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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: the last column of the Oak family article, naming Henry L. Oak of California as having collected information on the Oak family and giving the tradition of Nathaniel Oak. — Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine), 29 April 1899, p. 20: the last column of the Oak family article, naming Henry L. Oak of California as having collected information on the Oak family and giving the tradition of Nathaniel Oak. 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 earliest printing found of the shipwreck, catamount and sheep tradition; it gives no cabin boy, vow, Wales, Conant or Bible.
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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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Sun-Journal (Lewiston), 29 April 1899, p. 20: the Nathaniel Oak passage (Marlboro, Mary Holloway 1703, shipwreck tradition) — Sun-Journal (Lewiston), 29 April 1899, p. 20: the Nathaniel Oak passage (Marlboro, Mary Holloway 1703, shipwreck tradition)
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Sun-Journal (Lewiston), 29 April 1899, p. 20: the Oak family article, last column (Henry L. Oak and the Nathaniel Oak tradition) — Sun-Journal (Lewiston), 29 April 1899, p. 20: the Oak family article, last column (Henry L. Oak and the Nathaniel Oak tradition)
Source: provenance not confirmed
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Diary of Ebenezer Parkman: 26 Apr 1744 ('the Captain was marry'd to the widow Mary Rice'); 27 Jan 1749 ('Thomas brought the widow Mary Fay to nurse'; editors' footnote: 'The widow of Captain John Fay'); 3 Mar 1749 ('Mrs. Fay now left us'); 7 Mar 1749 (carried her to her son Benjamin Fay's; Benjamin was her stepson). AAS vol. 74, p. 52 Newspaper or record reference; read it at the archive or publisher.