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OAK—OAKS—OAKES
flower;" born October
25,
1733; he married second August
2,
1796,
Sarah
Osburn; moved to Swanzey, N. H., 1802;
died,
1820.
He was
a prominent
citizen
;
proprietor and
treasurer
of Dor-
chester Canada (Ashburnham)
; selectman, etc; 13 children (216-
228).
The Sampson genealogy furnishes but slight information
in our branch.
It is notable that genealogies have been published for the fam-
ilies of Capt. Jonathan Oak's three oldest daughters—Sampson,
Conant and Bigelow.
22.
Lydia.
Ashburnham,
Mass.; born
Stow, June
6,
1743;
married November 29, 1766 (or Nov.
19, 1767, Bible)
; died Bran-
don,
Vt., January 2
(or 4),
1802.
Husband, Ebenezer Conant,
farmer and
miller, son
of Ebenezer and Ruth
(Pierce)
; born
August
II, 1743; died August 3, 1783; 7 children
(167-173).
Lydia3 Oak
probably
lived
for some
years
with
her
great
grandfather Barnard in Stow—possibly a case of too much step-
mother;
at
least she was "warned" from Stow
in
June,
1762,
though she was not a woman
likely to become a burden to any
town.
It was a common formality.
She
is described as a woman
of great force and business ability.
Her husband served through
the Revolution as lieutenant and adjutant; and during
his
ab-
sence, with the aid of a young son, she carried on his grist-mill.
Ebenezer Conant was a descendant of the famous Roger of Salem,
virtually
first governor of Massachusetts.
He served as select-
man, etc., and was joint author with his son of certain theological
manuscript, extant in 1868.
Lydia's descendants probably include
a greater number of professional and prominent people than any
other of the Oak branches.
Her descendants number 541.
The
excellent Conant Genealogy has but 150.
23.
Elizabeth, Crown Point, N. Y.
; baptized Harvard, Mass.,
November 25, 1752; married, Ashburnham, Mass., September
11,
1770;
died
.
Husband, Nathan Bigelow, son
of John and
Grace (Allen)
; born Weston, Mass., November 8, 1743; died 1804
(or 1824)
; 10 children (153-163).
The published Bigelow Genealogy throws but
little
light on
this branch.
About 650 descendants have been registered, many
still living in the region of Crown Pomt and Ticonderoga.
They
include
a Chief Justice of Nevada, R.
R. Bigelow, and
a Con-
gressman from
California, Hon.
J.
C. Needham, besides several
members less distinguished.
The family went to Vermont before
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