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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 1: case-file jacket. Jacket: Mass., Oak, Calvin / Lucretia, W.19932.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 1: case-file jacket. Jacket: Mass., Oak, Calvin / Lucretia, W.19932. 1838-1849 · p. 1
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow).
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 20: deposition of Mary Oak, widow of Edward Oak of Athens, 24 Aug 1838. Mary Oak, widow of Edward Oak of Athens, testifies she knew Lucretia Oak, widow of Calvin Oak, that Calvin died on 10 November 1815 and that Lucretia has not remarried; sworn before Alexander S. Campbell, J.P.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 20: deposition of Mary Oak, widow of Edward Oak of Athens, 24 Aug 1838. Mary Oak, widow of Edward Oak of Athens, testifies she knew Lucretia Oak, widow of Calvin Oak, that Calvin died on 10 November 1815 and that Lucretia has not remarried; sworn before Alexander S. Campbell, J.P. 24 Aug 1838 · p. 20
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow). Mary and Edward Oak are not persons in the tree.
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 3: docket card summarising the claim (married 1782, died 1815, Act 7 July 1838). Docket card: Lucretia Oak widow of Calvin, Vt., Act 7 July '38, married in 1782, died in 1815.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 3: docket card summarising the claim (married 1782, died 1815, Act 7 July 1838). Docket card: Lucretia Oak widow of Calvin, Vt., Act 7 July '38, married in 1782, died in 1815. 1838 · p. 3
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow).
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 4: Lucretia Oak's widow's declaration of 29 Aug 1838, first page (names Capt. Seth Oaks). Lucretia Oak of Athens, aged 75, declares she is the widow of Calvin Oak, a private who served eight months in 1775 (part or all under Capt. Wilder, from Winchendon), afterward a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, Lieut. Luther Graves and Ensign Chapman, and nine months under Capt. Taylor or Warner.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 4: Lucretia Oak's widow's declaration of 29 Aug 1838, first page (names Capt. Seth Oaks). Lucretia Oak of Athens, aged 75, declares she is the widow of Calvin Oak, a private who served eight months in 1775 (part or all under Capt. Wilder, from Winchendon), afterward a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, Lieut. Luther Graves and Ensign Chapman, and nine months under Capt. Taylor or Warner. 29 Aug 1838 · p. 4
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow). The widow's belief about Seth Oaks is hearsay and was not allowed; it names Seth as captain but not as Calvin's father.
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 5: Lucretia Oak's declaration, continuation (marriage, Calvin's death). Continuation: she believes Calvin served nine months afterwards under Capt. Taylor or Warner, lived at Leominster, was married at Leominster 20 March (she says 1783; the town record says 1782) and died 8 or 10 Nov 1815.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 5: Lucretia Oak's declaration, continuation (marriage, Calvin's death). Continuation: she believes Calvin served nine months afterwards under Capt. Taylor or Warner, lived at Leominster, was married at Leominster 20 March (she says 1783; the town record says 1782) and died 8 or 10 Nov 1815. 29 Aug 1838 · p. 5
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow).
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 6: clerk's certification of Judge Putnam's authority, 29 Aug 1838. Certification of Judge David L. Putnam's authority, District of Westminster, 29 Aug 1838.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 6: clerk's certification of Judge Putnam's authority, 29 Aug 1838. Certification of Judge David L. Putnam's authority, District of Westminster, 29 Aug 1838. 29 Aug 1838 · p. 6
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow).
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 7: Leominster town-clerk's certified copy of the marriage record of Calvin Oak and Lucretia Fuller (20 March 1782). Luke Lincoln, Town Clerk of Leominster, certifies a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which reads 'March ye 20, 1782' (the declaration said 1783).
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 7: Leominster town-clerk's certified copy of the marriage record of Calvin Oak and Lucretia Fuller (20 March 1782). Luke Lincoln, Town Clerk of Leominster, certifies a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which reads 'March ye 20, 1782' (the declaration said 1783). 1 Sep 1838 · p. 7
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow). The clerk himself notes the record's date (1782) differs from the declaration's (1783).
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 8: clerk's certification of Justice William Perry's signature, Worcester Co., 8 Sept 1838. Clerk's certification of Justice William Perry's signature, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 8: clerk's certification of Justice William Perry's signature, Worcester Co., 8 Sept 1838. Clerk's certification of Justice William Perry's signature, Worcester County, Massachusetts. 8 Sep 1838 · p. 8
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow).
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 25: War Department certificate of 29 May 1839 (five years' pension, $30 a year from 4 March 1836). Certificate under the Act of 7 July 1838: Lucretia Oak of Vermont, widow of Calvin Oak, a private in the Revolution who died 8 or 10 Nov 1815, is entitled to five years' pension at $30 a year from 4 March 1836; signed J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, countersigned J. L. Edwards.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 25: War Department certificate of 29 May 1839 (five years' pension, $30 a year from 4 March 1836). Certificate under the Act of 7 July 1838: Lucretia Oak of Vermont, widow of Calvin Oak, a private in the Revolution who died 8 or 10 Nov 1815, is entitled to five years' pension at $30 a year from 4 March 1836; signed J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, countersigned J. L. Edwards. 29 May 1839 · p. 25
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow). A marginal note reads '1849 Athens [illegible] previous[ly] Leominster Mass.'.
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 15: envelope postmarked Bellows Falls, Vt., 5 Nov 1840, to the Commissioner of Pensions. Envelope to J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, postmarked Bellows Falls, Vt., 5 Nov 1840.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 15: envelope postmarked Bellows Falls, Vt., 5 Nov 1840, to the Commissioner of Pensions. Envelope to J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, postmarked Bellows Falls, Vt., 5 Nov 1840. 5 Nov 1840 · p. 15
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow).
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 2: printed widow's pension summary card (Vermont no. 3896; roll from 4 March 1848, certificate 14 Feb 1849). Printed summary card: Lucretia Oak, widow of Calvin Oak, who served as a private; inscribed on the roll to commence 4 March 1848; certificate issued 14 Feb 1849.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 2: printed widow's pension summary card (Vermont no. 3896; roll from 4 March 1848, certificate 14 Feb 1849). Printed summary card: Lucretia Oak, widow of Calvin Oak, who served as a private; inscribed on the roll to commence 4 March 1848; certificate issued 14 Feb 1849. 1849 · p. 2
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow).
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Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army (1893), p. 156: Doolittle, Ephraim (Mass.): Colonel Massachusetts Regiment, May to October 1775. Entry for Ephraim Doolittle, colonel of a Massachusetts regiment, May to October 1775.
Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army (1893), p. 156: Doolittle, Ephraim (Mass.): Colonel Massachusetts Regiment, May to October 1775. Entry for Ephraim Doolittle, colonel of a Massachusetts regiment, May to October 1775. 1893 · p. 156
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Keep in mind: Officer chronology only (context for a unit named in the person's own record); the page names no Oak, and no personal service is inferred from it. Context for Seth Oak and Calvin Oak: the printed Soldiers and Sailors entries place both in Capt. Abel Wilder's company, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, in 1775. F corrected an earlier citation of p. 145 to printed p. 156.
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Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army (1893), p. 418: Warner, William (Mass.): Captain 10th Massachusetts, 1776-1780. Entry for William Warner, captain in the 10th Massachusetts from 6 Nov 1776 until he resigned 18 March 1780.
Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army (1893), p. 418: Warner, William (Mass.): Captain 10th Massachusetts, 1776-1780. Entry for William Warner, captain in the 10th Massachusetts from 6 Nov 1776 until he resigned 18 March 1780. 1893 · p. 418
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Keep in mind: Officer chronology only (context for a unit named in the person's own record); the page names no Oak, and no personal service is inferred from it. Context for Calvin Oak: the printed entry for Calvin Oaks places him in Capt. Warner's company, 10th Mass. regiment, 28 July 1779 to 28 April 1780.
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Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. XI (1902), p. 597: Oak, Calvin, Winchendon (Capt. Hale's and Capt. Wilder's companies, 1775) and the 1779 Leominster nine-months entry. Calvin Oak of Winchendon: private in Capt. Moses Hale's company on the Lexington alarm (6 days), then in Capt. Abel Wilder's company, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment (muster roll 1 Aug 1775); and a separate entry for 9-months men engaged for Leominster in 1779.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. XI (1902), p. 597: Oak, Calvin, Winchendon (Capt. Hale's and Capt. Wilder's companies, 1775) and the 1779 Leominster nine-months entry. Calvin Oak of Winchendon: private in Capt. Moses Hale's company on the Lexington alarm (6 days), then in Capt. Abel Wilder's company, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment (muster roll 1 Aug 1775); and a separate entry for 9-months men engaged for Leominster in 1779. 1902 · p. 597
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Keep in mind: Printed entries read as printed; Identification with the person in the tree is Likely, not proved. This page also prints an adjacent Calvin Oak entry (Capt. Houghton's company, 1778) that stays an Unconfirmed namesake, and a John Oak (Harvard drummer), neither of which is tagged. Label: Likely.
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Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. XI (1902), p. 603: Oaks, Calvin, Warner (descriptive list of Continental recruits, Leominster, 1779; Capt. Warner's company, 10th Mass. regiment). Calvin Oaks, age 20, engaged for the town of Leominster, marched 29 July 1779; also in Capt. Warner's company, 10th Mass. regiment, 28 July 1779 to 28 April 1780 (9 months).
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. XI (1902), p. 603: Oaks, Calvin, Warner (descriptive list of Continental recruits, Leominster, 1779; Capt. Warner's company, 10th Mass. regiment). Calvin Oaks, age 20, engaged for the town of Leominster, marched 29 July 1779; also in Capt. Warner's company, 10th Mass. regiment, 28 July 1779 to 28 April 1780 (9 months). 1902 · p. 603
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Keep in mind: Printed entry read as printed; Identification with the person in the tree is Likely, not proved. F: keep the distinct 28 July and 29 July acts and the printed 'Boutell' spelling. Label: Likely.
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Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 9: index card (widow's file no. 19932). Index card: Widow, &c. File No. 19932, Lucretia Oak, widow of Calvin Oak, Pri. Rev. War; Index Vol. M, page 94.
Pension file W.19932 (Calvin Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Lucretia), page 9: index card (widow's file no. 19932). Index card: Widow, &c. File No. 19932, Lucretia Oak, widow of Calvin Oak, Pri. Rev. War; Index Vol. M, page 94. p. 9
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Pension file W.19932, Calvin Oak of Athens, Vt. (died 8 or 10 Nov 1815), widow Lucretia (Fuller). Fold3 record 25086452, NARA M804, 33 images. The file is a Confirmed record of Calvin Oak of Athens; his identification as the son of Seth Oak (and as the Calvin Oak born 1758) is Likely, because no page names his father (the widow only believes he served a year under Capt. Seth Oaks, which the Pension Office did not allow).
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The jacket of the Revolutionary War widow's pension file of Calvin Oak (Massachusetts service) and his widow Lucretia, W. 19932
The jacket of the Revolutionary War widow's pension file of Calvin Oak (Massachusetts service) and his widow Lucretia, W. 19932 jacket
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