American AcornsNathaniel Oak(e), the immigrant
Also spelled Oake, Oaks, Oakes and Oke.
- Origin: birth date, birthplace, ship, arrival and parents unknown. Unknown
- First record: married Mehitable Rediat of Sudbury in 1686. Probable
- Life: farmer at Marlborough, Mass., in the part later set off as Westborough and Northborough; garrison service in 1692 and 1707. Probable
- Second marriage: Mary Holloway, 1703; sources differ on the day. Probable
- Children: eight, including John, born 1714/15 (John's birth record: Documented).
- Died: by 1722. Probable
- Family story: the shipwrecked cabin boy and the catamount. Tradition Read the story.
Relationships shown: father of John Oak. Probable, because John of Westborough is identified with the John born in 1715 without a single record joining them.
Not used: the "John Oakes I and Elizabeth Harrison" parents found in online trees.
Sources: 1906 Oak family register pp. 7-8 (archive.org/details/oakoaksoakesfami00oakh); printed Marlborough vital records p. 142; Middlesex probate case 16185 (index). See sources.