Oak family register, 1906

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OAK—OAKS—OAKES
vember
19,
1769;
probably
twin
of Solomon;
married
about
1796;
died about
1845.
Husband, Daniel Homsted, farmer;
11
children (195-205).
About 200 descendants.
Record incomplete.
34.
Abel.
Sangerville,
Me.;
farmer;
born
Harvard,
Mass.,
April
10, 1771, (baptized August 11)
; married, Canaan, Me., No-
vember 23, 1792; died December 21, 1856.
He came to Maine at the age of one year; and to Sangerville
1806-7.
Wife Betsy Hamlin;
born
at Gorham,
Me., May
22,
1770; died, April
19, 1850.
She was of the family of Hon. Han-
nibal
Hamlin;
12
children
( 1 16-127)
;
about
600
descendants;
record nearly complete.
Name generally "Oaks."
35.
Elder
William.
Sangerville,
Me.
;
farmer
and
Baptist
preacher; born at Canaan, Me., June
7, 1774 (or August, 1773)
;
married first (intention) September 5,1793; married second about
1836; died January 12 (or December 28), 1851.
First wife, Susan
Orr; born Harpswell, Me., 1773; died, April
10, 1833; 6 children.
Second
wife, Martha Morgridge; born February
3,
1797;
died
October 22, 1851
; 2 children; in all 8 children (128-135).
Elder William^ was probably the
first
child born
in what
is
now Skowhegan, Me.
He was ordained as a preacher
in
181 5;
deposed in 1821
; and reinstated in 1826. He was a very handsome
man
and
of marked
ability
;
but was
inclined
to
"backslide"
occasionally
in
matters
of
faith
and
practice,
quarreling with
the church—but both were always
willing
to be
forgiven.
A
paralytic shock affected
his mind
in
the
last years.
Record of
descendants complete with
125
names.
One
of
his
daughters
was living
in
1898.
Name "Oakes."
36.
Lucy.
Sangerville, Me.
; born at Canaan, Me., December
27
(or 22), 1776; married, Topsham, Me., October
7,
1797; died
December 27,
1852.
Husband, David Douty; died November
2,
1858; 12 children (174-185).
One daughter living in 1898.

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