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Revolutionary War pension file R.7758, John Oaks of Exeter, Maine (widow Abigail, rejected)

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TypeMilitary
Record date1818-1844
Where it isJohn Oaks's declaration of 4 Apr 1818 (aged 63; enlistments under Capts. Gilbert, Derby/Denby and White) and 1820 schedule (wife 64, son 20); widow Abigail's declaration of 4 Oct 1843 (aged 83; married 13 Dec 1783; he died at Exeter 25 June 1842); Pamela Lambert's deposition of 31 Aug 1843; Exeter selectmen 2 Oct 1843 (died June 1842); widow's claim rejected (27 pages)
Held or published byFold3 (NARA M804)
How it was readImage examined; research dated 10-03-2026

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