1751-1840 · Male · died at 88
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.
Revolutionary War · Militia · 1775–1776 Confirmed
Private: Hastings's Bolton minute company, 1775; Wingate's New Hampshire militia, 1776.
In the story: The alarm · Veterans of the family
This story is about someone or something else, and names Nathaniel Oak.
Why: Westborough records name his mother Susanah; she is the wife his father married in 1742.
Records:
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Why: Westborough records: 'Nathaniel, s. John and Susanah, May 16, 1751' (printed). That this baby is the Revolutionary soldier is strongly supported (age, Winchester, Capt. Hastings, a son named Benjamin Hastings Oak, the 1830 census) but rests on identification.
Records:
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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:
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.
Why: The pension file has the father move in 1839 'to spend the remainder of his days with his son who resides in Exeter', and 'Nathaniel Oak Junr of Exeter' vouched for his identity (images inspected in the saved research). As quoted, it does not say those are the same man; the 1906 register makes them father and son.
Records:
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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:
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Earlier: Unconfirmed (10-14-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; no source was attached. · Unconfirmed (09-24-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed.
Why: The Norwich town clerk's marriage card names Capt. Nathaniel Oak of Chelsea and Elizabeth Gates on 7 September 1802, a year after Susannah Oak's death at Chelsea; that this Capt. Nathaniel is the pensioner is Likely.
Records:
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| Born | 16 May 1751, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Likely evidence: show whyWhy: The 1906 register gives May 16, 1751 at Westborough; his 1832 pension declaration gives his age as 81, and the 1840 death notice gives 88 years 10 months, both fitting that date. No birth record has been examined here. Records:
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| Died | 15 Mar 1840, Exeter, Penobscot, Maine Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Exeter's town record of deaths enters 'Nathaniel Oak. Revolutionary Soldier. March 15, 1840'; the Christian Mirror of April 9, 1840 reports his sudden death at the Exeter meeting house; the register gives the same day. Records:
Review: assessed 10-14-2026; evidence: Image examined. Earlier: Unconfirmed (09-24-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. |
| Guardianship | 3 NOV 1752, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
| Marriage | 2 Jun 1773, Bolton, Massachusetts, with Susanna Hastings 1748/49–1801 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. |
| Military service | 19 APR 1775, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
| Military service | Marched on the Lexington alarm in Capt. Benjamin Hastings's Bolton company of minute men, then living at Winchester, New Hampshire, 19 Apr 1775, Bolton, Massachusetts Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: His own sworn declaration of 21 August 1832 (aged 81, then living at Chelsea, Vermont) says that on 19 April 1775, living at Winchester, New Hampshire, he marched to Cambridge in Capt. Benjamin Hastings's company of minute men in Col. John Whitcomb's regiment, serving about six weeks. A fellow member of the company, Elijah Whitney, swore on 21 July 1832 that 'Nathaniel Oak then residing in Winchester in New Hampshire' belonged to Hastings's Bolton company and marched with it. The printed Massachusetts rolls list one 'Nathl Oakes' in that company. Images of the declaration and deposition were read. Records:
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| Military service | Private, Capt. William Humphrey's company, Col. Joshua Wingate's New Hampshire regiment (Northern Army); 5 months, BET JUN AND NOV 1776, Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA |
| Military service | Served in Col. Wingate's regiment, 1776, New Hampshire Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: His sworn declaration of 21 August 1832: about June 1776 he volunteered in the New Hampshire militia in Capt. William Humphrey's company, Col. Wingate's regiment, and served five months to the fore part of November 1776, mostly at Mount Independence. Asa Bond of Thetford swore in August 1832 that he enlisted with him at Winchester for the same company. Records: Review: assessed 10-03-2026; evidence: Image examined. |
| Marriage | Married Elizabeth Gates, as 'Capt. Nathaniel Oak' of Chelsea, 7 Sep 1802, Norwich, Vermont Likely evidence: show whyWhy: A marriage card from Norwich, Vermont (a town-clerk copy on a printed form, read on the image) records 'Capt. Nathaniel Oak' of Chelsea, Orange County, and Elizabeth Gates, married 7 September 1802 before Constant Murdock, Justice of the Peace. The card gives no ages, parents or birthplaces; the groom is taken to be the pensioner because of the residence at Chelsea and the title 'Capt.' used for him there. The 1906 register has the second marriage about 1804. The day and month, 7 September, are the same as the index reading for the death of 'Susannah Oak' in 1801; this may be coincidence or may mean the death card's ambiguous day digit is a 2. It is a caution, not a fact. Records:
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| Marriage | 7 SEP 1802, Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, USA, with Elizabeth Gates |
| Pension | Revolutionary War pension granted (file S.18534): Pension granted, aged 81, 1832, Chelsea, Orange, Vermont, USA |
| Pension | Pension granted, aged 81, 1832, Chelsea, Vermont Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Pension file S.18534. Records:
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| Family | A Marble family story says he swore in 1837, aged 86, that Susannah Butler (Marble) was his half-sister; the statement itself has not been seen, 22 Dec 1837, Chelsea, Vermont Unconfirmed evidence: show whyWhy: This statement is not in his own pension file S.18534 (all 21 pages were read). It is known only from a Fold3 memorial story by a Marble family researcher, which says it comes from the pension file of Joseph Marble; no image of that file has been seen. It stays unconfirmed until the Marble file itself is seen. Records: Review: assessed 10-03-2026; evidence: Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined. |
| Residence | Moved to Maine, to Exeter, to live with a son, 1839, Exeter, Maine Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: His application of 22 March 1839 at Bangor, Maine says he moved to Maine 'to spend the remainder of his days with his son who resides in Exeter'; the son is not named there. A witness on the same page, 'Nathaniel Oak Jun'r of Exeter', swore to his identity and is certified a respectable farmer; the page does not say the witness is the son, though that is probable. The page names Capt. Humphrey's company and Col. Wingate's regiment (the 1776 enlistment), not Hastings. Records: Review: assessed 10-03-2026; evidence: Image examined. |
| Military service | Massachusetts |
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Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1903), p. 81: Oake births continued (George, son of Mary Rice by her first husband, 1728; Seth, 1733; William, 1728; Nathaniel, son of John and Susanah, 1751). Entries include 'Oake, George, s. Mary Rice by 1st husband, ---- Oake, July 7, 1728. C.R.', 'Seth, s. Nathaniel and Tabitha, April 8, 1733. C.R.', 'William, s. Nathaniel, April 21, 1728. C.R.', 'Nathaniel, s. John and Susanah, May 16, 1751.' and 'Leviner, d. John and Susanah, May 23, 1745.'.1728-1751 · p. 81
Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts: marriage of Nathaniel Oak Jr. and Susanna Hastings, 2 June 1773.1738-1849
Index to the Probate Records of the County of Worcester, Massachusetts (1898), Series A (1731-1881), p. 1018: OAKS continued (1752 Nathaniell, Westborough, Guardianship, 44127). The entries continue with 1752 Nathaniell, Westborough, Guardianship, 44127; 1771 Thankful and Vasti, Guardianship; 1777 William, Winchendon, Administration, 44138; 1820 Tabitha, Bolton, Administration, 44133; and others.1752-1875 · p. 1018
Susanna Oak appointed Gdn. of Nathaniel1752
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
Worcester Probate Dockets, pp. 310-311: no. 44127, Oak, Nathaniell, Westborough: 'Susanah Oak appointed Guardian minor. Nov. 3 [1752] Bond £500 Thomas Billing, surety. Letter.' and, 1766, 'Nathaniel Longley appointed Guardian minor. Nomination. May 13 Bond £500 Nathaniel Oak & Jonathan Oak, sureties. Letter.'; no. 44129, Oaks, Phebe, Bolton: 'Guardianship minor. For docket record see Case 44103' (1795).1752-1795 (docket book 1731-1881) · pp. 310-311
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)
1775 The Lexington Alarm19 Apr 1775
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. 11 (1904), p. 600: Nathaniel Oakes of Bolton, a private in Capt. Benjamin Hastings's company, Col. John Whitcomb's regiment, which marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775 to Cambridge; service, 18 days.1775 · p. 600
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. VII, p. 463: Hastings, Benjamin, Bolton, captain of a company of Minute-men (1775). The entry for Benjamin Hastings of Bolton: captain of a company of Minute-men in Col. John Whitcomb's regiment on the alarm of 19 April 1775, later captain in Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, and reported as having been lieutenant with Col. Whetcomb in 1758.1775 · p. 463
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. XI, p. 600: Oakes, Nathaniel, Bolton (Capt. Benjamin Hastings's co.). OAKES, NATHANIEL, Bolton. Private, Capt. Benjamin Hastings's co., Col. John Whitcomb's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 18 days.1775 · p. 600
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. XI, p. 597, heading OAK (A-N): entries for Beriah (Bolton), Calvin (Winchendon), Daniel, John (drummer, Harvard, 1780) and Nathaniel (Bolton, 1780 pay roll).1775-1801 (volume printed 1902) · p. 597
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. XI, p. 598, heading OAK (N-S): Nathaniel of Bolton (1775 muster roll, continued), Seth of Winchendon and Sylvanus of Princeton, followed by the start of the OAKES heading.1775-1801 (volume printed 1902) · p. 598
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. XI, p. 604, heading OAKS (John-Nehemiah): John of Harvard (Col. John Bailey's regiment, Capt. Samuel Darby's company) and Nathaniel of Bolton (1780, six months' service).1775-1801 (volume printed 1902) · p. 604
Compiled service record card: Nathaniel Oak, private, Capt. William Humphrey's company, Wingate's New Hampshire Regiment, mustered and paid August 1776 (advance wages and bounty, billeting)Aug 1776
Compiled service record index card: Nathaniel Oak, Wingate's New Hampshire Regiment (Revolutionary War), private; book mark R & P 4313721776
New Hampshire State Papers, vol. 14, p. 355: roll of Capt. William Humphrey's company in the Northern Army (Nathaniel Oak, private).1776 · p. 355
New Hampshire State Papers, vol. 30, p. 161: start of the Winchester return of 3 June 1776 (signer list).1776 · p. 161
New Hampshire State Papers, vol. 30, p. 162: rest of the Winchester signers incl. 'Nathanil Oak', certificate dated Winchester 3 June 1776.1776 · p. 162
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
Norwich, Vermont, marriage card: Capt. Nathaniel Oak, of Chelsea, Orange County, and Elizabeth Gates, married 7 September 1802 (justice of the peace, Constant Murdock [?]; town clerk Abel Wilder).7 September 1802 · image 813 of 4,107
Nathaniel Oak, Chelsea, Vt., to Capt. Alden Partridge, 6 September 1816: a request for a loan of $500 (letter, address side and show-through, four PDF pages)6 Sep 1816
Nathaniel Oak to Jacob Cutter, 24 December 1822: sale of one share in the Chelsea Turnpike Corporation for $60, with the same-day acknowledgment before Elisha Hyde, Justice of the Peace.24 Dec 1822 · PDF page 3 of 5
Nathaniel Oak to Jacob Cutter, 24 December 1822 (Chelsea Turnpike Corporation share): the reverse docket with the 5 March 1823 recording endorsement.5 Mar 1823 · PDF page 2 of 5
Asa Bond of Strafford, Vt., affidavit for Nathaniel Oak, 17 August 1832 (enlisted in Capt. Humphrey's company, Col. Wingate's regiment; five months at Ticonderoga)17 Aug 1832
Declaration docket, Nathaniel Oak, Chelsea, Vt. (No. 3670), return to Hon. Wm. Smith, Chelsea1832
Elijah Whitney of Williamstown, Vt., deposition for Nathaniel Oak's claim, 21 July 1832 (Minute Men at Bolton, Capt. Benjamin Hastings)21 Jul 1832
Nathaniel Oak, pension declaration at Chelsea, Vt., 21 August 1832 (upper part: service in 1775 and 1776, Capt. Humphrey, Col. Wingate)21 Aug 1832
Nathaniel Oak, pension declaration of 21 August 1832 (lower part: signature, certificates and court's opinion)21 Aug 1832
Pension file S.18534, case-file jacket: "Oak, Nathaniel. Mass. N.H.," pension no. S.18,534, "Carded."1832-1895 · Fold3 page 1 of 21
Pension file S.18534, printed summary card: Maine 7283, Hancock 13; service under a captain (name faded) in Col. Wingate's New Hampshire regiment; placed on the Vermont roll at $20 a year from 4 March 1831; certificate issued 23 April 1833 to John W. Smith, Chelsea, Vermont; later note of transfer to Maine (Bangor), 1839.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 2 of 21
Pension file S.18534: a folder cover "Dextra Bond [?] Affidavit" and "Asa Brace [?], Deposition."1832-1895 · Fold3 page 14 of 21
Pension file S.18534: a folder cover "Elijah Whitney, Deposition, No. 11."1832-1895 · Fold3 page 12 of 21
Pension file S.18534: a folder cover "Nathaniel Oak, Declaration, Chelsea Vt.," with a return address of John W. Smith, Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 6 of 21
Pension file S.18534: a folder cover marked "Nathaniel Oak No. 8."1832-1895 · Fold3 page 5 of 21
Pension file S.18534: a letter of 2 April 1839 from the pension agency (Bank of Bellows Falls) confirming that Nathaniel Oak was paid at $20 a year to 4 September 1838.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 11 of 21
Pension file S.18534: a printed War Department Pension Office form letter of 23 April 1833 signed. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 17 of 21
Pension file S.18534: an administrative cover "Nathaniel Oak, admit 6 mo. Private $20. John W. Smith, Chelsea Vt."1832-1895 · Fold3 page 16 of 21
Pension file S.18534: an envelope postmarked Bangor, Maine, addressed to J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 3 of 21
Pension file S.18534: an envelope postmarked Bellows Falls, Vermont, addressed to J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 10 of 21
Pension file S.18534: Joseph Oak's letter of 25 November 1895 from Merrimac, Massachusetts, on the letterhead "H. C. Oak, Photographer," to the Commissioner of Pensions, seeking proof of descent from his grandfather Nathaniel Oak, whose last pension was drawn on 4 March 1840, for membership in the Sons of the Revolution.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 20 of 21
Pension file S.18534: Nathaniel Oak's declaration, Orange County Court, Chelsea, Vermont, 21 August 1832, aged 81, under the Act of 7 June 1832: in 1775 he lived at Winchester, N.H., and marched on 19 April with Capt. Benjamin Hastings's company of Col. John Whitcomb's regiment to Cambridge; in 1776 he served in Capt. William Humphrey's company of Col. Wingate's regiment at Mount Independence, five months.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 7 of 21
Pension file S.18534: Nathaniel Oak's sworn application of 22 March 1839 at Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, to transfer his pension to Maine, "to spend the remainder of his days with his son who resides in Exeter," with an affidavit of Nathaniel Oak Jun'r of Exeter and Justice Joseph Carr's certificate that the witness is "a very respectable farmer and a person of veracity."1832-1895 · Fold3 page 4 of 21
Pension file S.18534: the continuation and signature of Joseph Oak's letter of 25 November 1895 from Merrimac, Essex County, Massachusetts ("I have it in my mind that he was a Captain, but am not sure").1832-1895 · Fold3 page 21 of 21
Pension file S.18534: the continuation of the declaration, with the certificates of the clergyman Calvin Sabin and Jonah Dana of Chelsea that they believe him to be 81 years of age and a soldier of the Revolution, and the court's and clerk's certification of 24 August 1832.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 8 of 21
Pension file S.18534: the deposition of Asa Bond of Thetford, 17 August 1832, that Nathaniel Oak enlisted in Capt. Wm. Humphrey's company of Col. Wingate's regiment at Winchester, N.H., in the second year of the war and was with him at Ticonderoga five months; Bond calls him "Capt. Oak" informally.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 15 of 21
Pension file S.18534: the deposition of Elijah Whitney of Williamstown, aged 73, Chelsea, 21 July 1832, that in spring 1775 he belonged to Capt. Benjamin Hastings's company of minute men at Bolton and that Nathaniel Oak, then living in Winchester, N.H., now of Chelsea, belonged to it and marched to Cambridge.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 13 of 21
Pension file S.18534: the index card "Nathaniel Oak, Pri. Rev War," file no. 18,534, Act June 7 '32, Index Vol. 1 p. 283, with a later note that on 2 January 1896 the history was mailed to Joseph Oak, Merrimac, Mass.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 9 of 21
Pension file S.18534: the second printed page of the 1833 form letter, "Regulations under the Act of June 7, 1832."1832-1895 · Fold3 page 18 of 21
Pension file S.18534: the third printed page of the 1833 form letter, the continuation of the regulations.1832-1895 · Fold3 page 19 of 21
Claim allowance docket, Nathaniel Oak, Chelsea, Vt. (No. 3670): 'admit, 6 mo private, $20'1833
Pension certificate entry: Nathaniel Oak of Chelsea, Vt., private, Col. Wingate's regiment, $20 a year from 4 March 1831, certificate issued 23 April 1833 (with the Maine transfer docket)23 Apr 1833
Regulations under the Act of June 7, 1832, printed page 2 (with the 1833 Pension Office letter)1833
Regulations under the Act of June 7, 1832, printed page 3 (interrogatories to applicants)1833
War Department, Pension Office letter of 23 April 1833 with a blank 'Statement shewing the Service' form (page 1 of the printed letter)23 Apr 1833
Sworn statement of Nathaniel Oak of Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, aged 86, 22 December 1837, about the 1777 marriage of his half-sister Susannah Butler to Joseph Marble, in the pension file of Joseph Marble (Vermont pension 26015), page 37.22 Dec 1837
Sworn statement of Nathaniel Oak of Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, aged 86, 22 December 1837, about the 1777 marriage of his half-sister Susannah Butler to Joseph Marble, in the pension file of Joseph Marble (Vermont pension 26015).22 Dec 1837 · page 37 of the Joseph Marble pension file (no. 26015)
Nathaniel Oak, application for transfer of his pension from Vermont to Maine, Penobscot County, 22 March 1839 (to live with his son at Exeter)22 Mar 1839
Pension Agency, Bank of Bellows Falls, letter of 2 April 1839: Nathaniel Oak, $20 a year under the act of 7 June 1832, paid to 4 September 18382 Apr 1839
Exeter, Maine, town record of deaths: 'Nathaniel Oak. Revolutionary Soldier. March 15, 1840'.15 Mar 1840 · image 142 of 158
Potter, Military History of New-Hampshire (1868), p. 289: Wingate's regiment and Capt. William Humphrey's company. In July and August, still another regiment was raised for Canada, and placed under command of Col. Joshua Wingate.. 7. William Humphrey, Captain.1868 · p. 289
Potter, Military History of New-Hampshire (1868), p. 290: Company 7 of Wingate's regiment (Capt. William Humphrey) and the paragraph that follows. Company 7 and the final paragraph of the Wingate regiment's officer list, which begins on p. 289.1868 · p. 290
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
Chelsea Centennial (1884), p. 45: 'In 1794 it was voted to pay Capt. Nathaniel Oak nineteen and a half bushels of wheat for building the pound, stocks and sign-post.'1884 (book); 1794 (vote) · p. 45
Hurd, History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties (1886), p. 568: Winchester, N.H., committee of 22 Apr 1782 ('Lieutenant Nathaniel Oaks, Mr. Asa Alexander, Mr. Francis Verry and Mr. Moses Chamberlain').1886 · p. 568
Nourse, Military Annals of Lancaster (1889), p. 115: Captain Benjamin Hastings's company at the Lexington Alarm (Nathl. Oakes). Captain Benjamin Hastings's Company, Col. John Whitcomb's Regiment: Capt. Benja. Hastings, Nathl. Oakes.1889 · p. 115
Nourse, Military Annals of Lancaster (1889), p. 116: source reference (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Rolls, XII. 135) for the Lexington Alarm company roster. The foot of the Lexington Alarm roster that begins on p. 115, with Nourse's reference to the Massachusetts Archives.1889 · p. 116
Joseph Oak of Merrimac, Mass., to the Commissioner of Pensions, 25 November 1895, asking for proof that his grandfather Nathaniel Oak was a Revolutionary soldier (page 1, on an H. C. Oak, photographer, letterhead)25 Nov 1895
Joseph Oak's inquiry of 25 November 1895, page 2 (an older brother went to Bangor, Maine, to collect the pension; wishes to join the Sons of the Revolution)25 Nov 1895
Pension file jacket: 'Invalid. File No. 18534. Nathaniel Oak, Pri Rev War', with a docket of 2 January 1896 (Military History to Joseph Oak, Merrimac)1896
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
Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, p. 81 (births): Nathaniel, son of John and Susanah Oake, 16 May 1751.1903 · p. 81
Entry 20: Nathaniel, born Westborough 16 May 1751, soldier of the Revolution, married first Susanna Hastings (nine children) and second Elizabeth, widow Gates.1906 · p. 18
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
Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (1906), p. 19: Nathaniel (20) continued.1906 · p. 19
Grave marker of Capt. Nathaniel Oak ('Nathl. Oak' footstone), 1751 - 1840.photograph undated
Grave marker of Capt. Nathaniel Oak (1751-1840) and Nathaniel Oak (1780-1859) and wife Abigail (monument inscription), 1751-1840 / 1780-1859 / 1785?-1865.photograph undated
Grave marker of the Oak family monument (Exeter, Maine), Capt. Nathl. Oak 1751-1840 and others.photograph undatedNathaniel Oak Sr 1751 1840 grave
Nathaniel Oaks Papers
New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1924
Pension file wrapper S.18534: Oak, Nathaniel (service Mass., N.H.; 'Carded')
Tall granite family monument with OAK on its base, standing in a snowy field with a farm beyond; the family tree attaches it to Capt. Nathaniel Oak (1751-1840).
The Christian Mirror (Portland, Maine), 9 April 1840, p. 3, "Died": Capt. Nathaniel Oak, Exeter, aged 88 years 10 monthsShare a memory of Nathaniel Oak: saved privately, not published (family members can sign in to send one).
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