Oak family register, 1906

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FAMILY REGISTER
25
III.
CHILDREN OF GEORGE^ (9) AND LYDIA EAGAR.
37.
Lucy.
Born, Westboro, Mass., January 9, 1745; married,
Charlton, Mass., 1770; died —
.
Husband, Jonas Eddy.
Of the descendants of Lucy and her sisters nothing has been
learned.
38.
Lydia.
Andover,
Mass.
Born,
Westboro,
August
19, 1746; married, November 6, 1766
(int. October 3)
; died
.
Husband, Jonathan Cummings
of
Andover.
(Name
possibly
Comins).
In
1771 she was reported as "out of the province in
parts unknown."
10 children
(173-a-j).
39.
Sylvanus.
*Coleraine,
Mass.
;
clothier
;
born,
Westboro,
March 30, 1749; married, Rutland, Mass., November 25
(or De-
cember 3), 1771
; died about 1800.
Wife, Abigail Ball; born May
18, 1752; died May 21, 1808; 8 children
(136-144).
Sylvanus3 Oak in 1771 bought of Nathaniel Waite for £160 a
fulling-mill and clothier's shop in Princeton, Mass.
He lived also
in Holden, where some of his children were born. He served 12
days, from April
20,
1775, at the Lexington alarm, in the com-
pany of Captain Sargent, marching from Rutland to Cambridge.
After the war he sold out
his Princeton property, took his pay
in Continental money, and lost
it
all.
He lived subsequently
in
Coleraine*,
dying,
it
is
said,
across
the
line
in Vermont; but
there
is nothing definite as
to place or date.
His registered de-
scendants number over 600.
Several branches are
missing.
In
some lines the name "Oak"
is retained.
40.
Asa.
Born January
15, 1751
; died same day.
41.
Vashti.
Born
April
19,
1754;
married,
Holden,
Mass.,
March 6, 1777.
Husband, Moses Ball.
42.
Thankful.
Born May
19, 1758; living,
1771.
* Colerain, Franklin County, Mass., was incorporated in 1761.
It was largrely settled
by Irish emigrants and is said to have been named in honor of Lord Colerain.
It Is beau-
tifully situated at the junction of the forks of North River, and the natural scenery pos-
sesses great attractions.
Colerain is 125 miles northwesterly from Boston, and
is reached
by electric cars from Shelburn Falls, six miles away.
It is a great cotton manufacturing-
town, maintainiugr three mills, has fine churches, schools and a Memorial Hall.
In the
early days it was g-uarded by three forts and was subject to Indian attacks.

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