Oak family register, 1906

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OAK—OAKS—OAKES
Washington from Long Island to Quebec.
There are many dates
and details—somewhat confused—in the Massachusetts Archives
and his pension petitions.
He received a pension from the U.
S.,
and a land grant of 200 acres from the State of Maine.
After the
war he returned to Canaan, Me., where in 1793 he sold his half-
interest in a saw-mill; was of Lisbon, 1803; lived for some years
in Palmyra
; and about 1812 went to Bangor, where he built some
of the old structures, and with his son John was "a prisoner of
war"
in
1814 (War of
1812).
In
1819 he
settled on
a farm
in
South Exeter, still known as Oak's Hill, where he died at the age
of 85.
Though somewhat fond of his grog, as was proper for an
old
soldier, he was
a zealous
Baptist, and meetings were often
held
in
his barn.
He was noted
for his fund of Revolutionary
anecdotes, with which he enlivened even
his
religious exhorta-
tions.
The old veteran was widely known and well liked
; obitu-
aries were published
in
the Bangor papers
; and
Lines on the
Death of John Oaks are found
in the works of the Maine poet,
David
Barker.
His
descendants number
over
1,050,
and
are
numerous
in
eastern and
norther
Maine.
Name "Oaks"
and
"Oakes."
28.
Daniel.
Wiscasset,
Me.
"Cordwainer"
; born Harvard,
Mass., about 1760-1
(19 years old in 1780)
; married first at Marl-
boro, September
9,
1783; married second before
1797;
married
third
before
1801
;
died perhaps
1845;
first
wife. Morning Blin
Flagg (probably Widow Flagg)
; 3 children
; second wife. Susan
(known only by having signed deeds in 1797, possibly
an error)
; no children
; third wife, Deborah Dorcas Albee (widow
Fletcher); born Anson,
Me.,
1775;
died
February
22,
1857; 9
children
(87-95).
Daniel Oaks was also a Revolutionary
soldier, serving three
enlistments, 1777-81, from Westboro and Bolton, Mass.
He was
of Canaan, Me., or owned property there, to 1804; yet most of his
children seem
to have been born
in Wiscasset—where unfortu-
nately no records are to be found, though the family
is remem-
bered.
From about
1828 he
lived
in
Boston.
His descendants
number 150.
Name "Oakes."

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