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Nathaniel Oak

born 1703/4 · Male

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Sex is as recorded in the family tree. Age at death is worked out from the dates shown and may be a range or an approximation. It is left out when a date is missing or is only a “before”, “after” or “between” date, when the research has found a date Unconfirmed, when the two dates conflict, or when they would mean an age over 110.

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Family

Parents

Wife: Kezia Maynard
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Why: From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed.

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Wife: Tabitha Rice 1706–bef. 1736
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Wife: Susan Oak born c. 1769
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Wife: Tabitha (Rice) Oak
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Why: The Westborough record of Seth's birth names his parents as Nathaniel and Tabitha Oak; the 1906 register gives Tabitha Rice, married 20 February 1726/7, and the Rice wills name Seth and William Oakes as grandsons. The Marlborough marriage entry has not been seen.

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Review: assessed 10-03-2026; evidence: Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined.

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Life events

Born1703/4, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Why: The 1906 register (entry 1) lists the immigrant's eight children.

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Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined.

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(the family tree records 7 JAN 1703/04, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA)
DiedNo death date is recorded here. The site classifies this person as deceased from the dated records; no death record is cited.
GuardianshipNamed among the eight children of Nathaniel Oak in a guardian's bond; he chose Jonathan Forbush as guardian at his own election, and a 1729 account calls him the eldest son, then of full age, Feb 1721/2, Westborough, Massachusetts
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Why: In the guardian's bond of early February 1721/2 (frame 774 of the Middlesex probate file), Jonathan Forbush of Sutton took the guardianship of eight children of the late Nathaniel Oak of Westborough, named Mary, Anne, John, Jonathan, George, Nathaniel, William and Hannah. The age word after his name is struck or smeared and was not read reliably (it begins 'nine'), which would fit a birth in 1703/4. The 1729 guardian's account calls Nathaniel Oak 'eldest son of the said deceased (now of full age)' (the transcriber's reading).

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Review: assessed 10-02-2026; evidence: Image examined.

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Marriage20 FEB 1726/27, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, with Tabitha Rice 1706–bef. 1736
Marriage20 Feb 1726/7, Marlborough, Massachusetts, with Tabitha (Rice) Oak
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Why: The 1906 register's date; the Marlborough record itself has not been seen.

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Review: assessed 10-03-2026.

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Marriage7 JUN 1736, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, with Kezia Maynard
Marriage3 DEC 1787, Athens, Windham, Vermont, USA, with Susan Oak born c. 1769

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