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Samuel Oakes (1711 - aft. 1773)

Samuel Oakes
Born in Chester, Pennsylvania Colonymap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1733 in Chester County, Province of Pennsylvaniamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died after after age 62 in Chester, Pennsylvania Colonymap
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Biography

Born: Samuel Oakes was born in 1711.

Married: Samuel Oakes married Elizabeth Flower in 1733 at Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania. [1]

Land Ownership: By Warrant dated November 16, 1737, the Proprietors of Pennsylvania granted Samuel Oakes title to 200 acres of land in the Township of Whiteland, County of Chester, Province of Pennsylvania. [2]

Chester County Tax Records: Samuel appears on the Chester County Tax Rolls in 1732, Freeman, Goshen Township; 1739, Whiteland Township. Landower;1749/50, Goshen Township; 1753, Goshen Township; 1763, Goshen Township; and 1764, Goshen Township.[3][4] He received tax discounts (poor) in 1768, 1771, 1773.[5][6]

Research Notes

A Pennsylvania Warrant dated July 25, 1775 issued John, Samuel and Flower Oakes suggests that Samuel may have had a son named John.[7]

Sources

  1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #41975382
  2. ↑ Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, Chester County, 1737 Ancestry Record 2350 #103351
  3. ↑ 18th Century Tax Records, 1715-1764 Chester County Tax Index O-S available here
  4. ↑ Futhey, J.S., Cope, G., History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, p. 178 (L.H. Everts, Philadelphia, PA 1881) available here
  5. ↑ Provincial Tax Minutes, 1756-1778 available here
  6. ↑ 1740-1803 Tax Discounts (Chester County, Commissioners Minutes & Pay Orders) available here
  7. ↑ Penn. State Archives, Patentee Index, Book A-AA, p. 233




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