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Vital Records of Westborough (1903), Births, p. 81, under OAKE: 'Seth, s. Nathaniel and Tabitha, April 8, 1733' (from the church record), the first record found that names Seth Oak's parents; the page also lists Thankful, d. Nathaniel and Kezia (1739), William, s. Nathaniel (21 April 1728) and children of John and Susanah.
Vital Records of Westborough (1903), Births, p. 81, under OAKE: 'Seth, s. Nathaniel and Tabitha, April 8, 1733' (from the church record), the first record found that names Seth Oak's parents; the page also lists Thankful, d. Nathaniel and Kezia (1739), William, s. Nathaniel (21 April 1728) and children of John and Susanah. 1728-1751 (entries) · p. 81 (Births)
Source: Vital Records of Westborough (1903); Internet Archive (public domain).
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Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed from the page image. The Oake entries read: George, s. Mary Rice by 1st husband, ---- Oake, July 7, 1728 (C.R.); Leviner, d. John and Susanah, May 23, 1745; Nathaniel, s. John and Susanah, May 16, 1751; Seth, s. Nathaniel and Tabitha, April 8, 1733 (C.R.); Thankful, d. Nathaniel and Kezia, Aug. 19, 1739 (C.R.); William, s. Nathaniel, April 21, 1728 (C.R.). The page does not say which Nathaniel, and a mother 'Tabitha' for Seth against 'Kezia' for the later children is as printed. The George entry gives 1728, while the Marlborough record (p. 142) gives George 18 Feb 1719-20; that difference is not resolved here. Whether these are our people: Likely that Seth, s. Nathaniel and Tabitha (b. 1733) is the tree's Seth Oak (b. 1733), son of Nathaniel Oak (b. 1703) and Tabitha (Rice) Oak: the name, the date and the parents' first names agree with the tree, which already holds Tabitha Rice as Nathaniel's wife (the Marlborough marriage of 1726-7). This changes an earlier working theory that Seth came through a Nathaniel of Bolton; that question is still open. Not tagged: William (1728) and the other children.
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Nourse, Military Annals of Lancaster (1889), p. 34: the enlistment roll of 15 September 1755, in which the subscribers enlist in a regiment of foot raised to reinforce Major General Johnson's army, destined for Crown Point; the names include Seth Oak.
Nourse, Military Annals of Lancaster (1889), p. 34: the enlistment roll of 15 September 1755, in which the subscribers enlist in a regiment of foot raised to reinforce Major General Johnson's army, destined for Crown Point; the names include Seth Oak. 15 Sep 1755 · p. 34
Source: Henry S. Nourse, The Military Annals of Lancaster, Massachusetts (1889); Internet Archive (public domain).
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Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed from the page image. The roll is dated the fifteenth day of September 1755; the signers are listed in two columns and 'Seth Oak' is in the right-hand column between 'Fairbank Moor' and 'Benja Bridge'; Nourse adds that these soldiers from Lancaster and neighbouring towns served in Col. Josiah Brown's regiment and in the companies of Capt. Jeduthan Baldwin and Lt.-Col. John Cummings, with the muster rolls in the Massachusetts Archives. The page gives no town, age or parents for Seth Oak. Whether this is our person: Likely, not Confirmed, that this Seth Oak is the tree's Seth Oak (b. 1733), later Capt. Seth Oaks of the artificers (1777-78): the surname, the era and the Lancaster-Bolton area fit the Bolton marriage the tree records for him; the Westborough town record of 1733 names the parents (Nathaniel Oak and Tabitha) of a Seth Oake born there; that the 1755 enlistee is that Seth is Likely, and that his father is Nathaniel Oak Jr. rests on the 1906 register and the Rice wills (Likely). The roll does not name a colonel or company; Nourse says the soldiers on it served in Col. Josiah Brown's regiment and in other companies whose rolls are in the Massachusetts Archives, and prints the roll from the papers of Col. Oliver Wilder.
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Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. 11, p. 598: the entry 'Oak, Seth, Winchendon', sergeant in Capt. Moses Hale's company of militia, Col. Nathan Sparhawk's regiment, on the Lexington alarm of 19 April 1775, and later in Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, 1775 (sergeant, then quartermaster sergeant).
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. 11, p. 598: the entry 'Oak, Seth, Winchendon', sergeant in Capt. Moses Hale's company of militia, Col. Nathan Sparhawk's regiment, on the Lexington alarm of 19 April 1775, and later in Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, 1775 (sergeant, then quartermaster sergeant). 1775 · p. 598
Source: Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1904; Internet Archive (public domain)
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Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed. The entry reads 'OAK, SETH, Winchendon. Sergeant, Capt. Moses Hale's co. of militia, Col. Nathan Sparhawk's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 14 days; also, Capt. Abel Wilder's co., Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regt.; ... also, Quartermaster Sergeant, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regt.' The page also holds a separate 'OAK, NATHANIEL' Bolton pay roll of 1780 and other Oak entries (Sylvanus and others), which are not tagged. Whether this is our person: Likely, not Confirmed, that Seth Oak of Winchendon is the tree's Seth Oak (b. 1733), by the surname, the era and the Worcester County area of his 1755 and 1777-78 service; the entry gives no age or parents.
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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).
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
Source: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. XI, via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Nathaniel of Bolton appears here and continues on p. 598. Unconfirmed that the Nathaniel of Bolton entries are the Nathaniel Oak born 1751: they fit the pension file's Capt. Benjamin Hastings company at Bolton in 1775, but the printed abstracts name no parents or later residence (Likely at best).
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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.
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
Source: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. XI, via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: The same men are indexed under three spellings (Oak, Oaks, Oakes). Unconfirmed that the Nathaniel of Bolton entries are the Nathaniel Oak born 1751: they fit the pension file's Capt. Benjamin Hastings company at Bolton in 1775, but the printed abstracts name no parents or later residence (Likely at best).
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Capt. Seth Oaks' Company of Artificers, 1777-1778: the cover card of the Ainsworth List (Adjutant General's Office, NARA T817, reel 0011), headed 'Capt Seth Oaks' Co. of Ar[tificers]' with 'Miscellaneous Records: Lists, Returns, Pay accounts &c.'
Capt. Seth Oaks' Company of Artificers, 1777-1778: the cover card of the Ainsworth List (Adjutant General's Office, NARA T817, reel 0011), headed 'Capt Seth Oaks' Co. of Ar[tificers]' with 'Miscellaneous Records: Lists, Returns, Pay accounts &c.' 1777-1778 · page 1 (catalog no. 83; T817 reel 0011, sequence 516)
Source: U.S. National Archives, Adjutant General's Office (Ainsworth List, T817), via Fold3
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Keep in mind: Confirmed that the card is headed 'Capt Seth Oaks' Co. of Ar...' with the years 1777-1778 and lists miscellaneous records (lists, returns, pay accounts); the end of the company name is hidden by a second card pasted at the top right, and the title is completed by the Fold3 catalog entry 'Capt. Seth Oak's Co. Of Artificers (83)'. It is an index card to records, not a roster. Likely that Capt. Seth Oaks of the artificers is the tree's Seth Oak (b. 1733), on the strength of the 1916 War Department reply and the DAR lineage entry already held; the card itself names no town or family.
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Vermont Revolutionary War Rolls: Capt. Ezra Chaffee's company pay roll, 1782, page 2 (Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak).
Vermont Revolutionary War Rolls: Capt. Ezra Chaffee's company pay roll, 1782, page 2 (Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak). 1782 · p. 2 of folder 111
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Pay roll of about 35 names headed Capt. Ezra Chaffe[e]; two rows are Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak. The column headings are cut off at the top of this page; the names are confirmed as printed. Vermont Revolutionary War Rolls (NARA M246), Capt. Ezra Chaffee's company, 1782, folder 111. Identification of Seth Oak with Seth Oak born 1733 (called Justice of the Peace at Athens by Jan 1783) is Likely; Nathaniel Oak on the roll is Likely the tree's Nathaniel Oak born 1762, Seth's son, serving in the same company.
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Vermont Revolutionary War Rolls: folder 111 cover, Capt. Ezra Chaffe's command, 1782.
Vermont Revolutionary War Rolls: folder 111 cover, Capt. Ezra Chaffe's command, 1782. 1782 · p. 1 of folder 111
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Cover and docket card of folder 111 ('Vt. Capt. Ezra Chaffe's Command. 1782 - 1 Pay roll'; docket 'Ezra Chaffe $13.13.10 July 15 1783 Stephen R. Bradley'). The cover names no Oak; it belongs with pages 2 and 3. Vermont Revolutionary War Rolls (NARA M246), Capt. Ezra Chaffee's company, 1782, folder 111. Identification of Seth Oak with Seth Oak born 1733 (called Justice of the Peace at Athens by Jan 1783) is Likely; Nathaniel Oak on the roll is Likely the tree's Nathaniel Oak born 1762, Seth's son, serving in the same company.
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Capt. Ezra Chaffee's account sworn before Seth Oak, Justice of the Peace, Athens, 7 Jan 1783 (page 3 of folder 111).
Capt. Ezra Chaffee's account sworn before Seth Oak, Justice of the Peace, Athens, 7 Jan 1783 (page 3 of folder 111). 7 Jan 1783 · p. 3 of folder 111
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Chaffee's letter and account to Col. Stephen R. Bradley, Athens, 7 Jan 1783, sworn before Seth Oak, Justice of the Peace, with the Pay Office certification (Manchester, 14 Oct 1783) and Bradley's receipt (Westminster, 15 July 1783). The earliest document placing Seth at Athens. Identification with Seth Oak born 1733 is Likely.
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Pension file W.15415, Zebedee Symonds, page 12: declaration of April 1818 naming Capt. Seth Oak's company, Col. Letterlow's regiment.
Pension file W.15415, Zebedee Symonds, page 12: declaration of April 1818 naming Capt. Seth Oak's company, Col. Letterlow's regiment. Apr 1818 · p. 12
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Symonds (aged 66, of Orange) says he belonged to Capt. Seth Oak's company in Col. Letterlow's regiment for one year ending 6 March 1778. A veteran's (or widow's) declaration that names Capt. Seth Oak's/Oaks' company at Winchendon in 1777. The pension file is another man's; Seth has no pension file of his own. Identification of the Capt. Seth Oak(s) of Winchendon with Seth Oak born 1733 is Likely (the 1906 register says he was 'never a commissioned officer'; a Pension Office agent in 1840 wrote he 'probably acted as Capt.'). The year before 'I belonged' is hard to read and 'Letterlow' is the reading here of the regiment's name.
Evidence for: Revolutionary War pension file W.15415, Zebedee Symonds.
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Pension file S.30250, Thomas Atherton, page 5: declaration of 18 Sept 1832 naming Capt. Seth Oaks of Winchendon.
Pension file S.30250, Thomas Atherton, page 5: declaration of 18 Sept 1832 naming Capt. Seth Oaks of Winchendon. 18 Sep 1832 · p. 5
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Atherton (aged 79, of Shutesbury) says he enlisted as a blacksmith in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Seth Oaks of Winchendon, Luther Graves lieutenant, and served about twelve months to March 1778 (Brandywine, Valley Forge). A veteran's (or widow's) declaration that names Capt. Seth Oak's/Oaks' company at Winchendon in 1777. The pension file is another man's; Seth has no pension file of his own. Identification of the Capt. Seth Oak(s) of Winchendon with Seth Oak born 1733 is Likely (the 1906 register says he was 'never a commissioned officer'; a Pension Office agent in 1840 wrote he 'probably acted as Capt.').
Evidence for: Revolutionary War pension file S.30250, Thomas Atherton.
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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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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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Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. XI (1902), p. 598: Oak, Seth, Winchendon (sergeant, Capt. Hale's company, 1775; quartermaster sergeant, Doolittle's regiment) and Oak, Nathaniel (Bolton, six-months men, 1780). Seth Oak of Winchendon: sergeant in Capt. Moses Hale's militia company on the Lexington alarm (14 days), in Capt. Abel Wilder's company, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, and quartermaster sergeant at Winter Hill (Oct.-Dec. 1775). Above it, Nathaniel Oak on the Bolton pay roll of 6-months men for 1780.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol. XI (1902), p. 598: Oak, Seth, Winchendon (sergeant, Capt. Hale's company, 1775; quartermaster sergeant, Doolittle's regiment) and Oak, Nathaniel (Bolton, six-months men, 1780). Seth Oak of Winchendon: sergeant in Capt. Moses Hale's militia company on the Lexington alarm (14 days), in Capt. Abel Wilder's company, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, and quartermaster sergeant at Winter Hill (Oct.-Dec. 1775). Above it, Nathaniel Oak on the Bolton pay roll of 6-months men for 1780. 1902 · p. 598
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Keep in mind: Printed entries read as printed. Seth's entry is named service, not individual battle attendance; his identification with Seth Oak born 1733 is Likely. The first entry (Oak, Nathaniel, pay roll of the Bolton six-months men, marched 10 July 1780, discharged 16 Dec 1780) is tied to Nathaniel Oak born 1762 as Likely (his Athens pension widow says he lived at Bolton and served six months in 1780); it names no age or residence beyond Bolton.
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Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (1904), p. 609: heading of roll 535, Capt. Josiah Fish's company (September 1782). Heading of the pay roll of Capt. Josiah Fish's company of foot, 1st Regiment of Militia, Gen. Fletcher's Brigade, Col. Stephen R. Bradley, September 1782, assisting the Sheriff; the Seth Oak row is on p. 611.
Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (1904), p. 609: heading of roll 535, Capt. Josiah Fish's company (September 1782). Heading of the pay roll of Capt. Josiah Fish's company of foot, 1st Regiment of Militia, Gen. Fletcher's Brigade, Col. Stephen R. Bradley, September 1782, assisting the Sheriff; the Seth Oak row is on p. 611. 1904 · p. 609
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Keep in mind: Heading page only; the Seth Oak row is on p. 611. Printed name confirmed; identification with Seth Oak born 1733 (at Athens by 1782) is Likely.
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Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (1904), p. 610: column headings and dates of roll 535, Capt. Josiah Fish's company (September 1782). Column headings and the preceding dates of the Fish company roll of September 1782; the Seth Oak row is on p. 611.
Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (1904), p. 610: column headings and dates of roll 535, Capt. Josiah Fish's company (September 1782). Column headings and the preceding dates of the Fish company roll of September 1782; the Seth Oak row is on p. 611. 1904 · p. 610
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Keep in mind: Continuation page; it names no Oak. Printed name on p. 611 confirmed; identification with Seth Oak born 1733 is Likely.
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Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (1904), p. 611: Seth Oak on the pay roll of Capt. Josiah Fish's company (September 1782, five days). The Seth Oak row (5 days) on roll 535, Capt. Josiah Fish's company, September 1782, assisting the Sheriff.
Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (1904), p. 611: Seth Oak on the pay roll of Capt. Josiah Fish's company (September 1782, five days). The Seth Oak row (5 days) on roll 535, Capt. Josiah Fish's company, September 1782, assisting the Sheriff. 1904 · p. 611
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Keep in mind: Five days are printed, not inferred from a campaign. Printed name confirmed; identification with Seth Oak born 1733 is Likely. Heading is on p. 609 (n636).
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Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (1904), p. 807: heading of the Athens detachment list, September 1782 (Capt. Ezra Chaffee). Heading of the paper in which the commanding officer of the militia at Athens, on orders of Brig. Gen. Fletcher of 10 Sept 1782, mustered and marched men toward Guilford to assist the Sheriff; the named rows (Capt. Ezra Chaffee, Seth Oak, Nathaniel Oak) are on p. 808.
Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (1904), p. 807: heading of the Athens detachment list, September 1782 (Capt. Ezra Chaffee). Heading of the paper in which the commanding officer of the militia at Athens, on orders of Brig. Gen. Fletcher of 10 Sept 1782, mustered and marched men toward Guilford to assist the Sheriff; the named rows (Capt. Ezra Chaffee, Seth Oak, Nathaniel Oak) are on p. 808. 1904 · p. 807
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Keep in mind: Heading page; the named rows are on p. 808. This heading does not itself say Bradley's regiment or extend the service to 1784. Identification of the printed Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak with the two men in the tree is Likely (both lived at Athens; see the Chaffee pay roll).
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Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (1904), p. 808: Athens detachment, September 1782: Capt. Ezra Chaffee, Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak (two days each). Rows of the Athens list: Capt. Ezra Chaffee 2, Seth Oak 2, Nathaniel Oak 2 (days allowed), among the men who marched toward Guilford in September 1782.
Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (1904), p. 808: Athens detachment, September 1782: Capt. Ezra Chaffee, Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak (two days each). Rows of the Athens list: Capt. Ezra Chaffee 2, Seth Oak 2, Nathaniel Oak 2 (days allowed), among the men who marched toward Guilford in September 1782. 1904 · p. 808
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Keep in mind: Printed names confirmed. F kept the Nathaniel row as an Unconfirmed namesake because the Chelsea patriot (born 1751) was the question then; the man at Athens is now the tree's Nathaniel Oak born 1762 (Likely: Seth's son, in Capt. Chaffee's company with Seth in 1782). Identification of Seth Oak with Seth born 1733 is Likely. Unconfirmed.
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Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (1906), p. 15: entry 11, Seth of Athens, Vt. (born Westborough 8 April 1733; wife Elizabeth Shevally of Stow). Seth, carpenter and farmer, Athens, Vt.; born Westborough 8 April 1733; married Bolton 25 May 1757; died Townshend, Vt., about 1814 (or probably 24 April 1810); wife Elizabeth Shevally of Stow; seven children. Service: Col. Oliver Wilder's regiment of horse 1755; sergeant at the Lexington alarm 1775; quartermaster sergeant at Winter Hill; to Athens in 1779.
Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (1906), p. 15: entry 11, Seth of Athens, Vt. (born Westborough 8 April 1733; wife Elizabeth Shevally of Stow). Seth, carpenter and farmer, Athens, Vt.; born Westborough 8 April 1733; married Bolton 25 May 1757; died Townshend, Vt., about 1814 (or probably 24 April 1810); wife Elizabeth Shevally of Stow; seven children. Service: Col. Oliver Wilder's regiment of horse 1755; sergeant at the Lexington alarm 1775; quartermaster sergeant at Winter Hill; to Athens in 1779. 1906 · p. 15
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Keep in mind: A family compilation of 1906, printed as printed. Labels: the 1775 service Confirmed (matches Soldiers and Sailors XI p. 598); the 1755 and 1759-60 service and the 1784 sheriff call-out Unconfirmed. The book says he was 'never a commissioned officer' (it does not overturn the pension-file evidence that he was called Captain in 1777). His wife is tagged as named here; Seth's identification is Likely. The page continues on p. 16. Unconfirmed.
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War Department reply of 8 May 1916 on Seth Oaks, captain of Capt. Oaks' Company of Artificers (first page)
War Department reply of 8 May 1916 on Seth Oaks, captain of Capt. Oaks' Company of Artificers (first page) 8 May 1916
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Keep in mind: Adjutant General's reply of 8 May 1916 to a private correspondent (addressed 'Josephine Edwards Tinkbaur, Kirkwood, Illinois', a person of 1916 long since deceased). It says the records show one Seth Oaks as captain of a company designated Capt. Oaks' Company of Artificers, Continental Troops, on a muster roll of 7 Sept 1777 (commissioned 19 March 1777). Identification with Seth Oak born 1733 of Winchendon and Athens is Likely (other records name Capt. Seth Oak's artificers in 1777-1778). The second paragraph concerns a Nathan Oaks, a private in Capt. Edgell's company, Jacobs' regiment, who is not identified with any person in the tree and is not tagged.
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War Department reply of 8 May 1916, continuation (Nathan Oaks, Jacobs' regiment; suggestions to write to Massachusetts or the Pension Office)
War Department reply of 8 May 1916, continuation (Nathan Oaks, Jacobs' regiment; suggestions to write to Massachusetts or the Pension Office) 8 May 1916
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Keep in mind: Continuation of the reply in scan 0925 (the sentence on the Nathan Oaks entry runs on from the first page). Adjutant General's reply of 8 May 1916 to a private correspondent (addressed 'Josephine Edwards Tinkbaur, Kirkwood, Illinois', a person of 1916 long since deceased). It says the records show one Seth Oaks as captain of a company designated Capt. Oaks' Company of Artificers, Continental Troops, on a muster roll of 7 Sept 1777 (commissioned 19 March 1777). Identification with Seth Oak born 1733 of Winchendon and Athens is Likely (other records name Capt. Seth Oak's artificers in 1777-1778). The second paragraph concerns a Nathan Oaks, a private in Capt. Edgell's company, Jacobs' regiment, who is not identified with any person in the tree and is not tagged.
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DAR Lineage Book XLIV (1917), p. 144: no. 43381: James Dutton, 'Capt. Seth Oaks' company of artificers' (Brandywine, 1777). Lineage entry for a DAR member (no. 43381) that gives her ancestor James Dutton (1740-1839) as at the battle of Brandywine, 1777, in Capt. Seth Oaks' company of artificers.
DAR Lineage Book XLIV (1917), p. 144: no. 43381: James Dutton, 'Capt. Seth Oaks' company of artificers' (Brandywine, 1777). Lineage entry for a DAR member (no. 43381) that gives her ancestor James Dutton (1740-1839) as at the battle of Brandywine, 1777, in Capt. Seth Oaks' company of artificers. 1917 · p. 144
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Keep in mind: Printed attribution confirmed; whether this Capt. Seth Oaks is the Winchendon and Athens man is a separate question (Likely: other records name Capt. Seth Oak's artificers in 1777-1778). The entry names Dutton at Brandywine; it is not a roll naming Seth there. The page also prints other members' lineages that are not tagged. Label: Unconfirmed.
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Pension file W.25398 (Nathaniel Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Susan), scan 00116: David F. Lane's inquiry of 12 Sept 1923 about Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak. Letter to the Commissioner of Pensions asking for the military records of Seth Oak (born 8 April 1733, son of Nathaniel and Tabitha Rice Oak, died at Townshend, Vt.) and of Nathaniel Oak (born 1762, second son of Seth and Elizabeth Shevally Oak, died at Athens 25 March 1830); margin note 'Negative' beside Seth.
Pension file W.25398 (Nathaniel Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Susan), scan 00116: David F. Lane's inquiry of 12 Sept 1923 about Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak. Letter to the Commissioner of Pensions asking for the military records of Seth Oak (born 8 April 1733, son of Nathaniel and Tabitha Rice Oak, died at Townshend, Vt.) and of Nathaniel Oak (born 1762, second son of Seth and Elizabeth Shevally Oak, died at Athens 25 March 1830); margin note 'Negative' beside Seth. 12 Sep 1923
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), supplied by the owner
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Keep in mind: Part of pension file W.25398 (Nathaniel Oak of Athens, Vt., died 25 March 1830, married Susan Evans 1787; widow Susan Oaks). The file itself is a Confirmed record of that man. That he is the Nathaniel Oak born 1762, son of Seth Oak of Winchendon and Athens, is Likely: an inquirer's 1923 letter (scan 00116) says so and the Pension Office reply fits his 1780 service; the file never names his parents. Keep this file separate from the Chelsea pensioner's S.18534. These are the correspondent's assertions and questions, not findings; the reply is scan 00099. The 'Negative' note means no record of Seth was found by the Pension Office in 1923. Labels: Seth's parentage and Nathaniel's parentage are Likely as stated by the inquirer; the inquirer is not otherwise identified.
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A printed page headed 'State of Vermont' from a Revolutionary War rolls book, with a list of names that includes Seth Oak and petitions entered in the Secretary's office.
A printed page headed 'State of Vermont' from a Revolutionary War rolls book, with a list of names that includes Seth Oak and petitions entered in the Secretary's office. undated (Vermont rolls) · printed page with a STATE OF VERMONT head
Source: Printed Vermont Revolutionary War rolls (page in the family tree)
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Keep in mind: What the page says: a column of names with Seth Oak among them and, below, entries about a pay roll and petitions on file in the Secretary's office (1779-1781); the page number is not clear at thumbnail scale (about 608) and the book is not named on the page. Whether this is our person: Likely, not Confirmed, that Seth Oak is the tree's Seth Oak (b. 1733), the same book as the Vermont rolls pages 609-610 already registered by the stories lane.
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A printed roll of Revolutionary War service, page 611 of a Vermont rolls volume, listing about forty men with their days of service, among them Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak.
A printed roll of Revolutionary War service, page 611 of a Vermont rolls volume, listing about forty men with their days of service, among them Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak. undated (Vermont rolls) · p. 611
Source: Printed Revolutionary War rolls (page in the family tree)
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Keep in mind: What the page says: the running head reads 'REVOLUTIONARY WAR ROLLS 611'; the roll runs from a Sept. 16 commencing date, with five days' service for most men and a line 'Travel fr. 20 to 34 miles'; Seth Oak and Nathaniel Oak (read as 'Netha'l Oak') are on the list, among men such as Samuel Whitney and John How. The book is not named on the page. Whether this is our person: Likely, not Confirmed, that Seth Oak is the tree's Seth Oak (b. 1733), who also appears on the Vermont rolls pages already registered; Nathaniel Oak is not tagged because several Nathaniel Oaks of that area exist.
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Pension file W.14670, Stephen Boynton, page 4: widow Tabitha's declaration naming Capt. Seth Oaks of Winchendon (1777).
Pension file W.14670, Stephen Boynton, page 4: widow Tabitha's declaration naming Capt. Seth Oaks of Winchendon (1777). p. 4
Source: U.S. National Archives (public record), via Fold3.
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Keep in mind: Widow Tabitha says Stephen Boynton in 1777 enlisted under Capt. Seth Oaks of Winchendon for one year and died 2 October following. A veteran's (or widow's) declaration that names Capt. Seth Oak's/Oaks' company at Winchendon in 1777. The pension file is another man's; Seth has no pension file of his own. Identification of the Capt. Seth Oak(s) of Winchendon with Seth Oak born 1733 is Likely (the 1906 register says he was 'never a commissioned officer'; a Pension Office agent in 1840 wrote he 'probably acted as Capt.'). The date of her declaration was above the part of the page photographed and is not stated here.
Evidence for: Revolutionary War pension file W.14670, Stephen Boynton.
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