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Fellow Southern Choate Researchers:
It has been awhile since I posted, but have pulled information together for a
query. I believe that my Choate line is as follows and would like to hear
anyone's thoughts, especially with respect to the accompanying questions for
the two Edwards and Gabriel.
1. Edward Choate, , d. ca. 1815, Robertson Co TN (?), estate administered by
Ned Choate (Edward Sr. in court records??) per Letter of Administration
granted 2nd Monday, May 1815. David LUCAS Security.
Questions: (a) Is this Edward who died ca 1815 the Edward various genealogies
have in VA first with wife Elizabeth Hawkins; or just who was his wife and is
there a marriage record or deed somewhere attesting to the relationship?; (b)
Are there any subsequent court records on administration of the estate? (FYI,
I have Irene Choate's Book and she doesn't have anything); AND
(c) Who were his parents -- has anyone traced this Edward d. ca 1815 in
Robertson Co TN back to Christopher Choate the immigrant on the Cecilius in
1676, Anne Arundel Co. MD??
2. Edward (Ned) Choate, II (Sr), d. ca 1829, Robertson Co TN (date of will),
will presented at court November 1831. He names wife Sarah Choate (maiden
name House, widow of an Axum as I understand it). He names children (James)
Wesley, Gabriel, Skelton, Gideon, Sebert (Seaborn),Betsy SIMMONS, Charity
METLOCK, Cassy SIMMONS,& Sally Choat. Edward Choate, Jr. is not named but
appears to be a witness. His estate was quite sizeable.
Questions: (a) Can we be reasonably sure this Edward d. ca 1829 is the son of
Edward who died around 1815?;
(b)Who was the mother of son Gabriel? I don't have the date handy, but I
think Edward married Sally (House) Axum around 1812 after Gabriel reached
adulthood. One source told me it was Elizabeth Chowning, who is named
Elizabeth Choate in father John Chowning's 1808 Deed of Gift in Robertson Co.
But I traced this John Chowning back in Payne family records and she would
have been too young to be Gabriel's mother. Another source just has "Nancy"
for his wife. I imagine the answer lies back in VA in deeds or other court
records, since these Choate fellows, which we know abound in great numbers,
don't appear in Virginia to have had many wills, or recorded marriages.
3. Gabriel Choate, d. 1845, Robertson Co TN. Names wife Lucy, and children
Nancy Choate, Martha Jane TUCKER, Josiah, Powhatan, Valentine, Stepto, and
two unnamed daughters. One I believe is Cathy who married John Ed SIMMONS,
because Powhatan raised their son POwell Hatten Simmons in Dade Co MO.
Powhatan & Stepto to be executors, but only Stepto actually performs the
duties. Powhatan & Josiah are in Davidson co TN 1850 census, so they may have
been gone already. Gabriel (despite the impression given by some of his
biographies), which have him in Yell Co AR in 1850, is in the Dade Co MO
census for 1850, with wife Jane Brewer and children.
Question: Is this Gabriel the Gabriel Choate who marries Leusy WEBB, January
6,
1804, Stokes Co NC, James BYRD, Edward WEBB, Noah SEALY bondesmen; Charles
BEASLEY, witness. Beasley researchers have Charles traced to Henry Co area of
VA.
4. Powhatan Choate and wife Winney (probably Haley, Hailey)are my ggg
grandparents. They lived around Lockwood, Dade Co MO. I descend through their
daughter Lucinda Choate who married Henry P. BIRD, daughter of John Bird and
Nancy COUTS, who are believed to have lived in Robertson Co TN, but Bird
researchers are having a devil of a time sorting the TN Bird/Byrds out. Nancy
is in Dade Co in 1850 census, but John has already died (??)
The Choate/Byrd connection goes back to the early 1800s in Robertson Co TN,
then across to East Tennessee, they are together in Pittsylvania Co VA in the
1750s, James Byrd is involved in the Stokes Co NC marriage, etc.
Look forward to hearing from any of you.
Best Regards,
Janet Hunter, janmim(a)aol.com
Good-day!
Am researching the following Choates who were related to the Jeter
family of Texas and Oklahoma:
1 Thomas Jeter 1847 - 1913 b: February 08, 1847 in Montgomery Co.,
AL. d: May 20, 1913 in bur Mt. Park Cem., St Jo, Montague Co., TX.
Fact 2: Civil War Vet., D. Co.,18th Regt.,TX. Inf.
. +Eliza Jane Pickering 1852 - 1928 b: July 26, 1852 in Greene or
Bradley Co., TN. d: February 04, 1928 in Love Co., OK.; bur Lake View
Cem., Marietta,OK. m: January 29, 1871 in Kaufman Co., TX.
.......... 2 Madoline "Maggie" Jeter 1877 - 1951 b: December 1877 in
Texas d: May 03, 1951 in Marietta, Love Co., OK.
............. +C. B. Harrison m: February 06, 1894 in Montague Co.,
TX.
...................... 3 Ruby Harrison 1896 - b: March 1896
......................... +John Justin Fact 1: Of the Justin Boot
Company
.......... *2nd Husband of Madoline "Maggie" Jeter:
............. +H. WILLIS CHOATE 1876 - 1924 b: August 17, 1876 in
Linden, TX. d: August 17, 1924 in Marietta, Love Co., OK. m: 1905 in St
Jo, TX.
...................... 3 H. WILLIS CHOATE Jr. 1911 - 1952 b: December
18, 1911 in Marietta, Love Co., OK. d: March 12, 1952 in Marietta, Love
Co., OK.
......................... +Wilma Fife m: in Marietta, Love Co., OK.
.......... 2 Beulah C. Jeter 1886 - 1919 b: September 03, 1886 d:
January 28, 1919 in bur St Jo, Montague Co., TX.
............. +S. W. Kennedy
.......... 2 Gertrude I. Jeter 1889 - b: April 1889
.......... 2 Elmer Jeter 1890 - b: September 1890
Thank you....wendy
Another little tidbit stored away in my aunt's things.
This is a copy of a letter written in October of 1957, from a Mrs. Velma
West, Thatcher, Arizona, to Mrs. S. S. Crockett in Nashville TN.
Evidentally Mrs. Crockett is a genealogist and Mrs. West is asking her
to do some locating for her.
Mrs. West has attached some family sheets. In the letter she mentions a
group sheet for a John Sitz/Seitz and wife, Celia Dykes. John and
Celia were Mrs. West's 2nd great grandparents. Then she has a group
sheet for Ishom Dykes and Prudence Choate who are her 3rd great
grandparents. She mentions that Ishom was born in 1773, and died
in1871. And that Prudence was born 1782 and died 4 April 1862. That
both are buried in Philidelphia Cemetery near McMinnville TNN. That
Prudie Dykes, a grand daughter of Ishom & Prudence died in 1951 at the
age of 83 and that she had the old family bible. (Hopefully the only
mis-spellings will be what is written on the group sheet)
===========
Group Sheet
Isom/Isham Dykes
b 28 Jan 1773 VA
d 1 Aug 1871 buried Philidelphia Cemetery - McMinnville TN
m Prudence Choate
b 1782
d 5 Apr 1862 - Buried Philidelphia Cemetery - McMannville TN
Children:
1. Celia Dykes b abt 1802/3 m. Sohn Sitz
2. Jemima Dykes b abt 1805 m. Jerimiah Walker
3. Temperance Dykes b. abt 1807 m. (1) John Walker
(2) Wm.
Mastor? (hard to read this)
4. Rebbecca Dykes b abt 1809 m. Elijah Walker
5. Polly (Mary) Dykes b abt 1810 m. Russell Brown
6. Nancy Dykes b abt 18 11 m Saulford Brown
7. Susan Dykes b abt 1813 m. Green Prince
8. Prudance Dykes m. Wm. Cauntiro (sp?)
9. Malinda Dykes m. John Perry
10. John Dykes
b 15 Dec 1814
d 10 Mar 1862
m. Nellie Dugan
11. Ishom Jr. Dykes b 1831 m. Elizabeth Tate
12. Eulitia Dykes abt 1835 m. Joseph Vickers
(this makes you wonder if Ishom Sr remarried - or are the last two
grandchildren?)
=====
John Sitz or Seitz
b. Warren Co. Tennessee
d. Near Gadsden, Etowah CO., Ala.
buried Fairview Church cemetery
m. Celia Dykes
b. McMinnsville Warren Co. TN
Father Isom Dykes Mother Prudence Choate 1782-1852 Tombstone
Children:
1. Nellie C. (Eleanor) Sitz b 1827 McMinnville TN d abt 1878
m. Thomas Morgan
2. Lishia Sitz b McMinnville TN m. William Rose (Ross?)
3. Isom Sitz b. McMinnville TN m. _____ Burnette
4. Jack Sitz m Eliza Burnette
5. Jaems (Jim) Sitz never married
6. William R. Sitz d in Ark 14 Jul 1875 m. Nettie Waters 1859
7. Jerry Sitz d 12 Feb 1926 m. Eliza Barnes
8. Louisa Sitz b 4 Oct 1843 d in TX m. Francis Monroe Sauls
9. John Hapmton sitz m. Celia Gardner
10. Bettie Sitz m. Edmond Cash
11. Bud ? Sitz m. Josie Richrds
12. Nancy Ann Sitz b 8 Jul 1852 d. 16 Apr 1939 m. Edwards Simpson
Ashley
At the request of some, I'm putting ALL the e-mails on one page. I
hope it makes it easier for you all.
Barbara
------
I was rummaging through a few more of my aunt's boxes and I found this.
A note at the end of the information says:
"Sources for this information were persons with asterisks by their
names.
Additions and corrections are colicited. Please write:
Lt. WIlliam W. Choate
2305 Washington St.
Bellevue, Nebr. 68005
BUT - I caution you. That address is VERY old. In the book, "Barefoot
and Withrow Family", it says the information came fromWilliam Choate,
Norman OK and Judith Jeffriew Choate, Waco, TX. Also from census
records. The book was published in 1966, so I'm not sure if these
people are still living. My aunts aren't.
=================================================
Descendents of Austin Choate
(I will post the children of children on subsequent e-mails. I try not
to list anyone that was born after 1940-45)
Austin Choate, Son of Gabriel Choate & Mary Rainbolt
(Gabriel Choate was the son of Ephraim and Keziah Lawson Choate)
b. 8 Aug 1859 in WIlliamson CO., TX
d. 9 Jun 1930 in Ada OK
m 6 Sep 1885 at Pontotoc, TX
Mary Elizabeth Simmons* (Dau of Joseph Pickens Simmons &
Frances
Virginia Mason)
b. 27 Feb 1867 in Tarrant Co., TX
d. 29 Nov 1947 in Ada , OK
Children: (All born in San Saba Co., Tx)
1. Nora Choate
b 14 Jun 1886
d 22 Aug 1886
2. Mary Ellen Choate (daughter of Austin Choate & Mary Elizabeth
Simmons)
b 8 May 1888
m 22 Dec 1914
Alexander Jefferson House
b. 6 Nov 1889
d. 2 Nov 1965
Children:
2.1 Wilma Dena House
b 24 Nov 1915
m 18 Sep 1935
Edward Floyd McNutt
b 16 May 1914
(Had 2 children)
2.2 Alexander Jefferson House, Jr.
b. 7 Feb 1919,
m 16 Nov 1942
Orlana E. Funderburk
b. 20 Sep 1921
(Had 2 hilcren)
2.3 Mary Sophia House
b 10 May 1921
m 11 Nov 1944
Henry Clevis Riggs
b. 11 Apr 1909
d. 12 Oct 1957
(Had 2 children)
2.4 Joe Edd House
b 4 Aug 1926
m 10 Oct 1942
Lillian June Harkey
b 11 Jun 1927
(Had 3 children)
2.5 Bobbie Ruth House
b 25 Apr 1929
m 3 Apr 1946
George Presley Adams
b 23 Aug 1924
(Had 2 children)
3. Joseph Pickens Choate*
b 11 Sep 1890
d 17 Oct 1959
m (1) 18 Oct 1908 Ellen Tomlinson
b. 16 Aug 1892
d. 20 Jun 1919
Children:
3.1 James Virgil Choate*
b 16 Dec 1909
m 27 Sep 1934 Murial Linscott b 5 Apr 1914
3.2 Opal Vernelle Choate*
b 5 Jun 1911
m 13 Feb 1932
William Clayton Barker
b 25 Oct 1913
(Had 4 children)
3.3 Doris Oleta Choate*
b. 18 May 1913
m 30 Apr 1930
Harold Winfred Blackburn
b 20 May 1911
(Had 1 child)
m. (2) 29 Oct 1919
Cansada Ophilia Jobe*
b. 16 Dec 1898
4. Christena Annie Choate *
b 8 Dec 1892
d 9 Jan 1961
m 3 Sep 1911
William Emerson Brown
b 29 Nov 1888
d 28 Mar 1942
Children
4.1 Austin Thomas Brown*
b 3 Mar 1914
m 25 Feb 1933
Geneva Helen Hicks*
b 1 Feb 1916
(Had 2 children)
4.2 Ashburn Juanita Brown*
b 4 Jan 1916
m 8 May 1937
Oma Lee McGalliard*
b 20 Feb 1918
(Had 3 children)
4.3 Rayburn Homer Brown
b 27 Sep 1918
d 26 Feb 1937
4.4 Mary Ellen Brown*
b 24 Sep 1921
m 2 Nov 1940
George William Gardener
b. 2 Jul 1911
(Had 3 children)
4.5 Dawson Donnell Brown
b 22 Aug 1923
d 5 Jul 1944
m 22 May 1942 Geneve Lee Webb*
b 19 Jan 1924
(Had one child)
4.6 Audrey Brown*
b 7 Sep 1925
m 3 Jun 1944
Beatrice May Dittemore*
b 19 Jan 1926
4.7 Dorothy Jean Brown
b 27 Jun 1933
m 1 Sep 1956
Edwin George LIndsay
b 12 Jun 1929
(Had 2 children)
5. Walter Scott Choate*
b 1 Sep 1895
d 27 Jul 1964
m 12 Jul 1917
Ollie Dena Hamilton
b. 26 Nov 1897
6. Okas Thedora Choate
b 5 Oct 1897
d 14 May 1901
7. Earl Choate*
b 1 Jun 1901 (twin)
m (1) 28 Apr 1925
Amanda Elizabeth Chapman
b. 29 Sep 1903
d 16 Sep 1939
(2) 7 Apr 1940
Ruby Ellen McCollum*
b 6 Feb 1905
8. Irvan Wesley Choate*
b 1 Jun 1901 (twin)
m 7 Nov 1935
Fleeta Stapleton Moritzky*
b 31 Mar 1911
Children:
8.1 William Wesley Choate*
b 25 Jul 1939
m 8 Feb 1964
Edna Beth Petersen
b 28 Nov 1939
(Had 3 children)
8.2 John Irvan Choate*
b 6 Nov 1946
9. Austin Burley Choate
b 9 Jun 1904
d 28 Apr 1943
m 7 Jan 1929
Vela Juanita Frantz*
b 12 Nov 1910
Children:
9.1 Kenneth Ray Choate*
b 27 Feb 1935
m 3 Jul 1955
Hellen Marie Kidd
b 21 Apr 1938
(Had 4 children)
9.2 John Paul Choate*
b 5 Jul 1938
m 23 Oct 1958
Rose Ann Blake
b 5 Feb 1941
(Had 2 children)
10 Noel Wallace Choate
b 22 Dec 1907
d 15 Mar 1962
m 7 Sept 1929
Margie May Johnson *
b 17 May 1912
Children:
10.1 Billie Joe Choate *
b 21 Jun 1930
m 1 Aug 1953
Millanito Rundina Masayon
b 4 Jul 1923
(Had 3 children)
10.2 Harold Lee Choate*
b 1 Apr 1933
m (1) 1 Nov 1952
Nita Faye Kenner
b. 16 May 1936
(Had 2 children)
(2) Patricia Lee Mason
b 10 Jun 1943
(had 2 children - twins)
10.3 Walter Gene Choate*
b. 9 Feb 1936
m 10 Apr 1959
Juanita Sanderval
b 1 Jan 1929
(Had 1 child)
10.4 Ollie Mae Choate*
b 7 Jul 1938
m 5 Apr 1954
Donald Eugene Chinn
b 9 Sep 1929
(Had 4 children)
10.5 Patsy Ruth Choate*
b 22 Jan 1941
m (1) John Reed
b 22 Aug 1939
(Had 3 children)
m (2) Richard Henry Smith
b 28 Aug 1938
(Had 1 child)
10.6 Jimmie Dean Choate
b 1 Feb 1945
m 4 Sep 1962
Barbara _______
10.7 Dennis Ray Choate
b Feb 1946
d Jun 1946
10.8 Carolyn Ann Choate
b 25 Sep 1947
I see I confused people. I'm sorry. The first page I sent was just
Austin Choate with children. The next 4-5 pages were HIS children and
their children. The number (Such as 4. Christena Choate) refers to
Austin's child No. 4, Christina. If there are missing numbers, it's
because that child either didn't live, or didn't have children, or the
author of the page didn't have that information.
I'm sorry if I confused y'all.
Barbara
In the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, September 8, 2000
"Aline Choate, 84, of San Bernardino died Sept. 6, 2000, at home.
She was born Jan. 29, 1916 in Lamar, Ark., and lived in San
Bernardino for 12 years.
She was a nurse at LaVerne Convalescent Hospital for 18 years.
Mrs. Choate is survived by two sons, James Allen Choate of Covina
and Roy Wendall Choate of Russllville, Ark.; four daughters, Anna Jo
Martinez of Hesperia, Betty Sue Young of Ontario, Billie Wehrle of Ponca
City, Okla., and Flora Louise Perez of San Bernardino; a brother, Rex
Graham of Hesperia;p two sisters, Pauline Cagle of San Dimas and June
Bewley of London, Ark.; 21 grandhildren; and 32 great-grandhildren; and
two great-great-grandchildren........
Interment will be in LaVerne Cemetery.......11:30 am Monday (Sept.
11)"
10 Noel Wallace Choate (son of Austin Choate & Mary Elizabeth Simmons)
b 22 Dec 1907
d 15 Mar 1962
m 7 Sept 1929
Margie May Johnson *
b 17 May 1912
Children:
10.1 Billie Joe Choate *
b 21 Jun 1930
m 1 Aug 1953
Millanito Rundina Masayon
b 4 Jul 1923
(Had 3 children)
10.2 Harold Lee Choate*
b 1 Apr 1933
m (1) 1 Nov 1952
Nita Faye Kenner
b. 16 May 1936
(Had 2 children)
(2) Patricia Lee Mason
b 10 Jun 1943
(had 2 children - twins)
10.3 Walter Gene Choate*
b. 9 Feb 1936
m 10 Apr 1959
Juanita Sanderval
b 1 Jan 1929
(Had 1 child)
10.4 Ollie Mae Choate*
b 7 Jul 1938
m 5 Apr 1954
Donald Eugene Chinn
b 9 Sep 1929
(Had 4 children)
10.5 Patsy Ruth Choate*
b 22 Jan 1941
m (1) John Reed
b 22 Aug 1939
(Had 3 children)
m (2) Richard Henry Smith
b 28 Aug 1938
(Had 1 child)
10.6 Jimmie Dean Choate
b 1 Feb 1945
m 4 Sep 1962
Barbara _______
10.7 Dennis Ray Choate
b Feb 1946
d Jun 1946
10.8 Carolyn Ann Choate
b 25 Sep 1947
9. Austin Burley Choate (son of Austin Choate & Mary Elizabeth
Simmons)
b 9 Jun 1904
d 28 Apr 1943
m 7 Jan 1929
Vela Juanita Frantz*
b 12 Nov 1910
Children:
9.1 Kenneth Ray Choate*
b 27 Feb 1935
m 3 Jul 1955
Hellen Marie Kidd
b 21 Apr 1938
(Had 4 children)
9.2 John Paul Choate*
b 5 Jul 1938
m 23 Oct 1958
Rose Ann Blake
b 5 Feb 1941
(Had 2 children)
8. Irvan Wesley Choate* (son of Austin Choate & Mary Elizabeth Simmons)
b 1 Jun 1901 (twin)
m 7 Nov 1935
Fleeta Stapleton Moritzky*
b 31 Mar 1911
Children:
8.1 William Wesley Choate*
b 25 Jul 1939
m 8 Feb 1964
Edna Beth Petersen
b 28 Nov 1939
(Had 3 children)
8.2 John Irvan Choate*
b 6 Nov 1946
4. Christena Annie Choate * (daughter of Austin Choate & Mary Elizabeth
Simmons)
b 8 Dec 1892
d 9 Jan 1961
m 3 Sep 1911
William Emerson Brown
b 29 Nov 1888
d 28 Mar 1942
Children
4.1 Austin Thomas Brown*
b 3 Mar 1914
m 25 Feb 1933
Geneva Helen Hicks*
b 1 Feb 1916
(Had 2 children)
4.2 Ashburn Juanita Brown*
b 4 Jan 1916
m 8 May 1937
Oma Lee McGalliard*
b 20 Feb 1918
(Had 3 children)
4.3 Rayburn Homer Brown
b 27 Sep 1918
d 26 Feb 1937
4.4 Mary Ellen Brown*
b 24 Sep 1921
m 2 Nov 1940
George William Gardener
b. 2 Jul 1911
(Had 3 children)
4.5 Dawson Donnell Brown
b 22 Aug 1923
d 5 Jul 1944
m 22 May 1942 Geneve Lee Webb*
b 19 Jan 1924
(Had one child)
4.6 Audrey Brown*
b 7 Sep 1925
m 3 Jun 1944
Beatrice May Dittemore*
b 19 Jan 1926
4.7 Dorothy Jean Brown
b 27 Jun 1933
m 1 Sep 1956
Edwin George LIndsay
b 12 Jun 1929
(Had 2 children)
3. Joseph Pickens Choate (son of Austin Choate & Mary Elizabeth
Simmons)
b 11 Sep 1890
d 17 Oct 1959
m (1) 18 Oct 1908 Ellen Tomlinson
b. 16 Aug 1892
d. 20 Jun 1919
Children:
3.1 James Virgil Choate*
b 16 Dec 1909
m 27 Sep 1934 Murial Linscott b 5 Apr 1914
3.2 Opal Vernelle Choate*
b 5 Jun 1911
m 13 Feb 1932
William Clayton Barker
b 25 Oct 1913
(Had 4 children)
3.3 Doris Oleta Choate*
b. 18 May 1913
m 30 Apr 1930
Harold Winfred Blackburn
b 20 May 1911
(Had 1 child)
m. (2) 29 Oct 1919
Cansada Ophilia Jobe*
b. 16 Dec 1898
2. Mary Ellen Choate (daughter of Austin Choate & Mary Elizabeth
Simmons)
b 8 May 1888
m 22 Dec 1914
Alexander Jefferson House
b. 6 Nov 1889
d. 2 Nov 1965
Children:
2.1 Wilma Dena House
b 24 Nov 1915
m 18 Sep 1935
Edward Floyd McNutt
b 16 May 1914
(Had 2 children)
2.2 Alexander Jefferson House, Jr.
b. 7 Feb 1919,
m 16 Nov 1942
Orlana E. Funderburk
b. 20 Sep 1921
(Had 2 hilcren)
2.3 Mary Sophia House
b 10 May 1921
m 11 Nov 1944
Henry Clevis Riggs
b. 11 Apr 1909
d. 12 Oct 1957
(Had 2 children)
2.4 Joe Edd House
b 4 Aug 1926
m 10 Oct 1942
Lillian June Harkey
b 11 Jun 1927
(Had 3 children)
2.5 Bobbie Ruth House
b 25 Apr 1929
m 3 Apr 1946
George Presley Adams
b 23 Aug 1924
(Had 2 children)
Hi folks.
I was rummaging through a few more of my aunt's boxes and I found this.
A note at the end of the information says:
"Sources for this information were persons with asterisks by their
names.
Additions and corrections are colicited. Please write:
Lt. WIlliam W. Choate
2305 Washington St.
Bellevue, Nebr. 68005
BUT - I caution you. That address is VERY old. In the book, "Barefoot
and Withrow Family", it says the information came fromWilliam Choate,
Norman OK and Judith Jeffriew Choate, Waco, TX. Also from census
records. The book was published in 1966, so I'm not sure if these
people are still living. My aunts aren't.
=================================================
Descendents of Austin Choate
(I will post the children of children on subsequent e-mails. I try not
to list anyone that was born after 1940-45)
Austin Choate, Son of Gabriel Choate & Mary Rainbolt
(Gabriel Choate was the son of Ephraim and Keziah Lawson Choate)
b. 8 Aug 1859 in WIlliamson CO., TX
d. 9 Jun 1930 in Ada OK
m 6 Sep 1885 at Pontotoc, TX
Mary Elizabeth Simmons* (Dau of Joseph Pickens Simmons &
Frances
Virginia Mason)
b. 27 Feb 1867 in Tarrant Co., TX
d. 29 Nov 1947 in Ada , OK
Children: (All born in San Saba Co., Tx)
1. Nora Choate
b 14 Jun 1886
d 22 Aug 1886
2. Mary Ellen Choate *
b 8 May 1888
m 22 Dec 1914
Alexander Jefferson House
3. Joseph Pickens Choate *
b 11 Sep 1890
d 17 Oct 1959
m (1) 18 Oct 1908
Ellen Tomlinson
m. (2) 29 Oct 1919
Cansada Ophilia Jobe
b. 16 Dec 1898
4. Christena Annie Choate *
b 8 Dec 1892
d 9 Jan 1961
m 3 Sep 1911
William Emerson Brown
5. Walter Scott Choate*
b 1 Sep 1895
d 27 Jul 1964
m 12 Jul 1917
Ollie Dena Hamilton
b. 26 Nov 1897
6. Okas Thedora Choate
b 5 Oct 1897
d 14 May 1901
7. Earl Choate*
b 1 Jun 1901 (twin)
m (1) 28 Apr 1925
Amanda Elizabeth Chapman
b. 29 Sep 1903
d 16 Sep 1939
(2) 7 Apr 1940
Ruby Ellen McCollum*
b 6 Feb 1905
8. Irvan Wesley Choate*
b 1 Jun 1901 (twin)
m 7 Nov 1935
Fleeta Stapleton Moritzky*
b 31 Mar 1911
9. Austin Burley Choate
b 9 Jun 1904
d 28 Apr 1943
m 7 Jan 1929
Vela Juanita Frantz*
10 Noel Wallace Choate
b 22 Dec 1907
d 15 Mar 1962
m 7 Sept 1929
Margie May Johnson *
b 17 May 1912
Hi
I don't think I've got any tie-in with that group (although you can check out my
pages at: http://www.angelfire.com/ok2/chatmondieu/index.html )
However, I checked the Irene Choate books. There is a Pleasant Choate in the
1850 Census of Marion County, Tennessee. He was 24 and had a wife, Sarah, 26,
and two children, Jefferson & Jenny, 6 & 3 respectively.
This doesn't sound all that bad. If this were your family...then Jefferson
would have been about 43 when his son was born, and it would be natural to name
him after his father. Something to check into anyway. This group might be
allied with the Squire Choat family. This isn't mine, but there are several on
the Choate list that do belong to that group. They might have more information,
and be able to prove/disprove the idea.
I'd like to send this to the Choate list, I"m sure some of the others will see
it and perhaps be able to help.
Barbara
aljo wrote:
> my mother is Elizabeth Angeline Choate, 1914. Her father was Plesant Alonzo
> Choate, born in 1887 in Mo. Grandparents were Jeff Choate and Mary Frances
> Smith (Irish birth). Story says that Jeff came to these from England at
> the age of 18, it is told that he was the son of an Englishman who while in
> the U.S. (military or government service for England) impregnated a Cherokee
> Indian girl and brought her back to England to live with his family and have
> the baby. At the age of 18 after finishing his education he came to the
> states and settled in Mo. My grandfather had several siblings including
> Marshall V. born 1885, Elmer f., 1889 Claud, 1892, ZElla 1895, Grace 1898,
> Lois 1904 and Myrtle 1905. All births were in Mo. and part of the family
> was listed in the 1900 Census of Polk, Co. Mo. My grandmother was Grace
> Myrtle de Graffenried of which I have a massive amount of research. please
> look at my Choate family albums.
>
> http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com/~degaljo/index.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barbara <Sayona(a)TelePath.Com>
> To: <CHOATE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 11:15 AM
> Subject: Re: choate printed copy
>
> > Hi Judy.
> >
> > Why don't you tell us about your family? Just what Choates do you have?
> >
> > There are two distinct branches, as far as I can tell. The Northern group
> and
> > the Southern group. I"m not sure anyone has been able to tie them
> together
> > yet. (And I could be very wrong too. )
> >
> > Barbara
> >
> > aljo wrote:
> >
> > > below is a copy of the choate history that i inherited from my
> grandfather,
> > > so far I can't figure out where i fit in, please let me know if your
> line is
> > > mentioned within or if you can extend on any of this. thanks Judy
> > >
> > > THE NAME AND FAMILY OF CHOATE
> > > The names of CHOATE and CHUTE are believed to have been of common origin
> and
> > > derived from the residence of their first bearers at a place called
> Chute in
> > > Wiltshire, England. Certain historians, however, state that the name of
> > > Choate was of Dutch origin and was taken by its first bearers from
> their,
> > > residence at a place of that name in the Netherlands. According to this
> > > theory the name was originally found in the form of Van Choate. Since
> > > definite proof cannot be obtained for either of these assertions, it is
> more
> > > generally assumed that the first theory is correct and that Choate is a
> > > corrupted form of Chute. These names are found in ancient British and
> early
> > > American records in the various spellings of Choat, Chote, Chott,
> Chotte,
> > > Chewt, Chewte, Chutt, Chutte, Choote, Choot, Chut, Chute, Choate, and
> > > numerous others, of which the last two forms mentioned are those most
> > > generally accepted in America today.
> > > Families bearing these names were to be found at early dates in the
> English
> > > Counties of Somerset, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hants, Surrey, and
> > > London. They were, for the most part, of the landed gentry and yeomanry
> of
> > > Great Britain.
> > > One of the earliest records of the Chute family of England is that of
> one
> > > Alexander Chewte or Chute of Somersetshire about the year 1268, who was
> the
> > > father of a son named John and probably of another named Richard. John
> > > married Jane Bromfield and was the father by her of Edward who was the
> > > father by his wife Christiana Chiddock of Phillip, James, and Anthony,
> of
> > > whom the first married a daughter of Sir John Brittan and had issue by
> her
> > > of George and Jane. George became the father by his wife, a Miss Faril
> whom
> > > he married about 1344, of a son Ambrose, who married Amabel Chittester
> and
> > > was the father of Edward and Christian, of whom the first was married
> about
> > > 1379 to Dionis by whom he had issue of Henry, William, and Anthony.
> > > Of these, it is known that William died without issue; that Anthony
> married
> > > a daughter of Sir John Clifton and became the father of Christopher and
> > > Robert, of whom the first made his home in Hertfordshire and probably
> left
> > > issue there; and that Henry (eldest son of Edward and Dionis) married. a
> > > Miss Hasherfield and was the father by her of a son named Robert. The
> latter
> > > became the father by his wife, Alice Bartley, of Charles, who was the
> father
> > > by his wife (a Miss Chang) of a son named Edmond, who was the father of
> > > Robert, who married Jane Lucas and was the father of Oliver, Charles,
> and
> > > William, of whom Charles married a Miss Crips and was the father of
> Anthony
> > > and Phillip.
> > > Of these last two brothers, Phillip married a Miss Coolpepper or
> Culpepper
> > > and had issue of George, Edward, and Anthony, of whom the first is known
> to
> > > have settled in County Kent. Anthony (the elder brother of Phillip)
> married
> > > a Miss Gee and had issue of Anthony, William, Christopher, and Lionel,
> of
> > > whom the last married a Miss Greene and had issue of Lionel, George,
> > > Charles, and Judith, of whom the first emigrated to America about 1635
> and
> > > will be mentioned again later.
> > > Of the name of Choate in England only a few records have been found and
> > > these are fragmentary. Among them, however, are those of a Choate who
> was a
> > > church warden .in Essex County about 1500; those of John Choate of
> County
> > > Suffolk about the middle of the sixteenth century,. who is thought to
> have
> > > had a daughter named Elizabeth in 1569; those of John Choat of Essex
> County
> > > in the early seventeenth century, who was the father by his wife Susanna
> in
> > > the year 1621 of a don named John, and in 1625 of a son named Edmund;
> those
> > > of Richard Choat, who was the father in Essex County in the early
> > > seventeenth century of Annie and Henry; those of Joseph and John (son of
> > > Edward) Choat of County Essex in 1632; those of the brothers Joseph and
> > > Matthew Choat of County Essex in 1635 and those of Robert Choate of
> County
> > > Essex about the same time , who was the father by his wife Sarah of
> > > Elizabeth, and Marie, of whom the first was baptised in 1624 and is
> believed
> > > by some historians to have been the emigrant John Choate who came to
> America
> > > in 1643.
> > > While it is not entirely clear in every case from which of the numerous
> > > lines of the family in Great Britain the first emigrants of the name to
> > > America traced their descent.- It appears from old records that the
> Choates
> > > and Chutes were among the earliest settlers in colonial America.
> > > The before-mentioned emigrant Lionel Chute, who came from England to
> America
> > > in 1635, or shortly thereafter, settled at Ipswich, Mass. According to
> > > records, he was the ancestor of most of the Chutes who are living in
> America
> > > today. By his wife, Rose Baker, he had a son named James, who was born
> in
> > > England and came with his parents to America. This James married a Miss
> Epes
> > > and became ,the father by her of an only son, named James, who removed
> to
> > > Rowley and was married in 1673 to Mary Wood. By her he was the father of
> > > Elizabeth, Ann, Lionel, James, Thomas, Mary, Martha, Ruth, and Hannah.
> > > The emigrant John Choate, who came from England to America about 1643 at
> the
> > > age of nineteen, settled at Ipswich, Mass., and Is believed to have been
> the
> > > ancestor of the majority of the Choates of America. By his wife Anne or
> Ann
> > > he was the father of John, Margaret, Samuel, May, Thomas, Sarah, Joseph,
> and
> > > Benjamin.
> > > John, eldest son of the-emigrant John Choate, married four times. By his
> > > first wife, Elizabeth Graves, whom he married in 1684, he was the father
> of
> > > John, Anne, and Sarah; by his second wife, the widow Elizabeth
> Giddiness,
> > > whom he married in 1690, he had further issue of Robert, Samuel
> Ebenezer,
> > > Nehemiah, Benjamin, and Humphrey. By his third wife, the widow Sarah
> > > Perkins, whom he married in 1723, and his fourth wife, the widow
> Prudence
> > > (nee Woodward) Marshall, whom he married in 1728, he had no further
> > > children.
> > > Samuel, second son of the emigrant John, was married in 1688 to Mary
> > > Williams, by whom he had issue of Mary (died young), Samuel, Sarah,
> Mary,
> > > Stephen, William, Elizabeth, Margaret, and John.
> > > Thomas third son of the emigrant John, was married in 1690 to Mary
> Varney,
> > > by whom he was the father of Anne, Thomas, Mary, John, Abigail, Francis,
> > > Rachel, Ebenezer, and Sarah. There were no children by his second wife,
> the
> > > widow Mary Calef, whom he married in 1734, nor by his third wife the
> widow
> > > Hannan Burnham, whom he married in 1743.
> > > Joseph, fourth son of the emigrant John, had issue by his wife Rebecca
> > > (surname unknown) of Rebecca, Susanna) and Daniel.
> > > Benjamin, fifth and youngest son of the emigrant John, married Abigail
> > > Burnham in 1707, He was the father by her at Kingston, NH, where he made
> his
> > > home, of Jonathan, Abigail (died in infancy), another Abigail, Benjamin
> > > (died in infancy), another Benjamin, Lucy, Ruhamah, Jeremiah, Abigail,
> and
> > > Joseph.
> > > Among the others of the names of Chute and Choate who were to be found
> at
> > > early dates in America, were Chute, who came from London, England, to
> > > Portland, in the early eighteenth century and was the father by his wife
> > > :Mary of Abigail and others; one Humphrey Choate (ancestry uncertain is
> held
> > > by some family historians to have been the son of a deserter from a
> British
> > > man-of war and to have resided at Essex, Mass., in the early seventeenth
> > > century, and who was the father there of Thomas and both of whom left
> > > numerous issue; and Samuel Choate (ancestry unknown) of Charlestown,
> Mass.,
> > > before 1759, who was married in that year to Susanna Pierce, by whom he
> was
> > > the father of Samuel (died young), James, Susanna (died young), another
> > > Samuel, Rebecca, another Susanna, Polly, Nancy, and Mille.
> > > The descendants of these and other branches of the family in America
> have
> > > scattered into all parts of the country and have aided as much in the
> > > advancement of American civilization as their forbears did in Its
> founding
> > > and establishment on this continent. They have been characterized in
> general
> > > by tenacity, of purpose, energy, and a humanitarian interest in their
> fellow
> > > men which has led some of the family into the fields of medicine,
> > > literature, and statecraft.
> > > Among those of the names of Chute and Choate who fought in the War of
> the
> > > Revolution were Captain Daniel and Privates David, James, Josiah or
> Joseph,
> > > and Thomas Chute, of Massachusetts; Captains Daniel and Thomas.
> Lieutenants
> > > John, Samuel, and Joseph, Ensign Humphrey, Sergeants William, Thomas,
> Isaac,
> > > and Jeremiah, Corporal Nehemiah, and Privates Aaron, Abram, David,
> Dudley,
> > > Eben or Ebenezer, Elnathan, Ephraim, Francis, Jabez, James, Jonathan,
> > > Josiah, Robert, Simeon, and Solomon Choate, of Massachusetts; and
> numerous
> > > others from the other New England, Middle, and Southern States.
> > > John, Anthony, Henry, Edward, Robert, Charles, Phillip, Lionel, George,
> > > Edmund, Joseph, James, Thomas, Samuel, Benjamin., Humphrey, Ebenezer,
> and
> > > William are some of the Christian names most highly favored by the
> > > family-for its male progeny.
> > > A few of the many members of the family who have distinguished
> themselves in
> > > America in more recent times are the following:
> > > Rufus Choate (1799-1859), of Massachusetts, jurist.
> > > Joseph Hedges Choate (1832-1917), of Massachusetts, lawyer and diplomat.
> > > Robert Burnett Choate (b. 1898). of Massachusetts, editor.
> > > Charles Lionel Chute (b. 1882), of Massachusetts, social worker.
> > > Arthur Lambert Chute (1869-1934), American surgeon.
> > > One of the most ancient and most frequently used of the coats of arms of
> the
> > > ancient English family of Chute, from which the majority of the Chutes
> and
> > > Choates of America trace their descent, is that described as follows
> (Burke,
> > > General Armory, 1884):
> > > Arms.--"Gules, three swords barways, the points towards the dexter
> proper,
> > > pomels and hilts or".
> > > Crest.--"A dexter cubit arm In armour, the hand in a gauntlet grasping a
> > > broken sword in bend sinister proper, pomel and hilt or".
> > > Motto.--"Fortune de guerre".
> > >
> > > BIBLIOGRAPHY
> > > Lower. Dictionary of Family Names. 1860.
> > > Bardsley. English and Welsh Surnames. 1901.
> > > Burke. Landed Gentry. 1875, etc.
> > > Burke. General.Armory. 1884.
> > > New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
> > > Vols. 13 and 15. 1859 and 1861. , Savage-. Genealogical Dictionary of
> New
> > > England.
> > > 1860.
> > > Munsell. American Ancestry. 1888, 1890, and 1891.
> > > Jameson. The Choates in America. 1896.
> > > Hammatt. The Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass.
> > > 1880.
> > > Sheldon. History of Deerfield, Mass. 1896.
> > > Bolton. American Emigrants Between 1700 and 1775.
> > > 1931.
> > > Coffin. History of Boseawen. 1878.
> > > Wyman. Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Mass.
> > > 1879.
> > > Massachusetts Soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
> > > 1897.
> > > The Encyclopedia Americana. 1932.
> > >
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below is a copy of the choate history that i inherited from my grandfather,
so far I can't figure out where i fit in, please let me know if your line is
mentioned within or if you can extend on any of this. thanks Judy
THE NAME AND FAMILY OF CHOATE
The names of CHOATE and CHUTE are believed to have been of common origin and
derived from the residence of their first bearers at a place called Chute in
Wiltshire, England. Certain historians, however, state that the name of
Choate was of Dutch origin and was taken by its first bearers from their,
residence at a place of that name in the Netherlands. According to this
theory the name was originally found in the form of Van Choate. Since
definite proof cannot be obtained for either of these assertions, it is more
generally assumed that the first theory is correct and that Choate is a
corrupted form of Chute. These names are found in ancient British and early
American records in the various spellings of Choat, Chote, Chott, Chotte,
Chewt, Chewte, Chutt, Chutte, Choote, Choot, Chut, Chute, Choate, and
numerous others, of which the last two forms mentioned are those most
generally accepted in America today.
Families bearing these names were to be found at early dates in the English
Counties of Somerset, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hants, Surrey, and
London. They were, for the most part, of the landed gentry and yeomanry of
Great Britain.
One of the earliest records of the Chute family of England is that of one
Alexander Chewte or Chute of Somersetshire about the year 1268, who was the
father of a son named John and probably of another named Richard. John
married Jane Bromfield and was the father by her of Edward who was the
father by his wife Christiana Chiddock of Phillip, James, and Anthony, of
whom the first married a daughter of Sir John Brittan and had issue by her
of George and Jane. George became the father by his wife, a Miss Faril whom
he married about 1344, of a son Ambrose, who married Amabel Chittester and
was the father of Edward and Christian, of whom the first was married about
1379 to Dionis by whom he had issue of Henry, William, and Anthony.
Of these, it is known that William died without issue; that Anthony married
a daughter of Sir John Clifton and became the father of Christopher and
Robert, of whom the first made his home in Hertfordshire and probably left
issue there; and that Henry (eldest son of Edward and Dionis) married. a
Miss Hasherfield and was the father by her of a son named Robert. The latter
became the father by his wife, Alice Bartley, of Charles, who was the father
by his wife (a Miss Chang) of a son named Edmond, who was the father of
Robert, who married Jane Lucas and was the father of Oliver, Charles, and
William, of whom Charles married a Miss Crips and was the father of Anthony
and Phillip.
Of these last two brothers, Phillip married a Miss Coolpepper or Culpepper
and had issue of George, Edward, and Anthony, of whom the first is known to
have settled in County Kent. Anthony (the elder brother of Phillip) married
a Miss Gee and had issue of Anthony, William, Christopher, and Lionel, of
whom the last married a Miss Greene and had issue of Lionel, George,
Charles, and Judith, of whom the first emigrated to America about 1635 and
will be mentioned again later.
Of the name of Choate in England only a few records have been found and
these are fragmentary. Among them, however, are those of a Choate who was a
church warden .in Essex County about 1500; those of John Choate of County
Suffolk about the middle of the sixteenth century,. who is thought to have
had a daughter named Elizabeth in 1569; those of John Choat of Essex County
in the early seventeenth century, who was the father by his wife Susanna in
the year 1621 of a don named John, and in 1625 of a son named Edmund; those
of Richard Choat, who was the father in Essex County in the early
seventeenth century of Annie and Henry; those of Joseph and John (son of
Edward) Choat of County Essex in 1632; those of the brothers Joseph and
Matthew Choat of County Essex in 1635 and those of Robert Choate of County
Essex about the same time , who was the father by his wife Sarah of
Elizabeth, and Marie, of whom the first was baptised in 1624 and is believed
by some historians to have been the emigrant John Choate who came to America
in 1643.
While it is not entirely clear in every case from which of the numerous
lines of the family in Great Britain the first emigrants of the name to
America traced their descent.- It appears from old records that the Choates
and Chutes were among the earliest settlers in colonial America.
The before-mentioned emigrant Lionel Chute, who came from England to America
in 1635, or shortly thereafter, settled at Ipswich, Mass. According to
records, he was the ancestor of most of the Chutes who are living in America
today. By his wife, Rose Baker, he had a son named James, who was born in
England and came with his parents to America. This James married a Miss Epes
and became ,the father by her of an only son, named James, who removed to
Rowley and was married in 1673 to Mary Wood. By her he was the father of
Elizabeth, Ann, Lionel, James, Thomas, Mary, Martha, Ruth, and Hannah.
The emigrant John Choate, who came from England to America about 1643 at the
age of nineteen, settled at Ipswich, Mass., and Is believed to have been the
ancestor of the majority of the Choates of America. By his wife Anne or Ann
he was the father of John, Margaret, Samuel, May, Thomas, Sarah, Joseph, and
Benjamin.
John, eldest son of the-emigrant John Choate, married four times. By his
first wife, Elizabeth Graves, whom he married in 1684, he was the father of
John, Anne, and Sarah; by his second wife, the widow Elizabeth Giddiness,
whom he married in 1690, he had further issue of Robert, Samuel Ebenezer,
Nehemiah, Benjamin, and Humphrey. By his third wife, the widow Sarah
Perkins, whom he married in 1723, and his fourth wife, the widow Prudence
(nee Woodward) Marshall, whom he married in 1728, he had no further
children.
Samuel, second son of the emigrant John, was married in 1688 to Mary
Williams, by whom he had issue of Mary (died young), Samuel, Sarah, Mary,
Stephen, William, Elizabeth, Margaret, and John.
Thomas third son of the emigrant John, was married in 1690 to Mary Varney,
by whom he was the father of Anne, Thomas, Mary, John, Abigail, Francis,
Rachel, Ebenezer, and Sarah. There were no children by his second wife, the
widow Mary Calef, whom he married in 1734, nor by his third wife the widow
Hannan Burnham, whom he married in 1743.
Joseph, fourth son of the emigrant John, had issue by his wife Rebecca
(surname unknown) of Rebecca, Susanna) and Daniel.
Benjamin, fifth and youngest son of the emigrant John, married Abigail
Burnham in 1707, He was the father by her at Kingston, NH, where he made his
home, of Jonathan, Abigail (died in infancy), another Abigail, Benjamin
(died in infancy), another Benjamin, Lucy, Ruhamah, Jeremiah, Abigail, and
Joseph.
Among the others of the names of Chute and Choate who were to be found at
early dates in America, were Chute, who came from London, England, to
Portland, in the early eighteenth century and was the father by his wife
:Mary of Abigail and others; one Humphrey Choate (ancestry uncertain is held
by some family historians to have been the son of a deserter from a British
man-of war and to have resided at Essex, Mass., in the early seventeenth
century, and who was the father there of Thomas and both of whom left
numerous issue; and Samuel Choate (ancestry unknown) of Charlestown, Mass.,
before 1759, who was married in that year to Susanna Pierce, by whom he was
the father of Samuel (died young), James, Susanna (died young), another
Samuel, Rebecca, another Susanna, Polly, Nancy, and Mille.
The descendants of these and other branches of the family in America have
scattered into all parts of the country and have aided as much in the
advancement of American civilization as their forbears did in Its founding
and establishment on this continent. They have been characterized in general
by tenacity, of purpose, energy, and a humanitarian interest in their fellow
men which has led some of the family into the fields of medicine,
literature, and statecraft.
Among those of the names of Chute and Choate who fought in the War of the
Revolution were Captain Daniel and Privates David, James, Josiah or Joseph,
and Thomas Chute, of Massachusetts; Captains Daniel and Thomas. Lieutenants
John, Samuel, and Joseph, Ensign Humphrey, Sergeants William, Thomas, Isaac,
and Jeremiah, Corporal Nehemiah, and Privates Aaron, Abram, David, Dudley,
Eben or Ebenezer, Elnathan, Ephraim, Francis, Jabez, James, Jonathan,
Josiah, Robert, Simeon, and Solomon Choate, of Massachusetts; and numerous
others from the other New England, Middle, and Southern States.
John, Anthony, Henry, Edward, Robert, Charles, Phillip, Lionel, George,
Edmund, Joseph, James, Thomas, Samuel, Benjamin., Humphrey, Ebenezer, and
William are some of the Christian names most highly favored by the
family-for its male progeny.
A few of the many members of the family who have distinguished themselves in
America in more recent times are the following:
Rufus Choate (1799-1859), of Massachusetts, jurist.
Joseph Hedges Choate (1832-1917), of Massachusetts, lawyer and diplomat.
Robert Burnett Choate (b. 1898). of Massachusetts, editor.
Charles Lionel Chute (b. 1882), of Massachusetts, social worker.
Arthur Lambert Chute (1869-1934), American surgeon.
One of the most ancient and most frequently used of the coats of arms of the
ancient English family of Chute, from which the majority of the Chutes and
Choates of America trace their descent, is that described as follows (Burke,
General Armory, 1884):
Arms.--"Gules, three swords barways, the points towards the dexter proper,
pomels and hilts or".
Crest.--"A dexter cubit arm In armour, the hand in a gauntlet grasping a
broken sword in bend sinister proper, pomel and hilt or".
Motto.--"Fortune de guerre".
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lower. Dictionary of Family Names. 1860.
Bardsley. English and Welsh Surnames. 1901.
Burke. Landed Gentry. 1875, etc.
Burke. General.Armory. 1884.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
Vols. 13 and 15. 1859 and 1861. , Savage-. Genealogical Dictionary of New
England.
1860.
Munsell. American Ancestry. 1888, 1890, and 1891.
Jameson. The Choates in America. 1896.
Hammatt. The Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass.
1880.
Sheldon. History of Deerfield, Mass. 1896.
Bolton. American Emigrants Between 1700 and 1775.
1931.
Coffin. History of Boseawen. 1878.
Wyman. Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Mass.
1879.
Massachusetts Soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
1897.
The Encyclopedia Americana. 1932.
While in Ipswich 2 years ago my husband and I saw the Choate Bridge. We bought a Walking Tour Guide of Ipswich and this is what it has to say about the Choate Bridge.
The Choate Bridge built in 1764, represented a great change in bridge construction. While wooden bridges required frequent repair and replacement, many believed that the stone structure would collapse. Colonel John Choate was responsible for the planning and construction. There is a local legend that he had a horse ready in case that catastrophe actually happened.The townspeople were pleased with the project, and they chose to honor him by giving the bridge his name.
At first the bridge had only a single lane. It was widened in 1839 and underwent restoration in 1989.
Also while we were in Ipswich we ate at the Choate Tavern and were at the time told that there is supose to be one Key Stone in the Bridge and that stone, if pulled would collapse the whole bridge. It is a very beautiful bridge.
Karan Choate Cox
Is there a story behind the naming of the Choate Bridge? Who was it named
for and what was the reason it was named Choate Bridge?
Betty
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I found this web page that has actual inscription of tombstones. There are a lot of names (alphabetical order) and there are quite a few Choates.
http://members.xoom.com/colfam/colfam.htm
Quite often on e-bay, under Choate you can find pictures of the Choate
bridge. It was built in the mid 1700's and is still in use today - on
the main street through Ipswich.