American AcornsSeth Oak
1733–1810 · Male · died at 77
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Overview
Seth Oak1733–1810Elizabeth ShevallyWife
Family
Parents
- Father: Nathaniel Oak born 1703/4
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- Mother: Tabitha Rice 1706–bef. 1736
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Wife: Elizabeth Shevally Unconfirmed evidence: show why
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- Daughter: Salloma Oak born 1764
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- Son: Thomas Oak born 1768
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- Son: Seth Oak Jr.
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- Child: Katharine Oak
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- Son: Nathaniel Oak died 1830
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Other children
- Son: Calvin Oak c. 1759–1815
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Life events
| Born | 1 Apr 1733, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Westborough's town record enters 'Born unto Nathaniel Oak and Tabitha his wife the first Day of April 1733 a son named Seth Oake,' baptized 8 April; the image is on his story. The record is Confirmed; that this Seth is the later captain of Winchendon and justice of Athens rests on the 1906 register, which gives the same birth (p. 15). Records:
Review: assessed 10-14-2026; evidence: Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined. Earlier: Unconfirmed (10-05-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. |
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| Died | 24 APR 1810, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Unconfirmed evidence: show whyWhy: From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. Records attached in the tree: Review: not yet reviewed. |
| Also recorded as | Seth Oakes |
| Baptism | 8 APR 1733, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
| Military service | Named on the enlistment roll of Col. Oliver Wilder's regiment for the Crown Point expedition (French and Indian War), 15 SEP 1755 |
| Marriage | 25 MAY 1757, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, with Elizabeth Shevally |
| Military service | FROM 19 APR 1775, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
| Military service | Captain, commanding Capt. Seth Oak's Company of Artificers, Continental Troops, 1777-1778., SEP 1777 |
| Military service | BET 10 AND 20 SEP 1782, Vermont, USA |
| Military service | Vermont militia, Capt. Ezra Chaffee's company, 1782 (pay roll, NARA M246 folder 111)., 1782, Vermont, USA |
| Office | Justice of the Peace at Athens, Vermont (administered the oath to Capt. Ezra Chaffee, 7 Jan 1783)., 7 JAN 1783, Athens, Windham, Vermont, USA |
| Military service | Massachusetts |
Sources
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Patriots List, 1775-1783 Family histories and trees Citation only Birth, Death, Military service
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; Louisville, Kentucky; Sons of the American Revoluti… - Westborough Church Records (Rev. Ebenezer Parkman's church ledger; expanded transcript by Ross W. Beales Jr., Colonial Society of Massachusetts), p. 32. CSM node 3861. 'April 8. Seth of Nathl & Tabitha Oake, baptized.' Westborough VR p. 81: 'Seth, s. Nathaniel and Tabitha, April 8, 1733. C.R.' Other documents Citation only Baptism
- Westborough loose vital returns 1724, 1730-1733 (Westborough Public Library; Digital Commonwealth, image 10): 'Born unto Nathaniel Oak and Tabitha his wife the first Day of April 1733 a son named Seth Oake' Birth, marriage and death records Citation only Birth
- Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, 1910), Marriages, p. 157: "Shevally, Elizabeth of Stow and Seth Oak, May 25, 1757". Internet Archive item vitalrecordsofbo00bolt, leaf 162 Birth, marriage and death records Citation only Marriage
- Nourse, The Military Annals of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1740-1865 (Lancaster, 1889), p. 34: Enlistment Roll found among papers of Colonel Oliver Wilder, dated 15 Sept 1755, "Seth Oak". Internet Archive item militaryannalsof00nour, leaf 41 Military Citation only Military service
- Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. 11 (Boston, 1903), p. 598: "Oak, Sylvanus, Princeton (probably). Sergeant, Capt. Joseph Sargent's co. of militia, Col. Sparhawk's regt., which marched April 20, 1775 ... returned May 1, 1775; service, 12 days." Internet Archive item massachusettssol11mass, leaf 605 Military Citation only Military service
- US, List of the Adjutant General's Office for carded records of military organizations (The Ainsworth List), 1765-1899, Record T817, Reel 0011, Catalog 83: "Capt. Seth Oak's Co. of Artificers (83) - Page 1", Continental Troops, Sep 1777 (Fold3). No URL recorded; repository, record id and page numbers as above Military Citation only Military service
- Goodrich, ed., The State of Vermont: Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783 (Rutland, 1904), p. 611 (Capt. Josiah Fish's company, 1st Regt. of Militia, Col. Stephen R. Bradley, Sept. 1782, "assisting the Sheriff": "Seth Oak", 5 days, 16-20 Sept.) and p. 808 (Athens militia mustered 10 Sept 1782: "Seth Oak 2"). Internet Archive item stateofvermontro00good, leaves 638 and 835 Military Citation only Military service
- US, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (NARA M246), Vermont, Chaffee's Company (1782), Folder 111, "Vt. Capt. Ezra Chaffe's Command. 1782 - 1 Pay roll", page 2 (Fold3). Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak both appear among about 35 names. No URL recorded; repository, record id and page numbers as above Other documents Citation only Military service
- US, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (NARA M246), Vermont, Chaffee's Company (1782), Folder 111, page 3: Capt. Ezra Chaffee's account addressed to Col. Stephen R. Bradley, Athens, 7 Jan 1783, sworn "before Seth Oak, Justice [of the] Peace" (Fold3). No URL recorded; repository, record id and page numbers as above Other documents Citation only Event
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