p. 18
Sources
- Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester: Franklin P. Rice, 1910), Births, p. 36 (HASTINGS). Internet Archive item vitalrecordsofbo00bolt, leaf n41. 'Susanna, d. Benjamin and Abigail, Feb. 11, 1748-49.' Birth, marriage and death records Citation only Birth
- Death card: 'Oak, Susannah', age 52 years 6 months 14 days, husband 'Nathianiel Oak', died Sept 1801 (day 7 per the index; the digit on the card could be 7 or 2), cemetery 'Old'; town-clerk copy dated 1 Oct 1919, attested by the Chelsea town clerk. The card gives no maiden name or parents. FamilySearch, Vermont Vital Records 1760-1954, town-clerk copy card (Chelsea, certified 1 Oct 1919), image Burials and memorials Citation only Death
- Henry L. Oak (comp.), Oak-Oaks-Oakes: Family Register, Nathaniel Oak of Marlborough, Mass., and Three Generations of His Descendants in Both Male and Female Lines Birth, marriage and death records Citation only Event, Residence
register
Research sources
- "The Oaks of Garland," in Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine (Boston, 1903), p. 194 Family histories and trees view at Internet Archive, biographicalsket00newe (page image saved in acorns-private/sources/biographical-sketches-maine-1903/leaf_n442.jpg)
- Death card: 'Oak, Susannah', age 52 years 6 months 14 days, husband 'Nathianiel Oak', died Sept 1801 (day 7 per the index; the digit on the card could be 7 or 2), cemetery 'Old'; town-clerk copy dated 1 Oct 1919, attested by the Chelsea town clerk. The card gives no maiden name or parents. Other documents view at FamilySearch, Vermont Vital Records 1760-1954, town-clerk copy card (Chelsea, certified 1 Oct 1919), image 850 of 4,107
- H. L. Oak (comp.), Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), pp. 32-33, no. 70 Family histories and trees view at Internet Archive (public-domain 1906 scan; page images on americanacorns.com, PDF pages 40-41)
- H. L. Oak, Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), entries 1, 7, 20 and 72 Family histories and trees view at Internet Archive
- Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to 1849 (printed): births of the children of Benjamin and Abigail Hastings, 1744-1757, including Susanna, Feb. 11, 1748-49; marriage of Susanna Hastings and Nathaniel Oak Jr., June 2, 1773; Benjamin Hastings Jr. and Experience Ball, 1782 Birth, marriage and death records view at Internet Archive
- Winslow Memorial, vol. I: Nancy Oak, born 1 Apr 1792 at Chelsea, 'dau. of Captain Nathaniel and (Hastings) of C.' (published 29 years before the 1906 Oak register). Family histories and trees
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