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In a message dated 3/1/02 0:30:57 AM EST, casey(a)nstar.net writes:
<< Now wouldn't that be a hoot!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet the costs would enormous,
but I guess we
might could get enough donations, if we could find the donors..............I
know I would
chip in a few bucks.................Bev >>
Bev, Are you talking about DNA post that I had erlier? The Clough
situation is much like the Choates, only they have three clearly
distinguished points of entry in the 1600s, plus a Kentucky crew that can't
get a connection back. DNA testing companies are coming up with offers for
"one name studies" where the initial few tests are $149.00. Janet
In a message dated 2/28/2002 9:46:48 PM Central Standard Time,
slcraig(a)logantele.com writes:
<< Subj: Re: [CHOATE] CAN YOU
Date: 2/28/2002 9:46:48 PM Central Standard Time
From: slcraig(a)logantele.com (Sheryl)
Reply-to: CHOATE-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: CHOATE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Here you go, this may be what you are looking for.
http://www.google.com/search?q=BROTHERS+KEEPER&btnG=Search
Sheryl >>
Thanks, Sheryl are you in Logan County, Kentucky?
Marilyn Dunn Carothers
cmantiques(a)aol.com
These are the generations that I have, I can't tell you where I got them. I
have more generations between John and Isabell and the ones that were
mentioned. The ones with asterisks are my husband's direct line.
Pat in AR
FIRST GENERATION
1. John* CHOATE was born in 1490 in Essex Co, England. He died after 1532.
Isabel UNKNOWN was born in 1500. She died after 1532.
John* CHOATE and Isabel UNKNOWN had the following children:
2 i. William CHOATE was born in 1520.
3 ii. Margaret CHOATE was born in 1524.
4 iii. Robert CHOATE was born in 1526.
+5 iv. Christopher* CHOATE.
SECOND GENERATION
5. Christopher* CHOATE was born in 1530 in Essex Co, England. He died after
1562.
Christopher* CHOATE had the following children:
6 i. John CHOATE was born in 1556. He died after 1586.
7 ii. William CHOATE was born in 1558.
+8 iii. Christopher* CHOATE.
THIRD GENERATION
8. Christopher* CHOATE was born in 1560 in Essex Co, England. He died after
1585.
Christopher* CHOATE had the following children:
+9 i. Christopher* CHOATE.
FOURTH GENERATION
9. Christopher* CHOATE was born in 1585 in Halstead Parish, Essex County,
England. He died in 1615.
Christopher* CHOATE had the following children:
+10 i. Christopher* CHOATE.
FIFTH GENERATION
10. Christopher* CHOATE was born on 13 Jul 1613 in Halstead Parish, Essex
County, England. He died on 10 Nov 1667. He was buried in Rivenhall, Essex,
England. Jane UNKNOWN was born in 1613. She died in 1667.
Christopher* CHOATE and Jane UNKNOWN had the following children:
11 i. Edward CHOATE was born on 29 Apr 1639 in Rivenhall Parish, Essex
County, England.
+12 ii. Christopher* CHOATE I.
+13 iii. John CHOATE The Immigrant.
SIXTH GENERATION
12. Christopher* CHOATE I was born on 4 Sep 1642 in Rivenhall Parish, Essex
County, England. He died on 19 Nov 1692 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Liber B, No 15, Parte E, pages 344-614, Folio [page] 369 in the Maryland land
Office Records the arrival of Christopher Chootte age 16 years. Christopher
Choate arrived in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on the Cecilius
[Captain John Boddy, Commander], on April 15, 1676. His arrival was
authenticated by the signature of Charles Baltimore.
This is the only known record where his surname is spelled Chotte.
He was an indentured servant.In England, the Choates were shipbuilders and
merchants.
In 1681, he received a land grant for eleven acres in Anne Arundel County,
Maryland.
The will of Christopher was probated in 1693. Christopher Choate, Jr. was the
administrator of his father's estate.
The Choate family moved to Virginia in the 1740's; to Rockingham County,
North Carolina by 1770; back to Virginia; to Washington County, Tennessee by
the late 1770's; to Robertson County, Tennessee 1790's; to Maury County,
Tennessee about 1807; to McNairy County, Tennessee by 1830; and then to
Shelby County, Texas by 1835.
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Christopher Choate arrived in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, on the "Cecilius"
in 1676. He died in Anne Arundel County in 1692. His son Christopher Sr.,
left Baltimore county, Maryland, and moved to Lunenburg Co., Virginia, with
sons, Christopher, Jr., Richard, and Sabret Choate. Christopher Jr., had sons
Christopher, and Thomas, who married Elizabeth Keith. Many of the Choate
family moved westward into Tenneessee and these included Thomas' son, Thomas
Kyle Choate and his brother, John
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>From the book titled "The Choate Family of Baltimore Co., Maryland" by J. C.
Phillips, I found the following descriptions of the Choate properties
"Christopher Choate II was also born in Ann Arundel County about 1685 near
the Magothy River. By 1706 he (NOTE: Speaking of Christopher I) had moved
across Chesapeak bay to Patapsco Parish near Colgate Creek where in 1715 in
St. Paul's Church he married one Flora."
"It is not known exactly when Christopher's term of service ended but he was
apparently a "freedman" by 1681, for on August 9th of that year an official
survey was made for eleven acres, called Choates His Chance, lying in Ann
Arundel County on the south side of the Magothy River at Little Piny Neck
Point in the Manor of Ann Arundel. (Pat. Dock. Vol. 21, f. 352, MHR). This
was a very desirable location since the river not only provided fish and
water fowl, but the all important means of transporation...By the early
1860's Christopher married, although the name of his wife is unknown and
became the father of two sons; Christopher II (b. abt. 1685) and Edward (b.
abt 1687). He died intestate in Ann Arundel Countin in 1692. The inventory
and appraisment of the estate is as follows...."
"The two boys, however, eventually moved to Baltimore County, their names
being found on Tax List 115, Upper Part, Northside Patapsco in 1706. This
tax district included the area where St. Paul's Church had built a small red
brick Parish House called Patapsco, at the head of Colgate Creek, only a few
miles from the future site of Baltimroe Town. Both brothers must have lived
in the general vicinity of the Parish House for they are listed in its
records from 1716 to 1735."
"Three years later, on August 18, 1722, Richard Gist, Merchant, of Baltimore
County, sold to Christopher Choate (II), planter, a tract of 108 acres called
Choate's Fancy, being parts of two tracts, that is one part of Green Springs
Traverse and one part Street's Advanture."
"After disposing of Choates Fancy in 1742, Christopher II joined with William
Hall, who was in possession of fifty acres in Baltimore County called Hall's
Approach, in a swine raising venture, the tract being too small for tobacco
planting...After several years this undertaking ended on July 7th 1745 with
the sale by William Hall and Christopher Choate...The wives, Mary Hall and
Flora Choate, confirmed release of their interest. It is quite likely that
Hall was the son-in-law of Christopher Choate whose daughter, Mary, would
have been nearly twenty-one years of age in 1745. The sale of Hall's
Approach is the final record of Christopher II and Flora Choate in Maryland."
Christopher's (II) son Augustine purchase Choate's Contrivance -- "When he
was a few months shy of twenty-one years of age, he obtained a grant from
Charles Lord Baltimore, dated July 25th 1737, of one hundred acres in
Baltimore County called Choate's Contrivance, located by a great glade and
near a run commonly known and called by the name of the Horse Head Branch or
Glade. This small stream flowed into a much larger one nearby called Gwins
Falls...The above described location of Choate's Contrivance would indicate
it was near, if not a part of the NW section of the property on which
McDonogh School was established in 1850..."
Edward purchased a tract of land from Richard Gist in 1718 when he was about
29. "Edward obtained a warrant for fifty acres of land and at the same time
got an assignment for another fifty acres out of a tract of two hundred fifty
held by Richard Gist. This tract of one hundred acres Edward named Choate's
Delight....in which the tract is described as lying in Baltimore County on
the south end of a ridge and on the Northeast side of a run descending into
Jones Falls know by the name of North Run. The Baltimore County Atlas of
1877 shows this location to be in the 3rd District about one half mile north
of Stevenson."
These discription of land doesn't give exact locations, but it may help in
pinpointing where the properties were. I have copies of the microfilmed
copies that I obtained from the Maryland Archives.
I also just noticed something that may be of interest to your regarding
Edward and Elizabeth Choat. It mentions that Edward (son of Christopher
Choat II) married Constant (No maiden name). Constant and Edward had a son
Edward, Jr. Constant left Edward and he remarried Elenore Savage. It states
Edward Jr. married Elizabeth Underwood who was one of the heirs to the estate
of her deceased father Samuel Underwood. It then cites a document mentioning
the Underwood family. Edward, Jr. owned the property called Buck Range
which later became part of the Pemberton property. "The old Pemberton
homestead was in the 2nd Dist. Balto. Cty. Md. lying along the old Liberty
Road on the north; on the west the Pemberton property adjoined the land of
the late Edward S. W. Choate; on the east adjoined the land of the late
Robert Breckenridge Chapman; on opposite or north side of Liberty Road is the
land once belonging to Isaiah Odell who died about 1847...From the above
description Buck Range was located about half a mile west of the present
village of Randallstown (in 1979)...In any event, after the sale of Buck
Range to Henry Pemberton in July 1754, Edward, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth
moved to Bedford County, VA not far from his uncle Christopher Choate, Jr.
who settled in Lunenburg County (from which Bedford had been carved) in 1742.
Maybe the maiden name of Elizabeth was not Hawkins, but Underwood. If you
are interested, I can make a copy of this Chapter and mail it to you.
Shawn Martin
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Christopher* CHOATE I had the following children:
+14 i. Christopher* CHOATE II.
+15 ii. Edward CHOATE Sr.
+16 iii. Augustine\Austin CHOATE.
+17 iv. Richard CHOATE.
18 v. Mary CHOATE.
19 vi. Sabret CHOATE.
13. John CHOATE The Immigrant was born on 3 Nov 1644 in Rivenhall Parish,
Essex County, England. He died on 15 Aug 1717. Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999
07:25:09 EDT
John CHOATE The Immigrant had the following children:
+20 i. Thomas CHOATE.
I WAS GIVEN THIS COPY BY MY GRANDFATHER LON CHOATE.........I STILL CAN NOT
FIND HIS LINE CONNECTION IN IT. HIS PARENTS WERE JEFFERSON DAVIS CHOATE AND
MARY FRANCES SMITH.
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.
In a message dated 2/28/02 6:32:59 PM EST, Blairrl520(a)cs.com writes:
<< It is believed that Flora was
a Gist, and Zapporah is a name found through the Choate lines. >>
Hi,
I thought there was documentation showing that she, Flora, was the daughter
of Augustine Hawkins and Suzanna Carr, and that is the origin of the
Augustines/Austins down the line?? I believe Irene Choate Williams' book has
it.
Am I wrong?
Best regards,
Janet (Baugh) Hunter
List,
Can someone tell me where "BROTHERS KEEPER" information can be found?
Thanks,
Marilyn Dunn Carothers
cmantiques(a)aol.com
Researching
DUNN BARTON EDMUNDS GRAHAM TATUM CHOATE CAROTHERS
(CHOATE IS FROM TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA)
Hello,
I do know about the 4 Choate brother stories. Actually the elder Christopher
(Chris I) and his brother (can't remember his name at the time) came over at
the same time. Christopher II is the son of Chris I and Edward is the nephew
of Chris I. This like so many of the lines these days are where my line
originated from. Chris I's brother ended up going back to England. The land
that Chris II first owned in America was bought with a type of bonded service
agreement that also paid for his passage her from England. I do have
extensive paper work on several of the lines. It is believed that Flora was
a Gist, and Zapporah is a name found through the Choate lines.
My cousin Larry Choate did extensive documentation and has entered the DAR
with the Choate line, I believe it is through Austin. I have all that
information as well somewhere. I have a huge (over 3,000 names) on one of my
Choate lines, have it all on my Family Tree Maker. I have some of the info
posted on their site. Our line went from Maryland, NC, VA, Tenn. where most
lived in Marion County, New Hope actually, and then into Texas. I am
descended down through the Christophers, Austin, Thomas Jefferson, Albert,
and Gene. I probably left some out, am doing this from memory. I remember
more of the information from Austin down, as Austin was in the Civil War and
was mentioned is a detailed journal account of one group of soldiers.
Thank you,
Dianna Choate Blair
Happy Stitching,
Dianna B. Frugal Swaps List Mom
I WAS GIVEN THIS COPY BY MY GRANDFATHER LON CHOATE.........I STILL CAN NOT FIND HIS LINE CONNECTION IN IT.
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 t!
he 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.
In a message dated 2/28/02 9:38:25 AM EST, mlk(a)mddc.com writes:
<< Has anyone ever found that there might
have been a connection to Christopher and John? >>
We could always try to match up male DNA of descendants of Christopher and
with John. I know I could get a descendant of Christopher that still carries
the Choate name (barring costs, etc.). Do any of you New Englanders still
have Choate men around?? The Clough family with both New England and
mid-Atlantic lines has been doing DNA testing and found matches not only with
DNA for Sir Richard Clough of Denbigh, Wales, but also between the Kentucky,
Massachussetts and Eastern Shore MD/DE lines. Testing is in the works for
the VA line.
Have descendants of John traced him back to England. I know there are
various linneages for Christopher going back to Essex County, England, with
brothers Edward, John and Christopher -- such as this one, but I haven't
looked for documentation...Anybody out there have thoughts?
Children of Jane ? and Christopher CHOATE IV (son on John and Isabell) are:
i. Edward CHOATE was born 1639 in Rivenhall Parish, Essex County, England.
ii. Christopher CHOATE V was born 1642 in Rivenhall Parish, Essex County,
England, and died 19 NOV 1692 in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. He married ?.
iii. John CHOATE was born 1644 in Rivenhall Parish, Essex County, England.
(Is this your New Englanders' fellow)
FYI, my personal bias on Choates and Cloughs and other names that are
geographically centered in England is that we ARE related most likely until
proven otherwise.
Best Regards,
Janet (Baugh) Hunter
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Tara,
I forgot to add that I use Family Tree Maker. Also, I have had many
requests for gedcoms of a particular name. They don't want the cumbersome
file of all of my names, but it makes it easy to go to my CHOATE file and
send that gedcom. As your research takes you farther back you find more
surnames to search.
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Subject: [CHOATE] Choate's Fancy
Tara,
Choate's Fancy was one of the properties owned by Christopher Choate
II. It was located in then Baltimore Co, Md (believed to be the now Anne
Arundel Co., MD/Port Gibson Area).
18 August 1722 - Richard Gist, merchant of Baltimore Co. sold to Christopher
Choate, planter, a tract of 108 acres called "Choate's Fancy" that was taken
out of two larger tracts, viz; Part out of Green's Springs Traverse & part
out of Street's Adventure. Signed by Richard Gist, and witnessed by William
Camall & Tho. Hooker. On the same day Zipporah Gist, wife of Richard Gist,
relinquished her dower rights as witnessed by Luke Baven & Jn. Israel.
(Baltimore Co., MD Land Records, 1722, Vol. IS#G, f. 111-112, MHR)
This is the property where it is belived his five children were born.
Augustine, Christopher III, Richard, Mary and Sabert.
He sold this property in 1742.
20 May 1742 sold "Choate's Fancy" signed Christopher Choate Sr.,
Christopher
Choate, Jr. (CC) 28 May 1742. Flora relinquished her dower rights. Land
Record Vol TB#D ff 282-284 MHR after disposing of "Choate's Fancy",
Christopher Choate & Flora settled on 50 acres called "Hall's Approach"
where
he raised hogs and corn for the next 3 years.
27 Jul 1745 William Hall & Christopher Choate SR sold "Hall's Approach".
Wives Mary Hall & Flora Choate relinquished their dower rights. The 54
pounds paid for this land included 20 head hoggs & one moity of corn now
growing on the said land, for which the said Butler had a bill of sale,
dated
17 June last, of Christopher Choate (Land Rec., Vol. TB#D, ff. 282-4, MHR)
It is believed that William Hall was the husband of Christopher's daughter
Mary, but no proof has ever been found.
1750 -- Baltimore County, MD Rent Rolls -- Debt Book -- show Christopher
Choate indebted 4 shillings each for "Choate's Contrivance" (inherited from
his brother Augustine who died 8/2/1740), "Choate's Delight" and "Street's
Adventure."
Another piece of property owned by Christopher Choate I (the immigrant) was
"Choate's His Chance" (believed to be the now Anne Arundel Co., MD/Port
Gibson Area).
Land Grant MHR Patents Vol. 21 Folio 352 -- 9 August 1681 - Survey and
assignment of 11 acres of land, called "Choate's His Chance", in Anne
Arundel
Co., MD on the south side of Magothy River, at Little Piny Neck Point in the
Manor of Anne Arundel of Christopher Choates. This 11 acres assigned to him
was part of a 1,000 acre grant to Col. Thomas Tailor, who assigned the land
to Henry Horsley, who in turn assigned it to Christopher. (Liber W G N 5,
fol. 191, MD Patents & Warrents 1678-1688)
Christopher I's son Edward was the owner of the property know as "Choate's
Delight".
Edward obtained a warrant for fifty acres of land and at the same time got
an
assignment for another 50 acres out of a tract of two hundred fifty acres
held by Richard Gist. This tract of one hundred acres Edward named Choate's
Delight. for reasons unclear, a patent was not granted until November 5th,
1731 in which the tract is descibed as lying in Baltimore Co." on the south
end of a ridge and on the northeaast side of a run descending into Jones
Falls known by the name of "North Run" (see MD Pat. Rec. Vol. PL #8, pp.
255-56 MHR). The Baltimore City Atlas of 1877 shows this location to be in
the 3rd District about one half mile north of Stevenson.
Augustine Choat received land in Lunenburg Co., VA as payment for military
service. Upon his death, Christopher III inherited the property. This is
when the Choate family began to migrate to the southern states. Christopher
shows up in the tax records in 1749.
Shawn
Martin
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Tara,
Here are the records I have been able to obtain on the Choate's of the
South. These men are believed to have been the sons of Richard Choat (son
of Christopher Choat and Flora Hawkins)
Christopher Choate
Pension Application Receipt # 15187. On June 1833 Christopher of McNairy
Co., TN age 83 declared that he was born January 1, 1750 in Bedford Co., VA.
That he moved from there when very young before the Revolution to East
Tennessee and from there to 96th Dist. SC. There he volunteered in 1781 in
Capt. Sterling's Company; Colonel Clark's Regiment. On a five month tour of
duty, he marched to Broad River, the dividing line between North and South
Carolina where they joined General Sumpter. Marching towards the Congaree
they were stopped by Tarlton's army and did battle with them at Shierie Ferry
on Broad River. A small party of which Christopher was a part was ordered to
search for General Tarleton. Under the command of Colonel Chandler, they
traveled along the Charleston Road, capturing wagons and prisoners, until
they finally engaged in battle at Black Stocks on Forque River. After this
they marched to Packolet where Christopher was discharged as his tour of duty
had ended. That same day he re enlisted, again under Captain Sterling and
Colonel Clark. They marched with General Pickens Regiment to the 96th
District of SC. There Christopher became a member of a scouting part which
watched and gave information about Tories and the British. He served nine or
ten months before he was discharged. After the war Christopher said that he
moved to Natchez on the Mississippi River for one year. From there he moved
to Georgia for two years. From there he went to South Carolina for two
years, and then to Davidson Co., TN until 1823 when he came to McNairy Co.,
TN.
"South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution", page 862 lists:
Shote, Christopher
He served under Col. Polk and Gen. Sumter. A.A.6968
Page 169 lists:
Choat, Christopher
b. 1 January 1750, Bedford County, VA
d. after 1833
m. Prudence _______
While residing at Pacolet, he joined Capt. Sterling, Col. Clark and Gen.
Sumter during 1780 and was in the battles at Blackstock's Plantation and
shire's Ferry on the Broad River. In addition he served under Colonel
Chandler. (Moved to Miss., Ga. and Tenn.) Patriot Index Supplement.
1774 - Soldiers of Fincastle Co., VA 1774, by Kegley, Captain William Cocke's
Company included:
Thomas Shote 44 days rate 2/6 Total Paid 5.10.0
Christor Shote 25 days rate 1/6 Total Paid 1.17.6
Green Shoat 30 days rate Total Paid 2.5.0
1776 -- A List of the Company of Militia Under the Command of Captain Joseph
Martin, in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia include Christopher Choat.
1776 -- A Pay Roll of Captain Joseph Martin Co. From Pittsylvania co., VA
Stationed at Fort Patrick Henry under the Command of Colonel William Russell
included Chrisr Choat, Isaac Chote & David Choat. (Ansearchin News, Vol. 25
#1, pages 37-38
1777 - A Pay Roll of Capt. Joseph Martin Co. from the 1st of February to the
31st of March inclusive, stationed at Rye Cove in Clinch under the command of
Major Bledsoe list includes: Isaac Shote, Christ Shote and David Shoat
(Ansearchin News, Vol. 25 #3, page 103)
>From the Tennessee Pension Roll of 1835 the following can be found:
Christopher Choate, McNairy County, Private, South Carolina Line, $46.66
Annual Allowance, $139.98 Amount Received, September 11, 1833 Pension
Started, Age 84
Greenberry Choat
1779 -- Greenberry Choate - S.32176 - born in 1751 in Virginia. While
residing on the waters of the Holston River in Washington Co., NC. This
comes from his application for a war pension which the original is on file at
the Illinois State Historical Library in Springfield, IL. He enlisted and
served as a private with North Carolina troops as follows: Oct 1779 -- one
month as private in Capt. Wm. Cockes Company; Colonel Andrew Christies's
Regt.
July 1780 -- Four months as private in Capt. James Lawrence's Company; Cols
Russell and Christie.
1781 -- One month as private in Capt. Ezekiel Smith's Company; Colonel
Clark's Regiment.
He was allowed a pension on application 04 June 1833 at which time he was
living in Johnson County, IL. His claim was allowed. There is also an
application for a government headstone to be placed on his grave near Eagle
Creek in Saline Co, IL. Revolutionary War Pay Voucher #2385 State of North
Carolina.
1782 -- Revolutionary Pay Voucher #2385, State of North Carolina -- Auditors
of the Counties of Washington and Sullivan Counties certify that Greenberry
Chote is allowed six pounds, nineteen shillings and six pence specie as P-
Voucher...16 August 1782.
John Sevier, Sec. Anthony Bledsoe, Landon Carter
Soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Illinois.
Choate, Greeberry, Born 1751 in Virginia, Died 1842, Buried Eagle Creek Cem.,
Equality, Gallitin County, Illinois, Residence: First settled in Johnson
County, moved to Gallitin County. October 22, 1833 age 83
Augustine Choate
Augustine was a Sergeant in Bedford Co., VA Militia in 1758 with Edward
Choate (from "Colonial Militia" by Crozier, Pg. 68). The book Hening's
Statues at Large: Virginia Colonial Militia," page 68 lists Augustine and
Edward Choat as Sergeants in the Bedford Co., VA Militia. The document is
dated September 1758. He furnished a house for Rev. War effort in
Pittsylvania Co., VA (from Mrs. Maude Carter, Pittsylvania County
Genealogist, no date of record). From the "Virginia Historical Magazine,"
Vol. 7, page 257 it lists Virginia Militia in Revolution...7 November
1777...to Austen Choate for horse hire per certificate...6.17.6
In the book "Virginia Military Records", page 443 is a reprint of list
furnished by Mr. McAllister, of Warm Spring, VA. the narrative begins "I
hereby hand to you a list of names of soldiers who served in the
Revolutionary War for Virginia..." It goes on to say that most of them are
militia men. "On the 18th of March 1818, Congress passed an act making
provision for placing upon the pension roll all that served in the war. In
order to receive a pension, these soldiers had to swear that they served,
where they served and under whom they served. This information is compiled
from those sworn statements. On page 460 the following is found: "7.
Choate, Auston, for horse hire, private, Certe., 6.17.6" This statement was
taken around Sept. 1777.
Emanuel Choate
"Annals of Southwest VA" gives the list of Capt. Even Shelby's Company of
Volunteers from the Wautauga Valley in Fincastle Co. Battalion at Poiint
Pleasant (vol. 2, page 1413). He fought in Lord Dunmore's War and is listed
as one of the Wataugians who fought at the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774
under Evan Shelby's company. His name is listed as "Emanuel Shoat. He
served 119 days and his total pay was 8.18.6 He lost one mare (from
"Soldiers of Fincastle Co., VA 1774", by Mary B. Kegley and Va Colonial
Militia by Crazier). He also was a signer of the Watauga Petition. From
"History of Southwest Virginia, by Lewis P. Summers, Vol. 1, page 864,
Washington Co., VA Revolutionary soldiers 1776-1783: Thomas Shote & Emanuel
Shoatt. He was in the Battle of Point Pleasant (Evan Shelby's Co.)
Fincastle Co. VA 1774.
>From "Soldiers of Fincastle Co., VA 1774" by Mary B. Kegley and Va. Colonial
Militia by Crozier...Emanuel Shoat lost one mare
In the book "Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, by Lewis Preston Summers Pages
154-155 is talking about Indian raids and a militia that was formed to spy
on the Indians that had taken whites hostage. The following can be found on
page 155:
The following is a partial list of the men who accompanied Captain Evan
Shelby on this expedition:...Emanuel Shoatt...
1775 -- Dawn of Tennessee Valley & Tennessee History, by Samuel C.
Williams, states on pages 134-138 -- Watauga Petition presented to the
Provincial Council of North Carolina. Received by Council 22 August 1776,
among signers: Emanuel Shoate & David Crocket.
The following are believed to be the sons of Christopher III and Prudence
Choate
Thomas Choate
Thomas is listed as a Scout - Dunmores War - Sullivan Co., TN (Doc. Hist. of
Dunmores War by Twaites)
Washington County Revolutionary War Soldier 1769-1900. No other details
(from "Annals of Southwest Virginia" by Summers) Squire Thomas was allegedly
shot and killed by Tories at Fort Dinwiddie during the American Revolution,
because he would not turn his allegiance to Brittian. From "History of
Southwest Virginia, by Lewis P. Summers, Vol. 1, page 864, Washington Co., VA
Revolutionary soldiers 1776-1783: Thomas Shote & Emanuel Shoatt.
1773-4 -- Dawn of Tennessee Valley & Tennessee History, by Samuel C.
Williams, states Thomas Shoate, from Pittsylvania Co., VA near Blountville.
Unknown Choate
1774 -- Draper Manuscripts (copied from photostat prints of the originals,
with spelling unchanged), Draper Papers - 30099, page 99
Capt. Cock's Leter -- Sept. 17, 1774 -- Shoat & Taylor's Deposition --
Scarcity of powder and apprehension of cherokees.
Sir, Inclosed I have your copies of Thomas Choat's & Archibald Tailors
depostions. The present news seems more alarming to me than any I have heard
this summer as what few men that are left behind has not in my opion two
leads of powder for every ten men. In short I do not know of one. Once
below my house the men I sent to Clinch had not nor could not get a load
apeace. So that should the Cherokees breat out as I fear will be the case
every man would be forced to leave his habitation without being able to make
the smallest resistance or become a prey to those barbarous savages. I have
done & will do everything in my power to spirit up the people & diswaid them
from evacuating the country which would be attended with ruinous
consequences. I shall call a muster on Wednesday & shall endeavor to put
this end of the country in as proper state of defense as possible. There is
I think at present a great scarcity of men & that some measures ought to be
taken to arm us against the impending danger fromt the Cherokees should you
approve of making a company out of the Carrolinea for our immediate
protection. I think from acccounts there might be a company of good rifle
men raised just ober the mountains near opposite to me. The distrest
situation that my country seems to be in induces me to offer my service to
make a company either in Carrolinea or any where you might think proper.
Though am of opinion that the best men might be had from that quarter and
might be soonest gathered. I hope you will instruct me with what you think
would be best to be done by the express. All our dependence for powder is on
you. I hope you will preserve some for us. If you fail giving us immediate
relief or rather an immediate supply of ammunition I am in great fear that
the country will break should the smallest march be done. I am at all times &
on any occasion ready and willing to pursue every meathod that you may
prescribe to defend my country and am Sir you ( ) ...September 19th 1774
Wm. Cocke
Draper Papers - 300104, page 104
Arthur Campbell to Col. William Preston -- Sept. 26, 1774 -- On His Majestys
Service - to be forwarded by W. Brander...Monday Morning 5 o'clock (Sept. 26)
Dear Sir -- Last night about midnight I received letters from Clinch and the
lower settlement on Holston giving me an account of the distressed situation
of those places, on account of the expected approach of a large (body) of
this enemy. Friday the 23rd -- Two negros was captured from (Moores) and a
considerable number of cattle & horses (stolen). The 24th in the evening a
family (John Roberts?) was killed & (scalped on) Reedy Creek near King's
Mill.
Yesterday morning about sunrise there was (shouting) and firing heard at
several houses. The da(mage) done was not know when the express cam(e away).
From several concurring circumstances; this attack is made by the Cherokee
parties mentioned in Choat's & Taylor's depositions so that there is now but
little probability of avoiding an open rupture with them which if the case
you know what measures will be necessary for the preservation of this
country. The want of ammunition is truly disheartening at this crisis. The
epople are gathering together at (King's Fort) in order to make a stand. I
ordered Co(cke) to go down with what men he can raise, I intend also to send
for part of Capt. Wilson's (men to go with) him. I hope you will judge it
proper to send (an express to) the Army to hurry the return of the men (from
This) county especially Capt's Russell, Shelby & (ms. torn) whose familys is
in distress. It was very unfortunate that Capt. Thompson had (left)
Blackmore's only two days before the damage was done as he had his full
compliment of men. When the enemy came there was 12 and some of the
indifferent. Flour is wanted badly at Blackmore's. I am respectfully your,
Arthur Campbell
Major Campbell's Letter to Col. William Preston
October 1774 -- Cherokee Council -- Shawnee faction -- Oconestota left the
council
Sir, I am just informed that Archibald Taylor is a man that his work be
depended on, Shoat I would not depend so much upon were it not that
hisdeposition corresponds with Taylor.
I am informed of further particulars that Ocenestota left the council.
Then he found the Shawnee faction was strong, saying he had used his
unwearied endeavors to keep peace with the English. But if they would go to
war he would have no hand in it. I will forward your letter to him with all
speed...Perhaps it may help him to reassume his authority and we may at least
carry our point so far that the time may be lengthened out by negotiation
until we are bettery prepared. I have wrote a long letter to my acquaintance
W. Cameron by way of Caroline.
I hope the Almight will bless our endeavors for the safety of the
helpless.
I am Yours as before
A. Campbell
David Choate
1774 -- listed in Dunmore's War and was residing in Virginia.
1776 -- A Pay Roll of Captain Joseph martin Co. From Pittsylvania co., VA
Stationed at Fort Patrick Henry under the Command of Colonel William Russell
included Chrisr Choat, Isaac Chote & David Choat. (Ansearchin News, Vol. 25
#1, pages 37-38
1777 - A Pay Roll of Capt. Joseph Martin Co. from the 1st of February to the
31st of March inclusive, stationed at Rye Cove in Clinch under the command of
Major Bledsoe list includes: Isaac Shote, Christ Shote and David Shoat
(Ansearchin News, Vol. 25 #3, page 103)
1782 -- Rev. War Pay Voucher #795 - 6 June 1782, North Carolina Archives
The auditors for the Counties of Washington and Sullivan certiy that David
Choate i allowed six pounds, one shilling and six pence specie as P- Voucher
...12 June 1783
John Sevier, Sec. Landon Carter, Edmund Williams
Moses Choate
"Revolutionary Army Accounts," Vol. 6 (NC Archives), Page 82, f. 4 #3045 --
M. Chote, 6.19.6 -- 0.16.4 -- List of Certificate paid into Treasury on ____
of taxes of 1785-1786
1782 -- State of North Carolina -- #2386 -- The Auditors of the countries of
Washington and Sullivan do certify that Moses Chote is allowed six pounds,
nineteen shillings & six pence specie as P- Voucher 6 Aug 1782.
Isaac Choate
Rev. War Pay Voucher #795 - 6 June 1782, Issued Rev War pay voucher on 16
August 1782, Rev War Pay Voucher No. 2384, In the amount of 6 pounds, 19
shillings, 6 pence for state of North Carolina. He volunteered in the North
Carolina Militia, but was living in Tennessee at the time. Later moved to
Mississippi.
1776 -- A Pay Roll of Captain Joseph Martin Co. From Pittsylvania Co., VA
Stationed at Fort Patrick Henry under the Command of Colonel William Russell
included Chrisr Choat, Isaac Chote & David Choat. (Ansearchin News, Vol. 25
#1, pages 37-38
1777 - A Pay Roll of Capt. Joseph Martin Co. from the 1st of February to the
31st of March inclusive, stationed at Rye Cove in Clinch under the command of
Major Bledsoe list includes: Isaac Shote, Christ Shote and David Shoat
(Ansearchin News, Vol. 25 #3, page 103)
If anyone has anything further, I would appreciate them sharing the
information.
Shawn
Martin
Tara,
Choate's Fancy was one of the properties owned by Christopher Choate
II. It was located in then Baltimore Co, Md (believed to be the now Anne
Arundel Co., MD/Port Gibson Area).
18 August 1722 - Richard Gist, merchant of Baltimore Co. sold to Christopher
Choate, planter, a tract of 108 acres called "Choate's Fancy" that was taken
out of two larger tracts, viz; Part out of Green's Springs Traverse & part
out of Street's Adventure. Signed by Richard Gist, and witnessed by William
Camall & Tho. Hooker. On the same day Zipporah Gist, wife of Richard Gist,
relinquished her dower rights as witnessed by Luke Baven & Jn. Israel.
(Baltimore Co., MD Land Records, 1722, Vol. IS#G, f. 111-112, MHR)
This is the property where it is belived his five children were born.
Augustine, Christopher III, Richard, Mary and Sabert.
He sold this property in 1742.
20 May 1742 sold "Choate's Fancy" signed Christopher Choate Sr., Christopher
Choate, Jr. (CC) 28 May 1742. Flora relinquished her dower rights. Land
Record Vol TB#D ff 282-284 MHR after disposing of "Choate's Fancy",
Christopher Choate & Flora settled on 50 acres called "Hall's Approach" where
he raised hogs and corn for the next 3 years.
27 Jul 1745 William Hall & Christopher Choate SR sold "Hall's Approach".
Wives Mary Hall & Flora Choate relinquished their dower rights. The 54
pounds paid for this land included 20 head hoggs & one moity of corn now
growing on the said land, for which the said Butler had a bill of sale, dated
17 June last, of Christopher Choate (Land Rec., Vol. TB#D, ff. 282-4, MHR)
It is believed that William Hall was the husband of Christopher's daughter
Mary, but no proof has ever been found.
1750 -- Baltimore County, MD Rent Rolls -- Debt Book -- show Christopher
Choate indebted 4 shillings each for "Choate's Contrivance" (inherited from
his brother Augustine who died 8/2/1740), "Choate's Delight" and "Street's
Adventure."
Another piece of property owned by Christopher Choate I (the immigrant) was
"Choate's His Chance" (believed to be the now Anne Arundel Co., MD/Port
Gibson Area).
Land Grant MHR Patents Vol. 21 Folio 352 -- 9 August 1681 - Survey and
assignment of 11 acres of land, called "Choate's His Chance", in Anne Arundel
Co., MD on the south side of Magothy River, at Little Piny Neck Point in the
Manor of Anne Arundel of Christopher Choates. This 11 acres assigned to him
was part of a 1,000 acre grant to Col. Thomas Tailor, who assigned the land
to Henry Horsley, who in turn assigned it to Christopher. (Liber W G N 5,
fol. 191, MD Patents & Warrents 1678-1688)
Christopher I's son Edward was the owner of the property know as "Choate's
Delight".
Edward obtained a warrant for fifty acres of land and at the same time got an
assignment for another 50 acres out of a tract of two hundred fifty acres
held by Richard Gist. This tract of one hundred acres Edward named Choate's
Delight. for reasons unclear, a patent was not granted until November 5th,
1731 in which the tract is descibed as lying in Baltimore Co." on the south
end of a ridge and on the northeaast side of a run descending into Jones
Falls known by the name of "North Run" (see MD Pat. Rec. Vol. PL #8, pp.
255-56 MHR). The Baltimore City Atlas of 1877 shows this location to be in
the 3rd District about one half mile north of Stevenson.
Augustine Choat received land in Lunenburg Co., VA as payment for military
service. Upon his death, Christopher III inherited the property. This is
when the Choate family began to migrate to the southern states. Christopher
shows up in the tax records in 1749.
Shawn
Martin
Tara,
I forgot to add that I use Family Tree Maker. Also, I have had many requests for gedcoms of a particular name. They don't want the cumbersome file of all of my names, but it makes it easy to go to my CHOATE file and send that gedcom. As your research takes you farther back you find more surnames to search.
Joyce
Tara,
I opened a separate file for each primary surname. With over 20,000 names and 20 primary surnames, it was necessary to control the files. It does mean that you will have your immediate family entered in each one, but it is worth it.
Joyce
I enjoyed the story about the properties in MD. Where in England did the
first Christopher Choate come from? Has anyone ever found that there might
have been a connection to Christopher and John?
I am a descendant of John. I miss the family stories that were sent in a
year or so again . Could we start those again?
Keep it together. It is so much easier to NOT make errors as in
duplications, etc. I have 6720 in my file and it is just as manageable as it
was at 600. I use Brother's Keeper.
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This is a somewhat off content message.
I have a very large computer file (over 600 individuals). Does anyone
have any suggestions on how to manage a file this size? Break it up, etc?
Tara Choate, owner
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Recently I have made some huge progress in my lineage (thanks list!) and
I keep coming accross the place "Choate's Fancy". Could anyone give me
the "skinny" on this?
Also, there is a legend in my family about the original Choate's in
American (i.e. 4 brothers came across....). Could anyone give me this
story in brief?
Finally, has anyone done the DAR work for the early Choates?
Tara Choate, owner
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Thanks to all who have offered help. Here is more infomation if it helps
you help me....
1. James J. Choat
James died in Allendale, OK. James was born in Dickson Co., TN 1860?
living in Titus Co. TX in 1860.
1.1. Arthur Choat
1.2. Oscar Choat
1.3. Marshall Choat
1.4. Ann Choat
1.5. Dosha Choat
1.6. Bunnie Choat
1.7. Ora Choat
1.8. Unknown Choat
1.9. Unknown Choat
1.10. William Alexander Choat
His body was interred in Redding, CA. William was born in TEXAS
10/14/1880. He married Daisy May Johnson 03/15/1903. William died
05/12/1943 in Redbluff, CA, at 62 years of age.
1.10.1. Bertram Morris Choate
Bertram was born in Maude, TX 05/02/1904. Bertram died 02/03/1960 in
Oakland, Alameda, CA, at 55 years of age. His body was interred
02/06/1960 in Redding,CA.
1.10.2. Dessie Allean Choate
Dessie was born in Mt. Vernon, TX 09/04/1908.
1.10.3. Mattie May Choate
Mattie was born in Mt. Vernon TX 09/14/1910. Mattie died 02/21/1918 at
7 years of age.
1.10.4. James "Jake" Henry Choate
James was born in Mt. Vernon, Franklin County, TX 09/21/1912. He
married Virginia Chapin in 07/02/1938 in Almira, WA.
In March, 1996 Virginia passed away of Alztimers. LIn November, 2000, at
the age of 88, he passed away, succumbing to a combination of cancer and
heart failure.
1.10.5. Merzinia "Mo" Cordelia Choate
Merzinia was born in Lauton, OK 02/18/1918.
1.10.6. William Alexander Choate
William was born in Lauton, OK 11/25/1920. 18516 Center St. Castro
Valley, CA 94541 510-538-3527
1.10.7. Ila Mae Choate
Ila was born in Marlow, OK 11/24/1924.
1.10.1.1. Winford Choate
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