American Acorns

Family tree

Family data snapshot: 09-24-2026 Read-only collection from the Oak Family Tree. Research incorporated 09-25-2026 (revision 90e7f7b2). Updated periodically.

Search for anyone in the tree, then follow their ancestors or descendants. Choose how many generations to show, and download the branch as a reading PDF of charts, or as a one-sheet poster (PDF, SVG or PNG). Other documents, including the complete 1906 family register, are on the Downloads page. People who may be living, or whose living status is uncertain, appear by name only; their details and family connections are in the family area.

Start from: The Oak line from the immigrant · Samuel Oak's descendants · The Clarksons of Liverpool

Everyone, A to Z

Browse all 2,417 people in the tree by surname.

The reviewed lines

These lines have been checked against the records. Each step down shows how sure the parent-child link is.

Jump to: The Oak line · The Clarkson family of Liverpool

The Oak line

From the immigrant Nathaniel Oak(e) of Marlborough, Massachusetts, toward the present, one generation at a time. Each link shows how sure it is. Living family members, and those whose living status is uncertain, appear only in the family area, so the line is not drawn through them here.

  1. Nathaniel Oak(e) first record 1686; died by 1722
    m. (1) Mehitable Rediat, 1686; (2) Mary Holloway, 1703
  2. John Oak 1714/15 - by 1752
    m. Susanna Allen, 1742
  3. Nathaniel Oak 1751-1840
    m. Susanna Hastings, 1773
  4. Nathaniel Oak 1780-1859
    m. Abigail Cartland, 1811 or 1812
  5. Samuel Oak about 1817-1900
    m. (1) Betsey Shaw; (2) Lucinda Allen
  6. Charles Ansel Oak about 1849-1900
    m. Nancy E. York
  7. George Franklin Oak
  8. Irving Gilbert Oak 1901-1981
  9. Richard Dixon Oak Sr. 1956-2008
    m. Marjorie Clarkson MacKinnon 1945-2008

The Clarkson family of Liverpool

Three generations from Lancashire and Liverpool, and the son who emigrated to Texas. His children, identified in the September 2026 research, appear in the family tree; later generations are not part of this reviewed line.

  1. Thomas Clarkson
    m. Nancy Banton, 1827
  2. William Clarkson about 1830/33-1915
    m. Emma Lucy (Green) Clarkson about 1836-1910