Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

2. Thomas, brother to Edward (1), by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 3 Nov. 1646, d. young; Thomas, b. 5 Nov. 1648, d. 14 Jan. 1648-9; Elizabeth, b. 26 May 1650, m. Lemuel Jenkins of Malden; Hannah, b. 4 May 1657, m. Joseph Waite of Malden; Thomas, b. 18 Mar. 1658-9, after his father's death. Thomas the f. was a farmer, and resided on the westerly side of Garden Street, near Concord Avenue. He d. in 1658; his wid. Elizabeth m. Samuel Hayward of Malden. She removed with her children to Malden, the residence of her husband. By the Camb. Records, it appears that Elizabeth Oakes m. Seth Sweetser Ap. 1661; if this were the same, she must have soon lost her second husband and married a third; for her dau. Abigail, by her husband Hayward, was bap. here 23 Sept. 1666.

3. Urian, s. of Edward (1), grad. H. C. 1649, went to England and was minister at Titchfield until he was silenced in 1662, by the Act of Uniformity. On invitation of the Church, communicated by a special messenger, he returned, and was installed here 8 Nov. 1671. He was elected President of Harvard College 1675, but declined the appointment; he acted, however, as President pro tempore, until 2 Feb. 1680, when he was fully inducted into office. He continued to perform the duties of President and Pastor (having an assistant in the latter office) until his life was suddenly terminated by fever 25 July 1681. His w. d. in England 1669, about two years before his return hither. His children were all born there, and consequently no record of them is found here. He had a son Edward, who was a joint administrator on his estate; he was prob. the same who grad. H. C. 1679, and preached for a short time at Branford and New London, but d. before 1698; Urian, grad. H. C. 1678, and d. 13 June 1679, ‘at 22 years of age, after almost two years languishing by a consumption;’ and Laurence, styled B. A., though his name does not appear on the Catalogue, who d. 13 June 1679, a. 18, was probably son of Rev. Urian Oakes; perhaps he had completed his studies, but was cut off by death shortly before the Commencement; he had certainly been in Camb. a considerable time; for he gave a deposition concerning Indian troubles 1 Oct. 1677, in which he is described as about fifteen years of age. Hannah, who m. Rev. Samuel Angier 2 Sept. 1680, and d. 15 Aug. 1714, a. 55, was buried here, and her epitaph describes her as ‘daughter of the Rev. Mr. Urian Oakes, sometime President of Harvard College and Pastor of Cambridge.’ Judge Sewall in noticing her death calls her the ‘only surviving child’ of her father.

4. Thomas, s. of Edward (1), grad. H. C. 1662, was a physician in Boston. He was eminent in his profession, and also as a politician. He was Representative of Boston and Speaker of the House 1689, and Assistant 1690, 1691, 1692, during a part of which time he was in England, as an agent to assist in procuring a restoration of the Charter. He had been a prominent advocate of the rights of the Colony, and a sturdy opposer of the encroachments by the crown; so much so, that he was selected by Randolph as one of the number against whom he exhibited articles of impeachment in 1681. He was subsequently a Representative for Boston, elected Speaker and Councillor, but negatived by Gov. Dudley, as to both offices, and was a prominent leader in the opposition to Dudley's government. He d. at Wellfleet 15 July 1719, a. 75. His w. Martha d. at Boston 19 Ap. 1719, a. 70, and was buried here. Their youngest son Josiah, grad. H. C. 1708, preached in Wellfleet several years, and d. there in 1732, a. 44.

Oldham, Richard (otherwise written Oldam), was here as early as 1650, and by w. Martha, had Samuel, and John. Richard the f. res. on the south side of the river, and d. 9 Dec. 1655; his w. Martha m. Thomas Brown 7 Oct. 1656.

2. Samuel, s. of Richard (1), m. Hannah, dau. of Richard Dana, 5 Jan. 1670-71, and had Samuel, b. 27 May 1672, d. 4 Jan. 1672-3; Samuel, b. 15 Jan. 1673-4, d. 24 Aug. 1675; Hannah, b. 25 Mar. 1676, d. 9 July 1676;