Nathaniel Oak
(1645-1721)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Holloway

Nathaniel Oak

  • Born: 1645, Wales,
  • Marriage (1): Mary Holloway on 20 May 1703 in Concord, Massachusetts
  • Died: 17 Feb 1721, Westboro, Massachusetts at age 76
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bullet  General Notes:

John & Becky Thurston's Pages - Ancestors of Lelia Waite Oaks"...(he was)a cabin-boy on an English vessel bound to Boston. Nine miles from land the vessel foundered. All the ship's crew, except the boy whose name was Oaks, were lost.[per CT Historical Society: "Nathaniel and one other male passenger, swam nine (9) miles through the cold waters of the North Atlantic to reach shore."]
He, being a good swimmer, swam ashore. In his distress he solemnly promised the Lord if He would preserve him to get to land he would never go onto the water again. This promise he sacredly kept. His wife....could never persuade him even to cross Charles River in a boat to Boston."


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Nathaniel married Mary Holloway, daughter of Adam Holloway and Hannah Hayward, on 20 May 1703 in Concord, Massachusetts. (Mary Holloway was born on 25 Feb 1681 and died in 1733.)




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