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Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20,
Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20, 29 April 1899 · p. 20
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Keep in mind: The writer calls the shipwreck-survivor, catamount and sheep account "tradition" and names no source. the tag is to Jonathan (the article's subject).
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Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20,
Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20, 29 April 1899 · p. 20
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Keep in mind: The writer calls the shipwreck-survivor, catamount and sheep account "tradition" and names no source. the Abigail Rand 1762 marriage matches the Harvard town record already on the site.
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Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20,
Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20, 29 April 1899 · p. 20
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Keep in mind: The writer calls the shipwreck-survivor, catamount and sheep account "tradition" and names no source. the tag is to Jonathan (the article's subject), not to John Oak.
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Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20,
Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20, 29 April 1899 · p. 20
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Keep in mind: The writer calls the shipwreck-survivor, catamount and sheep account "tradition" and names no source.
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Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20,, in 1717. about 1750 he settled on the summit of Oak Hill in the town of Harvard"; in 1771 he petitioned the Kennebec Purchase Company for Lot 48, 200 acres.
Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20,, in 1717. about 1750 he settled on the summit of Oak Hill in the town of Harvard"; in 1771 he petitioned the Kennebec Purchase Company for Lot 48, 200 acres. 29 April 1899 · p. 20
Source: Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, via Newspapers.com (image 827989173).
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Keep in mind: The writer calls the shipwreck-survivor, catamount and sheep account "tradition" and names no source. the year 1750 has a dark last digit and is read 1750; the left column is dark and damaged.
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Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20: "the father of Captain Jonathan Oak was Nathaniel Oak, who appeared in Marlboro about 1680 .. in 1703 he married Mary, a daughter of Adam Holloway .. Nathaniel Oak died in 1721." The sole-survivor shipwreck account is given as tradition.
Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20: "the father of Captain Jonathan Oak was Nathaniel Oak, who appeared in Marlboro about 1680 .. in 1703 he married Mary, a daughter of Adam Holloway .. Nathaniel Oak died in 1721." The sole-survivor shipwreck account is given as tradition. 29 April 1899 · p. 20
Source: Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, via Newspapers.com (image 827989173).
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Keep in mind: The writer calls the shipwreck-survivor, catamount and sheep account "tradition" and names no source. Confirmed as printed. The writer gives "about 1680" for his arrival where later sketches say about 1645 birth and Marlboro by 1686; the first wife is given as Mehitable, daughter of John Rediat.
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Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20: column 2 of the Oak family article on Captain Jonathan Oak, born at Marlboro in 1717, settled at Harvard, and a grantee at Canaan on the Kennebec.
Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20: column 2 of the Oak family article on Captain Jonathan Oak, born at Marlboro in 1717, settled at Harvard, and a grantee at Canaan on the Kennebec. 29 April 1899 · p. 20
Source: Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, via Newspapers.com (image 827989173).
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Keep in mind: The writer calls the shipwreck-survivor, catamount and sheep account "tradition" and names no source. Confirmed as printed; the article's own dates and children are the writer's report (Jonathan b. 1717 agrees with the Marlborough records).
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Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20: the banner "On Maine's Historic Ground" and the opening of the Skowhegan special: "Captain Jonathan Oak was a pioneer of Skowhegan. He was not a young man when he went there with his family in 1772."
Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20: the banner "On Maine's Historic Ground" and the opening of the Skowhegan special: "Captain Jonathan Oak was a pioneer of Skowhegan. He was not a young man when he went there with his family in 1772." 29 April 1899 · p. 20
Source: Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, via Newspapers.com (image 827989173).
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Keep in mind: The writer calls the shipwreck-survivor, catamount and sheep account "tradition" and names no source. Confirmed as printed (the left text of column 1 is dark and damaged and is not transcribed).
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Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Me.), Illustrated Magazine Section, 29 Apr 1899, p. 20: On Maine's Historic Ground (Captain Jonathan Oak and Nathaniel's tradition).
Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Me.), Illustrated Magazine Section, 29 Apr 1899, p. 20: On Maine's Historic Ground (Captain Jonathan Oak and Nathaniel's tradition). 29 Apr 1899
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Keep in mind: Original page; see the Lewiston Journal page for the transcription of the Nathaniel paragraph.
Evidence for: Lewiston Journal, 29 April 1899, 'On Maine's Historic Ground'
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Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock), 9 June 1907, p. 29: 'The Oakes Family and Its History,' a syndicated surname column that prints the Nathaniel Oak cabin-boy tradition, names his wives Mehitable Rediat and Mary Holloway, and lists Maine descendants.
Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock), 9 June 1907, p. 29: 'The Oakes Family and Its History,' a syndicated surname column that prints the Nathaniel Oak cabin-boy tradition, names his wives Mehitable Rediat and Mary Holloway, and lists Maine descendants. 9 Jun 1907 · p. 29
Source: Daily Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas; Newspapers.com.
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Keep in mind: Family tradition: the shipwreck, pine-knot and wildcat story is printed here as the family's own account, and the column is a syndicated filler piece (byline 'Eleanor Lexington'), not a primary record. The statements above rest on a full transcription of the column. People tagged are those the column names with a stated relationship: Nathaniel Oak (immigrant), his wives Mehitable Rediat and Mary Holloway, his son Jonathan, Capt. Seth (third generation), Seth's sons Calvin and Nathaniel, and Beriah (third generation); the tree matches are by name and generation (Likely). Henry Lebbens Oak (b. 1844), Ora Oak, Lyndon Oak and the column's John (third generation) are named but not tagged: no unambiguous tree person.
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