Nathan Oakes Sr (1728 - 1781)

Born 14 Apr 1728 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Amy (Wyman) Oakes — married 7 Oct 1751 in Cumberland, Maine

Husband of Abigail (Seabury) Oakes — married 17 Nov 1776 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Descendants

Died 7 May 1781 at age 53 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States

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Biography

Nathan Oakes Sr was born in Massachusetts.

Nathan, the son of Edward Oakes and Joanna Maddock was born 14 April 1728 at Medford, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1]

Nathan was a house wright. He moved to North Yarmouth, Maine about 1750. It was there he married Amy Wyman, daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Richardson) Wyman of Woburn, Massachusetts. Nathan and Amy were married 7 October 1751 at North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine.^[2]Nathan and Amy had eight children born in New Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine:

1. Edward Oakes (b. 6 Oct 1762),^[3]
2. Elizabeth Oakes (b. 5 Jun 1754),^[4]
3. Sarah Oakes (17 Oct 1757),^[5]
4. John Oakes (b. 4 Sep 1759),^[6]
5. Lucretia Oakes (b. 20 Feb 1762),^[7]
6. Mary Oakes (b. 25 Dec 1765),^[8]
7. Lydia Oakes (b. 23 Nov 1769),^[9]
8. Samuel Oakes (b. 26 Nov 1772), ^[10]

Amy (Wyman) Oakes died on 11 July 1775 in her 41st year at North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine.^[11]

Nathan married 2) Abigail (Seabury) [Mason], widow of John Mason on 19 November 1776 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine.^[12]Nathan and Abigail had two sons born in North Yarmouth:

1. Capt. Nathan Oakes Jr. (b. 8 Nov 1779), ^[13]
2. Ebenezer Oakes (b. 19 Mar 1781),^[14]

Abigail died 8 May 1781 in North Yarmouth, Maine ^[15] leaving two young sons.

Nathan died on 7 May 1781 the day preceding his second wife, Abigail's death.^[16]

Research Notes

• Amy (Wyman) Oakes was never married to Samuel Buckman. She and Samuel were half siblings through their mother, Elizabeth Richardson who married 1) Aaron Wyman and after his death in 1736, she married 2) Samuel Buckman. See Richardson-8379.
• It is suggested that Nathan took as a 3rd wife Elizabeth Sweetser on 29 March 1782.^[17] This is unlikely if this particular Nathan Oaks died on 6 May 1781.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-6H2J : 2 March 2020), Nathan, 16 Apr 1728; citing Birth, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.
2. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F4-Q3N : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes, 1751.
3. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CW-TQD : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes in entry for Edward Oakes, 1752.
4. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WY-LHG : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes in entry for Eliz Oakes, 1754.
5. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WB-QMJ : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes in entry for Sarah Oakes, 1757.
6. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WB-2BG : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes in entry for John Oakes, 1759.
7. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4C7-5Z2 : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes in entry for Lucretia Oakes, 1762.
8. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CW-QG8 : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes in entry for Mary Oakes, 1765.
9. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CW-C6V : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes in entry for Lydia Oakes, 1769.
10. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CW-G6D : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes in entry for Samuel Oakes, 1772.
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Name: Amy Wyman; [Amy Buckman] ; Birth Date: 25 Nov 1734; Birth Place: Woburn; Death Date: 11 Jul 1775; Death Place: North Yarmouth, Maine; Relationship: Self (Head). https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3718&h=15626&tid=&pid=&queryId=31f7815b914cd030c02b63e95df5e8fa&usePUB=true&_phsrc=yfe40553&_phstart=successSource
12. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F4-Q3D : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes, 1776.
13. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4W1-8B3 : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes in entry for Nathan Oakes, 1779.
14. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4W1-6HK : 14 January 2020), Nathan Oakes in entry for Ebenezer Oakes, 1781.
15. ↑ "Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3718 #59942 (accessed 11 February 2022)
    Abigail Seabury death.
16. ↑ Ancestry.com. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Name: Nathtan Oakes; Birth Date: 16 Apr 1728; Death Date: 7 May 1781; Death Place: North Yarmouth, Maine; Relationship: Child; Father: Edward Oakes; Mother: Joanna Maddock. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/114388360/person/280149286020/facts
17. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4F4-Q35 : 10 February 2018), Nathan Oakes and Elizabeth Sweetser, 29 Mar 1782

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, 2011 Edition, Published 2016, Page 304

See Also

• https://books.google.com/books?id=pa4TAAAAYAAJ&dq Old Times]: A Magazine Devoted to the Preservation and Publication of Documents Relating to the Early History of North Yarmouth, Maine, Volumes 5-8, 1881, p. 638

Acknowledgements

• Biography rewritten, inline sourced, research notes and photo added by Richardson Descendant Carol Baldwin on 23 October 2020.